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They're integrated into the tires these days if the sidewalls of most cars is any indication.

Random thought: Things you don't see anymore ... curb feelers.

Electric cars will revolutionize racing. Here is a new Electric world record holder. With the rolling junkyards of rural Ohio that is sort of like "does the carpet match the drapes" for the automotive world. The scuffed and destroyed sidewalls match the sideswiped and rusted body panels. See, we folks from Ohio have fashion sense, just the wrong kind.

I loathe parallel parking and generally avoid it because of my astigmatism (hard to judge how far from the curb), but at my old house when I had to park on the street I'd occasionally rub the rim against the curb. Not at issue w/ my new house--driveway is so huge I could probably park 20 cars in it and no curbs in sight...

Full size Chevy built for autocross and handling.

For a guy who hated Ford 4 years ago, I have come a long way. Bling on cars in general. For educational and not political purposes, but cool.

Yes...beep beep proximity sensors have taken their place.

I would agree with this only when moving. Or if transporting a large object that a person just bought. And that periodically happens for most people. And a SUV/CUV would be immensely helpful. However, for every other occasion, it's a sedan or a coupe for me. I really miss them. Also, I prefer one that sits higher and has better visibility, so that's why sports cars, which are fun to drive, are checked off the list ... even though I have always liked Firebirds and Camaros, once owning a Camaro as a second car for a short while because I couldn't find a used Firebird I wanted.

If battery electrics have their batteries under the carriage and are in a skateboard platform and the weight of the battery is between front and back wheels, then THAT weight is distributed equally along the length of the vehicle. Forgetting for a moment about the dynamics of pushing versus pulling. Winter driving should technically be the same whether FWD or RWD. In a RWD only BEV, the motor driving the rear wheels is in the back and on TOP of the rear wheels so the the weight is... on the wheels that do the propulsion and therefore no different than a FWD ICE car regarding weight on the driving wheels...and since the weight of the battery is more or less equal across the length of the vehicle, a RWD only BEV may not be that much of a nuissance in snow as compared to a RWD ICE vehicle.

Since GMC went Hummer Since GMC is serious with AT4, GMC may NOW need to dip themselves into this realm. and then maybe revisit this

I miss the variety of body styles and models that were available in the 80s-90s. All sorts of 2drs, convertibles, wagons, full size cars…I remember wandering around dealerships 30-40 years ago clearly…

I get the appeal of CUVs as well. I really do. No! I absolutely do! Really. Sedans...our beloved American sedans have been downsized, shrunk, made smaller in EVERY metric that CUVs HAVE become the defacto quintessential American land yacht. Well...pick-up trucks have almost taken that role in some parts of both of our countries, but in most areas, 'tis the CUV. Ingrees, Egress, headroom and everything else you described... and our beloved American land yacht ALL had those qualities but were taken away. What I lament is the loss of the unique styling those old barges had between the brands of the time DESPITE them being ancient 3 box designs. What I also lament is the loss of what cars used to be to people and why cars like coupes and convertibles existed and what cars have become to people and whay expendable CUVs exist today. I think THAT is what is ailing me more than the CUV itself.

Wife and I have been talking about EV or Hybrid for this very reason, the ability to run the house when we lose power. Last year's snowstorm with power out for 3 days really sucked. I REALLY wish the F150 hybrid was a plug-in hybrid. It would be really nice if it could get just like 15-20 miles on electricity alone. That's literally the only downside I see in the F150 hybrid, because that's high on my list right now, as well.

I'm thinking I should get something like a Generac installed generator. I have a gas powered portable that I can run my refrigerator off of.

Wife and I have been talking about EV or Hybrid for this very reason, the ability to run the house when we lose power. Last year's snowstorm with power out for 3 days really sucked.

I have really slowed down in being a car enthusiast as well. Im looking to learn and love new types of cars to feed my car craziness. And its not these modern ones. Its all older cars. And from continents other than this one as its become almost boring to always post pics and read stuff about American cars of the 50s, 60s and 70s. We've done that hundreds of times. If not thousands. I miss @balthazar to read about his endeavors of the (American) classics. About EVs for me. Unless the automakers make these EVs interesting stylistically, Im not sooooo amuzed by them. B But that has nothing to do with battery electric motorvation either. The ICE vehicles are just as boring to look at. CUVs and pick-up trucks are not fun things. Regardless what powers them. Ive talked about this before. Looking back at cars like a Honda CRX or Subaru SVX or even a Nissan Pulsar, I hated these things back then. Maybe not the SVX. I liked that one. But...there is absolutely NOTHING like that today. OK...Nissan and KIA tried to do something like that with CUV type cars. The Cube, the Juke and the Soul. Great and good for them.. They were still boxes on wheels. Ugly boxes on wheels. The Puslar was also a box on wheels. But it somehow was more special... And it has NOTHING to do with me being reminiscent of my youth. Because I also have fondeness for a Toyota Matrix and Pontiac Vibe. Those would be in the same vain as the Cube, Juke and Soul. All CUVs. And I wasnt a teen when the Matrix and Vibe came out. Its just that...today's vehicles SUCK. JUST like everything else that our world today has come too. From pop culture to our cars and our technologies. I LOVE what our computers, phones, internet and 5G could do for us. I HATE what we actually DO with it. Our world SUCKS today in more ways than one!