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I dont know why the camo. The "E-Ray" as this is supposed to be called, is in essence the Grand Sport. Grand Sports from the C6 and C7 were Z06 bodies with base Corvette V8s. This one kinda is the same in that it sounds like the LT2 is back there with obvious AWD from electric motor(s) (2?) powering the front wheels from a battery energy source in the front and inn the back, the rear wheels are powered by the V8. The body clearly looks like the widebody of the Z06. Even the shark tooth blade of the side vent looks like the Z06 blade rather than the Stingray one. The pattern seems to be followed albeit slightly modified. Therefore we already KNOW how the Z06 looks like and wee dont even NEED to visit a dealership. We dont even need to speculate as we could CLEARLY see through the camo that the body is CLEARLY a very close copy of the Z06 body. Like you said, Drew, a new vent and/or electric charge port door here or there. Maybe the front end is modified a tad...and it has a plastic "electric stylized" panel in the front like a Bolt had similar to this where as the Z06 is just a flat piece of plastic... But yeah, Im excited about it too!!!

Another personality change for America's sports car is on its way. This time its 2 changes at once. Hybrid electric and AWD. We knew it was coming. And Chevy finally revealed to us that its actually real. What it really looks like and how will it be powered by is yet to be revealed. The short reveal video is entertaining albeit cliché. Still, if one is a Corvette fan, especially if one is a fan of the C8, its exciting news.

^^^ @David I was to post that pic, but I had technical difficulties doing so, got frustrated. so I left it out. Thanx for posting it!!!

You got to remember that he was a product of the 1970s. He stopped smoking considerably in the 2000s. Cigarette marketing was at an all time high by this time. Cigarette ads like the Marlboro Man started in the 1950s? and by the time we got to the 1970s, cigarette smoking was a regular thing we did. Yeah, he actually smoked DURING the games, ON the bench. He wasnt the only one during his era. I do agree with you about smoking being bad for one's health, and I equally agree with you about vaping, at least today's young athletes for the most part, do NOT indulge in unhealthy life choices. Smoking is largely gone in the sports world. Other kinds of drugs however are not. Its scary to think how much faster, stronger some of these old school athletic superstars would be if they ate, exercised and trained and stopped the smoking and drinking like how today's athletes are. Take Babe Ruth for example. He smoked, drank and ate without a care in the world. But that was normal behavior for his era. Now imagine his natural abilities with today's view on athletic training and diet...

Phoque YEAH!!! Imagine how steady you have to be in order to accomplish that sort of thing? The pilot has to counter every little blip for a rescue mission like that to succeed. Blips like wind, or if in the water, the waves. The people walking inside the helicopter also produces bounces. I would be in a psychological mess trying to focus to get the Chinook steady enough for people to be rescued. LOL

Guy! Guy! Guy! Playing for a franchise overloaded with legends, Guy was one of the best. 5 time Stanley Cup champion past away yesterday. Guy Lafleur would be the last Hab I would cheer for as a Canadiens fan before I defected to become a Boston Bruins fanboy. He would retire from the game (only to come back a couple of years later) in 1985 (because Montreal management and coaching would treat him like shyte) which would coincide my last year I would cheer for the Habs. He was such a great talent to see skating up and down the ice. So electric. RIP

I remember that Mercedes canceled all of their V8 offerings not too long ago. OK...so I read that Mercedes will bring back some of their V8s in some of their SUVs. But Mercedes canceled their V8s. GM hasnt canceled theirs, havent made ANY announcements of ANY cancelations OF their V8s. (other than the fact that will be a battery electric car company in the very near future as announced by their governing CEOs) So...hybrids are a brand new rage for full sized trucks in 2022? Its as if GM never offered hybrid tech in their full sized trucks before. Like a decade ago (or even less) or anything... Its not as if GM aint working on a full-on, 100% battery electric truck or anything...for the future as how they explained that eventually ALL their offerings will BE battery electric meaning eventually all of their internal combustion engines will be gone, not JUST their V8s. Yet somehow, surprisingly, its not as if they are hard at it in keeping hard core V8 performance around in their trucks.... Yeah...that is all gone... When Ford, GM's main competitor in this market, decided to go all turbo ecoboost V6 in this arena and provide a base engine with a helluva lot more power and torque than GM's base V8 5.3 liter. Yeah...doom and gloom for that base 5.3 liter also happened... So...it seems that Toyoter, came up with a BRILLIANT idea to hybrid-ize their Tundra in 2022 wheen they had Hybrid tech a decade ago and THIS will spell doom and gloom for . Its actually this now...

Im more excited to see the Colosseum. Especially knowing that you (@trinacriabob) were actually right there. I WILL eventually visit Italy to see all these magnificent places for myself. We were supposed to go this year. My daughter's high school trip was to be in Sweden and end in Italy (Rome) and my wife, son and I were to meet up when the high school trip ended and we would continue a family vacation right after. Phoquing Covid got in the way... As soon as we could travel relatively well, next year or the next, Italy will be checked off the bucket list.

I hope Mercedes found efficiency so the tech could change the EV world that much faster. Whatever tech Mercedes has found to travel 621 MILES is great for ALL EVs and for the masses that will eventually have no choice BUT to purchase. So if Mercedes says its EV went 621 miles without recharging, then it should be true. So this (sealing of the charge port) is pure theatrics and simple bullshyte!!! Because if its true its true.... Mercedes will put this tech into their EVs going forward and it will benefit their image, customers, the planet and will be the kings of the EV world. But if its false... and just bullshyte hype, then the customers that bought into this false 621 mile claim, then their image will be severaly tarnished. The 621 mile claim is proven and the benefits are reaped when actual customers buy and benefit from that tech. Words are just words. Pictures of sealed charging ports are just theatrical bullshyte. If true, no need for the theatrics... is what Im saying... Im also saying that Im quite pleased that 600 miles of EV range has potentially been achieved.

I find it funny that SMK is teaching German to David. "And S-class is Sonder-klass." I also find it funny that SMK is eluding that E class signifies Executive segment. Pseudo factual but 100% wrong... Im also going to teach German. Before the 1990s, D and E were used by Mercedes to signify D for Diesel and E for Fuel injection. Fuel injection in German starts with the letter E. In the 1990s however, because fuel injection was used in all applications, Mercedes did change the placement of the letter E to the front of the numbers to signify something else, the class below the S Class. Biased fanboys want it to mean Executive class...but it be wrong. Mercedes runs with it, because good marketing, but the narrative is wrong. The W124 would become the E200 in the 1990s rather than 200 E or D 1990s 1980s But nothing executive about it... This photo has back to back generations of E Class cars. Both plebian taxis...

Lung cancer

I am truly saddened by this. One of the all time hockey greats passed away at the age of 65. A living legend. A gentle, kind human being. A 4 time Stanley Cup champion. 4 years in a row with the Islanders Dynasty. One of the best snipers in hockey history tied with Gretzky with nine 50 goal seasons. Second player in history to score 50 goals in 50 games. Rocket Richard being the first in 1945 when there will only 50 games in a season. Before Gretzky's 39 goals in 50 games. Before Lemieux's 44 goals in 50 games. Montreal native and Long Island legend. RIP

@ccap41 I know NOTHING about these aircraft. Neither the Panthera nor the Diamond duo. I was just googling about new lightweight personal aircraft and came across these. Like you, I IMMEDIATELY fell in love with them. The next few days and Ill be researching them. Just for knowledge as I also havent got a spare 1.15 million just laying around. I like that Diamond breaks it down financially. Maybe other companies do also. I wouldnt know, its not as if Im a private airplane collector often shopping around for these... I like that the breakdown includes a per hour amount. Good for a business stand point if a company wants to buy these to rent them to folk.

I was once addicted to the hokey pokey. My wife threatened to leave me so I had no choice but to turn myself around.

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