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Yet...he mentions cars that are ABOVE their base offerings. HE ignores the fact that the (new gen) 3 Series in Europe is one small step above entry level econobox compact car with a lowly 2.0 liter 4 cylinder engine producing 150 horsepower 0-60 in 9 seconds... There is a 330 3 Series with a 2.0 liter 4 cylinder that is the base model in North America that does 0-60 in 5 seconds...with a price tag of starting at 40 000 US dollars... But NONE of THOSE comes CLOSE to ANY Vette EVER produced... Sorry, a 1953 inline stove bolt 6 Corvette DID in fact produce 150 HP and had similar 0-60 times to that 2020 318 Bimmer... I decided to move the bar MYSELF for a change...

When Cadillac sowed us the mid-engine Cien in 2002, I was all in for a Cadillac supercar. At a time when it was hip and cool to do mid-engine supercars. Everybody had a concept or actually produce one. Cadillac did not, however, produce it. It was featured in a movie thought and it was a great way to fantasize what a 300 000 dollar mid-engined supercar from Cadillac could be. When Cadillac then made the Evoq sports car and actually did produce it calling it the XLR based on a advanced Corvette C5 platform that was a precursor to the C6 platform that Corvette didnt have just yet...I was again all on board for Cadillac's attempt to be yet another follower as THIS was the way everybody else was trying to market themselves. At the same time of the Cien, Cadillac also gave us a V16 cruiser concept that better fit Cadillac's image. They didnt produce that one either. By the time the Ciel concept came around, I was in between thought processes on what Cadillac should produce. The El Miraj came and went and Cadillac didnt produce ANY of these concepts but by this time, I had made up my mind that in MY opinion, Cadillac for me, is NOT a sports car, hypercar type of brand. Cadillac was always a boulevardier brand. A cruising brand rather than a speedy one. In terms of alcoholic drinks, a Martini shaken not stirred. A Cognac neat or on the rocks. A LITERAL boulevardier drink. In terms of alcoholic drinks, Cadillac having sports cars are akin to shots. Alabama slammers, tequila lime shots with lime. Sex on the Beach... THIS is NOT Cadillac... Youthful. Promiscuous. Sexy. Not Cadillac DESPITE wanting to be younger. Maybe Pontiac if we are talking about GM? Definitely Lamborghini! Having sports cars and hypercars at Cadillac is like this: and this Although THIS IS Cadillac Let the other brands debase themselves to that (You see...Lamborghini!!!) Cadillac is more akin to this Similar... but there is a fine line and difference between the debauchery. In the 1980s, cocaine and wild parties skewed the arrogance factor towards the adolescent... Cadillac is arrogant luxury. But not adolescent. Supercars are adolescent.... Yuppies are new money. Newer money than Cadillac. Rolls is the old, stick up your a$$ conservative money. Cadillac came along and still kept the sophisticated aspect of it, but SHOWED YOU in FULL display how filty rich you are. Rolls Royce too, but there was a hint of understatement there. The 1980s came along, yuppies and white collar crime con artists with their cocaine fueled state of mind drew us back to our teenaged ways. Cadillac shoudnt go this route is what Im trying to say... Its not them.

The Impala SS fills(ed) my muscle car desires. I dont think Canada ever got the Olds Custom Cruiser on that final B Body. I got to learn that it even existed sometime in 2010 or so when I joined Motor Trend forums. My initial thought about that final B Body Olds Custom Cruiser was that it was a shame that Oldsmobile didnt get a sedan version too. It would have been #2 on my list if Olds had sedan. Therefore, I would have to say that that the Olds custom Cruiser would be #1. And surprisingly, the Buick Roadmaster wagon would be #2 and the Caprice wagon at #3.

Watching the Olympics on and off, not really into them this time around. Came across this pic...thought about it and said...yup that would be a correct assessment of this situation! Thought about it some more...somehow I tied it in with sports...came across this meme But the ONLY Trans Girls I could think of right about now are these kinds of Trans girls... So...I might not tell that lovely lady to move out of the way after all. Well not completely out of the way anyway.

I agree with this statement. yet...its a tired old argument. 10.6 @ 135 or so MPH versus 11.2 @ 122 MPH or so. So yeah... On the 'base' 488, its got close to 200 HP and 60 ft/lbs of torque more than the Vette. Considering the price tag difference, the 488, as pointed out, is 200-300 pounds lighter than the Vette. That price difference equals to more expensive, lighter materials being used for the Ferrari. The Vette's engineering prowess is NOT how the power is put down and the numbers being accomplished as compared to Ferraris, Porsches, McLarens, Lambos.... The Vette's engineering prowess is how all that is being translated, by the level of high technology being used AT A PRICE POINT being MASS PRODUCED and BEING CONSISTANT from car to car, and doing that from year to year, decade to decade, generation after generation keeping up with cars that cost 2-3-4-5 times as much. We shouldnt be putting down Vettes in relation to Ferraris and Porsches. We shouldnt be putting down Ferraris and Porsches in relation to Vettes either. HOWEVER, I REALLY like to see what Ferrari could do, PERFORMANCE wise, within the SAME price point and BUDGET that Chevrolet and Corvette engineers have to deal with... I dont care what Ferrari sells their cars at, if people buy them at any MSRP, good on Ferrari, but I really do want to see what Ferrari engineering could do with a Corvette budget regarding engineering... We have already seen what Porsche has done in this 'Corvette' situation. 1. Porsche 914 2. Porsche 924, 944, 964 3. Porsche 928 ALL PERFORMANCE FAILURES as compared to the Corvette. (I am STRICTLY talking about PERFORMANCE and NOT sales) The ONLY one that has succeeded in keeping up with the Corvette is the Cayman/Boxster. It comes up short ONLY because the Cayman/Boxster could EASILY outperform the 911 but Porsche does NOT what to cripple the 911 that way so they INTENTIONALLY keep the Cayman/Boxster at bay. Which means that the Cayman/Boxster could really mess up the Corvette. But then again, how much more engineering costs would go up when higher performance upgrades happen to the Cayman/Boxster to put the bloody nose to the Corvette? THAT is what makes modern Corvettes so awesome. Its NOT the performance numbers by themselves. Its coupled with the fact that those numbers are accomplished to a PRICE POINT both in an engineering budget and a relatively low MSRP...

I have a feeling that Tesla succeeded and continues to succeed DESPITE Elon Musk... I read recent stories of him being a loose canon. Very authoritarian and not in a good way. Oh well...what Tesla faces now is an onslaught of various competition from all kinds of manufacturers whose EV technology is at the very least on par with Tesla's. The competition has caught up. Their vehicles are new, fresh. And THAT is ALWAYS important in the market place. Tesla has a bigger uphill to climb than just to get the tech right and perfected. Tesla has a bigger uphill to climb than just to get people to buy EVs. Tesla has a bigger uphill to climb than just to get their manufacturing hell (because it STILL a thing) under control. Tesla's next battleground is again within itself but not directly within itself like it is with figuring out how to build cars...but to convince people to buy their 2nd generation of EV cars... Tesla has to find a new design language. And as we all know, that is a TALL order for ANY manufacturer. Here we are, dissing Corvettes and Porsches and Ferraris, but all these brands have ALL tested the test of time within MULTIPLE generations spanning DECADES. MANY decades, not just 1 or 2. More like 5 and 6 decades... Mercedes...HA HA HA Mercedes hasnt offered ONE viable EV to date. One particular person laughs at GM and FoMoCo yet both of these American brands have SUCCESFULLY manufactured an EV or two that not only did well within the engineering specs of Tesla, but also in the marketplace. Mercedes has NOT done anything on those two levels... Its a small, personal rhetoric I made, but its close to the truth and reality of where Tesla stands in the marketplace and what happens to Tesla in the next decade. Its not their tech that is in question here. Its not even their manufacturing ability. Its their next generation of corporate design language that needs to be accepted in the marketplace because all else IS equal amongst its competition... By the looks of Ford's design language of the Mach E and all other EVs, GM's. Lucid's and everybody else, these designs look like winners in the market place. Hoping that Tesla's design is special and awesome because by the way the Cybertruck is going, the future does not look good...

Oh...baby!!! Give me more! Dont stop! Yeah! Right there! Now from the back! ooooooooh baby! yeah!

1. I like the history lesson, but I KNOW which key opens the doors and which key starts the roar! Thanks though, I appreciated the down memory lane shout out of the keys! 2. Good Canuck rock band! Late '70s song...and fits this Trans Am just fiiiiine! Nice reference! 3. I dont like shifting my own gears, but on a 2nd gen F-Body (Trans Am), Id gladly do it! 4. One thing missing on this car is the Phoenix! Love that screaming chicken! 5.. I think Ive posted this video in here before though. But great to view it again! 6. Thanks Chris!

I think the 1971-1973 Mustang is simply hideous. I think I much prefer the Mustang II and I think that one is hideous as well. This rendering I must say is gorgeous.

Same Tesla's competition's thread where now we are bashing Ferraris. ? I had another urge to listen to and look at an American rocker before he joined another iconic American rock band and the song was featured in an '80s pop culture masterpiece that the video starred...yup! You guessed it! A FERRARI!!!

I strongly disagree with this, buddy. Friend. (Not a sarcastic tone, btw. Had you been an obnoxious poster, then my referencing to you as 'buddy' and 'friend' would be sarcastic, but I kinda, like you? maybe??? So my tone is...um more or less, genuine? I guess... ) OK...back to disagreeing with this POV. Since a dealership is a store. A PRIVATELY owned store FRANCHISED to sell a brand of vehicle by a certain OEM, then that owner of said dealership has the right to advertise his store on the product he is selling. And if the dealership in question is a special and prestigious dealership like as an example Yenko, Dana, Nickey that all sold Chevrolets that hot rodded Camaros and Chevelles during the original muscle car era and those Camaros and Chevelles were beasts on the drag strip that were even nationally recognized, I would say, they have a RIGHT to advertise their dealership on the best billboard there is. On the car itself!!! No, I wouldnt want a sticker or vanity plate or frame on my new car with the dealer's name on it. I dont like the look of something like that on my NEW car. However, something like what Balthy posted on the post above seems like an honest and genuine restoration that captures the era. I would most certainly would want a period correct vanity plate or frame on a restored cruiser like that. If I was into the restoration game, and had my own business for such things like that, I would sooooo do a replica Dana Camaro for instance... or even do a modern version of that Camaro using a new 6th gen Camaro and doing a modern take on that race car...

After all that nonsense in the Tesla's competition thread, I had the strong urge to listen to and look at a British rock n roll band's video that celebrates a couple of C1 Corvettes

^^^ Yes...the Corvette's LT1 I also prefer the Caprice over the Roadmaster. The Impala SS over all of them. I also liked the Fleetwood Brougham. 1. Impala SS 2. Caprice Classic 3. Fleetwood Brougham 4. Roadmaster I didnt like the the wagons all that much then, but I dig them today.

Concerning the dealership advert lettering on a vehicle: One could request they remove the stickers on the car. Not a big deal and the dealership will comply. I have asked they remove the advertising on all the cars I have ever bought. Not because of the obnoxious free advert I may give them while I drive my car, but because I feel that the stickers uglify the vehicle. And not one time has a salesman or dealership given me ANY grief for my request. And they have complied each and every time. EDIT: PS:: My dad's cars always had the dealership stickers on his car. And from an early age I hated that look. From an early age I vowed to never have them on my cars. PSS: What I did like was when dealerships gave you a front license vanity plate with their name and logo. They dont do that anymore. They barely give you key chains... I wouldnt want to install that vanity plate on the front of my car, its just that it was a neat thing.

Not worth my time...

Not useable F150 EV will have MORE trims Not useable. The bed is an awkward thing... If you cant see that, I cant help you It does NOT have more capability. YOU mentioned the Wrangler. And YES...its a toy! Yes...I said its a toy... I said its a BETTER, faster, bigger, MORE INSANE toy than the Cybertruck... Sure...its got a CULT following. Hummer EV will have an INSANE MSRP. More expensive than the Cybertruck. Must be better because bigger price tag? THAT is usually YOUR go to argument... NOT more capable. Its a toy. A toy that will sell (if it ever get to go on sale) ONLY to rabid Tesla fanbois. That will last 1 year, 2 years tops. The rest of the EV pick-up truck market will go to the F150 EV, Rivian, GM twins... No it doesnt. Cybertruck is VAPORWARE. NO Cybertruck has EVER been offroading. Just cult words from cult master Musk. You are a liar about the C8 that nobody could make it hook up right. All kinds of mis-information there with just 17 words... And again...that would be the BASE C8...with ONLY 495 HP and 490 ft/lbs of torque... And yet...its but a fraction off... the Cybertruck's times... GM beats Audi in a heart beat in ANY category... YOU are just a self hatin' American. I cant help you with that delusion. Sorry. The Corvette has always competed well against the 911. Its a back and forth battle since 1963. If you cant see that. Ill repeat: YOU are just a self hatin' American. I cant help you with that delusion. Sorry. Whatever excuse you are going to use to against my Corvette/911 argument...you can use it on yourself here... Its about time, doncha think? But as with GM losing 800 million, lets see how the year ends. Im will to bet that GM makes 2 billion and Tesla is back losing money again... Stop being such a self hating American...

We already DO know that all trucks mentioned will be a better product than a Cybertruck. Elon Musk billed the Cybertruck as a re-invention of the pick-up truck. And as he was showing the Cybertruck, its very obvious that the Cyrbertruck is NOT a re-invention of the conventional pick-up truck. Its a TOY. Ill get back to THAT later. The other trucks Rivian and Ford 150EV, minus the GMC Hummer EV, all showed us what and how EV pick-up trucks SHOULD be. In the regard of the Cybertruck being a traditional pick-up truck, it FAILED. If anything, FORD has re-invented the EV pick-up truck! THAT makes it a better EV pick-up truck. I said the Cybertruck is more of a toy. Well...had GMC NOT given us a HUMMER EV, Id be inclined to say...yeah! Tesla has given us a fan-TA-stic EV truck as its a unique offering, its EV and its a toy. THIS is what toys are all about! HOWEVER...GMC has given us the HUMMER EV... The HUMMER EV is a more shocking offering. Faster, bigger. MORE arrogant! Freedom mode. Crawl mode. Its INSANE! Therefore, even as a toy, the Cybertruck falls short... Its in 2nd place. There are more fans of the HUMMER brand than there are rabid Tesla fanbois. HUMMER has ALL the folk that bought Hummers 20 years ago. HUMMER has even got the green people on board as it IS an electric vehicle... HUMMER might NOT have the Tesla cult followers. But that is OK. HUMMER has got the folk that look at the Cybertruck and laugh at it! HUMMER has even got the folk that swear that they will NEVER part with their DIESEL HD pick-up trucks, but JUST the way the HUMMER looks and with FREEDOM mode "AMERICA PHOQUE YEAH!!!, HUMMER has WON these guys over... Tesla has got excellent EV powertrains and batteries. GM with the HUMMER EV has shown that GM is equal to Tesla. Ford with the Mach E has ALSO shown that Ford is equal to Tesla. More products to come from both GM and Ford... Porsche and Audi have fallen short. Really really short with their offerings that are rivals to Tesla's Model S. But Porsche is not a company that likes losing. As seen with the 911 and what Porsche engineering is all about the last 20-30 years, I wouldnt be counting out Porsche so soon if I were you... GM has been in the EV game since the mid-1990s... NOT their first merry-go round with EVs. The Bolt 1st generation was an excellent effort. A REAL attempt for an AFFORDABLE EV for the masses. The Bolt is simply NOT the same type of EV as the Model S or Model 3. The Bolt is the equivalent of an entry level, compact car. Both Model 3 and Model S are more like sports sedans. Enthusiast vehicles rather than utilitarian. Teslas in general are more geared for enthusiast purposes rather than utilitarian. Apples to oranges. EV nerds buy Teslas but most of these nerds are more akin to being boring Toyota and Lexus clientele rather than ultimate driving machine adrenaline junkies... The fact that Tesla EVs gives them a rush is mind boggling to me as these idiots also advocate for self-driving cars... The Mach E was ALSO an excellent 1st effort. It resides in the same realm of Tesla as the Mach E is more of an enthusiast offering. Smack right in between the Model Y and the Model X. And by Ford showing us how the F150 EV will be spec wise, Tesla's advantage of having excellent EV powertrains and batteries is now not so much of a big gap anymore... NOT in a good way... Wrangler sells well because its got a history that dates back to 1939... and it won a war. It won SEVERAL wars... And MANY folk LOVED that about it. And then the marketing machine really kicked in and did its thing and the Wrangler has got a cult following like no other. There are 2 other 4x4s that RIVAL the Wrangler. HUMMER and Bronco. Hummer is an EV while the Bronco is not. Dont matter...Ford has another 4x4 that has a cult following... Its F150...and it WILL be an EV... To say that Ford and GM couldnt compete with Tesla is just...naive.

The "like" was for the Ford. Its sad for the state of poverty in 1st world countries. And I selfishly ignored the stories of Venice Beach and their homeless situation. Kinda how I ignore Montreal's situation too...

Let's play Monopoly! I soooo want to own property in Venice Beach on the Boardwalk and on Park Ave New York!!!

https://www.historymuseum.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/the-explorers/antoine-laumet-dit-de-lamothe-cadillac-1694-1701/ Montreal and Detroit forever linked!

My current house (is there gonna be a time where I sell this one to downsize even further as my wife and I age and the kids are outta the house flying on their own?) is on two levels plus the basement. Just slightly less than 2000 sq ft. (not including the basement) Yeah...I think all on one level (plus the basement) is best as we age. HA! HA! HA!

ZZ Top was one of my favorite bands in the '80s. Lots of great music from this group. RIP Dusty Hill I think this song is the one he is most recognized for

I wouldnt want a huge house if money was no object. Just big enough. Around 2200-2500 sq ft. Not including the basement. Maybe even at 2500 sq feet might be too big. On a huge mansion too many rooms are not occupied being left unused and unloved... However, a huge 20-30-40-50 car garage on the lot with dynos and lifts and EV chargers and all kinds of memorabilia on the walls (automotive or otherwise) complete with my own mechanics with CNC machines and 3D printers (for repairs and restorations) would be my definition of dream home. This huge garage would compliment my fetish for an arcade/movie and song game room that would also be part of my residence.

Ive seen that house in a mansions for sale ad or article of awesome dream car garages or something like that 2-3 years ago. thanx for posting it again! ?

Cadillac for Cadillac. Montreal style