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Hey-o guys, So this past weekend the big dog NHRA guys were in town Fri-Sun. I've been wanting to go for quite awhile now so a few friends and I took the day off work Friday and went to practice/qualifying. First off, the nitro cars are absolutely insane. If you ever have a chance to go watch these cars, DO IT! Quickest passes in the 3.60's@325ish. The feels and sounds of those cars passing is like nothing else I've ever seen or felt. I have no clue how the crews and drivers can be around those daily and now have serious hearing loss/issues. I wore ear protection knowing they were loud..still didn't expect that loud! Here are some pictures from the day. Not much and they are all from my phone and zooming on a phone isn't the greatest. We sat a little past the 60' mark. Right around where they would do their burnouts to(well where they would stop rolling). A little Idea of how freakin' massive those tires are.

lol I turn 28 this week.. I never used to have allergies but apparently as you age it's common to adapt them.. major bummer.

F150 Lariat FX4/Sport - built to what I want was 53k.. It's an F150 so a discount is inevitable so I'll jut round to 50k for simplicity. This exact color scheme, black grille, the grey wheels, white, and tint the windows. GT350 - Not 'R' as the '17's already come with the performace pack..and..well..I'm just trying to save 10k = 60k w/ the electronics package. I would either want white of this color compboination. Usually I'm not a fan of blue white and black all together so I'm not sure. Triumph Street Triple - 10k So I'm left with 55k at this point. No clue what I should do with the money. ATS-V starts at 60,500, CTS V-Sport starts at 61,000, Chevy SS definitely fits in there but I wanted something a little classier, less brutish. Kind of like a date night kind of vehicle. Well, After building some CTS V-Sports The only thing I added/changed was the black wheels so It really was still only 61k. I could find that somewhere for 55k, right? I'm also not usually a blue vehicle fan but this looks sharp in this color.

Sorry I don't usually post from my phone over the weekends..and when I do look at the new format it is easily shuffled to the bottom because if there's an active thread it shows everybody's individual posts in the "timeline" format. I had no clue this was even posted.

All of last week I was waking up with a core throat, cough, sneezy, and a runny nose..

Looks VERY good! It has the corporate face like the rest of the Chevy cars but that isn't a bad thing to me. I think it looks really really good. ..seats still don't fold flat though..?

Tired of the rumble of the exhaust?!?!? lol Sounds like a typical woman.. That's the one thing probably none of here would get tired of. I understand where you two are coming from more now. Thanks for the clarification, dfelt.

No I understand that. I don't love just one brand/style of vehicles either. What I was getting at was if you are currently willing to downsize your vehicle for the sake of saving a lot of money on fuel why are you driving a Trailblazer SS right now anyway when you could cut that fuel bill in half(on the easy side - not too difficult to find something to get 28mpg compbined) and drive something still probably larger and roomier than the Bolt. And I understand that still leaves you with a fuel bill much much much higher than the electricity would cost for the Bolt.

If you're contend driving something small and efficient for the savings why would you be driving a Trailblazer SS to begin with? I don't understand that part...

Yeah, screw the D3 in this regard. If you make a better product you'll do fine and put them out. This only shows me the D3 are a bunch of babies afraid to make a great product.

I think this would actually be a huge hit. They would have to make it very very retro though. If nothing else it would be way cool of them..lol

To be honest, I'm not even sure how to approach them. I found their email address. Now I'm not exactly sure what to say. lol

I wish I had hopes for getting them In 2017 here.

All this discussion between the Bolt and Model 3.. All I know is the Bolt looks like a lame piece of sh!t in comparison. It might perform magically(and it sounds like it is) but it looks terrible in comparison.

The only difference between the 3 and Bolt are FWD vs RWD, right? Why can't they be compared? If one metric difference is key why would you compare a 100mile range car to a 240 range car? Right now they are all in their own leagues, for the most part. They have to be to carve our their own niche as to not even have a competitor and own the segment.

Not the same thing at all. One was done unintentionally. They thought they made the product to do it's intended purpose and it turns out that it is failing and the other was completely intentionally frauding customers, shareholders, and everybody else for that matter who breaths. Their vehicles were specifically designed to circumvent the law. And we will never know how many people die or get ill from too much exhaust fumes being pumped into the air but to think it is zero is being pretty oblivious for how many vehicles are on the road(VW diesels that is).

Hey guys, I have a buddy of mine who's typically a Chevy guy but he came across a 2012 F150 XLT EcoBoost. What I'm really looking for is are they reliable... I know it's kind of a loaded question but it's a little difficult to get some answers when Googling it because most that have 150,000 trouble free miles aren't the ones online posting about how reliable their truck is. The ones posting are the ones with premature issues. So, does anybody have any first hand or friends/family have first hand with any of that generation 3.5 EcoBoosts that have issues relating to the engine. AND/OR anybody that has put a lot of miles on their truck without issues. The truck in question has 69,000 miles and according to the site(local dealer) it has been maintained every 5000 miles at that dealer. Heck, I'll just post the link to the truck. http://triford.com/Highland-IL/For-Sale/Used/Ford/F-150/2012-XLT-Red-Truck/49186248/

That entire platform has sold less than the mustang last I looked. So while it gets spread out it still sells less units.

Thanks for the review, Frisky! Nice read. I'll have to see if one of these comes to my local dealer and see if my buddy will let me take it for a spin.

A friend on another site(facebook) son just bought a 2016 or 2017 1SS with 10k off sticker, walked out for only 28k. Freakin' great deal!

I actually thought the same thing. I was uber disappointed when I read it has the 1.8T.

I just know that 240 miles of range is plenty for probably 99.5% of us. When I'm on my own and/or done with school and have my own garage I guarantee I will have something electric in there. I'd have to do some research and number crunching but the Volt is insanely enticing. At least until there is a sufficient charging network in the area. Right now it's basically home or nowhere. Which, at 240 miles shouldn't be an issue unless I'm traveling to see my sister or vacationing.

Oh that isn't too bad then. It sounds like they're all doing it right then.

What else is shared with the mid size sedans like the Fusion, Malibu, Camry, Accord? Are they all only used for those cars? Are there any of the 16 cars in the class sharing their platform with anything else? Because if so, they should definitely work on new platforms to be utilized for crossovers AND cars. Seems like a lot of money to be saved in the long run with a platform like that.

Doesn't really bother me any. I wouldn't buy a 2 door hatch anyway.