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Bad spelling does make a defensible trademark. As for the names, I am not a fan but I am not hostile to those new names. I am glad that Cadillac is using names and NOT alphanumeric designations for their new EVs.

It's effected the 5.3L & 6.2L engines, across the Company. There's a reputed sub-set that affected Sept '20 thru April '21 built trucks, but some owners have claimed it goes farther back than that. Thankfully, my engine has no lifters. ?

Lovely, restored auto as an example and maybe 1 of only a handful that have been restored out of the millions originally produced and you have exaggerated my statement. Yes, many auto pick n pull yards are gone. In fact, the last one by me here on Highway 99 closed last summer after the Pandemic hit hard. The family had stated that the 50 some odd acres of auto's had more value in being scrapped, and the land being repurposed even with the ground clean up required by the EPA than the original business that was started 3 generations ago. The bulk of society has moved to a consumable and replace model and you and I who love different types of old autos and the rest of those here on Cheers and Gears are the minority. As such, just like we had our cash for clunkers to get people to upgrade to new auto's. We need a cash for scrap to clean up the farms, businesses and those places especially in the rural areas where we do find plenty of old steel autos, semi's, commercial equipment that could be better used by recycling. Those that want to hold onto old autos in storage, great it is after all your auto and your money spent to hold onto it. Yet we still have an excess of steel, aluminum, glass, etc. products sitting around on land that could be repurposed into new products. Many people are not wanting to spend the time and money to get rid of things like what you see in the images I have posted. As such, if we are going to spend taxpayers dollars, I would rather we spend it on something that would create jobs, clean up the land and have an end result benefit than just blow it on social programs that have had minimal if any results or to cover pork barrel spending that seems to be the rage now in DC. Better for the planet, better for society and the human population. Cash for Scrap.

I know. Read further...

Speaking of the decaying and dying planet, heard about this on a podcast..'Earth's Black Box' project in Tasmania...pretty interesting.. going to recording lots of data. https://www.earthsblackbox.com/

There’s no connection between dry-sump oiling systems and ticking sounds from an engine.

I think that was his point and that there also isn't a clear way to do it. He gets flack for how much money he has and how he could "solve world hunger" yet they cannot form an actual plan that would "solve" world hunger. There's a difference between feeding everybody for a week and solving the issues and I believe that is his point in asking for the business plan on how it will solve the issue. They only use a dry sump sysem in the Z06/ZR1's. This has never been implemented into a truck/SUV and I don't believe the high performance Camaros ever got it either.

This is the core separation in David's & my viewpoint, as I see it. He sees an old, rusty car parked next to a barn, and his impulse is to have it shredded and melted into another shitbox corolla. I see it and want to see it preserved, rejuvenated and care-taken into the future, even if that means sliding it into a garage for another 50 years, untouched.

I had a discussion with you regarding this statement a while back. I said that a proper restoration requires lots of money. Although you didnt say it exactly like the quote I just quoted, I now understand what you meant. I did understand then also, its just that I was adamant to say that restoration, a proper restoration requires a lot of money. I can now re-think my logic just a tad. Obviously, there CAN be a subset of people that CAN do a proper and safe restoration without a crazy nut-n-bolt, hi-buck show car. But the bottom line is (like you said): ANY level of preservation IS a positive and SHOULD enjoyed!

That’s the thing tho- it doesn’t have to be a crazy nut-n-bolt show car or a hi-buck resto-mod. That’s the fallacy: any level of preservation / caretaking is a positive & can be enjoyed. And there’s certainly not many desirable ‘60s car sitting in fields anymore; they’re either saved or gone for the most part. If in were the ‘80s, it’d be completely different.

Japan gives you no choice, every 50k miles you have to replace the engine in the auto due to emission requirements. No old engines allowed, and you can find many a good deal on those working engines exported for sale here.

Automotive recycling :

I think we all wish we had our 20 year old bodies and metabolisms right now and for the next decade or three. Me included.

Non-Corvette V8’s are wet sump. Dry-sump systems are for high lateral loading (high performance acceleration / handling).

Your Escalade is 15 years old, isn't it? Stuff GM was doing then is in no way relevant to what they are doing now..isn't even the same company....that's as lame as me criticizing modern Stellantis for something that Daimler Chrysler did 20 years ago...

'56 Lincoln ~

Ferrari's latest V12 Which is basically this one but is in the company's latest mid-engine supercar. I dont find it stunning anymore. My love affair lasted a whole 24 hours. When I first saw it on the interwebs yesterday, I was awed. I had time to take it all in but now I realize, it just a blob. I like the bulbous fenders, but that is all I like. That V12 though

@ccap41 You have a reading comprehension problem? I said the program is on hiatus. Where does it say that I stopped helping people in my community? I hope you realize that you do not have a 'gotcha' moment. THAT is how you operate. Yoy troll with 'gotcha' monents. Grow up!

There's no reason you couldn't have taken the lead and continued the program you were working for or created your own. Don't let politics stop you from your charitable donations.

You.