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Here is a car story. My cousin bought a 1995 Integra brand new back in the day. Black. Special Edition it said on the back. Manual. I HATED it. He traded it in for a 1999 Integra GS-R. Silver. Manual. I HATED it! It got stolen. Several years later... I have learned to appreciate the GS-R and Type R Integra of that vintage. But Ill tell you one thing...even though I appreciate and kinda like that vintage of Integra nowadays, I STILL prefer the '99 Oldsmobile Alero GLS coupe V6 that I bought brand new then over the Integra. And I dont care what ANYbody will say about that. And no, I dont like this Integra at all. I kinda respect it, that and the Civic its based on. But yeah...Not for me.

Im hungry too... Thanx for the pics. PS: Its GREAT to be GREEK. At least when it comes to food... Seafood. Meats. All KINDS of meats. But veggies too. We are very very into legumes. Dont forget fruits. Ahhhhh yes!!! Its GREAT to be GREEK!!! PSS: I reckon you make what it seems to be AWESOME food @David!!! Thanx for posting all the food you make. It makes my day when you post!!!!!!!!!!

I dont see what colour has to do with anything... red, white, black or blue... PLASTIC body cladding is PLASTIC body cladding... White plastic Is still plastic body cladding... Red plastic And if you havent noticed...its ribbed... Like a Pontiac Silver plastic And... the aforementioned black plastic And...Mercedes carried that folly INTO the 1990s And what is it that I see? Could that BE a late model Mercedes SUV with black body plastic molding? Why yes it is!!! Go phoquing figure!!!

I always LOVE this time of year. Even though I may not like the weather sometimes. Or the dirty slush from thje melting snow. 1. We start with the Cabane a Sucre. My Quebec roots is celebrated with friends and family and co-workers. 2. Greek Easter. My Greek heritage and religion is celebrated with friends and family. 3. Baseball has started which celebrates my almost American citizenship and love for Americana. And to end the love fest 4. NHL playoffs start to celebrate my Canadian heritage. And what better way to start THIS year's playoffs by the Habs MISSING the playoffs, the Bruins starting the play-offs by SHATTERING the NHL records of ost wins AND points leaving the HABS recors pf most points in the freakin' dust. The Maple Leafs getting embarrassed in Game 1 and possibly maybe losing again not winning a freakin play-off series since the Clinton and Chretien Governments... Proud Canadian I am, eh?! But...had the Habs made the play-offs, I might have rooted for them. maybe... prolly NOT! depending... I do want #25.... But Id rather #7...

Maybe you are allergic? My dad was allergic to seafood. Not fish. He was able to eat fish. He was allergic eating crustaceans. Lobster, crab and the like. Squid was questionable. He wasnt allergic to squid but he got stomach pains, like how you put it. Not all the time but eventually got fed up with the hit or miss of him getting pains or not so he quit eating squid. Yeah...deep fried...ummmmmm....calamari as @David put it. Calamari, the word, sounds like its an Italian word. Greeks call squid... calamari. I wonder if its the Roman influence on Greece that we call it calamari... LOTS of lemon... LOTS of lemon and its DEEEEEEEE-licious!!! About the lamb... Nothing special on the spices and preparation. The usual Greek thing of OLIVE OIL, salt, pepper, LEMON, GARLIC, OREGANO, cumin and rosemary. With tsatziki and everything is GREAT with the world!!! Grilled octopus. Common guys???!!! ANY meat on the FIRE is just HEAVENLY!!! Octopi included!!! Olive oil and of course...LEMON!!! In Greek speek. Like the song...everything is better with rock...Im mean lemon! Tuuuurn UP, the RAAY-DIO!!!! Now...Im not giving you guys @David @trinacriabob shyte...but Im giving you guys SHYTE!!! For the lack of love for lamb AND grilled octopus. ESPECIALLY when we are talking about grilled meat here!!!

not too fast, bro. Body cladding WAS an 80s thing... And it wasnt just a Pontiac thing either. It was a universal across many a brand across many a niche. Although the pics Im gonna post now are not of off roading SUVs, its about off roading and racing. From 1984 The actual rallye car And the road car. I see plenty of body cladding on the road car. In 1984 I HAVE to remind you... REAL off roader SUV... There was slight body cladding on that... Because there was an option to NOT have body cladding below the doors. And AMC... early 1980s... There are prominent fender flares there and slight body cladding on the bottom PUNCTUATED with blackness... When clearly there were models that minimimzed the effects of it... And the predecessor from the mid 1970s when it wasnt an offroader and just a station wagon... So...its NOT a Pontic thing. Its an 80s thing. And it was everywhere Because we all know that body cladding = speed... So before you accuse Pontiac of shytty body cladding, take a close look in the mirror...

@David A what @trinacriabob said is pretty much spot on. The red symbolizes the blood of Christ shed on the cross. The shell (with the red 'blood') symbolizes death. The cracking of the egg symbolizes rebirth and resurrection of Christ. The boiled egg inside symbolizes life waiting to break out. Ressurection... Its a game... Tradition... Everybody chooses their egg. Then the game begins. Egg tapping to break the eggshell by tapping with another person. Pointed top with poitned top. Rounded bottom with rounded bottom. Each takes a turn. The first person taps first. Then the scond person taps. Everybody takes a turn tapping with one another. If one side is unbroken then that person gets to tap with another and when everybody has tapped at least one turn and if one person has an unbroken egg, then that person is the winner. Winner of what? It is said that this person will have good fortune through-out the year.

Saturday at midnight Mayiritsa soup. Organs and intenstines of the lamb that will be raosted on a spit on Easter Sunday. And various other Greek hors d'oeuvres. Gouvetsaki which is lamb orzo and a type of tomato sauce. Spanakopita. Different types of cheeses such as kefalotyri, graviera and feta. Closest Italian cheeses to the first two would be pecorino and parmesan. Greek style potatoes in the oven. The aforemention painted red (and in modern times different other colours like blue and green and yellow...) eggs. Tsoureki (Greek sweet bread) and koulourakia (Greek Easter cookies) Easter Sunday. Lamb on a spit And everything else Greeks eat on a spit, BBQ, oven. Cow, pig, lamb, fish, Greek style fried squid, grilled octopus.... Spinaches, spanokopita and tiropita and saganaki and... You name it, we will cook it and eat it. Its a feast after all celebrating our Saviour's resurrection with (and this is the MOST important part) friends and family. The red eggs and galaktobouriko dessert and baklava and whatever other classic Greek dessert and food there is. Now...not all families cook all that. Its what is avalaible and affordable and what the guests and family eat. Not everybody eats grilled octopus so many Greek Easter feasts wont have grilled octopus as a side meal. But then again, many Greeks LOOOOOOVE grilled octopus and they most definetly will have grilled octopus. The ONLY food that is 100% a must is the lamb. Roasted on a spit. And the red eggs. Everything else is preference.

Xristos Anesti (Christ has Risen)

Problem is, @Drew Dowdell aint giving up HIS kidney. He is willing to give up someone else's kidney... I personally dont think the AI sketch is all that great. It looks like it could be a GEELY 山寨. Geely Shānzhài. Translation: Geely Copycat. English name: Geely Copy Leopard. ie...a Chinese knock off Cadillac... Geely Copy Leopard. CTS-V Geely Copy Leopard CT6-V Blackwing

Hollow Or did I just confuse the two myths???

Oh...never mind then.

That is funny!!!

Party animal werent you, huh!

Greetings SDotJizzle!!! We will have some healthy discussions for sure!!!

I will be speaking for myself. I do NOT have an issue with this new tech. TV screens. Touch screens. Internet connected automobiles. Knight Rider type of automobiles. Bring it on I say!!! The ISSUE I have is that autonomous driving is NOT a thing yet. In MY opinion it will NEVER be a thing. But that is a converstaion for another time. What Im getting at is that HUMAN driving will continue to BE a factor and HUMAN driver NEEDS to put ALL his/her/they/them attention on the road. 100% of all energy and attention of the driver is to BE given to the driving part and NOT the video game antics of this new technology... Changing the HVAC setting to windshield from foot or foot to windshield or to both need NOT be a Dungeons and Dragons video game type quest of an adventure... Flipping pages on the Tee Vee screen or even pressing your favorites haptric button, not realizing you pressed it...trying to press it again and then finally changing it should be discouraged. Encouraged should be having ALL of your senses...ears eyes and brain...on the road ahead, behind and on the sides looking out for other drivers, pedestrians and all other hazards. THIS is easy to do without EVER taking your eyes off the road... Now truth be told, I havent used this new technology. Im going on about by what I hear and read and guessing what its like from using smart phones and computers for the last 20 years. Maybe the reality that I will face using this new tech wont be a problem and its the usual journalism that sucks reporting the news I read... Ill say one thing though. Montreal weather is finnicky. It is NOT stable. Not only from month to month and day to day, bnut sometimes hour by hour. Setting and changing the HVAC control system, ESPECIALLY in the Fall and Spring seasons, is a CONSTANT thing we do daily.

I do that now with ALL my touch screens... Whether it be my iPhone or my cash regsiter, sometimes the lag is too much to bear. And Apple touch screens are the best in my opinion but sometimes fat fingers is all it takes to fudge things up... I dont like buttonless haptic thingys either. Like Ford's keyless touchpad outside of the car or Apple's home button. Its the lack of feel that I dont like. But Ford's system is quite good. Freezing weather, snow on it or ice....it works very very nicely. Apple's home button is quite good too, but sometimes, Apple haptic button not so good... I gather that newer cars today, as I read or listen to youtube car reviewers, they say that those haptic unbutton buttons are a very hit or miss. Laggy and not responsive for most of the automaker's systems. I gather that with my next car purchase, I will have to invest in a cookie jar and a bar of soap as the expletives will fly and for me to control that kind of verbal abusive behaviour, I will enforce a 'every time I swear rule' of 1 Looney per minute swear rant and if it goes longer than 5 minutes, I will wash my mouth off with a bar of soap...

Both the Acura and Ford that I own, which are now 10 years old and older, and are from one of the OLDEST of the USB media systems...I dont seem to have ANY issues of the system being slow. The Acura also has as memory to store my favorite songs and that too aint slow... 9 dollars a month to listen to songs? OK...to create playlists... THAT is a cool feature. And I would agree with you that it may be worth it. But yeah...Thanks Spotify. But NO thanks!

I thought automakers SLASHING prices was a bad thing. A very VERY bad thing... https://money.cnn.com/2011/06/02/autos/american_cars_to-do_list/index.htm By Peter Valdes-Dapena June 6, 2011: 10:17 AM ET Don't reach for the rebate gun: Detroit automakers also need to make sure they're selling cars the right way. Over-reliance on rebates is bad for a couple of reasons. For one thing a $5,000 rebate costs at least $5,000. For another, rebates damage product image and resale value -- with rebates this big the car must be garbage, right? Fortunately, Ford, Chrysler and GM are all moving in the correct direction on this stuff. Fleet sales, as a proportion of overall sales, are shrinking and rebates are down, too. https://www.forbes.com/2008/07/17/gm-ford-chrysler-biz-man-cx_sk_0717automistakes_slide.html?sh=303e74d25df2 Jul 17, 2008,01:30pm EDT So...all of a sudden, Tesla does this rebate thing, a thing that is as old as car making itself,i s a good thing. But when GM, Ford and Chryco were doing it all through the 1980s 1990s and 2000s, we were crucifying them. It is strange how we will use the same course of action for different companies for relatively same circumstances and yet be OPPOSITE of our opinions of said course of action for said companies involved. Thankfully though, sometimes REALITY does sink in... Investors OF Telsa are rethinking their stance of Tesla profitability and are starting to second guess Tesla's direction and economic reality and are more in line to DEMAND the same phoquing accountablilty that they have demanded GM, Ford and Chrysler ALL those decades prior... Tesla seems to get the benefit of the doubt on thjis as we speak, but DOUBT is slowly kreeping in... https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/03/tesla-shares-drop-after-deliveries-report-raises-concern-of-price-cuts.html PUBLISHED MON, APR 3 2023 2:12 PM EDT UPDATED MON, APR 3 2023 8:53 PM EDT Shares of Tesla closed down 6% on Monday on growing concerns about the company’s automotive gross margins. Over the weekend, Tesla reported first-quarter deliveries of 422,875 electric vehicles and production of 440,808 cars. “We maintain that price cuts have and will undermine industry profitability (including Tesla’s),” wrote Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst at Bernstein, in a note to clients. Employees of the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin Brandenburg work on the final inspection of the finished Model Y electric vehicles. The Tesla plant was opened and put into operation on March 22, 2022. Patrick Pleuil | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Tesla shares closed down 6% on Monday after the company’s quarterly deliveries report led some investors to worry that more price cuts will be needed to drive sales, eating into margins. Over the weekend, Tesla reported first-quarter deliveries of 422,875 electric vehicles and production of 440,808 cars. The record numbers represented 4% growth in deliveries from the prior period and followed repeated price cuts in the U.S., China and Europe. Some of the reductions in the U.S. were implemented in part to enable Tesla and its customers to take advantage of tax credits available under the Inflation Reduction Act. But one ongoing concern is that increased competition will force the automaker to keep lowering prices if it wants to attract buyers as new EVs continue to hit the market. “Many investors believe that Tesla’s recent price cuts reflect a structural cost advantage that will enable it to pressure rivals and capture outsize volume and dominate the EV market,” wrote Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst at Bernstein, in a note following the deliveries report. “We maintain that price cuts have and will undermine industry profitability (including Tesla’s), but that incumbents are deep pocketed and not likely to back down.” WATCH NOW VIDEO04:25 Tesla demand doesn’t feel ‘fantastic’ right now, says Bernstein’s Toni Sacconaghi Bernstein has a $150 price target on the stock, well below the current price of just over $193. Sacconaghi said, “The key question for investors is what might margins be, amid significant price cuts but improving commodity costs?” Tesla’s first-quarter deliveries fell shy of Wall Street expectations, judging by a consensus compiled by FactSet. However, the numbers were in line with numbers compiled by Tesla and sent by the company to some shareholders before the report was published. According to FactSet, analysts were expecting Tesla to report deliveries of around 432,000 vehicles for the quarter. Estimates ranged from 410,000 to 451,000. An independent researcher widely followed by Tesla fans and bulls, who uses the handle @TroyTeslike on Twitter, had been expecting deliveries of around 427,000. Tesla said in its email to shareholders that analysts were expecting deliveries of around 421,500 vehicles, based on a consensus of 25 analysts tracked by the company. For 2023, Tesla previously said it expects to produce 1.8 million cars and implied it intends deliveries around that amount. Company executives said they’re aiming for 50% annual growth on average in production volume and sales over a multiyear horizon. Achieving that level of growth will likely require further price cuts, some analysts said. According to Dan Levy of Barclays, who has a neutral rating on the stock and a $275 price target, the buildup of vehicle inventory is a continuing trend over the last three quarters. He wrote that “incremental price cuts likely needed,” especially as the company ramps up production at new factories in Austin, Texas, and outside of Berlin. — CNBC’s Michael Bloom contributed to this report WATCH: CNBCs full interview with Bernstein’s Toni Sacconaghi WATCH NOW VIDEO04:25 Tesla demand doesn’t feel ‘fantastic’ right now, says Bernstein’s Toni Sacconaghi Fast Money Halftime ReportWATCH LIVE UP NEXT | The Exchange 01:00 pm ET TV Fast Money Halftime ReportWATCH LIVE UP NEXT | The Exchange 01:00 pm ETListen

That is a usefull tool. Yes. I live in the Montreal area. I dont commute to the Montreal downtown core all that much anymore, but Montreal's traffic patterns are predictable. So with experience, I know how to avoid traffic problems instinctively. So for me, I dont really need it. Yes, it be a great tool to use, but I do get by without it. With all the ranting I done hatin' on TV screen GPS directions, THIS what you do right there is what I sometimes do as of late. I have my co-pilot, my wife or my kids, use their phone to navigate us through. I will have studied the streets before hand, but use the Google maps phone live direction that my co-pilots use, to be better prepared, as traffic and impatient drivers are more of a concern. To avoid any accidents. My co-pilot using the directions on the phone, leaves unnecessary unattention by me, to better control the driving aspect rather than the direction aspect. My wife also uses me or my kids as co-pilots when driving to unfamiliar places. Its a GREAT driving tool for safety. So I applaud THAT aspect of this kind of technology. The safety part. IF its done by a co-pilot and not the driver taking his eyes off the road...

I do know this. I am NEVER gonna be paying for streaming services. Like EVER. And I am certainly not paying for pay to play monthly car services for an automaker to 'unlock' heated seats or air con or ABS brakes. I have a USB key with a couple a hundred songs on it. If I want to listen to a song, I just plug in the USB key into whatever car I am driving, press the media button and I have FREE access to songs that I have PURCHASED over the DECADES. I have chosen my favorite "drive" songs on this USB key. Sure, these are songs that I have LITERALLY listened 1000 times to, but I am FAR removed from the demographic that the CURRENT rock stars and pop gods entertain to. So its OK. I do listen to the good ole radio. The FREE radio. Not the FM dial. But the good ole reliable AM dial listening, for free, to what people MY demographic listen to. No..it aint political or religious or social. Id rather drive my car off a cliff if I ever do that. Sports talk radio is what I do. And THAT is useless bad drama too sometimes... I pay for internet service so if I want to listen to music at home...I do youtube. I do youtube often as there is plenty of entertainment. I pay for sattelitle TV. But that may becoming to an end as in Canada, internet and TV service costs more than buying gold.... My home has slowly become an Apple home... Thanks in part to my kid's schooling. Its soooooo much easier to have phones and Macs and Macbook airs to connect to each other. I havent delved into the Apple world fully. I havent done Apple TV. I dont know if I ever will. Just to say...nickel and diming for every little aspect of my life is something I will never adhere to. I willgladly pay for services, but when certain services were free or one paid for in a bundle, like between a base stripped car versus a fully equipped one, I aint NEVER payin' a MONTHLY service for heated seats. Or for satellite radio. Or for Spotify or whatever. I LEGALLY bought and PAID for that Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet CD in the late '80s sometime. Ive listened to Wanted Dead or Alive a million times. Why the phoque am I gonna pay for a monthly service JUST to listen to it on Spotify or satellite radio? I OWN it already. I own LEGALLY, LOTS of 1970s/1980s/1990s songs... I took the time to BUY a USB key and I took the time to DOWNLOAD some of these SAME songs that I own LEGALLY, bought and paid for that play ENDLESSLY on Spotify...

I dont like the '77/'78 as much anymore either. 1. too much emphasis on the Smokey and the Bandit thing. Too many folk like the Trans Am JUST because of the movie and therefore are more like poseurs. The 2nd gen Trans Am is soooooo much more than THE Smokey and the Bandit car... But it is what it is... 2. After being a teenager in the mid 1980s, sometimes I look at that front clip and it just reminds me of these. And I really wished it didnt, but when Pontiac decided to use the 'Smokey and the Bandit' styling on these, to me, they really really cheapened the effect of THE Smokey and the Bandit car. And hence why I view the lovers of the Smokey and the Bandit FAKE Trans Am lovers... I really really want to distance myself from THAT. But I cant fully do that as I actually do like a Trans Am...