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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.

From @dfelt link above... https://electrek.co/2020/06/25/chevy-bolt-retrospective/ But here, I remember this article... https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1119613_honda-joins-gm-others-in-heated-opposition-to-trumps-epa-fuel-economy-freeze So which one is it? Does GM agree with the rollback or does GM NOT agree with it? Because I also found THIS article... https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-10-31/epa-trump-emissions-lawsuit So...what happened between the first article that was published in Oct 2018 and exactly ONE YEAR later with the other article? (Oct 31. 2019) Im confused...

Im curious about it. Is it a 3.6 V6 or is it a Northstar? What kinds of repairs and maintenance does it need? How many miles? I love the STS. From 1992-2011. I dont like the 1st generation Seville. I HATE the bustleback 2nd gen. Im dont like the 3rd gen. But then the 4rth and 5th gen get born and Im in love. And finally the 6th gen RWD. I love that one too. Like it better than any CTS including the last gen CTS. Only the CTS-V last gen gets a nod above from me from the STS you have. I just wished Cadillac had updated it and not left it to whither and...die.

Its a good looking sedan. Stately. The exterior is very elegant but also conservative somewhat, but that is what makes it good looking and stately. In my eyes at least. The interior is very very conservative. And boring. But it befits the exterior. The Arteon looks to be a nice, plush, posh sedan to drive in to and fro from work. It has a nice air of elegance to it despite the "for the people" badge it wears. For Audi A4 money, and the A4 being a smaller vehicle, I would choose the Arteon over the A4. Its more stately and its bigger and therefore more comfortable. And I think THAT is the Arteon's selling point... And if I was a VW/Audi fanboi, I wouldnt be looking to snub VW just because of the badge so I could 'upgrade' to the Audi. I would be owning and driving the Arteon with pride...

Not fabricating...those issues were real. BUT over-inflating them and putting a lot of time and effort pinpointing them out. And about the Japanese and German reliability issues were not as merely as talked about and advertised... Sure... Coincidentally, Ive seen plenty of my friends and family that owned American cars, and they have CRUCIFIED the American cars for the very real issues they had and when they switched over to German and Japanese cars, the reliability issues they had with those were...calmly brushed off... The hypocrisy of both my friends and family and Consumer Reports is both comical and phoquing frustrating at the same time... And THAT is false. That is just false... Ive had many friends of mine with shytty Ford Escorts from the 1980s and 1990s and Ford Escapes with well over 300 000 kilometers with no issues on the odometer while Ive had many friends with Accords of all decades and Odysses with all kinds of transmission and engine failures... Yes...ENGINE failures. Hondas...WITH ENGINE failures... All kinds of suspension and steering problems. But we dont EVER hear of those... UAW is just a scapegoat that fits nicely into our current narrative. UAW workers are lazy. They make too much for the little they do...blah blah blah... Truth is, the political and corporate winds have been at war with ANY union since the 1980s... The very reason why manufacturing has left the US and gone on to China. CHEAP LABOUR and American labour is supposedly too expensive. Meaning, Americans are NOT WORTHY to make money producing stuff... Goes back to what I said... Americans workers should NOT get paid. American workers are a monetary liability and the first line to be targeted by cost cutting measures to beef up the bottom line IS the American worker... Listen...I did say that GM and Ford are both the victim and culprit. Cheapening of parts to beef up the bottom line is an issue. But the UAW is NOT the problem. GREEDY CEOs to appease greedy, clueless shareholders is THAT problem... I agree with this 100% though!!!

You know what Im talking about... Dont act coy... Secondly...one MAIN reason of why we are having a Honda/Toyota discussion of why it may be "American" is the market share they both have gained in your (and my) country at the expense of Ford, GM, Chrysler and its BECAUSE of build quality arguments.. And...Consumer Reports is one of these shyte rag mags that has influenced you with this BS. You see... you fell for that hook, line a sinker... Does Consumer Reports shyte on Honda with their transmission problems the way they have sh@t on GM, Ford or Chrysler? And here we are, with Honda's transmission problems that stem from the 1980s all the way to 2010...and YOU dont even bat an eyelash for...but you shyte on Ford... So...why do you think the US is in the place that it is in concerning ALL manufacturing...not just automotive...but we will stick to the automotive narrative. Is it because American car workers are pathetic? Well, the Camry and Corolla is built in America... and we all know that the Camry and Corolla are the best damned cars in the world... Is it because you think the Japanese have tighter tolerances and impose that on their American factories and the American car makers dont? I know for a fact that Toyota had a really bad stretch for reliability...including said Camrys and Corollas, but yet, that shyte narrative is still parrotted. What about the Germans? Their cars always seem to be handicapped by reliability issues... Cars built in Germany versus cars built in the US, maybe? So it MUST BE that American workers are shyte... Or is it because Ford, GM and Chrysler cant make cars worth a damn? (Dont forget, Honda, Toyota, Mercedes, BMW, VW, Audi...ALL have had reliability problems over the years...) In case you missed what Im saying is: German vehicles built in the US are German, because THAT is the popular narrative that the the German companies want Americans to believe in. Japanese vehicles built in the US are somewhat American BECAUSE of "American content" BECAUSE THAT is the narrative the Japanese companies want Americans to believe in. And POLITICIANS that play BOTH side of the fence want to shyte on American car companies for building cars in the US AND for them building cars OUTSIDE the US...well...for POLITICAL purposes and THAT is what these guys want Americans to be divided on... Question is What the phoque are YOU going to do to get jobs and manufacturing BACK to the United States of America? (general question not necessarily direct ONLY towards @ykX, but to ALL Americans) Are you gonna start DEFENDING US car makers and the American car worker and American workers in general? Or are you gonna continue to shyte on the American worker? Which ALSO means that you have to put pressure on American corporations to ACTUALLY PAY the worker what he is worth and to PRODUCE product IN THE US but THAT also means that YOU...THE AMERICAN CONSUMER...MUST START THINKING ABOUT PAYING FOR AMERICAN MADE PRODUCTS A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE THAT PRODUCT IS MADE IN AMERICA... NO MORE MADE IN CHINA... BUT IT STARTS WITH YOU...THE AMERICAN CONSUMER...

when American society in general STOPS treating the American worker as the enemy, then maybe manufacturing will return to the US... Its all about dollars and cents. And when the American worker...ALL WORKERS are looked at being as monetary liabilities and are exposed to be the MAIN go-to cost cutting measures to beef up the bottom line, then what do you expect American manufacturing to do? They just follow what the rest of the country does. They shyte on the American worker and dont give him any jobs... That is NOT just a Ford, GM, Chrysler thing. There is a war with minimum wage workers in the US... American people dont want minimum wage workers to make a decent living. American people want minimum wage workers to just go away. They are a nuisance to them. They are poor, uneducated and dont serve them properly. American people want their minimum wage workers to get an education and to quit their minimum wage job if they arent happy with the conditions of them serving the rest of us... On the other hand, the UAW has one over the corporations and these guys make money hand over fist, and yet, American people HATE the UAW for that... But...American people have NO PROBLEMS with CEOs making tons of money, phoquing us all up the butt, because they made us believe they deserve the salary they do because they are soooooo much better and smarter than the rest of us. They cheat on their taxes, they find loopholes in the tax system, they inside trade and make all their brotherhoods even richer... They convinced us that the average worker in the US should be limited in pay, they convinced us that EVEN CHEAPER labour SHOULD be attained in other lands so we could CONTINUE to buy the useless shyte they peddle...and all that useless shyte they peddle, SHOULD NOT be built in the US. Why? 1. too expensive to be built in the US 2. American build quality is shyte compared to the Germans and the Japanese. 3. Chinese made American products, its OK for THAT tombe built like shyte because we could just throw THAT out to buy new new new shytlly made Chinese produced American product... Its all phoquing surreal.... Here we are, and for the last 30-40 years, we continue to have this stupid discussion of what is more American. A Toyota or a Chevrolet. For the same criteria, we dont even QUESTION if a Mercedes and BMW SUV built in the US IS American...we simply say its German... (doesnt fit the German engineering is better than American cars motif the German companies brainwashed us with as opposed to what the Japanese are brainwashing us with...) We wage war on the American worker on a daily basis, yet we fakely defend American manufacturing... So...@ykX Do you believe the shyte rag of a mag that is consumer's report that American cars are subpar to cars like a Toyota? And...why do you believe that? Is it because American workers are pathetic? Well, the Camry is built in America... Is it because you think the Japanese have tighter tolerances and impose that on their American factories and the American car makers dont? I know for a fact that Toyota had a really bad stretch for reliability...but yet, that shyte narrative is still parrotted. What about the Germans? Their cars always seem to be handicapped by reliability issues... Cars built in Germany versus cars built in the US, maybe? So it MUST BE that American workers are shyte... So...why are you KNOW defending American manufacturing? Which is it? You cant have it both ways... And to which is why THIS discussion is such a shyte discussion. Its all over the place. Its MOSTLY corporate bullshyte that has brainwashed the American people for FAR to long... GM and Ford is both a victim and a culprit for this. But its mostly the American people's fault for allowing corporations and politicians to dictate to them how they should feel and act and that have ALLOWED this mess to happen in the first place...

Why dont we ask the reverse question? (and actually answer the question...) How much Japanese are these cars? 5. Honda Odyssey (Lincoln, Ala.) | 6. Honda Ridgeline (Lincoln, Ala.) 7. Honda Passport (Lincoln, Ala.) 13. Honda Pilot (Lincoln, Ala.) 14. Acura RDX (East Liberty, Ohio) 15. Honda Accord (Marysville, Ohio) 16. Toyota Tundra (San Antonio) 17. Acura MDX (East Liberty, Ohio) 25. Acura TLX (Marysville, Ohio) 27. Toyota Highlander (Princeton, Ind.) 28. Lexus ES (Georgetown, Ky.) 29. Toyota Avalon (Georgetown, Ky.) And then we will get a more clear picture of how much American those cars above REALLY are...

bacon and eggs

Canada, unfortunately, does NOT belong to me... I wish it did. All those gold mines, diamond mines, hydroelectric powah. MINE MINE MINE.

I wasnt sure if I wanted to state something in this thread. (no politics rules and all) But... I feel for George Floyd. I feel for the police. Law and order above all else. But then again, police are NOT judge, jury and executioner. They are ONLY to bring alleged criminals to justice, NOT render justice... With that being said...and because Peter Gabriel was the talk on the music thread. LOVE THIS SONG. I was into this song maybe 2 years ago. Like a lot. I mean, I knew about this song back in the day, and I never have forgotten it. But about 2 years ago, I just felt that I needed to hear it again. I cried then listening to the lyrics. I think its a VERY appropriate song to play right about now.

That is why I chose to use baby llamas for my "controversial" post. To get a rise from people. They are sooo cute and adorable that when I mentioned they get sacrificed (at the Tesla Motors altar), I was hoping some of these Muskian religious zealots would start hatin' on me. Id get clicks and some fame and Id get my own shock jock TV or radio show or something. ] But alas, that didnt happen. I only seem to get a rise with people when I say shyte like rich, bitch, WHITE middle aged "Karens" drive Porsche CUVs... Oh well... Ill continue on my shock jock ways until I get my day in the shock jock world of entertainment some day.