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Back to cars... Trans Ams Transcends all boundaries Disco Country Rock Blurred lines between country and rock Synthesizer pop Rap/hip hop Whatever type of music this is on a Firebird Esprit

Didnt Tesla already try this in the very beginning? Didnt Tesla's experience with this concept fail because people dont want to change/swap batteries? I know when it comes to propane BBQ tanks, the majority of folk dont want to swap out their tanks....folk prefer to keep their own and fuel up. Anyhoo, this is why Tesla spent billions creating their own charging network in the first place, right? I dont think this is a viable solution...for North America at least...

Cop forcing a left lane hog to change lanes. And there are many other videos like this one.

yeah yeah yeah. Me too!!! Yeah! I forgot to mention that! I wanted to state that this way: He created the road rage driving of the Subaru driver. And its like you said, he was setting them up for it. I hear you on the merging on and off the ramps. We got that here in Quebec. Its a big problem. I dont think its because they are afraid, I think they are taught the wrong way when they take their driving lessons. But there are definetely some intimidated dipsh!t's around these parts too.

YES! 100% I was about to comment on that very same thing!!! In Quebec, the po-po dont give out tickets for left lane hogs. On top of that, our Provincial police used to behave like this shyte cop-per too . "Used to" I said as they dont do that shyte no more. Quebec has all kinds of speed traps in their arsenal. This was one of them. But in Quebec, we dont seem to have a real left lane hog problem either. It happens, but it aint a problem on our roads in general. We speed more often than not though... And to be fair to the SQ (Surete du Quebec ie Quebec Provincial Police), they do put up with a lot of speeding. Quebecois love to speed. A lot. And our speed limits are merely suggestions as the SQ tolerates us speeding. Its just that certain times of the year, like around holidays, or the start of summer, they button down and speed trap us to death... They reel us in back to reality... They left lane is NOT the fast lane. The left lane is NOT the lane to enforce speed limits in. What the left is, is allowing faster traffic to PASS SAFELY on the left, and then MERGE back in the center (or right lane if only two lanes) going the FLOW of traffic. If traffic is such that going in and out of lanes is more dangerous, then the left lane is meant to be at a speed that travels FASTER than the other twom (if possible) and ESPECIALLY MAINTAINING THE FLOW of traffic. If...IF...the LEFT lane is moving SLOWER than the RIGHT lane because of a LEFT LANE HOG then we gots a problem. And if the left lane hog seems to be a cop....SHAME ON THAT DIRTY COP. The cop had sooooo much time to accelerate BEFORE he clogged up the traffic. He realized and he accelerated and at that poiint in time, the 3rd lane became available and that is when the Subaru drove on the right to pass, but by that time when the cop accelerated to pass the Suburban, it was too late. THAT cop created a DANGEROUS situation... And Im not even talking about the road rage driving of that Subarau passing on the right...which is DEFINATELY a DANGEROUS situation...but FROM THE GET GO of the video, there are 5 cars, the cop car in front, one pick up truck on the left side in back of the cop car , one Suburban right beside the pick-up in the right lane, the Subaru in back...and the truck filming the whole thing and if 1 car in that group loses control...just one car losing control in that group...and a MULTIPLE car crash WILL occur...and there is NO REASON FOR THAT as there is LITERALLY NO OTHER CARS IN FRONT OF EITHER THE COP CAR IN THE LEFT LANE NOR THE Suburban. The Suburban cant pass because he is in the right lane so that leaves the cop car in the left lane... PASS and GET THE PHOQUE OUT OF THE WAY!!! CAUSING UNNECCESSARY traffic jams and potential accidents. And that is WITHOUT the mentioning of road raging driving of folks trying to pass in the right lane...

I enjoy them immensely. When I could, when I have the time and I actually find a pic that tells kinda the same narrative but with a Montreal POV, Ill reciprocate your snapshot "of days gone by". For yours and the forum's enjoyment. And for me, by reciprocating you, is a gesture of saying thanks and that I appreciate your snaps of days gone by.

^^^ I did not know that. About the Renault 8 being built in Saint Bruno. I mean, I knew Renault had a plant here, its just that I thought it was the Renault 5 "Le Car" being built here. There were a few of these "Le Cars" around back in the day that I assumed when I learned in my teens that Renault had a plant here that 'twas it that was manufactured here. I never saw and got the chance to see the Renault 8 on Montreal roads. I never knew this car even existed as even in Greece, I dont remember ever seeing this car. And yeah, it makes sense that Montreal bought these because it was built locally. Logical.

Im trying to match Balthy's old time pics. But mine will always be within a Montreal realm. There was a short time when Montreal had little shytty Renaults as cop cars. I believe this to be a Renault 8. From the '60s I assume. Dont really know why on earth Montreal decided to have a fleet of these. I think it was a Youth Squad for rookies to learn how to do a "beat" And a row of these shytty Renaults.

Makes sense...I finally figured out who you REALLY are! You are Yankee Doodle! You distance yourself from things expelling gas...so Im betting you ride a pony. Although ponies also expel another type of, ahem, gas. Hear me out. I got another clue. You got a feather in your cap. All I gots to know if you call THAT, macaroni.

I dance to your honour. Thank-you for raising an amazing daughter who is an amazing wife and mother. Aιώνια μνήμη αυτήν. Ζωή με μάς.

If I could use two emogi voting thingys, I would have. So I thanked you with the voting thingy and responded with a laughy emoticon.

Even I havent got a "good lord" from Balthy... LOL

Canadian Parliament

I googled Mechatronik. Interesting. I love stuff like that. Companies that take classics and restomod them to high standard levels. Although I wouldnt be a customer of theirs (if I had ungodly amounts of money at my disposal) as Mercedes is not what Im into, but I love what they and other similar companies do.

Im sorry. This is an alternate fuels and propulsion thread. Sorry I derailed it with MOPAR propelled German cars. The thing is, I wouldn't spend a dime restoring 70's and '80s Mercedes cars. Not worth my time or money.

Good 'ole Canuck rock. CANUCK ROCK RULES! Now...if Im restomodding a 1970s or 1980s Mercedes, Id be a freakin' lunatic to do so. Especially with a price tag of 179 000-200 000 American freakin' dollars. But if I was on the fringe to do so, Id think long and hard about electrification, but really, Id HEMI those bitches JUST to stick it to Mercedes! Id take the AMG HAMMER And DEMONIZE it! Take that grille, Dodge-ify it by making it it a Dodge Crosshair look-alike. Rip those silly headlight washers out, take the left side headlight, modify it so I got one functional headlight and one functional air duct feeding the Hellcat crate motor under the hood that I will modify to have huge air scoops to feed that huge Kompressor... Take that small and silly 3 pointed star at the front on top of the grill and throw it out in the trash. Put Hellcat logos on the left and right side front fenders and Im ready to go to Mercedes gatherings to show off my new MOPAR ride! If I had money to burn, Id get my hands on this nice electric blue, hybrid SLS Rip out all the drivetrain in it, trash that 3 pointed star. Modify the grill for it to be a Dodge Crosshair grill and stick any generation Viper V10 I could get my hands on in it. You guessed it. To STICK it to Mercedes!

Me. Too. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels... Sounds like a great movie to introduce my kids to tonight. I got the DVD. I forgot I had it until now. Us talking about voyages. To Europe. Talking about Italian and Greek trips. The movie is set in the French Riviera. Im Greek...A Greek billionaire is just about to be swindled in the end... Yeah... PERFECT movie to sum up the day. Thanks for sharing!

Speaking of Jamaica Montego Bay I prefer this cover from the 80s than the original. Although the original is awesome too. And this little Canadian song. Sums it up quite good during these Covid times. I may need a nice cold beer after hearing this song. No Corona please. Ill just start crying...

All this talk about traveling and I decided to listen to Greek music, based on places. The name of the song is Imerovigli. A village on the northern part of Santorini close to Oia where the famous sunset goers flock to. And Jamaica. A 1950s original song that plays hommage to Jamaica. Well...not really. The title of the song is named after the beautiful island in the Caribbean and the lyrics only references it once. But its a happy, blue collar, fisherman's summer song that says that every morning the singer leaves for work to fish, the trawlers sail to sea like birds scattering in the sky. The trips out to sea are long. Long enough to reach Jamaica. And then references to his love and how he has made his little fishing trawler in the image of her so she could be with him on his trips.

Ive been to Olympia in 2001. Maybe its because Im Greek, but I felt something in the air. Maybe it was Zeus welcoming me to his temple. Maybe he was trying to seduce me away from his daughter Athena as I have been to her Temple in Athens many times before and I just fall in love with her every time I set foot in Athens. Maybe it was the Goddess of Victory, Nike, reaching out to me reminding me that Athena is my first love. Seriously though, I did feel electricity in the air when walking through the ruins, the columns of Zeus' temple just laying there on the ground. The names of the Olympians that cheated.... The arch and walkway leading to the running track. Looking at the hills and feeling the ghosts of spectators past and of the athletes themselves. I took a run on it twice myself. I felt the same electricity in the old Montreal forum where the Canadiens won so many Stanley Cups. No joke. I think there is something to that... Ive never been to Meteora. Id visit it one day, but it aint high on my list. Montreal. In July. Jazz fest. Comedy fest. All kinds of ethnic festivals. Good time to come. Next year. This Covid thing sucks!

In 1893, this was a post office. The oldest building in the Place St Henri District in Montreal. In the 1960s, it was a caisse pop. A national bank (Quebec) where the bank account owners own shares in the bank and get end of year dividends. And an insurance company. Life insurance. Theft. Fire. Auto. And a nice Pontiac in the front. Today. Its a restaurant. And across the street. Place St-Henri Subway station

Italy is on my to-do list. As is France, England (all of the UK Ireland and Scotland is a must too) Germany. France. Paris is a city I gotta see, but its Southern France that tickles my fancy the most. Marseille and the French Riviera. Why stop there though? I NEED to see Spain, and Portugal and Hungary and Austria and the Northern European countries like Sweden and Norway and Finland. I cant wait when I get to that time of my life when Ill be doing my world travelling with my wife. And kids if they want to join us. They will be adults by then and if their adult life will allow them. Ive got a couple of trips planned before they become independent from us though. This year was one. But Covid got in the way. Next year, my daughter is going to Lucerne and Zurich then to and Italy (Venice, Florence, Pompei, and Rome) on a high school trip and we were thinking to continue the trip as a family by joining her in Rome when the school trip is over and we as a family continue on some sort of Italian vacation. Details still need to be thought out. Hopefully by then, Covid will allow us to travel. The school trip is already paid for. If canceled. We will do this trip as a family anyway when travel will allow us to post Covid.