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Again, 200 purpose built Suburbans to replace the last ones purchased 5 to 8 years and who knows how many 10s of thousand miles ago, used for security and emergency services is not some government program run amuck. It’s not even really wasteful. They’ve finished their service lives and doing tear down/rebuilds of them like it’s a B52 makes no sense.

It's going to be one of the most striking deal-breakers for consumers... ever. There's GOING to be a sales hit on those models...

Running an errand saw this clean blazer across from me at the intersection

You donate to the Save The Buick Fund, and I’ll donate to your cause.

1. Audi E-Tron GT Of course in the most conspicuous paint theme possible. If I ever had more money than God... (why God???!!! Why do we say God...we SHOULD be saying the Devil...) Id buy this, and do a Tesla drivetrain, hardware and software swap on this... A GM Ultium swap wouldnt be a bad idea either. 2. TIED A) Lucid Air Very Oldsmobile-ish Very 1990s early 2000s. Which I feel very comfortable with. For how long tho? B) Even though I feel that the Model S is loooong in the tooth. I feel because of the lack of nice designs in the EV word yet, the Model S still stands out as a looker. With the little lip crease they did in the front, it pops just enough to look fresh. The back end needs a LOT of help. It hasnt been refreshed and it desperately needs it. Its like the Dodge Challenger. Its an old design. But it still works. But for how much longer? 3. TIED A) Porsche Taycan and B) Hummer EV SUV The Porsche is in 3rd place because I have gotten tired of the front end so soon. I think its because its got the Porsche family face on it and Im tired of seeing it. The ONLY car I like seeing that face is on the 911. The Hummer is not a vehicle Id be comfortable be seen in. Its NOT because of the 'phoque you' styling of it. But because of the SHEER size of it. I LOVE the fact that is a TRUCK of THAT magnitude. Its just that its a truck of that magnitude... Not my style. GREAT for an Arnold Swartzennegar, or a Conor McGregor. Not for me. Still LOVE the truck though. 4) Custom Look Mustang Mach E GT For an SUV... I could go for this. It doesnt got the presence and size of the Hummer. But its got a certain sizzle that I would feel good about being inside it telling the world: "hey...look what I got! Yeah...its a Mustang! Got a problem???!!! No! it got no V8! Its tall, 4 doors and its electric... And best thing yet! Its a FORD! Put THAT in your pipe and smoke it!"

Although not twins, but uncle and nephew. May I interest you in: Hephaestus Greek god of metallurgy, blacksmiths, metalworking, carpenters, craftsmen, fire. (seems to fit you nicely...) Poseidon Greek God of the Sea and Horses If I ever build a hot rod, whether it be a '33 Ford Roadster or a '57 Chevy, I will have the classic hot rod motif images on it. But it will have a twist. Instead of THE classic hot rod images the motif will be Ancient Greek stuff on it. The Parthenon. Famous statues of 1 or 2 Greek Gods. Im thinking Athena and Poseidon. A Trireme. A Spartan shield and helmet. An Owl maybe. Yeah the flames will be there too. But even the flames will be Greek in nature. Disclaimer: I am not trying to convert you or anything. But seeing as how I was (jokingly) flirting with the idea of becoming a TV evangelist awhile back, maybe now I could seriously see my next career come to fruition. That is to start my own church and be on TV. I would try to heal people in the name of Mount Olympus. Care to send a donation my way? For the greater good of seeing the my project hot rod car be realized?

Ive heard that the B52 will continue on serving for another 20-30 years... THAT...is INSANE! THAT...will be very near to a 100 year continuous service life of this aircraft with the LAST one built in 1962. Making these aircraft being serviced and overhauled a literal THOUSANDS of times. IN-FREAKIN-SANE! Which leads into this bolded statement that seems to have flown passed people's heads. When people's lives are at stake, no matter in what context we are referring to, we really dont want the very equipment designed to save lives, to fail and ultimately these equipments BECOME the very thing that ends up killing them... There comes a time when the equipment becomes a liability and NEEDS to be replaced regardless of age or the cost. Human lives SHOULD NOT have a COST attached... PS: The more you overhaul, multiplied by age, the LESS effective it becomes and more of a liability. You saw it with Boeing and the MAX 737. SHYTE...(sorry for the political reference), but we STILL see it with the Covid response both in the US AND in Canada... Seeing these 'Burbans are destined to protect political leaders both foreign AND domestic, a fail COULD literally mean....WAR. Yeah...its THAT serious. Not only losing life being a huge negative, but implications of conspiracy theories going wild, WAR may become a result... I seriously cant believe that nobody could see that.

Maybe I can eventually come take a culinary tour of Montreal. I’m sure I’d love it.

The post about the religion chart I made was in jest. With a little truth to it. But more so, I wanted to show that Ancient Greek polytheism was missing... I do have faith in God. Im not a bible thumper. I just try to live life being the best human I could possibly be. Seeing that humans are flawed creatures, I aint perfect... I could be a selfish asshole at times.... Food. I LOVE food. I eat to live, duh. But I also live to eat. My culinary tastes are more in sync to the western world's. European and American mostly. Minus British and Mexican. Although there are some Mexican foods I enjoy. Depending on what kinds of Oriental foods we are talking about, I do enjoy them. But if we are going to be honest about Oriental foods, its the Americanized Oriental foods that I love to eat. But my culinary palette is like my music palette. Its wide. And I am not afraid to taste and eat something that I havent eaten before. I may have limits though. Insects is where I draw the line. And exotic animals. Ive tried snails and frogs and horsemeat and game meat such as dear and moose. And Ill kindly decline to eat those again. And because of that experience, I wont eat shark. Why would I eat shark when there are a ton of other classic fish around to eat? Greek seafood cuisine has all kinds of fish to eat with all kinds of different ways of cooking them, I dont see the need for me to try shark... Im sure its good and tasty, but I dont feel the need to experience it. Ill stick to fried calamari and grilled octopus both drowned in lemon with ouzo on the rocks as an aperitif on a beautiful picture perfect sandy Greek beach in July thank-you very much. Speaking of which, the background is just as important as the food itself. Sipping wine on the French Riviera or eating a cheeseburger and fries in my hot rod muscle car cruising the Pacific Coast highway or Woodward avenue or having a hotdog at Fenway or Wrigley Field is just an important experience for me. Aint life beautiful? (If we could experience those senses?) EDIT: I wont eat game meat because game meat tastes too much like grass. I love my greens. I eat lots and lots of greens. Spinaches and brocolli and cauliflower and... All done the same way. Boiled and soaked with olive oil and lemon juice. I wont eat snails because...icky. And honestly, all you taste is the way they are prepared, with lots and lots of garlic. If one has to prep up food with that much spice, you arent really tasting the food, right? I mean, Im Greek. Garlic is a staple. But I wanna taste the snail. If I wanted to taste garlic, well, there is skordalia, there is tzatziki sauce... I wont eat frogs again, because it literally tastes and feels like chicken. Ill just eat the damn chicken... Why eat frog? Sharks and other exotic animals. Well, these animals are not really human food. Well, not where I come from at least. If in your culture, you eat shark or baby seals, great for you. My culture does not eat that. So I wont. No need to. Alligator and snake falls into this category. Just to be clear though. Greek cuisine involves all kinds of other animals. Im accustomed to that. Im glad this post turned out to be less long than usual.

I feel neglected... How many Gods I wanna worship? Well, sometimes, when things go my way, I tend to believe and have faith in one God. The God that is my culture. But...sometimes, when things dont go my way, I do either one of two things 1. I stop having faith in my God. 2. I blame Him for my failures... But then things turn around and I have faith in him again. I know, right? Blasphemous of me. So...since Ive been blaspheming all this time, I would want to start believe in multiple Gods. THIS way, no matter how many of them I have pissed off, including the God that says that there is no other and that I shoudlnt worship another, not ALL of them would be pissed at me. Id have 1 or 2 in my corner. But this is where I feel neglected... How Many Gods Do You Want to Worship? - A Ton of 'Em Do I Want To Be Reincarnated? - No, but I do believe I have a soul. I wont ever sell my soul, but I do believe that my soul will live forever even if my body will not. OK?... Do You Prefer Indian or Chinese Take-out? - Food is good. All food. But I also LOVE bacon. I eat pork. Have NO issues with it! Pork on a stick with garlic/yogurt sauce sounds dee-lish. Maybe You Should Worship These Guys

It has, unfortunately. The genius that is Elon Musk. Not to take this into a personal direction (against Musk and his family's retarded parenting) (but PHOQUE IT!) but their child's name is a bunch of random letters and symbols, and his girlfriend, the mother of his child, has a dislike for their baby to call her mom. The child calls his mother by her first name... With where his mind is at right now, you could see as to why genius Musk went with a yoke for a steering wheel. There are at least 3 reasons in my paragraph there as to why I will NEVER buy a Tesla vehicle regardless if Tesla EVs are STILL the benchmark.

I'm surprised there isn't a regulation against such a type of steering wheel. Seems like it would be awkward in any thing other than the slightest turns..

In case You needed help seeing it. The point is that the readiness profile of these vehicles is unlike any other in the world. It’s likely that they have 2 or 3 layers of redundant vehicles and cycle them out for overhauls, so if they buy 300 of them only 100 are duty ready at any given time, another 100 are kept on reserve standby, and the other 100 are being overhauled. Can the government spend less money? Absolutely. But this is such a tiny chunk of the budget not even the accountants would notice the difference and replacing 2017 and older vehicles that have been literally flown around the world doesn’t seem like a huge problem to me. Now, if all they did was go back and forth to the golf club for the last 4 years, then you might have an argument.

Watch it. Who are you to determine what is needed or not? Again, I’ve learned a lot about reliability requirements since working for the government. Having things not work during emergencies is a no go and I have to plan for it.

That just says come drive me....

It may not be real wood, but I'm partial to this for obvious reasons. It's got good style and a comfortable layout. Cars today all try to have that fighter cockpit layout that I think is completely unnecessary and space consuming for anything not named Supra, Camaro, or Mustang. Hip room in modern car is measured in inches.... hip room in my Toronado can be measured in feet.

I was mainly just poking fun at the large plastic bezel on the malibu dash on the model where they give you the really smalL screen speaking of those Mercedes like interiors chrysler did it too

Depending on their purpose, the vehicles they are replacing will filter to other agencies. The Suburbans referenced are likely only for the highest level security detail and the units they are replacing are reaching the end of their lives for front line use... but they'll get passed down to other agencies/departments. When Obama came to office he started the program to replace the government fleet with more efficient vehicles. This was partially to help the domestic auto makers during the financial crisis, but replacing general purpose V8 Crown Vics with 4-cylinder Focus, Fusions, and G6es matched up with the desire for a more fuel efficient fleet. And when you think about it... why do some Dept. of Transportation worker need a 22mpg Crown Vic when at 32 mpg Fusion will do? At the Municipality where I work we repurpose old police vehicles to other departments when possible. We have our own TV station/New Station and the TV Station Director just got a decommissioned Police Explorer with all of the armor removed. When the public works director gets a new truck, her old one goes to one of the lawn crews. A lot of those cars started to age out of the system at the beginning of the prior administration and started to get replaced. That batch will begin to age out by the end of the current administration. The current admin has also not put a timeline on BEV conversion which gives them a lot of wiggle room. But by declaring their intention now, they can encourage manufacturers to get production ramped up to replace those vehicles when the time comes. It won't be the entire fleet all at once like during the financial crisis.

Why even bother with this as a concept? It looks like a cartoon clown car. Virtually none of it is buildable. I don’t even care about it’s propulsion since it wouldn’t be legal as a vehicle in any 1st world country. people get paid to come up with this crap?

The dealership has no say. When I bought out the Encore I just arranged my financing through the credit Union and they sent the buyout to Ally bank. Dealership was never involved in the process at all.

But you were into the NHL "before it became more about fighting", but it's ALWAYS been that way and it's less about fighting now more than EVER. @oldshurst442*laughs at story* *upvotes the rest*