oldshurst442

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Hurst left it alone in 1974. But I prefer the front and back end of the 1973 model Cutlass over all other Colonnade Cutlasses. And yes, I too prefer the original Olds opera window, but I dont seem to mind the smaller, 1973 Hurst opera window. And to be honest, its a much better opera window than what Oldsmobile ended up doing with it in the later years. At least in my opinion. I didnt know that Hurst did another in 1975. No opera window Im observing... And Im honestly thinking no opera window looks best. Of course with the T-Top!!! I love the F-150 in Raptor form myself!

The last couple of days, including today. In order of seeing/spotting/noticing them C4 red Corvette on the Mazda dealership used car lot section. Still there today. I havent had time to stop and see the details, maybe tomorrow. dark grey Cadillac CT5. Probably the 2.0 Turbo. It has presence on the road seeing it out in the wild, but I wasnt really impressed with it. Probably the colour doesnt do justice to the car. That and I dont like grey on cars. Probably because the base car is kinda bland also. Too far away to really analyse it but close enough to have an opinion if I like the exterior or not... North American market MkIV Supra rolling on the opposite side of the road going the other direction. (Yes, the steering wheel was where it belongs!!!) Silver. I dont think it was the turbo model, didnt look like it was. Wasnt riced out. (Thank the lord. It looked stock.) Body was of a well driven Quebec car after all these years. No signs of rust. Probably kept in the garage during the winter, but it did have some battle scars on the body. It was a decent car. 1971 blue Chevelle SS with dual white racing stripes. 15 inch Torque Thrust II mags. Well restored car parked on a street. 1969 orange Camaro. All orange. I doubt it was Chevy's Hugger orange colour. Maybe it was. Another well restored car. Had modern 17 or 18 inch 5 skinny spoke mags. This car too, was parked. I stopped to analyse the Chevelle. I didnt for the Camaro. No time. mid 1960s Chrysler Newport convertible. Blue-ish grey-ish. Nicely restored car. In a McDonald's parking lot while I was driving towards a softball practice that was in Montreal. And today. I was going to Home Depot, to Reno-Depot (A Canadian-Montreal based -home renovation store) and back to Home Depot... 2 miles at the most apart. A red on red 2002-2005 Ford Thunderbird. He was leaving Home Depot while I was going in. When I left Home Depot to go to Reno Depot, I saw that 2002-2005 Thunderbird at the Reno Depot parking lot. While I was driving to Home Depot initially, a Dark Grey (kinda like Carbon Fibre grey colour) C7 Z06 with a Hennessy cursive logo on the back bumper left side was in the right lane to me driving forward while I turned left to go to Home Depot. Well, that same C7 was was parked in the lot at the 2nd Home Depot trip. Coming back home from this romp, an all black no chrome, nothing shiny CT5 was coming towards me on the opposite side. I dont think it was a V car, but it definitely was a Sport trim. This version had a ton more presence. This version looked mean and good and awesome. I LOVED this version!

From Montreal. Happy Birthday USA!!!

Ill go out on a limb and say: Cost of operation and initial purchase price and all the minute details regarding cost means very little in terms of us humans turning the corner and trying to live more environmentally friendly. Take that how you will, but this being an EV thread, we could discuss how green fossil fuels are versus how green electric power grids are. The mining of battery elements versus oil drilling is the same. Both need diesel power equipment to extract the materials from the earth. Moot point. The transportation of said natural materials to their processing destinations is also the same as both use diesel and gasoline powered vehicles for delivery. Transportation of final product (battery) and actual gasoline is also the same. Gasoline needs to be refined and that sometimes means that the energy used is not green and electricity is sometimes produced by coal powered plants so that too is the same. After the life of the battery is done, recycling of the battery is not yet defined. So that could be an advantage for the fossil fuel advocates. The problem though is that electricity in some cities/countries is produced by actual green sources and where the electric powered vehicle really gets an advantage over the fossil fueled one is that when an electric vehicle is used, virtually no pollutants are released in the atmosphere. Remember though, even if a coal powered plant is used to produce the electricity for recharging purposes, the electricity is being transported by wires to the charging station... But...oil and gasoline CONTINUE to be transported by fossil fueled vehicles to the gasoline station on a daily basis. Everyday. Every week. Every month. Every year. Every decade. Sometimes...the initial purchase price is really not that important when you factor in how we humans SHOULD be changing how we go on about our lives going forward in 2020 and beyond. Unless of course you dont think how humans live now is not harming our planet. Then it doesnt matter what I or anybody else says. Go on about and live your life the way you want to. Humans do have that choice to do what they want and we have that over the other animals we share our planet with. We have free will after all...

Sorry for your Grandfather. I too lost dear family members this past year. Not to Covid though. My 99 year old auntie past away last September 3 weeks shy of her turning 100. And my mother-in-law past away exactly 1 month ago. She was young. 69 years old. Organ failure due to new arthritis medication. Yes with me also. Driving alone late in the wee hours of the night/morning when I was single always relaxed me. I dont do that anymore, so I dont get that escape anymore, but I do use my diecast model car collection to leave this world and go to another place to reset. That and music. Youtube is a life savour for me. I dont relax when I drive anymore as there are far too many cars on the road, too many selfish drivers around to actually enjoy the ride. And late night romps dont exist as Id rather be safe at home with my family at or beyond the witching hour. I do miss driving late at night with nobody on the streets, but Im not a 20 something year old single guy without any family responsibilities... I got a wife and kids to come home to and to be there for. Speaking of which, she is my other source of escape. We are always in each other's face, but that is a good thing as we are always talking to each other, planning our future together, making small adjustments to our hopes and dreams regarding our family, growing old together.

I have been very amical and social with my neighbours before Covid. Since we moved into our home actually a decade plus ago. All my neighbours, on both sides, in front, in the back, 2-3-4-5 houses down in all directions, we are all friendly to each other and we look after each other's back when one of us is on vacation etc. Its super cool. But at the same time, sometimes, I wanna be anti-social after a loooooong day at work, but I have to say hello... With me, I kinda have no choice but to be social. All around. I cant shop in my neighborhood in peace. LOL 1. Im a social butterfly by nature with always a smile on my face. 2. People in general know me from the restaurant as my restaurant is EXACTLY 10 kilometers from my home. (about 6 miles) 3. I also coach my daughter's city (more like town) league softball team for the last 4 years. I help with my boy's city league baseball team for the last 5 years. Combine all that together and Im pretty well known in my town's circle.

Guitar with no strings But we all know what that kid is hearing and feeling deep inside. No need to hear it. Just feel it. Right now, Im feeling this. And just in case you wanna hear it

Why am I watching Ted 2 and I want to hate it soooo bad and change the channel, because I tried watching the first one and I really didnt like it but I really didnt watch it because I want to think Im better than that, but Im watching this one, and Im laughing and, and I continue watching and I continue laughing and I still want to hate it yet Im laughing and I still keep on watching?

Yeah me too. Ill find other pics from other sources to post. The pics were from Dfelt's link about the 2021 DODGE (Rams will always be Dodge to me) Ram Rebel TRX And of course what the thing that really really makes me be a closet MOPAR fanatic. 2 things. The HEMI Hellcat engine AND...MOPAR silliness.

Thanks @dfelt I think I found my dream full sized pick-up truck. More so than a 1990s 454 K5 or a 1990s Ram Indy Pace Truck or the SRT-10 Rams. This has got the Hellcat motor AND is LIFTED. THIS is what I want from fullsized pick-ups. LIFTED with big ass horsepower V8s. With that colour too!!! And a T-Rex WOULD be my favorite dino...

What about the Vampires? I bet that would ward off the Vampires too!

It looks like its only the block. Which I missed when I first read the article 2 days ago. I thought you got pistons and cams and everything else that makes an engine an engine for 18 Gs. [ note to self ] I must learn to read more good.

I graduated HS 30 years ago. June 1990. I just felt like reminiscing with this song before the month was up. And somehow, I feel as this song was part of my summer memories that was in 1990...

Ill always do the muscle car version of the vehicle in question when it comes to the muscle car era. One thing the later Colonnade versions have it on the earlier ones is T-Tops. I love them T-Tops. One thing Id do to that 1973 Hurst is Id ditch the vinyl roof and Id very much do T-Tops. I love a 1973 Grand Am too. I just LOVE the rear. From the rear quarter panels and on to the ass of the car.

Aft'r a longeth day of pillaging villages, of slaying dragons and saving damsels in distress, id wanteth mine own p'rsonal bards playeth this tune at which hour i cometh home

I never really liked the E-Type. I could see how people see it as the "most beautiful" car design ever, but I certainly dont think it is. I even think its ugly actually... I dont have any negative views regarding how classic cars are restored. As long as somebody has the money, the energy and most importantly, the passion, to restore the classics and make them roadworthy so they could be driven again. So called heretic powertrains? Im all for that!!! Of course I do have biases, so in order for me to be really impressed with heretic powertrains, the powertrains will have to fit the "persona" of the vehicle and in the style that the vehicle is being restored. Anyhoo...to those that didnt like the idea of an EV powertrain in that classic Jaaaaaag. Here is an idea... https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/a32979753/jaguar-reproduction-xk-straight-six-engine-block/ If not...the tried and true LS swap classic never gets old. ???

In reality. Its how you treat and raise your dog, any dog, that will have an affect on how the dog will react to people, be in public and the like. Even pitbulls... An owner will mistreat a pitbull and train it to harm other dogs and harm people, it will be an aggressive dog. It might even turn on its owner. Treat the pitbull like a poodle, and it will be as docile as can be. I had a friend whose brother that had a doberman pinscher and a pitbull. He acquired both on the same day and both were puppies and I happened to be at his brother's home when he brought them both home the very first day. I played with them on day#1. After a year so, we had a falling out with that friend. And for about 5 years, we didnt see or talk to each other. But we made up and we became friends again. One day, we decided to visit his brother with the dogs. His dogs were in the garage. As I got closer to the garage door, I had two loud and deep barks coming from there. Hell hound barks. The brother opened up the door and the 2 dogs quickly sprinted towards me. Barking even louder with saliva running from their mouths. I got scared and I started (tried to) run the other way but in no time they were upon me. They both jumped on me.... They licked the crap outta of me with the pitbull leading the way. They were both trained as guard dogs. But were trained professionally. And were not abused. They listened to their master and both were very attentive to what he would do, but never would they bark at a stranger or run wild uncontrollably. They always stayed calm around people. Never excited. But when it was play time...they both were clumsy little puppies. Oh...the doberman was at least 4 feet high and the pitbull was wide like a Mack truck. And the muscles on these dogs...

Im not a mean person. I dont do animal cruelty. I dont advocate it either. Although I joke about it often enough.

Not to be mean or anything. About Yorkies and other small dogs...but... If I had a small, annoying (but admittedly cute) barking dog coming at me... Id treat it like a soccer ball. And Id have the same reaction as this dude too. And Id see how far and how high it go...

Im guessing that they will be...and not only in California (Im going back to Cali Im going back to Cali Im going back to Cali) but all across the USofA. (We went dancing across the USA. On that crazy king's highway. Too much passion, too much play. We went dancin', dancin', dancin' across the USA) Eventually. As I understand it, it took God 6 days to create the universe, (and on the 7th day, he rested) (Oh, you can kiss me on a Monday A Monday, a Monday is very, very good. Or you can kiss me on a Tuesday A Tuesday, a Tuesday, in fact I wish you would. Or you can kiss me on a Wednesday A Thursday, a Friday and Saturday is best. But never, never on a Sunday A Sunday, a Sunday, 'cause that's my day of rest) But since all we are is just mere mortals, His creations, and we are not all that perfect, it will take just a tad longer than 6 days to create an EV infrastructure universe. But it WILL be made. And then maybe we could all take Sundays off again. Just like He intended for ALL of us to do... https://cleantechnica.com/2020/02/11/chargepoint-launches-1-billion-effort-to-add-ev-chargers-across-rural-america/ Oh...but YOU want it done NOW! I get it... The thing is, the first truck stop in the world DID in fact originate in the States. But the first one opened up its doors in the 1940s as a result from WW2. Also...oil companies opened up truck stops as well to create this large network that we have today. Just like they did with regular gas stations for regular cars. Give it a chance, man. Its easy to deny ANYTHING EV in 2020. It will be easy to deny anything EV in 2021 and 2022 and even in 2023. But I promise you, the landscape will be a lot different in 2024. Maybe... Covid really phoqued things up in many areas. But if you wanna discuss things rationally. Many economic reports state that China is gonna emerge a stronger economic player than the US after this Covid thing goes away in a year or two from now and the planet recovers economically from it... And we all know that CHINA is PUSHING HARD for EVs... We will see what will happen, but dont kid yourself. EVs are being PUSHED HARD by just about every governing and economic controlling entity. Im afraid even you, in Lancaster, wont have a choice, eventually.

This is what I laughed at. And what you said is quite true. Thanx for the reply. Yup. That pic of the STS confirms of what I think now. And that is: I think Arts and Science peaked with those years and has started to go downhill from there. I know Johan has tweaked it and he is the one to start weaning off of Arts and Science, but I also believe that Cadillac's current design language has no real direction... Sure, they are nice, but not jaw dropping like Cadillacs should be. PS: those are A LOT of issues. You are correct in your analysis of it being a money pit. LOL But it was a hooptie... That coolant leak...I hope its not a blown gasket... The rest of the issues you could live with, but not that one.