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Common @David First, you talk about LED lights being burnt to which Ive seen plenty of 100 year old established OEMs that have that same problem on their recent automobiles. Now...you find issues with leaks? How many F-Body pony cars had leaky T-Tops in the 1970s and well into the early 2000s? Chevrolet and GM at THAT point in time was close to 90 years old and Pontiac 80. Yes. Tesla is lacking in quality control. Not too long ago, so was GM, Ford. I dont like the bias arguments. Lets keep that under wraps. There is nothing really really wrong at Tesla with QC. They need to improve. They will. In all honesty, nothing at Buick gives me any warm fuzzies of luxury. Nor at Cadillac with their lower end offerings. Tesla fits in here perfectly with GM's offerings... Now I know you will say lets agree to disagree, but taking a stance like yours in this instance is disingenuous.

That 21K represents Mach E sales and its forecasted to sell about 24K for the year. Which is also forecasted to beat GM's EV sales and out selling GM for EVs this year. All forecasted of course but its trending that way. Bolt and Bolt EUVs sales are halted due to battery problems. Not saying anything other than the Mach E is forecasted to sell 24 thousand units for 2021. I will be saying though, is that there is lots of room to sell MORE!!! And I wished it kinda did sell more. At least if it hit 30 thousand units. Maybe for 2022. But then again, (realistically speaking) I would want Ford to sell 40-50 thousand Mach Es for 2022

I dont like the side exhaust at all. That chrome thing sticking out like that is hideous. I do like the silhouette. Like you said, the proportions are spot on. About that Parthenon grill. If it was more bigger, it be better. And by bigger I mean of it was slightly longer Id prefer it more. Not by much. Kinda like a MK III Continental Eliminating the smaller lights and pushing the main lights in their place instead. Or keeping the smaller lights but reversing their positions with the bigger lights.

Silver Bells. Its XMAS time in the city.

Flying in an A380 is definitely a thing I wanna do. (I despise the term 'bucket list' so Ill refuse to call it that...) Unfortunately, Air France had long since stopped flying it (2014 being the last year I think) for Paris-Montreal directs flights and I dont think British Airways will do London-Montreal anytime time soon with the A380 either... Early early reports are saying that Omicron wont be that severe. Hoping that it wont be. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59463879 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/28/omicron-covid-variant-spreads So this is reverse fear from the media and politicians? Hurry, lets starts conspiracy theories because media and politicians are saying NOT to worry...when we damn well know they put fear to sell to us and control us...

https://www.caranddriver.com/fisker/ocean https://ca.news.yahoo.com/fisker-unveils-worlds-most-sustainable-vehicle-as-electric-vehicle-competition-heats-up-141734654.html Fisker is using large contract manufacturer Magna (MGA) to build its Ocean SUV. Magna makes cars and large components for clients like BMW (BMWYY), GM (GM), and even Ferrari (RACE). In addition, one area that puts upward pressure on the price tags of EVs are batteries. Fisker is using CATL, the world’s largest battery manufacturer, to make a custom package for the Ocean, using cheaper LFP (lithium iron phosphate) battery cells for the Ocean Sport model, and more energy dense nickel manganese cobalt cells for the extended range Ocean trim levels. On top of all that, Fisker wants this car to be the most sustainable car on the planet — hence the name "Ocean." “So the idea with this vehicle is to make it the world's most sustainable vehicle, so we've got a solar roof that can give you up to 1,500 miles for a year, we've got a fully vegan interior with recycled materials,” he says. Even all the carpets are made from recycled plastic bottles and fishing nets from the ocean, and the carbon fiber elements on the car and the wheels are, you guessed it, recycled. With 20,000 reservations in the order book right now, the company is seeing good interest in a car that won’t see the streets until the third quarter of 2022. But this is according to plan. Fisker understands that production, versus prototyping, is hard. Tesla’s Elon Musk says this almost on a weekly basis. It’s in an extremely complicated process that requires proper systems, technical partners, and of course, capital, to get right. The challenge for EV startups, Fisker says, is how to ramp up and produce several hundred thousand vehicles a year — and not take 10 years to do it. This is where Fisker’s partner Magna comes into a play, with its capability to produce thousands of cars of year, coupled with new capital raises the Fisker has made this year ($1 billion through its SPAC IPO and $600 million in a debt offering), to invest in R&D and acquire know-how and parts from technical partners. It’s the only way startups can compete with the GMs and Fords (F) of the world. “A car is made of about 1,500 parts or even more, depending on how many screws you count, and all these parts have to come in just in time. They have to be put together exactly at the right time in the right sequence,” Fisker says. “I think most EV startups underestimate that. it has taken the traditional car industry many, many decades to perfect this, and that's what they're really good at.”

another day, another dollar

'70s neo classic trash that I very VERY agree is trash. Superfly Cadillacs Stutz Bearcats '70s neo classic trash that I could actually live with. Maybe. If I was in my 50s and a millionaire in the 1970s thanx to a publication that Id publish every month featuring naked girls and in the middle of the magazine would be THE star feature naked girl >the centerfold< The nicknames Id give to these naked girls would be 'bunnies'. I wouldnt be a dirty old man but an eccentric millionaire. Excalibur

https://www.rolls-royce.com/media/press-releases/2021/19-11-2021-spirit-of-innovation-stakes-claim-to-be-the-worlds-fastest-all-electric-vehicle.aspx https://www.rolls-royce.com/~/media/Files/R/Rolls-Royce/documents/innovation/spirit-of-innovation-factsheet.pdf

Ferrari's latest V12 Which is basically this one but is in the company's latest mid-engine supercar. I dont find it stunning anymore. My love affair lasted a whole 24 hours. When I first saw it on the interwebs yesterday, I was awed. I had time to take it all in but now I realize, it just a blob. I like the bulbous fenders, but that is all I like. That V12 though

I dunno why these fights happened or why the NBA has gotten to be that intense all of a sudden. Competition will always garner friction amongst the competitors and foes. Its in the nature of winning and losing. Yeah, I saw the game. I am a Cowboys fan. Why I mentioned it the way I did is because, although in the NHL fighting is also not allowed, never has been allowed, it continues to be tolerated as a means to diffuse tensions of perceived injustices between the players. An illegal hit and especially if the officials failed to see and punish the infraction and fighting will be allowed to happen as a means to ease the tension so the game could go on without anymore shenanigans. The combatants will get penalties, and if they fight again in the same game, they will be 'disqualified' as per NFL lingo. They will get a game misconduct as per NHL lingo. An illegal hit will be reviewed and the dirty hit player will get fined or suspended. But this is where the NHL lacks as compared to the NBA and NFL. Player safety rules arent enforced as strongly and logically and dirty players arent punished as harshly as they could be. In that Raiders/Cowboys game. The two players will probably get suspended. In the NHL, a situation like that will not even get noticed. If a play was made intended to injure the other player, then maybe a suspension might happen in the NHL. In the NFL, just a little tango between players will garner a suspension. A dirty hit will most definitely garner something more intense than just a game suspension and a fine. Lebron Jame's incident will most definitely invoke a fight in the NHL. Whether the perpetrator of an elbow to the head of an opponent will be involved in the fight is not important, a policing fight will happen. Its most satisfying when the perpetrator of a dirty play IS involved in the fight both for the players and the fans, but for the game to continue on without anymore shenanigans going forward, for the players, its not important. As llong as some sort of on the ice justice between the players has happened. And THAT is the main difference in NHL hockey versus the other pro sports and leagues. Off the ice, the perpetrator will get a suspension if the victim has a concussion. If not, the dirty player will probably just get a fine... And THAT is also another difference in the NHL. Dirty hits are not stifled enough through harsher league punishments. But hockey players and hockey fans are never satisfied with the punishment no matter what side of the fence you sit on and will ALWAYS say that the punishment is bullshyte. LOL

As I understand it, you are on the hunt for a truck while chicks are on the hunt for you! Cool! Im happy for you that you could find joy being with your son. I believe you when you say its not easy being a single dad. Im also glad that your son has been able to cope with losing his mom so young. You'll have to (or your son...) will eventually have to buy a car for himself. The Trax I take it, is a good reliable ride. No need to give it up. You will have to drive it from time to time so it doesnt sit in your driveway and rot. But that is a good thing as you minimize wear and tire to both of your cars. Id say its a good idea to keep the Trax. Thanx for chiming in. Happy Thanks Giving to you!

AC/DC popped into my recommendations. New released song. Not much different than their other songs. Still a rockin' song the only way they know how! I could never tire of AC/DC no matter how many songs they release that are similar in feel. I love the video even more.

@riviera74 The last couple of weeks there has been a ton of fights in the NBA between the players. NHL level of intensity of fights. https://www.essentiallysports.com/nba-basketball-news-watch-jimmy-butler-challenges-nikola-jokic-to-a-fight-in-a-fit-of-rage-after-ugly-nba-collision/ https://www.foxsports.com.au/basketball/nba/nba-2021-lebron-james-ejected-isaiah-stewart-detroit-pistons-vs-los-angeles-lakers-fight-video-reaction/news-story/dc27119bc3cfef795669885a72ec3314 https://ftw.usatoday.com/2021/11/jazz-pacers-rudy-gobert-myles-turner-fight Lebron James calling his suspension bullshyte and also involved with tossing out 2 fans. The antics of these fans being tossed out is very reminiscing of hockey fans in a beer league. Keep in mind, the NHL is just one step above a beer league. And that is today's NHL. In the '70s and '80s, the NHL WAS a beer league... Ill stand by my statement. LOL

I was thinking about this post. And although I said one thing about the future of the Challenger and Charger if these cars stayed as V8s not surviving. I must agree to say that as of now, the faction for E Muscle form Dodge in the form of BE Charger and Challenger aint very big and therefore the future of electric Chargers and Chargers not surviving is also a possibility. But, if we do go by the past, Charger and Challenger have died staying the course... But then again, Challenger didnt last long when it tried to re-invent itself as a Mitsubishi badge job. But then again, the Challenger that WAS given to us as a badge job wasnt much of a Dodge or a Challenger... The Dodge muscle car was a specially designed and marketed vehicle in the 1960s and early 1970s. SRT has proven to be a highly specialized performance juggernaut since the Viper's introduction and they are tasked to re-invent the Dodge muscle car. Ford's performance engineering successfully engineered and marketed a turbo 6 cylinder GT named race car and an electric SUV named Mustang. Chevrolet's Corvette team has successfully re-invented the Corvette into a mid-engined car and has made people lust over a Ferrari styled powerplant and not only that the mere thought of an electric Corvette and people have been dreaming about what those performance specs will be... I think SRT engineers and Dodge's marketing team have got this since SRT cars are no slouches compared to their cross town rivals in Michigan and Dodge's marketing team SURPASSES them by several car lengths... Yeah...I think E Muscle will be popular. I aint worried about the future of BE Challengers and Chargers. Dont get me wrong, Im already lamenting the death of the supercharged Hemi. But it is what it is.

Apparently, spell check could also be a...whore. In a literal spelling of the word whore. I would believe the millennials call something like that 'meta'.

The global thinking about the internal combustion engine is not changing? What? Performance vehicles? Or are we specifically talking about retro styled pony cars from Chevy, Ford and Dodge and specifically the Charger and Challenger? Because sure, the Charger and Challenger VISUALLY does not cater to futurism. But what powers these vehicles must cater to the future because if it doesnt, the nameplates will just disappear...again. We could talk about the past all we want, but when Chryco failed to address the fuel crisis and the insurance issues of the 1970s concerning these very vehicles, these very nameplates just died. The Charger was renamed into something else as to not elude to the idea of muscle and the Challenger just went away. The Challenger did come back as a Mitsubishi only to die off again shortly after only for Dodge to introduce a new sporty coupe with Mitsu's collaboration. A twin turbo AWD 6 cylinder sports car. And it did fairly well in the decade that it was introduced. Sure, it took Ford to go retro back into time with its Mustang that sparked the Challenger and Charger comeback along with a resurrected Camaro... But are we sure that 'go back into time' movement was a muscle car one? There was a Mustang and a GT40. True. But there was also a failed GTO resurrection. There was a retro PT Cruiser and a retro Chevy HHR that were sales hits. But the retro Chevy SSR V8 was a market failure. So was a V8 Thunderbird that was a failure. The New Beetle and the Mini were sales hits. None of which had V8s in them... Or RWD for that matter. The insane push with supercharged V8s making 700 and 800 plus horsepower has made the Charger and Challenger into legends. But if Dodge does not navigate the future of gasoline as a fuel for propulsion and especially the price of it heading into the future, and Dodge will only be looking at the past glory of the V8, Im afraid that the Challenger and Charger nameplates will be disappearing again. Oh sure, plenty of folk are buying these cars now, but will they WHEN gasoline prices are no longer cheaper in price than drinking water? So... A suggestion of keeping the Challenger and Charger as internal combustion vehicles is a must. But keeping them as V8s wont be feasible for folks that wont be able to afford the price of V8 consumption of gasoline. Therefore, in keeping with tradition and keeping these cars as gasoline powered cars, the suggestion would be to make these into turbo 2.0 4 cylinder cars? Unless the argument is that gasoline prices will not increase. But, we do know that if it aint the gas prices that will do in the V8, the pollution related regulations will. And not only will those regulations kill the V8, but the internal combustion engine itself. Yes, there is a pushback against the death of the V8 and the internal combustion engine and consequentially the nameplates that these V8s inhabit... The King is dead! Long live the King!

The NBA is the new NHL

But those particular 90 year old guys have long since past, 90 years ago. Oh....you mean 90 year olds tah-day... I get you. I get you. Why put these guys in electrics doing 4 seconds to 60 and shock them (pun intended) when you could be putting them in supercharged Hellcat SUVs instead. Something familiar to them. They were in their mid 30s after all when these dinosaurs roamed the earth.