Everything posted by ccap41
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Random Thoughts Thread
I know looks are subjective but this is way prettier than any SUV ever, IMO. Also, it appears to be an F8.
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Random Thoughts Thread
Ha. That guy got a view from you.
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Random Thoughts Thread
The Hummer doesn't deserve to be trashed but the Ferrari does? Hahaha WHAT?! What Ferrari even is it?
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Honda News: All-New 2023 Honda Civic Type R – the Ultimate Hot Hatch – Arriving at Dealers
The SS was offered with an auto. The last generation of Type R was also only manual and I'm pretty sure they sold all of them they could make. I'd wager most of the early ones were sold over sticker, even before the massive market change.
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Random Thoughts Thread
I'd love to watch him file for bankruptcy but I doubt there would be a video of that. ?
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Random Thoughts Thread
Guarantee he's doing better by totaling it rather than it just being perfectly fine.
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If I Could Turn Back Time - Sports Cars Edition
From this list, I think I'd take the Miata for a couple reasons. There's an ENDLESS aftermarket support and it's RWD. If there's something I didn't like about it, there will be an aftermarket upgrade or conversion kit (LS swap ) But, 115hp in a car that only weighs like 2100lbs still can't be all that bad. I know I've had a motorcycle with more power but 2100lbs is damn light.
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Random Thoughts Thread
185,000 subscribers and his videos have anywhere from 50,000-400,000 views. That must pay well enough. I won't be one of this subscribers nor viewers. His stuff looks like complete clickbait garbage. One of his videos is titled, "Thug PULLS OUT GUN and HITS ME *ON CAMERA*" and "I MADE MY FRIEND DRIVE A STOLEN LAMBORGHINI LOL" I can't eyeroll hard enough.
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Random Thoughts Thread
There are a ton of YouTubers that get all of their views by destroying crazy expensive vehicles.
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Honda News: All-New 2023 Honda Civic Type R – the Ultimate Hot Hatch – Arriving at Dealers
Kind of interesting that this technically has two overdrive ratios.
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Random Thoughts Thread
Happy Birthday, @Drew Dowdell!
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Buick Electra EV Path Becomes Clear :Discussion
...so...? Just saying, it would have been nice for them to continue to use names and not join the alphanumeric garbage that the Germans and Cadillac are using. I'm glad Cadillac is starting to move away from that with their new and upcoming electric offerings though. I'm not a fan of the naming styling with the "iq" on everything but it's still much better than CT#, A###, ###i, etc.
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Buick Electra EV Path Becomes Clear :Discussion
Yeah, that naming scheme is quite dreadful. It isn't like Merc's, Audi's, BMW's, or Caddy's is any better, but they have the clean sheet option and are still choosing this route?
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Random Thoughts Thread
One of my best friends had a Passat for a few years. I think his was a 2017. He loved it but they were about to have their first child and his wife's car was a 2010 Escape getting a little rough so he traded it in for his wife who got a '22 Atlas and he took the Escape. He loved it though, pretty easily got 30mpg and the only thing that broke in his ~70,000-80,000 miles of ownership was the water pump went, which is apparently pretty common amongst the VW 1.8T. I would definitely consider one, if I were in the market for a large-ish sedan.
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Random Thoughts Thread
Per GM, with no frunk though...
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Welcome to the New Standard of the World! Cadillac CELESTIQ
Oh definitely, it isn't exactly an EV-specific (while technically it is, but it's just a gasket) issue. GM certainly will be fine over this. It's more or less just something the anti-EV crowd will fuel over.
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Toyota News: FAILURE 2.0 Toyota Scrambling to Reboot EVs
Oh I agree that by 2025-2030 it won't be an issue. My whole argument was that when these rental EVs first become available in early 2023, it still isn't as convenient as filling a gas tank up.
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Toyota News: FAILURE 2.0 Toyota Scrambling to Reboot EVs
What's funny is both pictures show only two chargers... Yes, they're available now because there aren't a bunch of EVs on the roads. Once they're "everywhere" and in rental fleets, 2-4 chargers won't be anything, especially because they're slow chargers.
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Welcome to the New Standard of the World! Cadillac CELESTIQ
Speaking of trolling... ? I do believe I said that at one point..but that's not good enough. I certainly do not think it is the death of EVs or GM, it is a really bad look when you're trying to convince people EVs are the future, while there is already a lot of resistance to EVs. Tesla was a startup though and issues are expected with a startup. GM/Ford have been building cars for centuries. IMO, it looks worse when the legacy companies have issues with cars than a startup. I expect Rivian to have teething issues. I do not expect similar issues with Ford/GM/Toyota/etc.
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Welcome to the New Standard of the World! Cadillac CELESTIQ
That's a little ironic considering what an opinion is.
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Random Thoughts Thread
I'm with @oldshurst442. I've always loved the Series 1 Shelby. The big hood vent, the staggered and "deep dish" rear wheels, and the "bubbly" body work here. You can definitely tell it's 20-25 years old but I think the styling still works today.
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Toyota News: FAILURE 2.0 Toyota Scrambling to Reboot EVs
Done deal!
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Welcome to the New Standard of the World! Cadillac CELESTIQ
Will do, thanks.
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Toyota News: FAILURE 2.0 Toyota Scrambling to Reboot EVs
I just hope there aren't more than two EV renters at said hotel. I'm sure they're out there but I've yet to see the free chargers at hotels have more than two chargers available.
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Toyota News: FAILURE 2.0 Toyota Scrambling to Reboot EVs
Yep, that's pretty much what I would have expected. I couldn't imagine that'd be at maximum capacity per their end goals of production in the first model year of an EV. They still needed to "test the waters" before spending too much on production without the demand. It's only smart to start with lower production and ramp up via demand.