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  1. balthazar
    [••••••idon'twannatalkaboutit••••••]
  2. balthazar
    This Cadillac looks nearly exactly, and I mean NEARLY EXACTLY like this Chevrolet : Meanwhile, over at Daimler :
  3. balthazar
    Sorry; have had some depressing automotive news today; my detective hat is on it's hook. ? I think knowing what I know in general, the JGC fits the best RE DD's scenario, but I don't know. Not picking up on '3G'. Sorry. - - - - - grumpiness & sadness ?
  4. balthazar
    You mean like the show car for production ELR or the show car for production XTS? I’m not worried. You’re sight impaired.
  5. balthazar
    Do not like the color, and I prefer automatics 10/10. But it’s sure clean!
  6. balthazar
    I have a hard time considering a 6-cylinder (instead of 8), have only owned 2 out of 23 vehicles. Jonsing for a new SIlverado/Sierra, and would go either with a 3.0L DuraMax 6 or a 5.3 V-8, despite the 2.7L T having the same HP rating as my 6.6L Duramax (tho it's down by 215 TRQ, it's also not pushing 6500 lbs). From another conversation elsewhere; Chevy/GMC just aren't building hardly any 2.7L trucks anyway.
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    ^ Right, but because it's Cadillac / GM, it's "inept management". ?
  8. balthazar
    Didn't it take 2 years for Tesla between the showing of the Model 3 to being able to buy it? Hell, hasn't the M3 (a trim and engine upgrade on the same model) taken 1.5 years to go on sale from when a new 3-series did? This sort of time span is certainly not unprecedented.
  9. balthazar
    A station wagon, for comparison's sake : Is this also a 'station wagon'? How come nobody is calling every SUV & CUV out there 'station wagons'?
  10. balthazar
    You're not going to make 'station wagon' stick. It has no rear cargo area (visually); the roofline is nearly an unbroken arch from the windshield header to the rear beltline.
  11. balthazar
    Blazer : Lyriq : ? ? ? ? ? Dated, dowdy & spartan when new, dead in 2022 :
  12. balthazar
    Watched the 12 min video; Cadillac is totally 'talking the talk' with that piece. If most of the lighting & detailing makes it to production, the vehicle is going to reshuffle the hierarchy and see incredible demand.
  13. balthazar
    I miss my.... wait; they're all right here!! ? Seriously; tho I'd love a spin again in anything I've owned previously (including those that never ran), the only one I was truly sad to see go was my '57 F-250.
  14. balthazar
    I glanced across this story, wondering as usual why I should care. 'Multi-millionaire restored ho-hummingly common car / thinks it's amazingly special'. First, here's the before/after. Nice job, obviously (tho CERTAINLY not a tough restoration, at ALL) : Ya; it's Aquaman. Then this caught my eye : I don't know why I think the idle rich can pay someone a few bucks to make themselves appear informed, but apparently that's wrong. They made like 560,000 '65 Mustangs, the word "rare" doesn't apply. Then I found out where his thought came from : Apparently he thinks Ford built 1 each of the V8s, and 559,997 I-6s.
  15. balthazar
    See; you say "work on the patio" and I read 'work ON the patio'. I need to move into semi-retirement ASAP.
  16. balthazar
    It's 2020, did you still think freedom of expression was a thing?
  17. balthazar
    Multiply the three numbers below by a factor of 10, and you have the 'electrify a vintage vehicle' fiscal picture. ?
  18. balthazar
    It certainly happens that people put deposits down on things that remain perpetually illegal. The occurence has no effect on the legalization aspect of the given scenario.
  19. balthazar
    • Changed the oil/filter. • Hooked up the un-hooked-up trans cooler lines. I do not recall why they were disconnected to begin with. • Finished painting rim #3. • Pulled all plugs, cleaned & gapped. Installed loose, as I want to turn the motor by hand with them out, to lessen the high compression load. • Lead 3, 4, and 5 for the accel linkage are dead. Still looking. • Carb rebuild next.
  20. balthazar
    Used up spatter can #4 in the trunk, came out pretty good. However, should have used a black undercoat- the self-etching primer was a grey-green color, and such changed the final color. Then went ahead and dumped 2 cans of matte clear overtop, recommended as the spatter paint is partially water-soluble. That ended up a bit more mottled, but F it; I'm done. Still plan on a mat for the center section. Still have to get back on the header, but there's a few other minor sidebar tasks I can spend some short time on, too.
  21. balthazar
    Has the 'Kandi Kerfluffle' actually secured legal/tested approval to sell in the US??? Most of the OEM-sourced releases are sopping with blurred terminology; where 'goes on sale Jan 1' leaves off the tiny technicality of 'pending US Government approval'.
  22. balthazar
    David has chronic 'EVSS' (electric vehicle stockholm syndrome). Land Rover above has always been a F'ing ugly shit box, and the Bronco is only marginally better. Changing the 'dirty bits' [™ RobertHall] and quintupling the price is a ridiculous approach. BK in 2 yrs.
  23. balthazar
    Very close on the pics, too. B-59 was closer to the 2nd one (& was white), the GP and Cat are spot on (configuration & colors), Charger was black w/ black graphics, but the ‘65 was a worn, plain, dark blue post coupe. I forgot one : also had a ‘64 Merc Marauder 2-dr fastback w a 4bbl 390.
  24. balthazar
    That affordability curve over the last 15 years looks a lot like the COVID19 infection curve for 2020.
  25. balthazar
    When I was 25 I owned a '64 GP, my '59 Invicta (plus a '59 Electra parts car), a '73 Dodger Charger Rallye, a '65 Catalina 2-dr sedan, and my daily driver; a '64 Catalina. :D
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