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The 755 HP ZR1 coundnt put the power down efficiently. It was barely faster than the Z06 in various performance criteria and hence why Tadge Juechter, THE Vette engineer pushed hard forand got the mid-engined platform for the next gen Vette, whcih happens to be the C8... so nothing new that you are bitchin about here...nothing of importance in other words...hence why I decided to make the font so small...because I dont care for that....its pollution and wate of time coming from you and nothing else. When the track focused C8s arrive, the REAL track focused C8s like a Z06, and its coming soon, very soon, your question will be answered...again, small font because just pollution and waste of time... Your question about what happens to the C8 now for 2020 and 2021? Here is your answer: https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/a31976328/2021-c8-mid-engine-corvette-updates-report/

I wish I was also 1/10th as good as my dad as a handy man. My dad was born in 1926. Folks then...whether they were adults in 1926, or were born in 1926, all had to BE handymen. It was a necessity. It was THE way of life. No choice. Many reasons as to why that was. My dad was a soldier during the 2nd World War. The Canadian infantry and the war taught him very valuable handyman and survival techniques. My dad joined the USAAF in 1950. He went to Korea. He was a Staff Sergeant. He was taught many trades while being with the USAAF. Car mechanics. Generator mechanics. Aviation mechanics. Electrician. Plumbing. Wood working. Metal working. He had to improvise on how to fix things with the scarce materials he had, etc... I learned many things from him. How to check if brakes are good. Drum brakes, disc brakes. How to flush the radiator. If Im stuck, without coolant, to use water....in fact...before there was antifreeze, water was THE way to cool your car. He told me stories on how all owners of cars then used to flush the water out at night so it wont freeze over night...hence the name anti-freeze... I observed and learned how to fix things. Learned how to use tools. Problem is...I NEVER put that into practice...so now...without his guidance, I am not 100% sure of myself on how to approach handyman stuff. I do the easy things around the house, but I will not tackle the more laborious stuff. Example: In Quebec, you need a license to perform electrical stuff, because if you mess up and cause an electrical fire, you wont be paid insurance money and might even be pursued in a court of law. My dad had no electrician license, but he did all renovation electrical stuff on his own in his home, but he knew what to do... Plumbing same thing. Well....I will never touch that... Like I said...Ill do easy stuff. Ill fix a leaky faucet. I wont change the entire sink reconnecting the hoses and drains and stuff. Ill know what to do, on how to cut the hole in the wood cabinet to fit the sink in, how to caulk it properly, etc, but Id rather not. Ill caulk and re-caulk the bathtub, I wont install a new one. Ill change a old lighting fixture for a new one. I wont re-wire... Although I understand what needs to be done electricity wise concerning amperage and voltage and what breakers to use and the like... Lack of confidence, maybe? I can cut wood. Measure twice and cut once. I could screw and glue it together to make a project or two. But I lack that confidence to do so.

Ouais!!! LOL Quebec est une belle ville. Plus belle que LA Grande Ville (Montreal) J'ai faite un tour la dessus quand j'etais jeune lors de ma premiere visite a Quebec. Je suis alle a Quebec plusieurs fois depuis, mais je n'ai jamais voulu y retourner.

Quebec City

Blu was a rebel from the day he left school He grew his hair long and broke all the rules He'd sit and listen to Thorogood's records all day With no ambitions to everyone's dismay His parents tried to teach him what life was about So he grew up the type they warned him about They said his friends were just a unruly mob And he should, get a haircut and get a real job Get a haircut and get a real job Clean your act up and dont be a slob Get it together like your big brother Bob Why dont you, get a haircut and get a real job He even tried that nine to five scene He told himself that it was all a bad dream He found a band with some good songs to play Now he partys all night and sleeps all day He met this chick, she was his number one fan She took him home to meet her mommy and dad They took one look at him and said, "Oh my god! Get a haircut and get a real job!"

A similar sample for your viewing pleasure, perhaps?

So. What kind of tip do you give her? (wink wink) My wife buzzes my hair also. We’ve been married for 17 years making her my sexy hair stylist for 16 and a half of those years. In the beginning, I used to cop a cheap feel here and there when she buzzed my hair. . Not so much now... The fantasy has been played out, I guess.

Yes. I think they were and still are very strict about their lockdowns. There is no phoquing around. When China says its a lockdown, its a freakin complete and total lockdown, for EVERYBODY. NOBODY is roaming the streets. We whine about our rights and freedoms for SUGGESTED self isolation and we are willing to put our very lives for a way of life that is cancerous anyway... All for business and for the love of money. By Trump...but by ignorant (greedy) American and Canadian businessmen. And our stupidity to not take this lightly is our demise. (Example....those idiot kids in Florida Spring Break and our reaction to all of this as nonchalant as nonchalant could be. Businesses could be rebuilt and restarted. What is the phoquing panic and the fear? Quite the irony I see as our business and political leaders in the beginning were saying that the virus itself is overblown and its fear mongering by the media... And anybody saying otherwise that businesses could not be rebuilt is a liar and a con. The Big 3 in Detroit shut down car production when the US entered WW2 for 2-3 years. Volkswagen and Mercedes Benz were devastated and needed external monies to be rebuilt. Somehow...these automotive companies survived... Sure...Duesenberg and Packard died before or after WW2.... but we picked up the pieces...with the other surviving manufactures. Rebooting and retooling and companies that survive come out stronger. The weaker ones go away, sure. But new companies take their place. Newer, fresher ideas get spawned. Its a good thing. Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes... yeah...Russia, another politically honest country.... Is political propaganda at its highest in human history for 2020?

I dont believe China's numbers. I dont think the US has surpassed China. I think they are being very secretive about their numbers. Just like how they hid the outbreak in the beginning. I think they wanna try to spin their shyte into a positive in a weird shyte way. All of a sudden...with no vaccine or solution...after an explosion of infections since November...China's infections are miraculously stopped somehow in March? GTFO with that propaganda!!! If a lockdown is a solution...then Quebec and Canada would NOT be in the "exponential" phase right now!!! Because Canada and Quebec has had a somewhat lock down itself last week or so... Keep in mind...Self Isolation and lockdowns do NOT stop infections. It slows them down. Wuhan is said to be on a lessor shut down...or it will be in the next few days... If China does not record any more cases then their numbers are truly false. The virus is still out there. Especially when asymptomatic people are roaming around WITHOUT the knowledge of them being infected... In NO PHOQUING way did China test 1.3 BILLION people to know who has what... I have no proof of what Im saying. I dont know of any media that suggests what I say. Im just using my logic.

I will repeat what I said before. Broken or unbroken that Covid19 will eventually break. We will have to pick up the broken pieces and start over again. Nothing unsurmountable. Nothing that humans havent done before in the aftermath of sooooo many set backs that we have faced as a species throughout our history. After plagues, wars, natural disasters...

Song #4 was produced by Phil. There many familiar Genesis/Phil Collins elements in that song. I think that Genesis was doing there own thing with Peter Gabriel at the helm, especially with Gabriel and after Gabriel, when Phil kinda took over the music direction and set pop trends in the 1980s. I love 1980s pop. But Im no fool to think that it aint what Im complaining about today's music. It was. But there are many 1980s pop stars that set the musical trends for everyone else to follow. Prince, Phil Collins, Michael Jackson to name a couple are such of those pop stars. Frida and Abba. Im not very familiar with their trends. I do not know if they were creators and were not the emulators. But I also know that Abba was pretty big. Now...was it junk? Well, it certainly was kinda like junk food like BBQ chips...sure. But pure junk? I dunno. Not being sarcastic. I really do not know. I could say with ease, glam rock group Poison was junk. I love their music. Still do. But junk. One reason why rock faded away was because of too many music producers were rolling out groups like Poison. Im not trying to school you Balthy. Im just wanting to confirm to you that I understand you and where you are coming from.

That is also true. However, those leaders that have maintained those constants in our society that seem to be working fine are now gonna be called upon to restore them back. Along with new blood to help and reboot. So...Im not really worried about that all that much. Im actually looking forward to the reboot. Those unbroken things have also become very complacent in our lives. A good reboot will do us all good.

Were you mesmerized by Frida's vocals and Phil's drums like I was in #4? LOL

Plus Ill give you upvotes too! Because of your willingness to exercise your freedoms of choice...of not to click on them. And as these latest posts have been made, and with @dfelt's GnR song choice, I have been whisked away from the Phil Collins kick and unto something you might appreciate even less. LOL ( because of all the freedom talk Ive done since this morning and its in the title...plus he is Greek)

It hasnt subsided. All morning long I was listening to Frida's I know there is something going on, over and over and over again. I couldnt get enough of her "I know there is something going on" vocals and Phil's drums and electronic voice accompaniment. Now Im doing Against All Odds and Invisible Touch. It looks like you dont appreciate his musical genious...which is fine, so Ill spare you the links as I wont post them. LOL

Parakalo/Grazie Yes. You are correct. 25th of March in 1821 was the day that Greeks started fighting against their Ottoman oppressors. (Turkish occupation). We were slaves to them. Eleftetheira i Thanatos (Freedom or Death) was our motto. This was not about independence as its commonly said that its Greek Independence Day and it was not a revolt as its said in the history books that we revolted against the Ottomans. This was about our FREEDOM FROM the Ottoman empire. We were ALWAYS independent. So independent in fact, that during the ancient times, we were all about City-States... Its about our FREEDOM. Its really Freedom Day and NOT independance day. Religiously, the 25th of March is also the Annunciation to the Theotokos of when the Archangel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary that she will bear the Son of God. Our Freedom fight started when the Bishop Germanos of Patras raised the Flag for our Freedom over the Monastery of Agia Lavra. So...our freedom day was calculated to start with the news that the Virgin Mary was to be the bearer of Our Saviour. As far President Trump's Proclamation for a National Day...on the 25th of March. I think he did that to RECOGNIZE Greece and their national day. 25th of March for Greece is EXACTLY what the 4rth of July is. He ties in what Greece (Hellas represents in human history) to the Great Nation that is the USofA with an economic and military strategic alliance in Europe with Greece for 2020 and beyond. Against Turkey, Russia, China etc... Greece did sell a portion of their Athenian Port of Piraeus to China during the 2008-2009 crisis. Greece needed to do this for financial survival since Britain, Germany and France were strangling Greece...but as we know...China aint nobody's friend, yet Europe shat on Greece, so Greece did what she had to do to survive to her detriment...and to Europe's...But at least Trump has realized very early in his Presidency...of the few things he has got right, that that was a BIG blunder for Europe to let Greece rot like they did only to find a friend that is not so friendly. Hey...maybe China will be a better friend to Greece than what Europe has been... President Reagan started this and President Trump finally completed it. Sorry for the history lesson. But I am proud of being Greek. Of Being Canadian. And almost being American as well!!!

https://usa.greekreporter.com/2020/03/25/president-trump-issues-proclamation-on-greek-independence-day-2/ Even If its only in small doses, thank-you President Donald J. Trump!

Im on a Phil Collins kick.

That Ferrari/FCA thing Ill tackle another day. While its true that Ferrari is no longer part of Fiat ownership...its a recent thing...but Its OK...what was bugging me more than that comment will also be addressed by what I got to say now. Your comment that I have in bold always sat rough with me. I had a bad taste in my mouth reading it. But I wasnt sure how I was going to tackle it. And then...I got to read this comment you made in another thread. The Random Thoughts Thread Your bolded comment in that one had me puzzled because in the linked quote you decided to use...PRAISES Ford's engineering prowess... So your original comment: Had me seething... literally!!! I just didnt know how I would rebuttle. I didnt have any way or knowledge to counter you with. Until now! https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a31917145/ford-respirators-coronavirus-covid-19/ You mean to tell me....that Ford could come up with an INGENIOUS way to engineer a ventilator mask using parts bin parts that could be used almost anywhere easily and it could mass produce it easily all on a short, VERY short time frame to come up with an idea like that, engineer it, engineer a way to mass produce it, build the production line for it and finally to get it all done...yet they CANT and dont know to get cows that roam free without fences so their hides could be perfect, they dont know how to make that hide super soft and stitch it with French stitches? They cant make it all fit and finish like a Bentley either? Yet they could engineer ventilator masks on a whim though... Now you know why I was seething with your comment. You are proud that American companies come up with awesome ways to help not only Americans, but the whole bloody planet in times of need, yet you shun them with the same intensity. I asked you... BEAN COUNTING has been a problem... THAT is what you see with American cars in the past. Especially during the malaise era. American know how is second to none. Dont confuse the two. American bottom line capitalism is what killed Lincoln and Cadillac. But let me tell you something...FoMoCo and GM engineering is WORLD CLASS!!! Looking at the new Navigator's interior and how Cadillac is gonna do the new Escalade... And seeing how Ford is leading the charge with these ventilators... I WILL VEHEMENTLY DEFEND FORD AND GM AGAINST YOUR ARGUMENT UNTIL THEY ENDS OF THE EARTH!!!

Im waiting for the 1/18 scale to be released. There is a company that is selling. Its a resin model meaning its a sealed model, meaning the doors, hood, trunk, etc dont open. Its not a die cast metal model. But resin plastic. Usually, resin models are very precise and very detailed with the exception of them being sealed, they are awesome. But this C8 model from Top Speed, there is something off putting about it. The link is from a local hobby shop. Availability date: 3rd April https://passiondiecast.com/en/coming-soon/10805-chevrolet-corvette-stingray-c8-2020-black-top-speed-118-ts0283.html I may hold off on it as I dont like the colour either, I wouldnt want it in black. They do make a red one, it looks nicer, but none of the local hobby shops seem to be wanting to sell it. Actually, the only local hobby shop to advertise the C8 is this one...and only in black... I think the company AutoArt will come out with one too. Im praying actually. They have gone resin as well with their current stuff, but I think if AutoArt comes out with a C8, it might be the Z06 (or equivalent) that they will offer. I will just be patient. I dont think Ill buy this one. And I think my collection will be officially done with the addition of a C8 Corvette.

We are saying the same thing! And yes...we as in in Canada, Spain, the US...we are all testing more and we are finding out that more of us are infected. No symptoms... The thing is, I think, is that some if us will react to it very violently, and for those that will react very violently, if we have some sort of weakness, we will suffer and worse case scenario, die. The myth that young folk dont suffer, is well a myth. The myth has started because most older folk die from it. Because being older MAY mean that the older person has some sort of weaker immune system, or whatever and that is why they perish. Younger folk are usually more fit and have stronger immune systems than babies and older folk. And we misinterpret that as to say that young folk are invincible.... Young folk could and do suffer from Covid-19. And Im sure there have been some young folk to die from it too. Those that their bodies could not fight it. And THAT is what it boils down to. Covid-19 is deadly to those with weak immune systems or respiratory problems. ESPECIALLY those with respiratory problems. PS: Not everybody will suffer from it. Some will. Some wont. If you have some sort of respiratory problem, God help you.

Yes! 100% Hopefully. But staying home does NOT defeat it. It helps to curb the transmissions and easing the hospitalizations and therefore giving the nurses and doctors a chance to breathe a little (pun intended) while taking care of the folk that are really having a hard time coping with it.

Yup....so many variables indeed. Congested cities like NYC and its boroughs will differ with the transmissions risks than say...I dont know...Saskatoon Saskatchewan. Or Chibougamau Quebec. Chibougamau, Quebec The point I wanna make to compliment Balthy's is that the US and Canada have MANY wide open spaces, other than the big cities, so...maybe calculating infected per square inch on a country scale for Canada and the US might not be an accurate one.

With low oil prices again, and we dont know how long the Saudis want to do this, and Ive heard the Saudis wanna keep it low for a good long while, Im willing to bet that EV sales are gonna be shyte in the short term. The only thing that will save EVs this time around is that countries are not gonna budge on the banning of ICE vehicles. Or at the very least, the countries wont lax on the emissions regulations. I say, GM better keep the Camaro alive with its V8 because I might go crazy with this Covid-19 thing and maybe I spin into a mid-life/Covid-19 crisis and buy me-self a ZL-1 Camaro, ship it to Trans Am Depot and they fix me up good. Like this one. Exactly like this one down below!!!