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oldshurst442

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  1. Im gonna guess that Beijing will be THE auto show that the world watches in the near future. One question. Are the Geneva and Paris shows relevant as they used to be or are they losing steam like Detroit? Back to the Bolt and autonomous driving... My opinion...as much as I love electric vehicles...I HATE THIS AUTONOMOUS TECHNOLOGY!!! Although I do see how beneficial it will be for humanity going forward.
  2. I gather the Los Angeles and New York auto shows are gaining steam and stealing Detroit's thunder? Maybe even SEMA with maybe the electronics show Las Vegas has?
  3. @hyperv6 YUP! I was being sarcastic with that post just acknowledging how old this platform is. The Chrysler 300 anywhere in the world was more or less about luxury and high styling. Even the Chrysler 300 faced Dodge Charger station wagon that was sold in Europe was all about class. Like you said, its a bloody shame Sergio is dragging this nameplate to the ground. I guess one real cool thing about all this is that maybe a SRT8 6.4liter Hemi gets to re-live again in Aussie land. Hey...maybe a Chrysler 300 Hellcat too? At this point in time...what else could MOPAR SRT engineers do but make a 300 Hellcat! The Viper is gone too...they now have extra time on their hands...if only for Australia. Hey...they would be filling a void with GM and Ford ditching their Aussie muscle cars...
  4. Cooooooooool. Another line of awesome MOPAR cop cars. Good for Chrysler to re-enter the cop car scene. Now that GM let go of their Caprice. No reason for Ford and their Crown Vic to have all that all on their own. I googled it to see how it looks...looks menacing.
  5. Hear me now and believe me later, Suave. You are no longer a girlie man. Great news! Maybe now you could replace Aaron Rogers and star right beside Hanz and Franz.
  6. Since Dino's name was mentioned...and since FCA is Eye-Talian, and since FCA is ditching Detroit... Im sayin' this AINT THAT A KICK IN THE HEAD
  7. Ecoboosted V6 F-150? Ecoboosted V6 Ford GT? WOW! (shakes head in disbelief) I could have had a V8!!! For comedic relief this post is. Shyte storm to cause it is not!
  8. technically, the RC looks like the LC500 as the concept car came first...and the RC took its looks from the concept car. The LC500 is EXACTLY how the concept car was, its just that the concept car was green lighted way late as Lexus really had no intentions in building but they finally did... The LC500 has got something no Mercedes car you mentioned has... Concept car sex appeal. The classic and modern Gullwing sports cars and the McLaren sports car are more in line with what the LC500 is. Price tags aside of course.
  9. Waaaaaay over price Breitling... I normally like Breitling watches because of their pseudo connection to Aviation. Same with Raybans. But this is one Breitling I could care less for. Old and new Chrysler 300C clock looks to be more elegant. A tad more expensive detailing on the bezel with an equal amount of diamonds as that Breitling and the Chrysler 300C surpasses the Breitling in elegance. For me...expensive time pieces HAVE TO BE elegant. Not gaudi shytes...that Breitling to me seems gaudi. No...Breitling watches have never been elegant. But, they do look like they serve some sort of purpose. In the Bentayga however, that is not the case... As far as the mechanicals go if one wants to argue why it costs that much... In 2016...time piece precision is a gimme. This aint the 1800s or early 1900s anymore. In fact, Timex by takin' a lickin' and they kept on tickin' proved that SEVERAL decades ago... Now...I do respect and enjoy the precision engineering of expensive watches...I just dont get consumed by the faux marketing involved...
  10. I dont mean anything by this...nor does it have anything to do with the subject at hand...and you may or maynot know...but Id like to point out anyway as an informative footnote that the Altima Hybrid was also sold in Quebec. I dont know if it was sold elsewhere in Canada, but Im 100% sure it was sold in Quebec.
  11. Will do actually!!! Thanx in part to this thread. Yours and Stew's posts made me itchy for #3. We, as in the family, we will be going to see Rogue One during the week between XMAS and New Years. What better way to cap off that week with #3 from Star Trek. My kids have watched #1 with me and did enjoy it. I watched #2 alone though. I dont think #2 is necessary to watch for #3...it dont matter, all we'll do is Star Wars and Star Trek marathon all that week!!!
  12. I havent seen the 3rd one....yet. Because I am not a Trekkie, it was not on my gotta see it now list. I feel like all the rebooted Star Trek movie actors do an incredible job of capturing the essence of the characters they represent in the original way while at the same time spinning their own take on the originals. A bloody shame for Anton Yelchin. Very hard to do but I think they succeeded BIG TIME. I think this is why the rebooted movies connect with newbies like myself to being a fan of the franchise TODAY. Newbies like myself certainly know and are familiar with the quirky actors and acting of the original cast. And I am talking about myself here, I did not necessarily want Nimoy or Shatner or the others in the movie, I did want to see familiarity. And I did want the movies to break away from that nerdy edge original format. I guess that was what the Next Generation was all about with Captain Picard...it was still too nerdy for my tastes.
  13. I was never a fan of Star Trek. I did however enjoy some original Star Trek TV shows. The Next Generation stuff never interested me. OK..this is where it becomes wacky. I LOVE the last 2 rebooted movies. I am saddened by the death of the actor playing Chekov. Leonard Nimoy....I was saddened by his passing as well. Star Wars is where its at for me. Yes. Even Episodes 1,2 and 3. #2 was too long and too love storyish that needed not be. Stupid scenes that took away from what could have been a better storyline with Count Dooku and Anakin and the Clone Wars. We KNOW that Padme and Anakin were gonna be a thing...no need to make us vomit over it with overly corny, overdone, over dramatized love scenes with no chemistry between the lovers. HOWEVER, the chemistry between Anakin and OB1 were incredible! OK....back to Star Trek...
  14. I LOVE Lesbians. But then again, Im just a narcissistic man-whore who thinks lesbians exist just to please MY male hetero sexual fantasies... Kinda ironic and sooooooo not reality!
  15. I share your thoughts. It will be a fine car. Buick and Chevy havent disappointed the last couple of years. It does have a certain charisma. Ill give it that but it doesnt tug at any of my emotions like this generation does. I think I prefer the next gen Lacrosse over this. Who knows? It might grow on me as its not a bad looking car. Maybe its because I STILL like the current Regal's looks that I secretly dont want it to go away. it was meant to be sarcastic as I think it looks like a Mazda6. HOOWEVER, looking at my prediction as a serious tone, it might not be a bad thing to try to emulate a certain luxury version of Mazda's Zoom Zoom campaign...
  16. I dont like it. It looks....odd. Besides having a look reminiscing of a new Mazda6, which is a good thing, some proportions on this car look bizarre to me. I dont like the way the headlights are placed on the car. I am all for more interior leg room, especially in the rear as compared to the old Regal but I feel the longer wheelbase and the way the shape of the car is with the location of the headlights just makes this car look strange to me.
  17. The only Challenger I see where AWD would be beneficial would be the SRT 8 versions ESPECIALLY the Hellcat. But alas, I dont think AWD will be offered for those. Sure its a no big deal add on as the Charger and 300 have this and I applaud this move ONLY because it MIGHT make pony car guys think about how the pony car segment COULD evolve to to spice things up performance wise vis-a-vis the competitor German sport coupe cars that have AWD... Or maybe not. Alls I know about a Hellcat is that its got insane power and its hard to get that power to the ground effectively. I LOVE me that Hellcat power. But AWD would do it some good. Mind you, a new svelte platform would also benefit a Hellcat. AWD on a Challenger? Call it boring for me.... A 300C also had it a DECADE ago... BIG DEAL!!! GIVE ME A BRAND NEW CHALLENGER INSTEAD!!! I STILL LOVE THIS HELLCAT THOUGH!!! BUT I WANT A NEW PLATFORMED CHALLENGER HELLCAT EVEN MORE!!!
  18. No worries there for me... Im a Boston Bruins fan. Yup...a Bruins fan from Montreal! But....every single time the Bruins LOSE to the Habs, its kinda like this for me. And because XMAS is right around the corner...the rant is comparable
  19. Yes Mr DFELT. Its accurate for me too. I edited this post. I originally had another Yoda meme, but the message was not what I wanted.
  20. Just give me this. Everything else at Lexus could be thrown in the garbage. OK..Ill also take this one too
  21. Ya sure about that? VeeDub sure made caca out of certain things in dat pool! Seriously though: The Golf GTI is one incredible machine. The only reason why I cant see myself in one is because back in the day in my 20s, some of my friends at that point in time drove Golf GTIs. VR6s. Corrados too with that same engine. I made fun of them since I was an American gung ho car guy with the pony car scene. Yeah, they in turn made fun of me for V8s and all....This was the 1990s when the Tuner car craze was hot. In other words, I cant bring myself to own cars I made fun of back then...
  22. Star Wars in about a week. So...this bit of news requires Star Wars GIF on how I feel about this bit of news.
  23. @FordCosworth PS: I woke up and got outta bed just now just to tell you, because I forgot to mention it in my post. ENJOY YOUR CONCERT!
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