G. David Felt

+1 :rofl:

Yes with the Genie out of the bottle, you had to figure they have a few billion set aside to pay for this. Now is the time for lawyers to make a killing in fees. One does have to wonder how this will affect both companies over the short term and long term. Could one of these companies go away or at least get greatly reduced in size?

I agree that he is a legend to have saved all this history.

Where??????

feather dusters

LOL, This reminds me of the movie The Last Chase 1981. The cop cars were all electric, people could not go on road trips any longer and you were forced by the totalitarian central government to only live the dictated way. Race to Freedom California for free driving. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082642/maindetails In a future United States, the only transport available to an individual is public transportation. Predicated on an assertion that "the oil has run out", an increasingly totalitarian central government has ordered all personal vehicles be impounded by law. One man, a former race car driver, yearns again for his ability to choose his own roads and destiny. He reassembles his race car hidden from confiscation, and sets out for "Free California" which has broken away from the new regime, aided by a young technically savvy teen who feels alienated from this "social" society. Agents of the new government must stop this man at any cost to destroy the symbology he represents, and the instability that such a desire for personal autonomy could mean to the society. An old Korean War veteran and his F-86 Sabre jet are called into service to chase down this dangerous man... Written by AGC

That is what you call the Rocky Mountains to a Ricered Ride that has been lowered to Cig pack height.

Remember, we no longer have French Fries, they are Freedom Fries. So that would not be a Vrench Curve but a Freedom Curve which means only american metal!

Downey

Good catch, you are right it does look like the drivers side headlight bezel.

Dowry

Also the shortage of quality used cars will force many to buy new, so we will see many new auto's with cleaner roads, less dropped oil. That is the bright side, emissions and amount of safer auto's on the road.

Excluding those auto makers who have taken on building auto batteries for their Hybrids/EV only cars. Do you think this is just normal change out due to world economy issues that we are seeing or does the death of the A123 and other battery companies might not indicate that the EV in round two still might be a true niche vehicle and ahead of it's time? I don't think correlation is causation. The only thing A123's bankruptcy tells me is they failed as a company. It tells me nothing about the viability of the technology as a whole. The supplier who built the faulty Toyota gas pedals, CTS, filed for bankruptcy also... that doesn't mean that gas pedal technology is a failure. True in regards to the gas pedal. Thanks for the chuckle as I needed one this morning. I do have to wonder though if this does not speak of how fast things moved in comparison to where the technology really is at and the big world wide use. Half a million cars globally over 4 years and the lack of infrastructure tends to make me still think it is way to early on top of the lack of standards for charging and how fast charge does shorten battery life.

LSD

Z90??????

Excluding those auto makers who have taken on building auto batteries for their Hybrids/EV only cars. Do you think this is just normal change out due to world economy issues that we are seeing or does the death of the A123 and other battery companies might not indicate that the EV in round two still might be a true niche vehicle and ahead of it's time?

but why do they put that stuff on Lincolns and Cadillacs but (mostly) Not Benz and BMW? I think it is partially an educational thing. Most baby boomers who graduated highschool went to work for a company and retired out seems to like the fake convertible tops and cushy floaty ride. This in comparison to the baby boomers who went to college, backpacked Europe and decided early on in comparison to the rest of the US, that they wanted a real driving machine. I say the rest of the US is finally catching up.

Charlene

That is good to know as when you watch news you hear from so many people that their insurance will not cover their cars, homes, etc. So they are looking at a total wipe out loss.

By now most asian and korean auto's have always had timing belts that had to be replaced at 60k or 65k miles. So this is a common and what I think is fairly well known repair and 500-600 is not that much when you look at the bigger picture. I agree things should go 100k miles, but then American car companies have used chains rather than belts so things usually go much longer. It will be interesting to see the next few years as everyone has to compete on quality and now people have gotten used to not really doing much other than oil changes and brakes for the first 100K miles. Auto's with major service calls at 60k or 65k miles will be in a loosing position.

Better than having them be dried out and sold on the grey market and end up being a nightmare of auto ownership. I hope they truly crush these auto's rather than sell them off as scarp. In regards to private owners, I hear many will not get anything as the insurance does not cover flooding. I suspect the insurance companies will do all they can to avoid having to payout for this big mess.

WOW, This is a freakin amazing Barn Find, Watch the Video and sound off. It is amazing how much of these old auto's and motorcycles actually run still. http://www.cooleston...mate-Barn-Find/ Sound off on this awesome find! There are some awesome cars. They spend time on the motorcycles, but some of the old cars are freakin amazing especially the 1949 Veritas by a group of engineers that went to work for BMW.

Very true, While New is nice, I will say when I bought my 2008 Trailblazer SS with only 24K on the odometer. I was wise to buy the $1800 GM 3yr/36month bumper to bumper as it has paid for itself and now I just have to have some surface scratches touched up professionally, but I figure by next spring it will look brand new. So a solid used car with the GM warranty can be a very grand way to go to get more than you could normally afford new. Either way, good luck and I will be watching for the new baby to hit the threads once you have it.

Both are great rigs, I do love the feature list of the black truck. Only thing I have seen on the 2006 and up trucks and suv's is that the speedo is electric, no real cable to the tranny and it is worth the time to do a good road test and see if it bounces. This usually indicates that the instrument cluster is ready for a rebuild. If everything seems to work fine and solid, I see no problem with either the Yukon or the black truck. Both are nice choices. Have you looked to see if you have a Hybrid Yukon or Tahoe as they are fully loaded including nav and the dvd entertainment systems and they get 22 miles per gallon. Awesome choice for a family SUV.

Not at all, This rig is good for 500K miles or more if the maintenance is done. Good Solid price for what looks like a very clean nice SUV.