balthazar

• ‘69 Road Runner, burnt copper, hunkered & rumblin loud • one of those Italian Firebird 488s

circa '26 Buick test chassis ~

Dear God.

Cause the triangulation allows it

Lexus version nose is pretty ugly. Toyoter’s is patently ridiculous, and I should hate it on general principals... but I may actually like it some. Lexus: 3. Toyoter: 6.

Pretty sucky seating spot for passenger, back in the cave, but at least the capability is there.

Yeah- the vids Ive seen of them look pretty cool. Course; if I tow twice a year its a lot.

“Rebadge”? Really??

Not a BU camera fan.

Is the tesla semi concept really a 1-seater??

GM is to be perpetually viewed as akin to Big Gov’t; huge volume, never to reduce payroll or facilities or contracts or anything. They must be there forever, doing mass production of cheaply priced products, no matter how the industry is doing.

Trailblazer is pretty short, with a vertical rear fascia. I would think familiarity with such a configuration would render a backup camera superfluous. I back 237" into parking spots with no camera all the time.

But… they're wrong.

It's been my understanding that uber/lyft drivers 1. use their own vehicles, 2. chose their own work locations, 3. set their own schedules & hours. IMO, this is NOT an 'employee', esp WRT unemployment; if you decide when & how much you work, you cannot expect unemployment when you do not/cannot. - - - - -

Interesting piece in the NJ Star Ledger : Parkway picnic spot a relic of a past era Want to have a picnic on the Garden State Parkway? Only one spot is left to do so. That wasn't the case 60-plus years ago, when the NJ Highway Authority built 10 picnic areas for travelers to pull off the highway, take a break, eat lunch, or even -by 1970- cook burgers or hot dogs on electric grilles. The area offered picnic tables under groves of trees, running water and restrooms in some locations. I can't held but think of the parallel; electric cars are forcing a bygone practice; sitting for an hour roadside while your vehicle charges and you (unwillingly) spend your time idle.

Not to mention; no one is drag racing CUVs so 0-60 times are meaningless.

Chrome trim came out in 1926, if I recall correctly, and monochromatic treatments in the early 70s. I don’t think linking automotive aesthetic treatments to age generations holds much water.

These two opinions were in the same article. Truth is, nobody knows. Likelyhood is, everyone is predicting too fast of a change.

An alarming percentage of 'for your safety' implementations are merely for revenue generation. Another story here in NJ where lawmakers wanted to institute penalties to employers who 'didn't pay workers what they said they would', which of course is laudable on the face of it… but you KNOW none of the fine money would go to any affected workers, but to the State. Hypocritical.

Fine, but make them fee-free; only there to record events. NJ had scores of red light cameras, they were only revenue-generators and since, they've (miraculously) been removed after major backlash. There was also evidence they were causing accidents as people slammed on their brakes at the last second.

I still see so many Teslas snugged up to superchargers in the AM; seems they don't care much to pay for electricity, even tho they have no issue dumping $100K on the vehicle itself. Weirdness.

Plus; the always infallible & productive Congress did all sorts of things to prevent another 2008/9. Right?

I don’t know about that.