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  1. oldshurst442
    Ill continue: #19 Batteries require supplies of very RARE minerals. If EVs become the successor worldwide, where will we find all these RARE minerals? Everybody keeps on mentioning RARE minerals...RARE means scarce to me... Everybody keeps on saying fossil fuels are just about to run dry...but NOBODY discusses how long will these RARE minerals will last us when and if EVs are produced by the millions yearly. #20 Every so often, anti-EV arguments reveal that disposal of batteries is EQUALLY harmful for the environment, yet no tree-hugger explains how this eco-disaster will be addressed. As far as pollution goes...we are trading 4 quarters for a dollar. Nothing is free in life...just checks and balances... #21 Nobody is questioning China as to why China is pushing to ban ICE... Pollution SEEMS to be the answer... Sure... But I truly believe (no devil's argument in this one) that is the brainwashing answer... I dont feel like googling...but Im almost 100% sure that China has a shtye load of these RARE minerals in her own back yard. Probably the world's largest supply. She already has monopolized the market...I think... Lots of dough to be made here on the backs of the rest of the world. Couple that with the fact that China has become the world's LARGEST producer of hydro-electric power and because China has the world's largest population o date...India will overtake her in the next 50 years...it dont matter though as billions of Chinese people will be recharging their EVs anyhow allowing China to line up her coffers with TRILLIONS of dollars... Its a money making power move for them...to ban ICE and go all-out EV. #21 is not a slight against EVs, nor a positive for ICE (although China as of now dictates how and what kind of cars will be bought) its just a reminder that the USA has to do something to keep up monetarily to the Chinese because this EV thing will propel China into a superpower level that has never been seen before...
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    I was thinking the same thing...but along the lines of cheapening out on some sort of automotive part by reducing the amount of material used by making it smaller and saving about 3 cents per unit and when the part gets old by 5 years or so and the car hits a bump...the part fails in such a way that for whatever reason locks the steering wheel from turning and prevents the airbag in deploying when the car goes boom... But for me to say such a thing maybe trolling...GM would never do that....
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    Typical of rightists? Ignoring and deflecting? PS: I dont lean neither left nor right...my ideas are based on TRUTH and REALITY...and I accept it for what it is...even it means...CHANGE... I just think...FOR MYSELF!!!
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    Not so fast... These are OK... You mean like a Chrysler minivan? NEAT IDEA! Add sliding doors to that with remote control And you got yourself a....great...MINIVAN...and then truly one could say...THE CADILLAC of MINIVANS even though it be a Mercedes!!!
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    Puff the Magic Dragon....lived by the sea!!! ***************************************************** You know where you are??? You're in the jungle baby! You're gonna die! Welcome to the jungle!
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    Im in the same boat regarding lawn mowers and price. Same views apply to ICE and EVs for me. And I just remembered...thanx to your post....that Yardworks lawnmower I own is a Briggs and Stratton. My snowblower is a Tecumseh motor.
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    Holy phoque...that is atrocious! If I have to see this shyte on the road...coupe style or regular...I will gladly take hallucinogens so my eyes and brain could be numb to it! And maybe...just maybe..Id mellow out a tiny bit. Or maybe...Id get a bad trip out of it and get aggressive... And Id get poor ole Puff the Magic Dragon in a stranglehold And kick the shyte out of it! (Both the BMW and the purple dumb ass dragon!)
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    Average who? Average Joe...Biden? Nah...that does not help him at all...he prefers turbo V8s of the shytty kind...
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    Call me crazy...and as much fun the LS3 86 would be...Id still take the EV. That is with an EV motor of only 100 HP...100 less than the 4 cylinder...and maybe 10-20 ft/lbs less. The LS3 86 just undermines what the 86 is all about. But the EV amplifies (pun intended) the 86's raison d'etre.
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    whoa.... What you just said is unfair towards Joe Biden... Give the man some credit. Toyota is more like Al Gore... Was once married to a very fine looking Tipper. (That would be the Toyota 2000GT) Has 3 beautiful children (Those would be the Supra, Celica and MR2) Had a good political career (Hilux and Lexus) But now...is just a big ole bore. Al Gore! (Camry)
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    The thing does corner damn well! I like the Toyota 86. Id take the Subaru version though. This little emoticon is my friend. If one car that could be made into an EV and be better than its gasoline counterpart would be the Toyobaru. The Tesla roadster powertrain in this and it be better than the Lotus derived Tesla roadster... Why do I feel this way? Let us discuss it...
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    In all seriousness though...I avoided this thread... Too much mind-numbing whataboutisms and purposeful neglecting of reality going on. I much prefer the path we are on now. I no longer have the urge to....scream.
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    No no...Its OK... We could go back to leaf blowers and lawn mowers. Ill meet you half-way... I bought a Yardworks gasoline lawnmower 14-15 years ago. Im guessing its a Tecumseh motor. Hardly any maintenance do I do and she still purrs like a mean kitten. Internal combustion Tecumseh motors are fine engines....
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    [Reads latest posts] Battery powered electric leaf blowers and lawn mowers.... [checks name of thread...sees thread is about Toyota] [concludes...and agrees...that battery powered electric leaf blowers and lawn mowers are much more fun to talk about AND operate than Toyotas]
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    Hey Little Cobra The Rip Chords I took my Cobra down to the track Hitched to the back of my Cadillac Everyone was there just a waiting for me There were plenty of Stingrays and XKEs Spring little Cobra get ready to strike Spring little Cobra now with all of your might Spring little Cobra get ready to strike Spring little Cobra now with all of your might Hey little Cobra don't you know you're gonna shut 'em down When the flag went down you could hear rubber burn The Stingray had me going into the turn I hung a big shift and I got into high And when I flew by the Stingray I waved bye-bye Spring little Cobra get ready to strike Spring little Cobra now with all of your might Spring little Cobra get ready to strike Spring little Cobra now with all of your might Hey little Cobra don't you know you're gonna shut 'em down Songwriters: Carol Connors / Marshall Kleinbard Hey Little Cobra lyrics © Music Asset Management (mam)
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    I dont know why. But IMMEDIATELY after reading your post...I laughed...but also...this song rushed into my thoughts. (No..not the Disney when you wish upon a star song....although that too is in my brain now!)
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    Never played it. I was more of a karategi suit Johnny Cage video game guy.
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    . MMMmmmmmm! Brown! Gotta love those 70's man. Can you dig it? Brown phoquing leisure suits and all! But in an interior....brown really aint that bad...to tell you the truth... I CAN dig it!
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    When did you own it? And why in the hell didnt you keep it???!!!
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    yikes.... All this time I thought that that was a center console. Boy...I was mislead. But in all honesty...I came to that conclusion as I read somewhere that even trucks were gonna eliminate bench seats. So I saw what I wanted to see with the worker trucks that come to the drive-thru at my restaurant. Or maybe I read wrong. Im not into trucks...so I am not familiar with truck trends. So....thank you all for the infos.
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    2015 with only 9000 miles? You hit the jackpot! Its like the saying goes....the previous owner was a little old lady driving it only on Sundays to church and to do her groceries. Awesome find.
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    The one on the left, or the one on the right? Or was it both? Anyway...nice tandem of enthusiast vroom vrooms you got going on there!
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    They did away with bench seats in trucks a while ago, I think. At least 3-4 years ago, right? All the newer work trucks I see...all of them...from at least 2010 on...all of them with bucket seats. Even contractors order the buckets. Yes...it is sad!
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    I like boyracer styling. Functional or not. It just has to look good to...me. This latest generation ZR-1. It WILL have great performance. No doubt about that. 210 mph. Not too shabby for a front engined (far back as possible making the Vette mid-engined?) and rear wheel drive. 755 horsepower is why...I guess. And lots of air work and air flow and air passing and downforce. Which leads me to talk about the looks of it. Its OK. Not mind blowing. I like it. I just prefer the Z06 Z07 C7R package more. I find that the on the C7 Vette, my boyracer acceptance is limited to the Z06 Z07 C7R package. In yellow over orange...
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    Me too. I even DESPISE some of them! The proportions are all...awkward looking. I find myself preferring long hood/short deck proportions most of the time. However... Cubi did mention the mid-engined cars I do like... I agree with this 100% All the cars mentioned 100% I agree 100% with some looking like Transformer/Gundam cartoon vehicles as well. I just like to add the to the list of what ME cars I like: The Countach...the 1980s one with all the excess (and useless) ground effects Ferrari F355 Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale Lamborghini Aventador and the Reventon. The new NSX There may be a couple of others...
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