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Good-Bye Golden Jet. Rest in Peace!

- Wait a minute. Wait a minute Doc!!! Ah...are you telling me you built a time machine...out of a DEE TOMAH-SSSO???!!! - The way I see it, if you are going to build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some STYLE! Besides, the Ford 302 in it could actually propel it to the necessary 88 MPH to achieve time travel from the Flux Capacitor! Unlike the first attempt I tried it with that other piece of sh...(beep beep). Look out!

*sigh* Its NOT GM and the rest of the industry... Its the world's governments that have decided FOR the industry... Many many... MANY countries are BANNING and have already banned the internal combustion engine by a certain date in our not too distant future. And in 2023, that expiration date is coming quite quickly. In just a couple of generations of vehicular platforms. GM and others in the industry is just wanting to NOT be last to the party with this. For many many....MANY reasons. 1st to the party. Not to lag in the tech Not to be LAST to the party to not have the pants around the ankles... etc... We could be peeved at this whole EV thing all we want... We could lay blame on the industry and we could even pin in it on one specific OEM. We could NOT to that and we could be peeved at guvments trying to control us... All is fair game...I guess. But... *sigh* Unless a BETTER strategy comes along for our personal transportational needs, to continue to burn fossil fuels to power our personal transport pods is NOT the answer going forward. Are batteries and electric powertrains the answer? Who the hell knows??? But we DO know that to continue to burn fossil fuels is a DEFINATE path to human destruction. And batteries and electric motors at worst, is still a BETTER solution...for now. I do NOT understand why some of us canNOT understand this???!!!

Metallic emerald green is like the green equivalent of a candy apple red, red colour. An awesome colour choice Id say! Some youtuber MUST do this on their C8 and broadcast it so we could see what it does to the C8. Ive seen some Lambos with it and while its just OK, it totally works on hot rods!!! I like a dark green as well. British Racing Green on a Corvette, any Corvette does very well. And like you said, with a tan interior colour. Its classic. The cacti green, at least on the website, looks like pukey stuff. Ill hold unto that opnion UNTIL I see it in person. But the green interior that @David chose is nice. I like that. And with my eyes on my computer, the green does come out. I dont see any grey at all. Yeah, the green is not super clear on my computer screen, but I could tell its green. And I like that its a subtle green. On a lime green exterior, Id prefer the green on the interior be wild as well. But on a low key cacti green, its the way to go. But like I said, it doesnt seem that I would enjoy the cacti green.

I like a green. But not that green. Sorry David. A lime green would look awesome on the C8. Too bad Chevy has not entered the Lamborghini and Dodge lime green club. This Z06 is just a CGI rendered lime green...

Too bad it aint a legit Buick concept to be produced... Its GREAT! Its HIGH VOLTAGE!!!

LOL (Im laughinh in a good way) You are over analysing again! I find him funny. Its not the awkard Italian-American shtick he does that I find funny. Its the physical stuff and how he accentuates certain words that I find funny. Ill agree that he is capitilizing on the already Italo-machismo, my dad is an Italian immigrant from the old country, doesnt speak English, American culture versus Italian culture routine. His shtick is not quite Guido Jersey Shore, nor is it the mafia tough guy thing...its in-between and you are right, its stale. But his way of talking and accentuating certain words with the physical comedy movements that I find really entertaining. I havent seen any movies that he may have been in. He did have a role in The Irishman and I recognized him in that role. Surprise...suprise, he played a mafioso. Crazy Joe Gallo. He was quite good at it though. He is a good looking fella with a somewhat tough swag about him. Its only fitting that he play a mafioso.

This whole thought process, reminds me a lot of a Sebastian Maniscalco comedy routine.

you also have to spend money to make money.

Lots of great marketing details, technical and engineering explainations for the E-Ray as compared to the Stingray and Z06 in the video below. The MSRP of 104 000 should be better understood if one listens to Aaron Link's (Corvette C8 performance manager engineer) answers and understands what he is telling us about the E-Ray.

GM or Ford. I never got the fascination of a 'Harley Davidson' trim. Im not a big bike guy. I got my favorites though. And some Harleys are on my list. I just dont get it. Oh...I understand the Harley-Davidson lifestyle. I saw the movie Fletch... Joking aside...I do understand that lifestyle. I just cant see what one has to do with the other. Marketing dictates that a truck lifestyle and a Harley lifestyle could be intertwined, I just dont buy it. Regarding bikes, I dont have a go-to brand. Or a go-to style. I like a chopper as much as I like a sport bike. From classic Indians and Harleys and Triumphs to their modern bikes to Hondas and Yamahas and Suzukis to Ducatis and Aprilias and BMWs. There will always BE a bike from any era or decade or style that will catch my eye. @Drew Dowdell's Bimmer has me salivitating for it. Its suuuuuch a freakin' nice bike. That style, I think its called a naked bike, would be the style that I would be riding. To be unique from Drew, the Triumph Scrambler would be it. Or Steve McQueen's Triumph from the movie The Great Escape. But alas, I am not a true bike guy. Gimme a Hellcat or a 442. That is were my alliance lies.

Going back to James Bond. Im amazed that no matter the artist or band to do THE Bond theme, the feel, the sound, the vocals all resemble each other while at the same time, they are all soooo different from each other while preserving the artist or band's signature style. Its a great feat to achieve. I dont like Adele's singing. More precisely... I HATE ADELE'S VOICE. But...I LOVE her rendition of THE Bond theme. Just to accompany what you were saying...my post was.

I wholeheartedly agree with this. Not because the E-Ray is too much per se. Its the tech that eats the affordability. There is too much of a gap bewteen the base C8 and not enough gap from the Z06. Base price for the Stingray is $60 000. The Z06 starts at $106 000. The E-Ray starts at $104 000.

That is such a Mercedes thing to do. Not saying its right or wrong. Just saying Mercedes has done this before. Howevere, àwhat I find humurous is...if Corvette actually done something like this, the haters of American cars, much like yourself, would non-stop denounce such a move. I would like to know, why on earth would Corvette do such a move? General Motors already said that they will go all electric by 2030. For EPA purposes? Corvette is a low volume seller by GM standards and its a sports car therefore iuts a niche vehicle. The few V8s sold as compared to the amount of EVs sold by GM will not affect EPA numbers for GM. There is absolutely no reason to eliminate the V8 from the Corvette before the Corvette becomes fully electric. And a little detail you have missed which makes your 4 cylinder route kinda moot...because the electric motor fills in when the ICE is put into 4 cylinder cut-off mode... Technology being put to good use to keep on V8ing along until the internal combustion engine is completely gone... I guess it was more important for Mercedes to toot that they have the most powerful 4 cylinder? I guess that is one way of doing it. I guess you will tell me that Mercedes' way is better because its your favorite brand going in that direction... Whatever... THIS is GM's way. You either accept it or you dont. But the thing is, GM doesnt need to sacrifice their V8 in the Corvette. Its a solution that they favour... Mercedes had its reasons to drop the V8s in their AMGs and go 4 cylinder. Its a solution THEY favoured. https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a42524902/corvette-e-ray/ The hybrid system also works in tandem with Active Fuel Management by torque-filling in four-cylinder mode, which limits full-engine startups. GM’s suite of driver assistance technologies is shared across the Corvette lineup.

Its alright. There are worse places to visit. And there are definetely worse places to live. I mean, I read the news from time to time and since the New York City conman was elected as Pres and then voted out, lots of shytty Senators from different States and their ilk have shown their colours which makes living in America is some parts...not very pleasant to be polite. So yeah! Montréal!!!

Its a Montreal landmark. Opened up sometine in the 60s. I dont know when the restaurant was considered as one of Montreal's finest steakhouses, but it os considered one today. Ive been maybe once or twice as a kid with my parents. Ive been to Moishes several times in the 1990s. OK...so Moishes is an older Montreal institution. You know my city quite well. Im quite impressed.

But I got to admit...what you have described here, this place sure seems like it would be a close 2nd to MY backyard with MY BBQ grill.

The absolute best to eat steak? Im not doubting all the places mentioned above. And I could mention the Rib-n-Reef in Montreal... But NONE of those places hold a candle to MY backyard with MY BBQ with ME as the chef seasoning and grilling MY steaks. Sorry. No pics. MY backyard is a very exclusive place. Only a very lucky few are blessed to witness.

Sorry to hear about that. But also, glad to hear that you will be getting medical attention to help with your ailment. Health is #1.

Along with SeaMicasa, it looks like you are enjoying all the free time you got. And you mentioned early retirement. THAT is awesome!!! Glad to hear that!!! Although Im doing great, my trajectory seems to be running opposite yours. I had to buyout my partner so my time running the restaurant went up about 8-10 hours/week. I hired a manager, and she is great, but she is not an owner so...when something comes up, I am the one to do the extra hours. She helps out, but when she cant...she cant and that is that. I dont force her. The working dynamics have changed...drastically Id say. Also, I had to buy him out. So I had to fork over some cash to him. Cash that was there for...whatever it was there for meant for retirement. Be it some kind of toy or real estate for retirement purposes or whatever. Now I have to continue to work to replenish what I saved that I dont have anymore and pray that the restaurant continues to make money long enough for me to save up what I had... Speaking of which, I have some lands in Greece. Through my mom. And although I thought that between my (4) cousins, we would be able to renovate the family home and resolve what it is to resolve with the other little lands and have a place to live in after retirement between the 4 of us spread over 3 families on vacation to Greece. Well, I hired a lawyer because things are not going so smoothly. We all have an equal share in all the properties, but that greed bug seems to be biting some of us. The same thing is happening from my wife's side. My mother-n-law passed away a couple of years ago and my wife's siblings cant seem to come to an amicable conclusion on how things should be divided up. My mother-n-law leaves behind a house in Montreal, but several lands in Greece as well. Like with my side's problems, they all have an equal share in the lands in Greece and in the house in Montreal. But my wife's siblings are also bit by that freakin' greed bug. They cant come to an amical conclusion on dividing the lands up fairly. So...the lawyer I hired to take care of business on my side will also take care of business on my wife's side. But all I see is $$$s being spent NEEDLESSLY on phoquing lawyers... For everybody as the money we are ALL spending on phoquing lawyers could be used to develop something nice in Greece... Whatever that something nice could be. All to say: IM GLAD YOU ARE ENJOYING LIFE!!!

Ill b calling u 'skipper' from now on. Although now, with Softails and V-Rods, alongside the Z06 and Caddy, you're badder to the bone. b-b-b-b-bad. Bad to the Bone!!!

OK... If we are goimg to nit pick the Detroit Speed Riviera, then I too, would agree that its slammed too low. And that the wheels ARE 3 sizes too big. I too, would like them to be 17 inches MAX and not so low to the ground. Its a boulevard cruiser. Its not a sports car. Its not even a GT car. Its a...boulevard cruiser to cruise...the Riviera. Kinda like that one particular dad once said Id like to add that the back end, below the bumper, its empty. Just an empty slab of metal. I do like that they reversed the placement of the taillights above the bumper instead of below, but that left the bottom to be empty. Maybe if the exhaust came out of the rear in that empty space and be flush with the body panel framed by a bezel. Dual exhaust one at each end. Kinda like this look but not at the bottom, but in the middle of that empty space panel between the bumper and the bottom.