G. David Felt

UK Unions have told the news that manufacturing is on the brink of Collapse due to inaction from the government. https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/tunedin/uk-manufacturing-industry-on-brink-of-historic-collapse/vi-BB15lU7K?ocid=msedgntp Seems they think every auto company in UK will be gone if the gov does not respond.

Tennessee Whiskey

These are the top 4 Premium II with 9sp transmission and trailering package plus moonroof.

Fireball

Tipsy

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I cannot imagine any car person who would not love to own this. 1970 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser 442 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna 454

Alto

Sleep

Hey, just saw this, did not realize Mazda is coming back to the truck market. It is an Isuzu based truck and will have a turbo diesel along with gas that @ocnblu should like. https://www.motor1.com/news/428154/2021-mazda-bt50-teaser/

Love at first site!!! 1965 Pontiac 2+2 One I will always think fondly of is the 1993 GMC Typhoon. 0 to 60 in 5.3 seconds, AWD and faster than a Ferrari 348 of the same time periof.

Stirred

WOW, Some very cool news and I know some will really like, looking @ocnblu will love this confirmation. BRONCO to have 7sp manual transmission with a Crawl gear for the 4x4. https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/2021-bronco-s-seven-speed-manual-will-boast-a-low-range-crawl-gear/ar-BB15lMbd?ocid=msedgntp Ford Executive is now saying the Bronco will be superior in every way to the Wrangler. https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/ford-exec-talks-smack-says-bronco-will-be-superior-to-wrangler/ar-BB15jACj?ocid=msedgntp More Leaked photos's of the Bronco. https://www.motor1.com/news/403527/2021-ford-bronco-leaked-again/?utm_source=msn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=msn-feed https://www.motor1.com/news/403191/2021-ford-bronco-possible-leak/?utm_source=msn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=msn-feed 1969 Chevrolet Kingswood with 427

Bond

Overall, I tolerate the masks, I find it hard to breath through my N95 mask and the wife who is Korean and used to masks as are our kids have washable ones and so use them when in stores, but then put them into a paperbag upon getting back into the auto, then hand sanitizer before touching anything else in the auto. I have tried the paper ones, tried the cloth ones and the big size of my face causes the exhaled air to go up and fog my glasses, so back to the N95 which has a rubber seal under my eyes so it does not affect my glasses, breath in through my nose, out through the mouth to go out the front exhaust port. Over all Tolerable as I said, Other than our Costco runs and Korean grocery store run, the once a month run to Home Depot, anything else is Amazon and we stay socially distant from all family and friend for now till a vaccine is available. Just not taking the chances as so many others in HOT states of infection are. Zoom calls with family and friends works for us.

WOW ? https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-coronavirus-cases-world-map/

? Wonder how they are sanitizing the rental auto's with Covid-19 raging in Florida?

French

This is what I have heard here from the local collision repair shop, they say no one really likes them on the inside as too tight and when it comes to a collision, they seem to crumple like a Bud Light Beer Can making repairs very hard. Wonder if this is due to the design of the unibody construction. Seems to be a throw away auto if in an accident.

Wedgie

So your saying that $249 a month for 36 months is too much for people to afford a Bolt? Looking at the time machine of past, GM had it at $349 last summer. Even that is much cheaper than many other ICE options. I think the bigger issue is the lack of Marketing by GM for the Bolt and the same for Nissan as the leaf is in the same price range. Yes I agree with you that Tesla are way over priced for what you get, but I think in many regards, the lack of information, marketing and dealer training is what also holds back EV sales. IMHO

Face

Did ya try the Rav4 Hybrid, everyone I know says it is night and day different than the rest of the Rav4's and once you drive one, you wonder how you could ever drive a traditional ICE version let alone many of the competition products. I am interested to know if you did test drive one what you thought compared to the commercial reviews. Or the less options is due to the bulk of society wants a certain image, certain jones jones competition of being seen in the same type of auto. I use my 4x4 / AWD all the time off road and up on the mountain passes during winter and yet the bulk of the folks in my cul-d-sac never go out especially if it is a little icy here in the suburbs. As such, very much a jones jones thing has led to the death of the car over the bulk of everyone wanting a cuv/suv or truck.

Bet the local fleet dealers dumped the vans from inventory very cheaply to get them moved and off the lot. I rarely see them at the dealerships anymore when I was out and about. I live between two nissan dealers in my area, one down by costco to the south and one up north by business costco. They both like the Mercedes-Benze dealer used to carry a ton of the vans, now nothing that you can find, all special order.

I am going to disagree that it is unproven. With most people having smartphones, tablets, laptops and so many other electric products, charging and having a battery operated product is not unproven, mostly just unknown and the best way to do that is bring out the trucks and suvs and have driver days where people can stop by, take it for a spin and see how they like it compared to an ICE. Most people who have taken an EV for a test drive have quickly made the change over to regen breaking from traditional breaking and found the instant torque to be very delightful.