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Modern Cadillac love...

I need to make a chess board like she did... The green 63-64 Ford and the Green T-Bird are hot as hell. The blue Benz is easy on the eyes also. This wagon is damn near perfect, I love this turquoise color from Ford.

The Lincoln limo is a 60s vintage Corgi. I also have a gold one w/ a black roof. here are a few of my old Corgi and Dinky toys.

Got this neat 1/64th 2019 CT6 diecast in the mail today, from China off eBay. Looks like my 1:1.

This thing looks worse than the EQS. 2 things that car companies need to get rid of is the bar of soap design and the yoke steering wheel. And I just saw Mercedes is going to steer by wire and showed a yoke style steering wheel. People don't want yokes in a car.

If all they import is the tech but build it here, it could happen. GM is putting a lot of money into building battery plants in the US. They're going to overtake Tesla soon in battery build capacity.

I guess I wonder where this leaves Buick in the US... I like their products although not a huge fan of the new exterior design language, but I guess for now Buick here will be ICE only? I know they wanted to be all electric by 2030, but I don't see that happening here.

If you are a Sam's member, they have a really good credit card rebate program for gas purchases, so not only do you get the cheaper prices at Sam's you also get 5% back on your gas purchases there AND your gas purchases at most other non-Sam's gas stations as well too. Costco has a similar deal and I have their card. I get $400 cash back on that every year and 50% of that rebate is just on gas spend. Because we're driving more this year, I'm already at $147 in rebates for 2025 and my April statement hasn't even closed yet. Even if you never go to a Sam's to shop, it might be worth it to get the Plus membership and their Mastercard now that you have the Navigator.

Excellent critique of the Cybertruck...

I have a Costco on one side of me in a shopping center I'm always in and a Sam's on the other side of me in another area I'm always in. I have both memberships, though the Sam's is not getting renewed when it's up. Both are within 7 minutes of the house. I have my favorite stations marked in GasBuddy and the cheapest prices in the county are those two plus a Speedway that sometimes gives me bonus discounts that is near one of my clients. I probably put way too much effort into figuring out which is the cheapest because I compare the E85 price to the others but have to factor the drop in MPG and the cashback rebates my Costco credit card gives me. There is a spreadsheet on my phone. I'm making a concerted effort to not overthink things this year.

People in this country are losing their crap and becoming more angry....