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  1. I did not see that initially, but after reading that line, now I cant unsee it. Yes. A mix of Pony and Excel Id say. Id say the Ioniq 5 is an attractive CUV. (High hatchback?) (Or could we just change up the marking spiel and call it a Sports ACTIVITY Vehicle, SAV for short? It could charge all kinds of stuff like EV scooters and CAMPING equipment and high powered electric stuff...you know...outdoor ACTIVITY stuff...) I like the specs on it and the EV stuff it could do. Like the interior AND exterior charging ports to charge all kinds of stuff. Cool feature. While Im not a CUV kinda guy, this thing is attractive enough for me not to diss it...
  2. https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/23/22297823/usps-postal-service-mail-truck-electric-oshkosh-workhorse I personally dont mind its looks. Its looks weird Ill admit. But I kinda like it. The Arrival van looks OK. Better than the Oshkosh. But for whatever reason, I prefer the looks of the Oshkosh.
  3. I was tired of Its been too cold too long Like a worn out recording Of a favorite song So while lay there frozen I read the paper in bed And in the personal columns There was this letter I read If you like piña coladas And gettin' caught in the rain If you're not into snow If you have half a brain If you like makin' love at midnight In the dunes on the cape Then I'm the love that you've looked for Write to me and escape I didn't think about my constituents I know that sounds kinda mean But me and my old buddy Needed time to escape So I wrote to the paper Took out a personal ad I blamed it totally on my kids I thought it wasn't half bad Yes, I like piña coladas And gettin' caught in the rain I'm not much into telling the truth I am into champagne
  4. Speaking of pop. I think girls did it best in the 1980s. And some Prince influence!
  5. I get to see Teslas everyday too. Tons. These are BIG hits here.
  6. Me too. My partner's Model S is as reliable as any other vehicle out there. No major issues. Lots of bitchin' about fit and finish and all that. Again, with his car, not much different than any other car... even as compared to other vehicles in that price range... Quality of materials may not be up to that price tag's standard's, but he didnt buy a Model S for the quality of materials. But a Tesla is not about prestigious interiors anyway! He didnt buy it for the speed either. He bought it to get off of oil. And to him, the price of admission was well worth it. I laugh, even at @David when people bitch at Tesla's fit and finish. Its mostly much ado about nothing. My wife's 2013 Ford Fusion has Tesla levels of fit and finish...On the exterior as the interior is good on the Fusion. My wife's car before the Fusion, a 2009 Mazda 3, also had Tesla levels of fit and finish. On the inside too. My car before my Acura, a 2005 Impala SS. Well....THAT car had Tesla levels of fit and finish. Interior AND exterior. People bitch about Tesla's paint jobs... All MY cars mentioned, the Mazda 3, The Ford Fusion, the Chevy Impala...they ALL had shyte paint jobs one way or other. The Fusion has orange peel near the license plate area in the back. The hood, which is aluminum I think, well, its starting to peel off at the top of the hood little by little. The Impala had paint starting to peel off at the rear wheel wells. The Mazda had thin thin paint. The Fusion's chromed trim on the C Pillar fell off. BOTH sides. I had to get those replaced 6 months after ownership. There was an eventual recall on that. Or a bulletin report... Ive never seen more cheap interiors than that of the Mazda AND the Impala. The Mazda is an econobox. OK. But for the amounts of times Ive heard bitching and moaning about Cavaliers and Sunbirds...I think it wasnt fair for the J-Body to get that kind of heat when 200 years later, the Mazda 3 was WORSE than the J-Body... The Impala...there is no phoquing excuse for that kind of cheapness. The Impala SS cost me 40 000 Canadian to buy. And I know GM got heat for cheap interiors, no where near the bitchin' that Tesla gets. Tesla is still a new car company. What is FoMoCo's and GM's excuse? Mazda's? Mazda has been around a long time too... @David I aint gonna touch your Escalade. But your Trailblazer SS is fair game. Do NOT tell me that your Trailblazer SS's interior is worth the price that it was sold as new. Because it wasnt! You could defend it, but as vocal as you are about Tesla, I would expect that you are as harsh about your own Trailblazer as you are about Tesla... I say that with love!
  7. Says the CEO of the company whose EVs get bitched slapped by Tesla EVs in EVERY SINGLE CATEGORY. INCLUDING sales. Oh...and his company's ICE counterparts have lost major market share to said Tesla EVs...
  8. I dont know... Ive never seen a Canadian postal worker deliver mail straight out of his vehicle. While its true that in my neighborhood, we got the group box thing going on, but even in the older parts of Montreal, the mail slots are at the dwelling itself. No curbside mailboxes like in the older parts of American suburbia where white picket fences reside that Ive seen... Maybe they do exist in Quebec, and I know they do, but I havent seen postal workers work in these areas...
  9. Function over form. It looks small but big enough. Nimble. Looks like the postal worker need not leave the truck to deliver mail in that mail box. I guess when the situation and mail box allows that to happen. Just to compliment that military pic, Ill do one of my one too. This 'Hog' of plane is one ugly mother, but it does its one job very, very VERYwell! Function over form
  10. I know I have heard of the group before, but I didnt know if I knew any of their "songs"... Turns out I am familiar with at least 2. I was inspired to find out when I read Balthy was inspired to found out who they were. With the being said...
  11. Its NOT just the testing and evaluation. Its also the actual 'how to' that is lacking. There is NO actual driver training. What I mean by driver training, I LITERALLY mean driver training. There is no training on car control. Like what a police officer has to go through. And yes...THAT kind of rigorous driving training. Maybe not the PIT maneuver, but teach drivers how to respond and drive in emergency situations. Teach them not to panic. Teach them how to understeer. How to oversteer. How to gain control back. How to brake hard. What to do when braking hard. In rain. On snow. On gravel. On clean dry tarmac. And so forth. And by teaching them these skills, only then could the mindless dolts realize the IMPORTANCE of keeping FOCUSED when driving. And who knows? Maybe when these mindless dolts master the basics at the very least and at most, be proficient in the hard skills of driving maybe they will become enthusiastic about the whole driving culture... But when driving schools across North America even fail to teach people to parallel park, what else do you expect on our roads?
  12. And its more complicated than that in Quebec... Its more staggered. Full license is obtained at 25 years old. But I got the feeling that you understood where I was going with this. I wanted to show you that yeah...in Quebec, we have pushed forward the age of driving...to a sense, right? I mean, teenaged Quebecois could start to learn to drive at 16, staggered license up until 25... Edumacation is the key though if we are 'after the problem'. In Quebec, we actually DO a good job in TEACHING the new drivers the RULES of the road. In theory FOR the theory of driving. But for the ACTUAL driving part, we fail as hard as anybody else so yeah...I agree with your sentiment 100% about young folk and old folk and all that...
  13. Double posted... Ill start clean post.
  14. I do not know what happened, but I made a mess with the posting stuff... Ill erase the other post too...and start again.
  15. Yup... With Washington's NFL team and MLB's Cleveland team and with all else...I am not surprised. Nor am I mad about it. 'Tis the times we live in. (But in no way am I saying that people shouldnt feel offended either. If that is how they feel, then THAT is how they feel...who am I to tell them otherwise? And if they no longer want their heritage to be stereotyped that way for commercial purposes, then yeah...I AGREE with them!)
  16. In Quebec, Im not sure about the age, but when a person reaches 70 years old, they need to redo their driver's test. Eyesight, reaction time etc. https://saaq.gouv.qc.ca/en/road-safety/clienteles/seniors/health-and-safety/ But we are not a litigious society up here... Maybe in the US this type of thing will not pass law so easily.
  17. I dont care anymore...
  18. The ice storm of '98. It was a CRAZY time, ese. Si...it wasnt a CRAZY idea after all...
  19. I do not get it...
  20. head
  21. The thing is...you hit a nerve with him. And THAT would sum it all up...
  22. This is a Facel Vega. I posted it a couple of days ago The one in the pic below the Cougar ad is this one I believe 1964 French car with Mopar muscle under the hood!
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