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The G Forces pins you to your seat with a Tesla. And nails you there for the during of the acceleration. (not saying a Mustang GT500 wont be able to do the same, because it does...Im just describing what happens as Ive driven my partner's Model S hard and I have been a passenger as well as HE accelerated hard) Well...now...you are adoring a 5.0 V8 RWD sports car over an econobox CUV...tall wagon...or whatever GM wants to call it... because it really is a CUV... Same difference when adoring that same Mustang over a Ford Focus RS or Fiesta ST... I too...would prefer your V8 Mustang over any of the other cars mentioned here. Shyte...Id rather an ecoboosted 4 cylinder Mustang over the Bolt or Focus RS or Fiesta ST. And yes...aural stimulation does play into the equation with a V8 Coyote. But sometimes, even THAT is not enough to entice folk to keep on buying V8s. The whole Fast and the Furious thing is built on the notion of NOT driving V8s... And THAT trend started a whole decade BEFORE the first movie came out...

Never been to Paris... But...Id say not more stinky than say, NYC in the 1980s and 1990s(which I have been to multiple times) . Or Athens (Greece). Athens is no longer stinky though. Ah....Europeans at their finest. Europeans in general, at least from the 1970s-1990s were all like that. Did you know that they made fun of North Americans for taking daily showers? Well they did! But that too is no longer true as Europeans today DO shower daily as we do in North America. Well...that is certainly subjective. And you are entitled to that opinion. Food in Paris is probably lethally expensive. But hey! THAT is part of the Parisian experience of paying an arm and a leg for your food and to socialize with rude and arrogant local yokels! YES! I would like to visit The French Riviera and Northern France for the WW1 and WW2 military history myself! YES! Greece is that one place that if I only had the choice to visit one country ever...Greece would be the one that Id choose, even if Ive been there many many times. However...Id like to add Great Britain to that list. France. Germany. And of course ITALY! Which youve mentioned. But I needed to repeat! And of course Id love to visit ALL of Italy. From North to the South. The Boot. From the East Coast to the West Coast not forgetting the middle as we all know, Italy is so diverse in its history and landscape and what the country and its people have to offer. But that is only a part of Europe. There are other countries in Europe Id like to visit. Then there is Asia. Shyte.... Where do I begin in explaining what country Id like to visit in Asia???!!!

I remember something my partner telling me about Tesla removing regen braking settings option on newer EVs. I dont think there is an option for a low setting anymore... Just a thought I had since we were on that subject.

When the Habs win...Im all proud (of Montreal...not of the Habs) but when they lose...Im freakin' ecstatic. (For the Habs losing, not so much for the city...) And when I come across a gem like this...Im exploding with JOY! Yeah Gallagher! Go phoque yourself! But then I immediately remember that THE Bruins super pest is best friends with Gallagher...

GM got many things right in the late 1990s. Especially with Oldsmobile. But got sooooooo many things wrong. Id say the only drawback to the Alero were the engine choices. Well, the 3400 6 cylinder. It wasnt a bad engine per se. But the Alero deserved a lot more than that. It had all the right suspension tuning and precision driving control BS that GM advertised that made the Alero drive more European which was a great move, but the 3400 only made 185 horsepower and close to 200 Ft/lbs of torque. Which was good enough. But good enough was NOT enough. Oldsmobile should have put the Shortstar 3.5 in there. 1. It was a bonafide Oldsmobile engine 2. It had the necessary dual overhead cam design that foreign buyers wanted AND what Oldsmobile was aspiring to be anyway at that point in time 3. The Shortstar had the 200 plus necessary HP to equal and pull ahead of its competition... (for the time) Offering a DOHC 4 cylinder AND a DOHC 6 cylinder would have been dope for Oldsmobile and the Alero. Oldsmobile was just there to make a breakthrough with foreign loving buying Americans. Oldsmobile got sooooo much closer than what Saturn ever got to be and today's Buick. The Alero would have been THAT much MORE of a success. And THAT could have pushed the Intrigue to be successful too at the turn of the new millennium. GM might not have been so eager to shut down Oldsmobile so fast like they did.

One good thing about living in Quebec is that...the French dont give two shytes about the Royals so its like they dont even exist. On the English media side however...

They Don't Know 'Bout Us, They've Never Heard Of Love!

The model changed name to Uplander when it got the new nose job. That was in 2005.

Happy 20th CheersandGears!

Why? Asking because I do not know about truck strength and dynamics. An integral body/bed will have an adverse impact with hauling and towing capacity? Or is it more of a manufacturing thing and the lack of flexibility of switching easily to market demand regarding bed sizes on the production line?

Shiver me timbers matey! I thought it was a 5 foot bed or something. Maybe I was picturing it shorter back there because of its Typhoon (Blazer) cousin.

No it didnt. But the Syclone wasnt about Home Depot runs either. It was a muscle truck. But that was the thing. They whined about how it wasnt a functional truck, but they was missin' the point that it out accelerated Ferraris and Porsches. Kinda like with Rivian and its short bed. Its more of an expensive lifestyle machine. We could slam it on how relevant it is as a lifestyle machine rather than it having a short bed of 4.5 feet. In that pic, the surfboards hang outside of the truck, but they do seem to be hauled alright though. Skis could also fit nicely in the bed or on top of the roof so we could actually nix that argument too... We could have an argument on why bother we such an expensive toy just to go skiing and camping when a cheaper VW Golf could do the same thing. And I welcome anybody to do so but as far as Im concerned today, with short beds on expensive lifestyle trucks, there is nothing to see here, other than more money than brains would fit in here perfectly. But to make a switch to EVs, we got to start somewhere... Id say no thanx to this, but I dont have a problem with it. I would prefer the HUMMER EV over this though 1000 and 1 percent!!!

Isnt Rivian the start-up that sold us off on their SUVs as lifestyle? This is off their website on the truck side. The SUV has its own lifestyle motto... https://rivian.com/r1t Remember when the GMC Syclone came out? The then automotive journalist's DID slam it by saying it was not a workable truck. Bed too small. Too low to the ground with absolutely no hauling capabilities. Well...I remember those arguments quite well too and this is why I will defend my rant on top... But lets be fair about it...the photo ops are all about lifestyle...nothing about Home Depot runs... And a couple of others with the R1T going offroad. Which reminds me of another SUV truck thing that also has a bed. No bitichin' about this one's bed though.

My parody videos were making fun of such a statement. I understand lumber may not fit in the back of a 4 and half foot bed...but how many Home Depot runs to extend their backyard decks do Average Joe pick-up drivers do anyway? How many Americans are constructing their own decks? DIYers still exist in America? If you tell me yes...I will be in shock! Yes they exist. But I have a sneaky suspicion that Rivians are not on these peoples radar even if Rivian offered a Ferd F Teenthousand version to haul bales of horses... What is it that AVERAGE Americans 'may need' to haul that is longer than 4 and a half feet on a regular basis? Even for just ONE time???!!! This reminds me of my Greek from Greece upbringing (and I know Italians do this too) that my mom had two sets of dishes. The everyday shyt dishes we ate in...everyday... and the fine china Daulton Old Country Roses ones we had. That we NEVER brought out but we had JUST for that ONE special occasion...that NEVER came. I guess the Queen of England never had a REAL interest of visiting our home. *SIGH* That the Queen never knew of my existence... In the end, my mom got fed up of waiting for royalty to come and we started eating from them. Yeah...I guess its nice to have JUST for that one BLOODY time one may need it... But it seems to be a very silly way of purchasing shyt if you ask me. Ive ONLY owned cars in my life. And being of age where cars were downsized, so far in my life, I havent really had the necessity for a 4 and a half foot bed pick up truck let alone a 12 foot one... OK...THAT would be a lie. TWO lies. Ive owned a 2007 Ford Edge that made moving from one house to another flawlessly. And when my mom passed away and I had to sell her house and move her shyt I had a need for a larger vehicle. I RENTED A FULLSIZED VAN for the day... No biggie! No problem either as LIVING IN NORTH AMERICA...CONSUMERISM not ONLY makes it possible to OWN ANYTHING we want...including 12 foot bed pick-up trucks just in case we need it for that once in a lifetime event, but in a FREE MARKET SYSTEM...BUSINESS OPPORTUNITES for PROFIT makes it possible for business savvy folk to offer products and services to me and an REASONABLE price just with a phone call or phone app so I wont be saddled with too much vehicle for everyday daily driving duties...and I coould just rent a truck for 50-100 bucks plus gas...for the day. Obviously if Rivian wants to break into the U-HAUL it for yourself business in offering bigger beds to those folk who actually need big beds for their trucks, then they need to do that. But I also would imagine that aint really targeting those folk either. They are targeting the posers. I would worry more about brand loyalty in those truck posers rather than how big the beds really are if I was Rivian. THAT would be more of a challenge. The ones that are die hard Chebby guys and die hard Ferd guys and douche bad rolling coal Dodge guys... Which brings me to the other thing. These guys are probably V8 guys thriough and through with the occasional Turbo Diesel Cummins V6 guys... A battery electric pick up truck is NOT on their radar. Therefore it dont matter... A 4 and half foot bed is just more reasons for them to laugh at a Rivian truck. A truck they'd NEVER buy anyway...

I never liked the image she was trying sooooooo hard to portray and sell...and unfortunately led America down a very shyte path, sexually. Instead of celebrating sex that is something great, intimate, natural, sexy, fun, loving AND yes....LUSTFUL... She turned that natural and beautiful sex and lust into something dirty. And disrespectful to your sex partner. Although I think that was not what she wanted to do, she helped it become that way. With that being said, I do like most of her music.

Somehow...that very same song in the Joke's thread seems very appropriate here too!

You mean to tell me a casting couch is not culture? Appropriate somehow . Im listening to this song right now! Maybe Weinstein used this song a couple of times in his hotel room while he showered and had the aspiring actresses waiting for him... Very Tarantino-ish type of scenario and song choice Id like to think...

Well...THAT is THE joke. Bleep out the word 'count' on purpose to make it sound like The Count is well... for the shytes and giggles. I took that to a darker place than what it was intended originally. Today's world is messin' with my mind!

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The Count... Count (Dracula). Well...he counts stuff. Anything and everything. To help kids learn their numbers. The original song. But I bet you thought of another word, right? Funny AF (as fuc BLEEP) But with what is going on in today's political fake news world and ultra sensitive offended culture we are cultivating... Scary AF!

Another bad ass pick up truck parody

@trinacriabob Smoooooth operator. I LOVE that song! The one you posted is slick, yes. I also like No Ordinary Love. Very sensual voice she has.

Speaking of Sesame Street. THIS is why censorship is NOT a good idea. And the way we politicize and weaponize words nowadays for our own hidden agendas, the truth just gets eroded away until there is no more truth... This video was done with humour when the dude done it a decade plus ago. But in 2021, its scary... I laughed hard, but then I thought about it...and Im legit worried about what our future holds if we dont smarten up...

Its kinda sad...for his family. He the phoquer, if he drank and drove his car and killed his family...he deserved a life of hell a lot WORSE than just living in a garbage can, in a street called Sesame. Sesame is not a place for such a monster. A place full of innocent, adorable children learning ABCs and 123s.