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Fortunately, you dont share his jerk attitude and his lack of self awareness of being said jerk.

I agree that the Bolt needs to look better than it did. Indeed it was ugly. However, that didnt stop the Bolt from being the #2 seller in EV sales fro several years before it got canned. Yeah...it was a top seller and its sales only got higher every year until it was stopped being produced. Hyundai/KIA are on a roll with their EVs. That will only continue with the EV3 here in North America. Chevrolet better get it right with the Bolt 2.0 as THIS time around the Bolt will have a competitor. The Tesla Model 3 and it were not really in the same niche for them to be considered competitors. RWD/AWD 'sport' sedan versus FWD compact car/ compact CUV. The Nissan Leaf DID have an edge in sales with the Bolt but Nissan never tended to it. Never gave it some love and affection to make it matter and make it to be wanted by the EV buying public. Somehow Chevrolet did that with the Bolt, ironically, DESPITE when they decided to can it. They brought it back because they saw a small backlash from that decision from the EV Chevrolet buying public.

I googled really quickly to find out about the EV3 release date. Keep in mind its a quick search. No real searching. And I read that the EV3 is due out for 2026. If memory serves me right, the Bolt is due for mid 2025. I may be wrong about that. Now, barring any setbacks and/or rollbacks. the Chevorlet is due out before the KIA. And the KIA also has to deal with setbacks and rollbacks. But yeah, Chevrolet has to get the Bolt out ASAP without any issues and quality problems. But it aint KIA that Im fearing. Its Trump and his impending ideologies regarding EVs that wikl be a setback to the Bolt, but not JUST the Bolt, but ANY EVs sold in the US but THAT will inlcude the KIA EV3 with the same Trump inflicted problems. I see a far bigger problem. Elon is attached to him like lamprey are attched to Great Lake fish. Will Trumpster apply the same limitations on Telsa EVs as he might with other EVs? And if he will, how will Musk react? And if not, how will KIA, Hyundai, GM, Stellantis, BMW, Mercedes, VW and others react when they ALL have changed their business model to change to EVs and the WORLD has adapted to BEING an EV future? Its just not going to be that everybody will JJUST have ICEVs for the American market and EVs for the other markets. And its incredibly bad for the Detroit automakers. The Detroit 2.5 WILL go bankrupt if Trump will favour anti-EV tactics...

I never knew this existed. Ive seen Cavalier drag cars from FWD to RWD. Ive seen Pontiac Grand Ams from 1992-1998 as such, but never the Beretta. Ill tell you right now, I havent been living under a rock. Cool idea regardless. True. Trump, Kamala, Trudeau or otherwise. And yeah, Ive seen and heard the flip flopping. But Id be voting for Harris regardless because the Devil I know inTrump is waaaaaay worse than the Devil I do not know in Harris. Contrary to what the actual saying goes. Because the Devil I know in Trump is truly destructive on soooooo many fronts. And we have seen his performance. On how he often double dips YOUR national security, sensitive information and documents and national monies with his personal finances and interests. It doesnt matter if you (in general talk the "you" part) think this is how Donald Trump talks and does not mean what he says the way he says it. In HIS case, actions DO speak LOUDER than words... But I guess that was a loooong time ago. 2016-2020. It was an eternity ago. And the shyte he pulled off in New York city while he was just a business man bankrupting and screwing his creditors. That was ancient history. He is not a crook. Nah... Grab 'em by the pu&&ie. Good ole boy talk talking with good ole boys. Nothing there. Its not as if he cheated on every single wife oif his. 3? Its not as if he doesnt have a rape case against him either and was found guilty... Good guy this Trump fellow. Good guy. Honest. A true patriot.

I actually knew that you loved your Beretta. It was the weird wild stuff that I wanted to say. Because of your LS swap and FWD to RWD of said Beretta. Nobody has ever thought of doing that to that car and it be quite unique...and weird and wild. And I like it!!!

I dont know whether the Biden admin nixed them or not. Lets say that he didnt nix them as Trump actually did say during his campaigning. He said that the Biden admin just looooooves the money coming in that he (Trump) has put into place with those tariffs. Regardless though whether those tariffs are there or not... Trump says that he will introduced more tariffs... Trump and many others blame the Biden admin for the inflation that hit us but actual real economists put the blame on Trump's economic policies along with Covid and the way Trump handled it... True or not....who is to blame and the saviour all depends on what side of the tracks you lean on. But in reality, Trump is a snake oil salesman con guy to the Nth degree and tariffs almost ALWAYS lead to inflation. So...there really is only ONE conclusion. But like I have mentioned before...lets all hope to God that Trump is the second coming of Christ and not the Anti-Christ. But if I was a bettin' man, Id be putting ALL my money on the latter.

I googled Elon Musk and Wiki says Musk grew up wealthy. I always thought he grew up poor because I thought his dad left his mom and she raised him and his other siblings alone. ANYway... Elon is the same thing as Kennedy and Don Jr. They come from privilege. There is NO McDonald's in their lives. Never was and never will be. Phoquing embarrassing that that picture is just for show.

Nobody in that picture has EVER had the nerve to eat at McDonald's other than Donald McDonald Trump. Even his kid, Don Jr., probaby was a silver spoon kid eating rich people food. Kennedy, its in the name... His family member whose was president had personal chefs in the Whitehouse. Look at him and Musk, they seem sooooooo uncomfortable and stiff. Yeah guys, you eat that food with your hands. No gold plated cutlery. Not even plastic cutlery. Your fingers is what you use. Elon is a South African. Born there...so probably no Mickey Dees there. And if so, probably too expensive for him to eat it back then. He did do a tour in Montreal, but I doubt he visited a Ronald MacDonald house... Look at Don Jr. Who the phoque picks up a Mickey Dees fry container like that??? `With that smirk... But this is a photo to look like ordinary American folk. To look as if they are OF the people...the ordinary stupid slobs that voted for them. Harris said she worked at McDonalds so that is where this is coming from. But all I see is these 5 clowns MOCKING the AMerican people. And back to Don Jr's smirk, that smirk says it all... Its ALL mock. The ONLY one that truly LOVES this is Donald himself. Havent seen him pubicly smile like that is a LOOOOOONG time. Bill Clinton and him have yet another thing in common. Love for young girls. Raping them. Cheating on their wives and McDonalds. God BLESS America!!!

I knew you would eventually respond to this and in that way. LOL Well... NO!!! I can understand your feelings as we in Canada are going to go through those very same things next year upon our own elections. Albeit our situation is not as dire as yours but...we are going down that very same path though. As I was listening to music and looking at your travels and pictures, I was almost shedding a tear. Why? Because of your words of renouncing your US citizenship and all the reasons of why you would want to do that because of the state of politics and idiocy in the US. But also because the US is such a beautiful country and why would you want to throw all that away? You have to FIGHT for your country. Not just let it die away. TOO much progress was made by the very few people that made your country THE best country in the world. It may not seem that way now, but it still is. I was inspired to write this to you instead of continuing to cry but a surge of anger but determination hit me. Youtube suggested this long forgotten song and ironically, it popped up as I was listening to Pink Floyd. You cannot let Trump defeat you. You cannot let the idiots that voted for him torment you. You have to claim back the best country in the world from the sickness that is Trumpism. Your pictures and travels also inspired me to listen to this song. Your travels reminded me of the movie franchise. And this song. Im almost an American myself. Not quite. Almost. If I choose to become an American citizen I would be granted. Proud to be Canadian. Proud to be of Greek decent. But ALSO proud to be an almost American!!!

Looks dee-licious. I got jealous and looked at our cupboards to find some sort of dessert to eat. There was none but a jar of Nutella. So I grabbed me a spoon and had a couple of spoonfulls. Now Im relaxing listening to Pink Floyd. Im bored and having nothing to do, so I decided to do...nothing I kicked off my Pink Floyd mood with this fitting song Im also comfortbaly numb right now. But I havent reached that song yet. PS...no drugs. Just the chocolate and hazelut buzz.

thanks for the info. I didnt know what wasabi was in website talk, but I was trying to be funny. I HAD the courage to try open mic night but since you didnt laugh at that, it means that I need to hit the drawing board again. Im niot quite there yet... Oh...you missed the other part of my 'joke'. But I sense it be useless to point it out as it may not be as funny as it was in my head 15 minutes ago.

If I was on wasabi, and I like spicy foods, I dont think Id be able to handle any back-up work. Id be running AWAY daily from wasabi I think. I guess software programming happens automatically with a touch of wizbang sorcery magic to make those thing happen at all hence the new word of the day: automatigically...for software programmers all OVER the world. 👍 Thumbs up to all of you for keeping our world functionning.

Yeah... The Costco parking lot of all places!!! LOL The 300C is/was more luxury oriented rather than sports sedan-ny not only in general but especially compared to the CTS. I get your feelings. I feels you. In hindsight, it was THE perfect size and especially when one sees what BMW has done to their 3 Series. It has been enlargened to the original CTS' dimension 10 years ago. Cadillac got it right with the 1st and 2nd gen CTS and Cadillac didnt even realize it. They beat BMW at their own game and made BMW copy THEM and not many realize that fact either. To this day, Whether it be car guys and gals or even the automotive journalists, we are ignorant of the fact that BMW 3 Series grew in size and dimensions to BE a 1st and 2nd gen CTS competitor. But Cadillac abandoned that trajectory thinking they lost the battle but indeed, they actually won the war.

The roll out from GM was slow. But for the better regarding reliabilty and build quality. From Chevrolet to Cadillac on the EVs. The bugs. I think, have been worked out. And quite honestly, not that many considering how fast they kinda turned it around from R&D to fully produce them from new EV factories and the new tech and all that. Less problematic than Tesla and definitely less problematic than what GM did in the ealry 1980s to convert their cars from RWD to FWD. Build quality has been on the rise since 15 years now and the last 5-8 to great lengths on them Cadillacs ESPECIALLY on the last generation of ICE vehicles from Cadillac. The EVs are spotless in build quality and interior materials despite the cost of manufacturing EVs. Ive heard some complaints on the HUMMER that the materials are less than what they need to be on such an expensive vehicle... If that is the only blemish on a vehicle that has only one rival, and its the Cybertruck, then I dont think its such a big deal. Besides, the crowd that buys a HUMMER EV simply buy it for douche bag value and those kinds of people dont really care for materials that are just a tad below what they should be. They buy it for douche bag value and the Hummer EV has EVERY competitor douche bag vehicle beat buy millions of miles in that category. And its all that counts. I think Cadillac has finally turned it around with their image and its with their EVs that Cadillac has done it with.

I would have to agree with you on your longing for the CTS. It was a fantastic sports sedan. Although I personally didnt like the interior of it, I certainly loved the exterior styling. What triggered your regret? I miss my Alero and I miss my 2005 Impala SS. But I do not regret replacing them. I also miss not being in a GM car of some sorts. But since GM not offering a sedan, I dont regret not owning a GM. Although I do wish Buick had the last generation Regal available because I definitely would have bought that last year instead of the Accord. Or the Impala for that matter.

Donald Trump's America is going to be a bizarre one for EVs. Most of the real Trumpsters that have been with him all this time are hooked on oil and would never get off of it. He wants to drill for oil to give his real base what they are asking for. Yet...he has as a BFF Elon Musk... Why has Tesla's stocks risen is beyond me. But that would be for another discussion for another thread another day. The Lyriq is quite the popular EV in my neck of the woods. I see more Lyriqs than I do Model Ys. (Same msrp in CDN dollars). Many KONA and Ioniq 5s to the point those two equal the Tesla Model 3. The Model 3 is super popular here. And the Chevrolet Equinox EV which has been on sale very recently is probably going to surpass the Model 3 in my area very soon. I see those quite regularly too. Moreso the Equinox now as compared to the Model 3 when it was just a couple of months new on sale. The Bolts are coming soon. But...lemme repeat, for the USA, in Donald Trump's America, I aint so sure that the EV will be a popular guy. I have a feeling it will be villified. The timing for GM... just as they get their EVs rolling, America voted for a very different reality. Maybe killing off the XT4 is too premature. Maybe FoMoCo is really dialing down EV launches was a ery very smart move. But what is Elon Musk to do? His BFF and the political party he is jumping for joy so much aint gonna be too kind to his automoble empire. And his EVs will probably stall in sales all over the world too. But let me steer back the converation to the Vistiq and Cadillac EVs in general. I must agree with @smk4565 that Cadillac has finally got a winning formula with these EVs. People are resonating with them. Although I dont like the overall exteror styling of the Vistiq, too upright and especially too uptight with a weird look that starts from the C pillar to the back end styling. But the interior is bang on!!! The Optiq looks like a great little compact EV. Nicer than anyting from Hyundai or Tesla in that market and price range. Its too damned bad that America is such a confused place right about now and that does not bode well for Cadillac's EV renaissance.

Hence why we should and must celebrate Remembrance Day for British Commonwealth countries and Veterans Day for Americans. Lest We Forget. The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.