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The first 15 seconds frames my auto 'heart' nicely; sculpted sheet metal, fins, special details, big motor, high performance, great great sound. Then thru 0:45 with the lights; just gorgeous.
Thanx Balthy.
Great video.
Great car!
Banker's Hot Rod!
I like it!
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But the problem is Hyper....
Nazi Germany (Tesla)...
had so much advanced technology (Tesla) that the Allied powers scrambled to copy and steal during WW2 and after WW2...
The Atom bomb...Nazi Germany was working on one....some historians say had the war prolonged for another short 6 months, Nazi Germany would have had there own atom bomb.
Don't forget....the jet age started during WW2, and 'twas Nazi Germany at the forefront of that technology...
Rockets...Wernher von Braun...V1 and V2 and Messershmidt Komets
The thing is...Tesla is giving that technology away...instead of Russian and American forces lying and cheating to get as many Nazi engineers and scientists as they can...Wernher von Braun and Nasa and the trip to the moon...
Elon Musk has barely a decade under his belt as an automotive exec.
Bob Lutz...his whole career is based on the fact that he is an automobile exec. And he is 80 years old.
One could not argue the "what if" side of things if Elon will survive as long as Bob Lutz survived in the jungle that is the automobile industry...
But...Paypal is nothing to laugh at...
Bob Lutz has NEVER made a product as world changing as Paypal has changed the world in how humans do business...
Today...in the automotive world...its nearly impossible to string out hit after hit after hit with many types of cars...and Bob Lutz is a testament to how great he was and how difficult it is...
Like you said about how he turned BMW around...
But...like I said...the Pontiac GTO, Pontiac G8, Pontiac Solstice were all duds...and yes...he did recognize that Pontiac was going down fast!
But...after dabbling in the computer world and getting bored, Elon moved into the car world, and his mark on it is the Tesla Model S....not too bad for a rookie...
However, this dick measurement contest was about business acumen initially...
PAYPAL ...and it stops right there!
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The moment you realize that computer animated kid's movies are more interesting, entertaining, funnier, than their real human counterpart movie...even the action scenes are dope!!!
Tintin, Zootopia, Big Hero 6 are recent movies I just saw with my kids...and a whole lotta fun!!!
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Paypal...
THAT should be the end of this Dick measuring contest...
And the cherry on top of the Dick...
The Model S is what is making post-Maximum Bob BMW to go full tilt with EVs like the i3 and i8...
Argue all you want....seems like sour grapes to me...
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The G Wagen. The I'd sell it and buy a nice little ensemble to replace it with.
lol that's essentially how I went about it.. But I kept the van. It's a gnarly van...what can I say...
So what would you buy with the 120k?
He did say a nice little ensemble.
A nice sexy black dress
A nice sexy red dress
and all the accessories that come with it
He is a married fella....nothing is coming to him.
He is one whipped boy.
Why else would he use the term 'ensemble'?
As long as he eats well at home...who cares? Right?!
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That CAMARO looks HOT!
That statement coming from me, it must mean something...
I LOVE these choices, man!
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Bob Lutz has business acumen...
Sure, the Volt is a success....so is the Model S.
However, all Australian imports were duds. Pontiac GTO, Pontiac G8, Chevrolet SS...
The Pontiac Solstice/Saturn Sky was also a dud...
Business acumen....sure...past business acumen....Maximum Bob stayed in the past...
Elon Musk defines the present and the future.
Starting with PayPal.
Ending with battery production.
In the middle is marketing an electric vehicle to the masses and making it cool to own one, in the process creating a fine damned electric automobile in the Model S.
The irony....the Model S' competitor in the Fisker Karma went bust.
Maximum Bob took the Fisker Karma body shell and added the only thing he knows best....a V8 under the hood instead of batteries.
That works for me...but many others see that as an ancient technique...
Elon has it...electricity is a far more volatile form of power than black gold!!!
Argue that all you want...
Maximum Bob is a relic from the past.
Elon is the next coming of Christ.
No matter how you view that, whether for or against or bad or good....that is the reality of things....
Business acumen....Elon all by himself changed the world on how we do business, over the internet, all by himself shortened the trade routes and expanded them all at the same time....business acumen you say???
Yeah....I dont think Maximum Bob has anything over Elon...
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By all means, please do.
Ill re-do mine a little later as well. But Ill do what you did in your first post. A motorcycle and a watch sounds intriguing...
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I thought it might have been fun to do this thread since yesterday, and a couple of days prior, the hot topic was about a G Wagen.
So bump...
Like the song thread. Ill be the pitbull and be relentless and adamant...some of you WILL respond to this thread...
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Mr. DFELT...
Im guessing your parents are married for a looooong time.
Your dad has learned the single most important set of words in a marriage...
Yes dear.
Im putting my money on your mom winning this....
No contest, therefore no popcorn is needed...
(Im not there yet, Im still learning...popcorn is needed in my household. The battles dont go my way though. Im still trying to win the war but Im guessing Ill wave the white flag and surrender when Im old and gray...)
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Dear Dave,
Its a step in the right direction.
Good for you for tolerating...Pitbull.
All his songs always contain a couple of spanish words, mainly numbers counting up, a couple of ooooooweeeeeess and that is it.
But the beat is a killer beat.
I have no idea what the chicas do in 2016, but the Montreal chicas circa 1992-1996 LOVED this kinda stuff and went crazy on the dance floor.
If an alpha male wanted to mate in Montreal circa 1992-1996, he had no choice but to tolerate this kinda stuff, learn to dance and move his pelvis in ways Elvis would be jealous....
So that is why I like this music today.
Dear Mr.DFELT
Its AWESOME that you like Pitbull's version.
I think when you were younger, the ladies were not a problem for you.
I think you know what I know about the ladies and the dance floor...
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The brown interior is the best, reminds me of Buick.
I also like the Brown seat leather option on the Fusion.
You like the brown material....because you are a brown man, my friend.
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Uh-Oh, Spaghettios!
The driver of the truck involved in the crash had alleged that the Tesla driver was watching a movie, insinuating that he was not paying attention while the car drove itself. But now, investigators are refuting that claim.
As CNBC reports, Florida Highway Patrol investigators have revealed that they recovered a laptop computer and a portable DVD player from the wreckage of the crash, which occurred on May 7th. But according to Sergeant Kim Montes, neither the computer nor the DVD player were running when authorities arrived at the crash scene. Montes said investigators could not determine if the Tesla driver was operating either device in the moments leading up to the crash.
If true, I have a good feeling that the grim reaper might strike his sickle thingy right through the heart of the autonomous driving movement.
Or at least put it on ice for a couple of years....
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Better in what way?
The G Wagen in military form is still a formidable off roader...
A TRUE off roader where even a Land Rover and Jeep or Toyota Hilux or Land Cruiser 70 might have difficulties venturing...
Yes I know...a 100 000 dollar G Wagen never sees this...
Lifted Jeep Wranglers or Grand Cherokees in a city that cost 1\3 the price of the G Wagen dont see of roading either...
Like a civilian Hummer H1 or the Hummer H2 before it..
Better in what way?
Fit and finish?
Who cares???!!!
It is a MILITARY truck sold to the civilians that obviously 3000/year folk dont seem to care...
In the same vein how NOBODY gave a shyte how the Hummer H1 was crap on the inside...
And then GM did the Hummer H2 and THAT sold MORE than 3000/year and the interior was not that much better than the G Wagen...
OK...the Hummer H2 had matching screws!
I understand Balthy's point of view FULLY in which up dated better fit and finish G Wagen may mean 30 000/year rather than 3000/year...but these people are not sheep...
THIS is what they truly want.
Stallone and Schwarzenegger actually buy this to promote their tough guy Hollywood images...good for business when promoting the next Rocky, Expendables and Terminator movies.
The Kardashians are not sheep. Just more money than brains.
The oil sheik Saudis...they got more money than Allah.
The rest....I think its safe to say that the other owners have other toys in their stables...the G Wagen is just another collection to their already ostentatious collection of stupendous and unnecessary purchases. A gluttony of consumption...
Like this one...a garage door for a boat in a yacht...
I bet you this dude also owns 3 G Wagens!!!
1 in Monaco, 1 in Dubai and 1 in Miami beach!!!
Traded up from his Land Rover, H2 and Escalade!
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+1 to you too CCAP for helping out a brother and his threads!
Since you took the liberty to tell us what else you would splurge on with the savings....Ill do the same!
But the choices Ill be doing are in keeping with the spirit of the original choices.
Black Jeep Wrangler Unlimited
Red Dodge RAM SRT10
500ish horsepower V10 Viper engine that was a truck engine but alumimiumfied for the sportscar and put back into the truck!
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IM JUST GLAD SOMEBODY FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE BLOODY THREAD!!!
+1 on you CP for not ignoring the thread.
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Autonomous driving Bolts are seen in San Francisco in mid May.
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/05/18/autonomous-chevy-bolt-ev-spy-photo/
GM had acquired a tech company called Cruise Automation and this is what they do and they are testing their tech with the Bolt.
GM cant be left behind you see, with all these Silicon Valley bastards that think that autonomous driving is the future.
What you said Hyper in the last two posts are BANG ON!!!
But these Silicon Valley a-holes dont share our opinions.
PS: Does that make Elon Musk and do I think that Elon Musk is a Silicon Valley bastard and a-hole?
I guess it does make him Silicon Valley bastard and a-hole and I guess I do think he is a Silicon Valley bastard and a-hole...
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Thanx Dave. For answering my inquiry.
Manufacturing jobs NEED to return to North America.
That much I do agree with.
Honda or Toyota if not for GM or Ford.
But it is a global economy.
Save for Japan....
Where Toyotas were once built in Asia somewhere, GM through Daewoo has taken over and where GM once built home grown Pontiacs and Oldsmobiles now Honda and Toyota build their cars on our soil....
It kinda equals out...
Remember...the Strong Arm of the GLOBAL American conglomerate has wiped out many local home grown foreign companies.
Tit for tat...
Ford of Europe...is still an American company.
Many Euros think that Ford of Europe is indeed European. Many dont think so.
Many Germans think that Opel is German....we think Opel is American...many Americans have no clue what an Opel is...
Sound familiar?
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Well.
I hope one thing does come out of this.
That autonomous driving be put to rest!
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No worries Hyper.
It was more of a general rant not directed towards you.
Back to the topic at hand.
crash #2....
After many many near misses since Tesla launched this shyte, this does NOT come as a surprise to me.
Maybe this latest incident will quell the need for autonomous driving...
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Uh...I dont think the likes of these idiots care all that much for the Toyota badge, it being cheaper and all that.
Its an image thing.
3 Pointed Star.
One Hundred Thousand Dollar Car.
It is an SUV, the hottest thing around.
And...the Pope even has one!
But then again he has a Jeep also.
That is right....part of the SUV craze.
But at least with the last two guys...these guys are the real deal:
Stallone owned this
Ahnold owned this
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Id re-work the A-Team van to one of these just to make it fair and still have money left over
So...A-Team van for me in 4x4 trim.
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OK.
This is simple.
Which Black and Red ride would you rather have?
M-B G-Wagon Hamman tuned edition.
Or the A-Team Van
1983 GMC VANDURA
Random Thoughts Thread
in The Lounge
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WTF???!!!
That seems like it was a close call...
Yeah...I did some visuals of the movie "Duel" after you mentioned it while I was reading about your ordeal.
Scary stuff...