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  1. balthazar
    '68. BTW; I got my eye on you dfelt. Don't think what you're up to is going unnoticed… ?️
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  3. balthazar
    2 reasons IMO. It's not what the Corvette 'is', and the C7 is such an incredible design, increasingly standing out as more and more brands go to / offer a mid-engined car… to me ME is boring by now. In dim light they all look the same and they seem even more constrained in design by the engineering.
  4. balthazar
    I don't think it's just about money. Ford has been building trucks since 1905, they've been crushing the full-size segment for 50+ years, trucks are hardwired into the Corporation's DNA. And now -- much to toyota's dismay no doubt -- Ford is doubling down on trucks and is just beginning to flex it's muscle in the only spot toyoter has had any success; where the 'coma sits. Toyoter has always been focused on cars (and CUVs now), but the cars are still looking to continue to constrict, and their trucks aren't anywhere near where the cam/rolla is. toyota is going to see some real erosion, IMO.
  5. balthazar
    The materials look pretty excellent, but stylilistically I don’t like it. Then again, I feel the move to mid-engine is wrong for the Corvette.
  6. balthazar
    The vast bulk of the F-Series is the F-150. The problem with the theory that “if toyoter got on it” is that Ford NEVER sits still on the F-150, and they’re LIGHT YEARS ahead of where the tundra will be 2 generations from now. It’s a no-win scenario.
  7. balthazar
    I prefer a more sedate tonal delivery (like yours) to the hyped / on speed deliveries most of these review videos offer, so kudos there. The voice level, yes, could be higher, but ALSO the background music needs to be more like 50%; it should stay in the background & not compete with the voiceover. Overall I say; well done!
  8. balthazar
    Hmmmm; 1 generation/a decade old, little in the way of changes, not much effort put in? Reminds me, perhaps, of another car's eerily similar descriptions… what was it?? Oh yes. The Vega. ?
  9. balthazar
    They still make Lotus’s???
  10. balthazar
    Yep: ‘53-55. BTW: I love the CTS coupe. It’s like a road-bound UFO.
  11. balthazar
    4 '53 Eldorados together (out of 532 built / 192 known survivors as of 2012) ~
  12. balthazar
    '38 Dodge ~
  13. balthazar
    I think due to the well-known fact it's replacement is coming, Cadillac jacked the price for '19. It was $35,500 in 2018.
  14. balthazar
    So a "rebadged toyoter"; a marketplace also-ran? That's you suggestion for success???
  15. balthazar
    Yep- hence the many posts here stating such. As gas engines got their legs back under them, diesels would have had to keep pace.
  16. balthazar
    Again: no argument against the O/P.
  17. balthazar
    Those are the competition : Ford <> Chevy <> GMC <> Dodge. They compete, and hard, against EACH OTHER. nissan / toyoyo are after-thoughts, market-wise. 2018 F-Series was 909,330.
  18. balthazar
    Yer funny
  19. balthazar
    Then again- you read the text here and maybe I'm off in my assessment. 4.3L V6 diesel, 101 HP, 5-spd manual, plus basically aping Chrysler's Ram Induction 'math' of the 1960s.
  20. balthazar
    It weighed more than a Cutlass V6 tho- by hundreds of pounds. 350-D might have been pretty close. Point is, 110 HP in the midst of an era of top-to-bottom performance malaise is not as big a deal as hindsight would imply. Dad had a '77 Safari 301, with 135 HP, that I drove 1000s of miles. No speed demon, certainly heavier than a Cutlass diesel, but it was 'fine' for regular transportation duty. I don't think the diesel's performance killed it then - it was the unreliability.
  21. balthazar
    Sure… just like the BMW/Daimler alliance.
  22. balthazar
    Don't forget :
  23. balthazar
    Remember; this is an era when the base motor Corvette had but 175/185 HP.
  24. balthazar
    Really? How are Uber & Lyft's profits? They're also "knowingly" chasing EV sales; how's the profits there?
  25. balthazar
    Wheel off the Spirit of America LSR car ~ For reference; per the dually Ford behind it, the Ford should be on 20" rims.
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