balthazar

WHAT is all that hanging down under the Ford?

This is the B-59 package shelf. 4 small holes at the ends, and a central one... I believe for a rear seat speaker (the convertible's went in the seat back). The ends were just a bit of lightening, I believe- pretty sure there was no rear defroster option. This is the package shelf of a '57 Plymouth. I have next to no idea what was going on here, tho I do know the center hole & slot were for a super-rare rear defroster option. But the outer 2 'speaker' holes aren't that- there was no dual rear speakers in a world of mono AM radios only.

C7 Z06 wears 335s in the rear, does 1/4-mile in 10.9. B-59 wears 315s in the rear, will do quarter mile in ????

Not sure what you are specifically referring to above. ‘Leadership’ and ‘failure’ from whom? The medical community? And I thought we agreed that ‘science’ is still guessing, not “stating true facts”. Frankly, there was no way the outcome in the US was going to be much different no matter who did what differently. It would’ve had to been Draconian measures such as banning interstate travel by Jan 30.

Basically I agree, but I expect a LOT more from ‘medical experts’ than we’ve gotten. We’re 6 months in, the ‘expert’ info is sketchy and sometimes self-cancelling, and all the future guesswork comes off as an average of ‘cover our ass in case it goes haywire’ and ‘we literally have no idea whatsoever but feel pressured to say SOMETHING’.

^ ‘Very likely’, ‘generally’, ‘not thought to’, ‘it is believed’..... That’s NOT what I call “good facts/info” , and from the CDC to boot. They are still guessing.

The difference is we have a coast-to-coast awareness and unprecented PPE in public spaces. I don't believe any 2nd wave will come close to the 1st. I also think the most subceptible succumbed at the highest rate, and perhaps there are less of that group left by the fall (unfortunately). Heat is going to trump the humidity- the 'host' droplet evaporates and the virus dies in high heat. Humidity is not going to reconstitute that droplet. IF there actually was any Gov't desire to see a population decrease, it would be MORE than offset by the sheer greed of the revenue stream. State is no better than the federal Gov't in efficiency.

Cleaned/painted the bare steel axle ends, re-sprayed one rear drum exterior, put NeverSieze on axle ends and centers of rims, then put the drums & rims back on. As a point of reference : 315/60-15s. Not fun getting these on / off the car. Oh well, the price for speed!

If 'other stuff' is $50-60K, '$40K for Premium II' sounds too cheap, not 'a bit steep'. Otherwise, the comparison seems a non sequitur.

ferrari at used car lot in tiny town. Single tails; may have been a 488- I don't follow the dizzying array of models/styles/names.

circa '80 Corvette, no rear spoiler, white, clean, cruisin. '67-68 Mustang convert, bit tough but had plates/parked on street.

27,692 posts, and zero from Balthy. ? You guys can use a vacation thread from me. ?

I'm missing it. - - - - - Repair shop had (5) '66 full-size Pontiacs, including a convert & a wagon:

Mercedes owner came into my buddy's shop a few years ago- said her brakes weren't working well :

$10K is unrealistic, tho your statement is correct.

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Among my family, friends & many customers, I only know 1 person who has a RAV4.

Unfortunately, that 'most people' is a micro-sized portion of the market as a whole.

They. Have. To. Be. Priced. Competitively. You can't displace $45K IC trucks with $80K and $125K EV trucks. It's disconnected from reality and the market to believe so.

It's very difficult to 'prove' cannibalization (other than imprecise polling). If one bought an Impala instead of a LeSabre, where did GM 'lose'? Further; if one bought an Impala instead of a LTD... GM's bottom line remains the same. The theory is nebulous. More choices theoretically should bring in a larger pool of buyers.

You could say exactly that about MOST of the CUV segment.

Saw a matte black lambo somethingorother about a mile from my house, tooling down US 1.

I think that's a little muddled. Chevy's Vega came out in '71, there wasn't a 2nd variant (and there never was a 3rd) until the '73 Pontiac Astre. And I still don't see where that pair 'altered course' for everything else. As usual, it was a series of events over a number of years- there's never a singular cause. The '73 Astre has zero to do with Pontiac in 2010.