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Say whaaaaaaa?!? You haven't been to a wedding since your own in '91?!?! That's actually just kind of impressive. Hahaha Understandable to get rid of it all, if you're not using it. What they ended up wearing seems more appropriate and I'd actually rather wear dress pants, dress shoes, button up shirt, and a jacket but without a tie. I like that look more and ties seem a little over the top, imo. I understand where they're appropriate and not but I'm just not as much of a fan of that look. Glad ya went! So how was it? Did you enjoy your time out?

It probably varies greatly from 3M tape to actual holes drilled. The taped on ones are probably relatively simple to remove but likely time consuming. The ones where there are drilled holes, would obviously be a much greater adventure and likely costing thousands because you'd be filling and painting. You could probably find a parts diagram online and see how they're attached.

What would you wear to a wedding? You had to have gone to a wedding in the last 20 years. I wouldn't go spend a bunch of money for a one-time party but you could go and grab a pair of dressier pants. I think a true formal dress attire is a little much to a party but that's neither here nor there, that's already been decided. Personally, I wouldn't worry about the pandemic part of it. You're vaccinated so you can get back to normal life, right?

Ford shares are cheap though so a dime buys more shares worth than a dime dividend from a company like Amazon or Tesla (neither of which pay a dividend though). Most people who have Ford shares a hundred to hundreds of shares.

I just found out my uncle who lives out in LA has an R1T reservation with an estimated delivery date of March '22. I'm pretty jealous, to say the least.

Just last week they started to payu a dividend again, although smaller than pre-COVID. They took almost a two year hiatus on paying dividends and in that span the share price dropped hard to the 5-6 range. I bought a few shares in the 16 dollar range like 6 years ago and it's just now profitable. I wish I would have bought some last year when it was really low again.

Just last year you could have gotten in for $5-6/share, still a great buy-in price. David would prefer this get crushed.

HA, after clicking through the first link there's a link to those GOSH DARN GREEDY DEALERS marking up CT5-VB $35,000!

If he was so lousy and greedy, would he not want a tax credit for his vehicles to sell more? I do agree with this not not just defense specific, make cuts almost everywhere to NECESSITIES. We need to get our feet under ourselves again, imo. You know this is absolutely the same exact thing every company does. They're all corrupt and hypocritical.

SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Monday that the U.S. Congress should not approve the Biden administration's bill to boost subsidies for electric vehicles (EVs), saying the proposal would worsen the country's budget deficit. The billionaire entrepreneur is escalating criticism about the administration and Democrats for a proposal to give union-made, U.S.-built electric vehicles an additional $4,500 tax incentive. Tesla and foreign automakers do not have unions at their U.S. factories. ADVERTISEMENT "Honestly, it might be better if the bill doesn't pass," Musk said at the WSJ CEO Council Summit. "I'm literally saying get rid of all subsidies," he said, adding that "the government should I think just try to get out of the way and not impede progress." He also reiterated opposition to a proposal by Democrats to tax billionaires. "It does not make sense to take the job of capital allocation away from people who have demonstrated great skill ... and give it to, you know, an entity that has demonstrated very poor skill in capital allocation, which is the government." https://www.autoblog.com/2021/12/07/elon-musk-ev-bill-should-not-pass/ I can't say I disagree with him. There are enough established companies with enough vehicles on the road that we do not need to be spending tax dollars subsidizing vehicle purchases.

Thank you, the trademark situation make sense but the IQ for intelligence is stupid, IMO.

I can certainly agree that I am glad they're using "words" instead of alphanumeric junk but they could have used...real words... I don't know why Lyric, Optic, or Symbolic wasn't used. Why not "IC"?

I could not like this less. I cannot stand this miss-spelling-of-words for names thing.

Yes, he has the 3.0 Duramax diesel.

You.

There's no reason you couldn't have taken the lead and continued the program you were working for or created your own. Don't let politics stop you from your charitable donations.

We can just agree to disagree. I don't think it is unfair to ask exactly how the money would be spent, considering you're (David Beasley) telling me (Musk) I need to be spending it in the first place.

They said SOLVE. That is a permanent resolution to fixing world hunger. Also, he does donate so it isn't like he isn't making charitable donations already. He's just asking exactly how the money will be spend. If it's truly solving the issue, there's no doubt it would be programs of some sort. I don't see how it could be unreasonable to want to know how the money is spent so "solve world hunger".

If you have somebody telling you you can "SOLVE WORLD HUNGER" by giving away billions of dollars YOU earned, wouldn't you want to know how this is SOLVING the issue and not just feeding people for a couple weeks and then everybody is in the same exact situation as before? I don't know for a fact but I think it's safe to assume he does donate a ton of money already. Most with his net worth and public image are already donating for causes. Personally, I applaud him for calling the UN out and asking exactly how the money would be spent. My personal assumption is he knows how corrupt organizations are and how much of the money would go to people in charge rather than the causes themselves. He just wants to know exactly how the money will be spent and I don't think that's an unreasonable request. " “If WFP can describe on this Twitter thread exactly how $6B will solve world hunger, I will sell Tesla stock right now,” In a follow-up tweet, Musk added that the UN’s plan must include “open source accounting, so the public sees precisely how the money is spent.” Beasley responded to Musk’s tweet a few hours later, offering to “be on the next flight to you” and saying that the executive can “throw me out if you don’t like what you hear.” Beasley also said that while the $6 billion figure wouldn’t solve world hunger, it “WILL prevent global political instability, mass migration and save 42 million people on the brink of starvation.” (CNN had erroneously reported that the money would “solve” world hunger, but later corrected its headline to say 2% of Musk’s fortune could “help solve” world hunger.) " https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/01/elon-musk-tells-un-food-chief-hell-spend-6-billion-to-fight-hunger.html

Oh I know... It's rough out there now in a lot of segments, autos and homes being the worst. I know somebody out in Vegas who needed a bumper replaced as his parked car got hit one night. He called Tesla and they literally brought a truck and replaced it as his home within 5 days. It couldn't have been a more convenient process. BUT, I know that's now how it is for everybody.

I think that was his point and that there also isn't a clear way to do it. He gets flack for how much money he has and how he could "solve world hunger" yet they cannot form an actual plan that would "solve" world hunger. There's a difference between feeding everybody for a week and solving the issues and I believe that is his point in asking for the business plan on how it will solve the issue. They only use a dry sump sysem in the Z06/ZR1's. This has never been implemented into a truck/SUV and I don't believe the high performance Camaros ever got it either.

I think you're assuming the rebuilt automobile has to be modified and made with higher performing suspension, brakes, and engine. I think you're also assuming not many people have second toy vehicles that cost 50k+. I think any of us could refresh an old car like this if we wanted it as a daily driver for 10-20k all-in.

None of the S Classes, 7 Series or A8 are really full-size? Or do you just mean the mainstream brands?

Just two years ago it was the norm NOT to pay MSRP. If you weren't getting your XLT F150 for $10,000 off sticker, you lost the deal and the same goes with the mid-packaged Rams and Silverados.

Yes, and only for extremely high in demand vehicles, because people wouldn't buy the products if they weren't in demand. Which, is still the norm, for the most part. Broncos, Sports, Mach-Es, GT500s, they're all brand new and in incredible demand right now (because the supply is so low).