oldshurst442

I dont think I need an explanation why I down voted... And If I did give you one, William would give me another 2 points for abusive behavior for calling a spade a spade... But I did give a +1 to the poster who best explains my thoughts. His way though is a more political correct way of going about it. I dont do P.C. Heads up....you'd get plusieurs down votes today!!! I only get one...why? Again...your behavior and you playing coy!

condos? Or maybe now that the Trump boys took over the family business..Trump Plaza Venezuela?

Oddly enough, when I saw the pic of the Versa....that was the first thing to pop in my mind. I says to myself: "Cool. Cheap & affordable Japanese appliance at the cheap affordable Swedish appliance store!" Then I read your post and I was like: "Hey! I just said that!" (well, I thought about it, not actually talked it out verbally...but I do talk to myself sometimes but this time was not one of those times...)

Yeah...I agree with what you are saying about Cadillac so Ill just modify my stance on the issue. Cadillac, the way they do their lights would just about be the only brand Id like to keep on seeing the heritage alive. And Chrysler to some degree. But the 300 is on its way out anyway...

I must have used YOUR post to quote @hyperv6 post...sorry..... Yes indeed, it was @hyperv6 that I was quoting and referring too!!! After all, it was HIS post!!!

Although I love cars of the 1950s and the fin itself, I feel its a styling element that really should stay in that time era. It was a different time then. Flight and the jet age were still in its infancy...even though flight was 50 years old and the rocket age was upon us then, flight still seemed like it was a new thing....partly because commercial flights and intercontinental flights were still a new thing... Flying was still romantic... Then there is the whole teenager revolution thing where teens cruise in cars to drive-In theatres and roller skating waitresses serve us hamburgers to our cars listening to Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly! I did say cruise....not text and use the GPS to tell us how to get there... We are very far away from that world. I dont think fins it they came back will have that same effect and feeling so it best stay in the past so we dont ruin that nostalgia!

That is funny... My grandparents and my mom came from a so called socialist country...Greece, to come to another socialist country...Canada. yet...no hand-outs were made to my family either...neither from Greece nor from Canada... That would be 4 generations now... Nope...nobody paid for my dad's education in socialist Canada. Nobody paid for mine nor my wife's education in Canada. We all paid for it by ourselves. My parents had money saved up for me...but my wife had poorer parents than mine so she had to work part time jobs... My kids...well. Im setting money aside for them. I have a healthy amount right now for them!!!\ The thing is...in socialist Canada...there are savings programs for education... The Canadian guvment gives me a dollar for every dollar I put into an education fund!!! The thing is...the USA offers that same deal... Yes Hyper...even in your capitalistic America...there are SOCIAL programs for the GREATER GOOD of YOUR people! Unless of course you want to abolish all that and go back to how it was... Law of the jungle? THAT is what you want to go back to? Because THAT is what your post suggests! We all have opinions dude! We are all entitled to them! But...when I talk to people...and my points get brushed under a rug to have YOUR points be front and center like its some sort of golden rule...then it ceases to be about respect! All that in your post... ALL JIBBERISH AND BULLSHYTE! It aint even an opinion or fact or an opinion based on fact! You have abusers in all kinds of political ideologies... You have lazy asses in all kinds of political ideologies... You have thieves and cons in all kinds of political ideologies... I aint trying to change your mind...don't care... But I see right through the bullshyte! You wanna talk about respect? HA! You ignore me!!! I don't care...makes me laugh... And do you know why? Because I know YOU cant DEAL WITH MY REALITY!!! MY reality is a complete opposite of yours! I don't let up on you, and THAT is why YOU ignore me!!!

I remember Cragar SS mags everywhere from 1974/1975/1976 Pontiac Trans Ams to 1971-1974 Plymouth Satellite/Roadrunners to 1968-1969 Chevrolet Camaros/Pontiac Firebirds to Chevy Vans And they were all jacked up like in those pics! I guess, any which way you look at it, the more things change the more they stay the same. All the crazy things young guys and gals do to their rides... Stance is everything though. And depending what you want your project car to be, its all good. If I was doing a tuner Civic, then that Civic above is where Id wanna be.. If I was doing a 1950s or 1960s American Cruiser, then a slight rake but with ample ground clearance in the front like Balthy's example is where Id be. A resto-mod pro touring 1970 Olds 442 would be level and low to the ground (not too low, but in today's standards for perfect handling and braking low) But, Id also love to do a 1970s themed muscle car and it be jacked in the back, baby!!!!

Yup....I remember this all well. Even on vans. Something like that:

^^^ jacked up rear ends...and I guess its the image of a Civic rather than a muscle car. This one made me chuckle...and admired at the same time. Its a lost art to see cars this way. I prefer jacked up rear ends rather than super low or hellaflush...

Just The +1 comes from because of the shout out to the humble Kalamata olive. And this is KALAMATA!

Dont you folk already know? We blew her up and The Monkees took over! Truth be told....All over Latin America....the USA's hypocrisy with certain fascist regimes might be a result of what has happened in Venezuela past and present..... The term puppet government comes to mind..... HELLO PUPPET!!! It really is a case of Its a little bit me, Its a little bit you too!!! American Foreign policy....Karma is a bitch and it bit ..GM in the ass this instance... Trump and Trudeau...have certain things to work out as Trump has fired SEVERAL salvos up North the last 48 hours... Its Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace all over again Something about trade routes...

Not just in China... In Europe as well... Possibly Canada not too far behind... US eventually. General Motors acknowledges this as well. http://www.motortrend.com/news/buick-velite-5-chinas-take-chevrolet-volt/ At the 2017 Shanghai auto show, Buick introduced the Velite 5, a rebadged Chevrolet Volt made specifically for the Chinese market. Featuring the same Voltec powertrain as in the Volt that combines two electric motors, a T-shaped lithium-ion battery mounted low, an electronically variable automatic transmission, and a 1.5-liter I-4 that serves as a range extender, Buick says the Velite 5 can travel up to 116 kilometers (72 miles) in EV mode or 768 kilometers (477 miles) with a full charge and a full tank of gas. It’s unclear, however, what standard the automaker is basing its range estimates on. In the EPA cycle, the Chevrolet Volt is rated at 53 miles in EV mode and 420 miles with a full tank of gas and a full charge. 72 miles for China while in the US its 53 miles... Its quite telling how the US once was the leader in technology, innovation and forward thinking only to be a shadow of its former self lagging.... Oh no...the US is NOT lagging in technology, innovation and forward thinking...its company's are amongst the world's best... THE PEOPLE, ITS CITIZENS, ARE NOT THE GO-GETTERS THEY USED TO BE...I guess China is the new USA? This is not a hate speech meant for trolling.... Just a slap in the face WAKE-UP CALL!!! I DO AGREE WITH TRUMP ON HIS SLOGAN YES! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!! But it aint in the context TRUMP SAID IT IN!!! Why does China get a better Chevy Volt AND and a better Cadillac ELR in the Buick Velite 5? Why dont the US citizens DEMAND BETTER? Oh I know why!!!! They are too consumed with idiotic adolescent, hypocritical drama that is dummying them down!!! http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-bill-oreilly-payout-20170420-story.html http://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/oreilly-out-1.4078256 http://www.politicususa.com/2017/04/20/fox-news-incentivizing-sexual-harassment-paying-perpetrators-65-million-exit-packages.html About EVs....the tipping point is near. Porsche is seeing it....hell, GM is seeing too...that is why the Buick version in China gets an upgrade unlike in Europe with the Opel Anterra and in the US... The irony is that just a week or two BEFORE Opel was sold, the President of Opel wanted to go full out EV for Opel because even in Germany....laws are put into place to ban Diesels in the very near future and petrol cars in the not so distant future.... Actually, other European countries are banning diesels too....Including Greece...(by 2025 and for their major cities only as a start) http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/future-cars/news/a31097/german-government-votes-to-ban-internal-combustion-engines-by-2030/ http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38170794 Oil based propulsion for cars are coming to an end...governments are pushing this unto us....(is it really that awful to be driving EVs?) (Infrastructure and charging times are in the next 2 years NOT gonna be a factor just like range is not a problem as of NOW....Bullshyte excuses aside) We, as a North American society who hates and distrusts governments and became a nation from rebelling is unfortunately what it is....Trump has no choice to follow as the PLANET is going down this road...

And yes...I saw that post where you deny what you soooooo blatantly did intend to mention...but the Gods wiped your post clean...

You talkin' about Greece? Afraid to say it? 1821 1841 1878 1904 1912 1914 1919 1923 1939 1946 1950 These are all all out wars that modern Greece fought...the one in Korea was the ONLY one that did not involve her freedom... If you are talkin' about Greece, maybe a little research will do you some good and maybe you wouldn't believe some of that #fakenews we here so much about... Meaning...while Greece does have social programs that most of the population abuses...you would realize quickly that abuse of social programs is a tiny wee part of modern Greece's failure... All those wars all those decades where Greece is fighting for her FREEDOM from the Ottomans, the Germans (WW1), the Nazis, the BRITISH that CONTROL HER ISLANDS, will quickly realize that Greece's coffers are NON-EXISTANT let alone empty running social programs.... Greece has been looted and raped many times over even by her so called friends... I keep on hearing about Greece's failure due to socialism... Those are people that 1. are blind to the truth and only go with what their biased political views tells them 2. hate Greece in general 3. are ignorant to the truth I aint calling you or anybody else out here, just pointing out the direction to have maybe some sort of falsehoods put to rest. And if you weren't talking about Greece...

These kinds of things has happened in the past. In China it happened quite frequently and the fear is still present as we speak to happen again. In Nazi Germany it has happened. What can GM do? Cry fowl? (talk to the International trade organization) Good luck wit dat... Tell Trump to invade Venezuela? (or at least tell Trump to impose trade sanctions and get NATO countries onbard) IMO...its the cost of doing business outside your home country when that particular country seems like a shady country..... Brazil and China and....even Mexico seems like a bad idea....

@dfelt That was a +1 for all those Pizza combos you mentioned!

ANYTHING THAT DAMN WELL PLEASES YOU!!! I personally like my pizza all dressed. What does that mean in Montréal? Well, Montréal's definition of all dressed on a pizza may very well be the original definition and it consists of pizza sauce, pepperoni, green peppers, mushrooms and mozzarella cheese. But....Pizza is like sex...even bad pizza is good! So....more to it than that... Sometimes all dressed pizza gets boring, like missionary. I like to change it up sometimes... Poor old Ramsey, he must have a very boring sex life....

They did!!!! Back then they were called OLDSMOBILE!!! These cars that Buick got now....the Intrigue, the Alero, the Aurora were already there in their 1st generations....let us not forget that Aurora's 1st gen was in 1994 or 1995 Imagine what Olds could have done with a post bankrupt GM with a 3rd or 4rth gen Alero & Intrigue and a 5th generation Aurora with a head start of DOHC V6s that Olds offered on the 1990s as well...

Didnt that, like happen about 20-30 years ago? Didnt the Lacrosse replace the old W-Body Regal and the shared old W-Body Century which replaced the FWD A-Body and the RWD G-Body which were fused together to create the aforementioned W-Body twins? Didnt the big Lacrosse replace the Lucerne which replaced the LeSabre and Park Ave? Why was the Verano so phoquing close to interior dimensions as the Regal? Why was the Verano killed off and why is this next gen Regal so phoquing close to interior dimensions as the Lacrosse? I get that Buick is hot in China, but in North America....like WTF is Buick doing???!!!

Obsolete? I dont understand what this means? Although I buy all my cars with all the bells and whistles, I dont use any of the technology available. There are certain technologies that I despise and refuse to use...like Ill never ever use. Back-up cameras, lane departure beep beeps...I HATE THESE OPTIONS that are soon to be standard equipment on all cars... The only technology I love and cant live without since I was introduced to this tech is ABS brakes and traction control. Even traction control pisses me off sometimes as in winter driving, to get rolling in ice or snow, the wheels need to spin somewhat... On the entertainment side of things, the only thing that I may or may not require is just a regular radio with a USB port so I could lug my music around. Apple car play and the cloud and stuff....I dont need it, there is enough music on my USB key to entertain me for hours...that would be like 50CDs worth...on one key...and since I love all types of music and all types of music is on this USB key, Im entertained. The sports talk radio does the rest. So, with that being said, and we are preferably to stay from the 1980s on...there are some cars that I wouldnt mind driving for 20 years as a toy. Id love to own a 1980s G-Body from GM, preferably the Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme with T-Tops. Hurst or 442. Or a Grand National/GNX from Buick. Even though these dont have ABS or traction control. Summer driven only so Id probably wouldnt get myself too much into trouble and I would probably not drive them like an idiot either. Then there is a Pontiac Firebird/Trans Am 4rth gen in any high performance guise either as a Firehawk or WS6. T-Tops a must. Again...summer only car. This one. Has AWD, and a V6. 300 horsepower. More than the Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme as a V8 and slightly less than a Trans Am 4rth gen. 2017 Challenger V6 AWD so I could daily drive it summer and winter. I could live with this car for 20 years easily.

I REGRET SAYING WHAT I SAID! IT IS TOO LATE TO TAKE IT BACK! edit time ran out I BAN MYSELF FOR 48 HRS...NO NEED FOR DREW TO HAVE A HEADACHE OVER THIS! SORRY THE GANG OFF CHEARS AND GEARS!!!

Thank-you! Still doesnt change the fact that you are a troll! Its OK ...you could have mentioned my name... something like that: @oldshurst442 would have been nice... Or you afraid to summon me up? I heard that you whined about a hockey post in that one. SORRY @Drew Dowdell My last dig on him!!!

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