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I am trying to figure out what Tag Heuer watch I wanted in 1996. The same year I opened up the restaurant. It would have been my gift for a succesfull opening. I cant for the life of me remember what it was. It was two tone. Silver and Gold and had a white face. Its was kinda like a chrono. I cant find it. It was something like this. It was more silver than gold. The gold accents, like the watch above, were just that, accents. Except the face was white. Or it could have been silver. And yes, the band had that gold accent in the middle as well. This one is a Professional 2000 200 meters. It looks to be that model going by memory. This one is too gold-y Swap the bezels in which the bezel is silver and the gold is just an accent and it would appear to be the Tag I saw and wanted at a Downtown Montreal jewelery front store. Dont remember what jewelery store it was either...

That's why I said "more than a 1/4 mile" because the Raptor tops out well before the V does. 1/4 mile times are less of a useful metric these days because it's too short of a distance to capture the full capability. Both the Raptor and V have 10-speed automatics and they made it to what, 4th or 5th gear? The Raptor hit its speed limiter while the V and the G were still stretching their legs. If you let these keep going, the V is likely to come out in second behind the Lambo because it has the most torque + tallest gear ratios. The Lambo wins for being light and not shaped like a brick. And yes, his videos are fantastic

Oh no offense taken, bud! Honestly, I was really skeptical of it when I bought it. I intended on getting a different strap, be it leather or a bracelet but this was waaaay more comfortable than I expected. I'd still like to get a few different staps for it, just to change it up. Also, with it having a grey dial, I could put nearly any color and I think it would still look good. I'd like a red leather, blue leather, and a green leather strap for it. The best part about a non-bracelet strap is the adjustability. I absolutely notice a difference in my body swelling in the middle of the summer versus fall/winter temps. I know higher end bracelets have micro adjustments for this reason but those are expensive watches and even those, not all have micro adjustments. With that said, my Datejust fits great 90% of the time but a hot summer day, it's juuuuust a bit tight and I'd like to be able to adjust the bracelet a bit. . (also not sure why this picture rotates 90 degrees clockwise when adding it. What's weirder, if I go to the image in the folder itself and rotate it to compensate for the 90 degree turn, it stays in THAT orientation. but if I have it correct, it rotates it. WTF?!?)

You guys will think I’m weird, but when I wear my watch I have to also wear a cuff or bracelet on the other arm or it feels unbalanced to me. I have a large collection of leather cuffs for my right hand for that reason.

Old house went on the market this past Tuesday (22nd) and by Thursday the 24th had 3 offers, incl. one for $30k over listing. It's sold. Closing will be in mid September. Happy happy joy joy... Car related content--drove down to Newark (east of Columbus) Monday night (about 150 miles) for a concert and Waze didn't get me the best route going there..winding back roads through Amish country and random farm equipment on the roads..at least it was sunny and not raining. Coming back drove an extra 25 miles so I could do it all freeway with a short bit of country road. (I enjoy winding country roads on a sunny afternoon leisure drive, but don't do them at night when deer and cows wander the roads). Newark has a downtown square and the Midland Theatre is a gem. (Columbus' 270 belt line is a nice freeway, wide w/ lots of lanes..I wish Cleveland's 480 was as nice...) Then Tuesday evening when commuting between the two houses drove through some of the heaviest rain I've driven in many years..reminded me of getting caught in an Arizona monsoon. Intense, heavy rain...couldn't see the markings on the road, had to follow people's flashing taillights on the fecal 480. In the construction zones often several inches of water pooling on the roadway...later heard that there were tornados in parts of Cleveland a few miles from me. Crazy wet summer... The Jeep has been great in the rain, with the Michelins and Bosch wipers. Hit 76k miles on Wednesday.

I understand, like Drew said, sorry for the bumpy transition. Wishing you all the best for your new career. Glad to have you back posting and chatting with us.

Sorry your transition is bumpy and uncomfortable @oldshurst442

I dont want to discuss the reasons of me selling. Too painful, still. My ex-partner is no longer with us. By choice... Im on vacation. I took about a month off. Ive got another couple of weeks. I got another job lined up. It wont be paying me as much...obviously. Its still income. I dont want to discuss where just yet as the job aint secure yet. Ive got to prove my worth... Its in management. So its a decent paying job. I wont get my hands dirty anymore. More slowpaced. Im still a boss. But not THE boss. My wife also has gone back to work. She started today. We have to compensate in the income. (cash flow). She, the last 3 years, she wasnt totally a stay at home wife. She needed and wanted to get out of the house. She has a bachelor's degree in finance and in special education. Before we met, she was quite the intelligent young lady. I made her drop of few IQ points. LOL. Anyway, 3-4 years ago, she started working at a primary school nearby our home helping out teachers with special needs children. A few hours a day. Well, with the advent of me selling the restaurant so fast, she asked if she could have a more fulltime position and the school agreed. She is very much needed. Actually, they kept on asking her for more availability...

Answer: However: Not proof...but there maybe an elephant in the room that nobody may want to discuss fully...because of this push ton all EVs... Its a long article. I copy/pasted a good chunk of it. The article concludes that there simply isnt enough data to conclude anything. There simply isnt enough EVs on the road to suggest safer or more dangerous in fire hazard than ICE. HOWEVER...thermal events will occur more frequent as EVs become more abundant on the roads. The article states that EVs and lithium batteries ARE safe...BUT...fires will occur at a more frequent rate as EVs are bought more and more. So...let us NOT say with a rapid response that ICE cars are more prone for fire than EVs. EVs are just as inherent to be a fire hazard as gasoline powered cars. BOTH are flammable. And engineers NEED to be more vigilant to make sure that lithium battery cells arent as fickle as they are now and start combustin'. PS: ITS NOT FUD TO QUESTION IT!!! TO QUESTION THE FIRE HAZARDRY OF EVs. WHEN A FREAKIN' HUGE BOAT SANK BECAUSE OF A FIRE THAT STARTED FROM A LITHIUM BATTERY POWERED CAR WITH WHAT IT SEEMS TO BE A SPONTANEOUS FIRE. IF FICKLE STARTS A FIRE...IM NOT SO SURE IF A SIDE IMPACT TO AN EV IS THAT SAFE...IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN... https://www.forbes.com/sites/neilwinton/2022/03/02/electric-car-fire-risks-look-exaggerated-but-more-data-required-for-definitive-verdict/?sh=4494af312327 The fire risk from electric cars appears to be less than for conventional vehicles, although Americans awaiting their new Volkswagens to be delivered from Europe could be forgiven for doubting that as their new cars were destroyed, apparently by a spontaneous lithium-ion battery fire on the Felicity Ace car transporter ship. The ship sank Tuesday. Any firm conclusions on fire risks generally are not yet possible because there is not enough data to decide that pure electric cars are more prone to spontaneous fire than internal combustion engine (ICE) ones, or more likely to burst into flames after an accident a report in Britain’s Daily Mail quoted the Felicity Ace’s captain Joao Mendes Cabecas saying lithium-ion batteries in the electric cars on board caught fire. VW warned against a rush to judgement. “At this time, any comments on the cause are speculative and of course will be subject to investigation,” VW said. As the battery electric vehicle (BEV) revolution gathers pace, spontaneous fires, or electric car fires after accidents, have attracted media attention. If you see a picture or video of a pricey TeslaTSLA +0.4% engulfed in a spectacular fire it’s easy to make the lazy assumption that this is somehow a problem with all electric cars. After all, a bog-standard internal combustion engine (ICE) car on fire would probably not be in the headlines. Graham Conway, principal engineer at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, said there’s not enough information to decide if EVs are more prone to spontaneous fire than ICE ones. “It is still too early to make any conclusions about EVs and spontaneity of fires. I just don’t think we have the sample size of data or the reporting structure for fires to say with any certainty. What is clear is that the fire is more difficult to deal with, the energy release during the exotherm of the electrolyte takes a lot of cooling to extinguish,” Conway said Conway said the data didn’t allow for solid conclusions. “The NTSB data said that after 41 fatal collisions involving BEVs, 1 caught on fire (2.44%). The NTSB data said that after 20,315 fatal collisions involving gasoline vehicles, 644 caught on fire (3.17%). The NTSB data said that after 543 fatal collisions involving gasoline hybrid vehicles, 12 caught on fire (2.21%),” Conway said. “But 41 crashes vs 20,315 crashes vs 543 crashes make it statistically irresponsible to compare these numbers. For example, if there was a 42nd crash with an EV and it caught on fire then it would be 4.76% of EVs or double the rate of hybrids. Until the sample size is the same and significant we just can’t say which will be worse or not,” Conway said. Richard Billyeald, chief technical officer at Britain’s Thatcham Research, said EVs generally appear less likely fire risks, but the data is limited. “Our latest research indicates that the risk of a fire for all types of EV remains less likely than for ICE vehicles. It should be noted that the usable data only goes back five years and even now the number of EVs on the roads still represents a very small sample size. This is also reflected in the safety testing we conduct in the U.K. on behalf of Euro NCAP (European auto safety), where despite the robust impacts to the front and particularly the sides of the vehicle where the battery is most vulnerable, there have been no resultant thermal events,” Billyeald said. “I believe the likelihood of a vehicle’s battery failing is becoming ever more less likely. However the number of EVs on the road is increasing possibly at a higher rate so I believe thermal events for the foreseeable future are still likely,” Petschenyk said. In a frontal crash an EV is unlikely to cause thermal runaway. “Side impact or underside puncture I believe may pose a greater risk to EVs than ICE, anything that can cause cell damage or to short, but again assuming the battery has adequate fail safes, thermal runaway risk is minimized. There have been situations where EVs can ignite some time after an incident, this is typically due to coolant leaking into the battery and again causing cells to short, but similarly the risk of this happening is ever diminishing as technology and fail safes improve,” Petschenyk said.

G63 is still quicker than an Escalade V. The Raptor R is considerably quicker than the V in any use these vehicles will ever see. I also LOVE Hagerty/Camissa's videos. They've very well done, IMO.

I don't actually think that sounds weird. I've considered wearing a smart-er watch on my other wrist because I would like the workout/rest/etc. stats that those watches give. I tried to fit my Garmin tracker on my ankle but it doesn't fit. That would be ideal because I mostly just want steps and workout tracking but I don't want to sacrifice my mechanical watch on my left wrist. But to the symmetrical feel you need, I get it. It was a little weird when I started wearing a watch daily but I soon got used to it.

What facts do you have to back up this fire hazard on batteries? Yes when they do burn, they are much harder to put out due to the in-experience of the fire fighters. In regards to fire hazard, I do not see how they are more fire prone than gas? This is only one of many stories on the FUD of people saying batteries are more prone to fires than gas. Government data show gasoline vehicles are up to 100x more prone to fires than EVs | Electrek

You are not wrong about anything you said. However, because of FUD and mis/dis-information regarding range anxiety and all that nonsense with the biased anti-EV rhetoric, I understand why many (all) brands want to showcase range and sell their EVs with unnecessary amount of battery in their EVs. And let us not forget, this is a flagship EV for Cadillac. Sure, the Celestiq is the PRIMARY flagship, but the Escalade IQ is as well. Its a showcase for the big and badass SUV class. And its separate from the GMC Hummer. Ill repeat, and its kinda like how you put it. But not with less battery. Its with a breakthrough with lighter materials to counter with the unnecessary amount of battery. A breakthrough of new engineering techniques with new ways of packaging things that use less materials in the packaging. Also, the use of stronger yet lighter materials but a way to manufacture these lighter but stronger materials in a profitable way for mass production use. Example: Aluminium usage in mass production was prohibitive in the 1980s and expensive in the 1990s but in the 2000s it became feasible and today its almost a go-to metal for mass produced vehicles. Example: Find a way to mass produce carbonfibre cheaply and there you go. These kinds of breakthroughs are necessary and imagine the first automobile manufacturer to find a way to do these things feasibly, imagine the bragging rights???!!!

It is funny how in olden days automakers looked at lightening vehicles for performance and/or efficiency, but with EVs the weight is irrelevant...

Oh, yes. I will not be owning one. I learned that firsthand! And, even though I don't like these two characters, it has nothing to do with them.

Mug Shot Moe: 6'3" 215 lbs Oldshurst: " 215???!!! Yeah! In your bra!" Mug Shot Moe: "I OBJECT!" Oldshurst: "You would! BASTARD!!! HAG!!! AND....LIAR!!!"

Oldshurst: saying this under my breath in hush hush style in amazement, shock and with a twinkle in my eye "30 thousand big ones???!!!" Oldshurst to Robert: "Hey...come here!!!" Robert: Looking at my direction with a hand gesture of the index finger pointing at himself Oldshurst: "Yeah you! COME HERE!!!! "You look like an intelligent young man!!! I've got a proposition for you. A once in a lifetime business offer!!!"

@ccap41 ABSOLUTELY about everything you said with your last post! And how could I forget about Tag???!!! Hey!!! We could discuss Tag anytime we want, right???!!! That is a very nice Seiko you got. (Please dont hate me for saying this though) That is the type of strap that I (personally) do not like. I would prefer a metal band for it. I am NOT a watch snob so I do not say that with malice or ill intentions. Watch wearing is such a personal thing and if that is what you like...GREAT!!! I just felt the need to say that a strap like that does not work for me. And I only recently got into leather straps. In fact, when my wife bough me the black faced Bulova 3-4 years ago, I soooooo wanted to change the strap. (to a metal one). I still do because its a very cheap Bulova strap. But now Im thinking I want a nicer, better looking black leather strap for it. My dad's Waltham was an old fashioned band like this Very similar. But not as gold-y and matched the colour of the case itself. I dont have it anymore. I lost it with time. Probably in a box somewhere in the house. But when I fixed it, I wanted a metal band but the love of a leather strap had already begun and went with that instead. Ill say it again. Between all the watches that @Drew Dowdell, @David you and I posted of our personal watches, I like YOURS the best!!! Including those of MY collection!