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Who's up for a therapeutic 'roast' thread??

Did they sit down with us & discuss the matter like adults? Has the "long term" run out for China and are they 'losing' now? Or still 'winning'??

Whatever do you mean by "now"??

Spotted on FB marketplace. Check the pic- someone turned a Tempest into a 'crew cab Safari' ('camino), but this was the only pic they felt motivated to take:

Up votes & down votes aren’t actually a real thing. IMO a downvote is simply pause to reflect on what I said as opposed to what I think the voter felt. I’m probably not going to change their opinion, but I might change mine if I came to a different conclusion/ had different information.

Completely redid the front planting bed. Aucuba (Japanese laurel), Crepe Myrtle, Viburnum, dwarf Japanese Red Maple. Huh- that's a lot of import plants. ? Other than some mulch, the frickin' thing is done.

I believe that killer service truck is a '29 Lincoln ~ - - - - - How you guys like my eBay ad description?

^ A sullen Ocnblu in the passenger seat, annoyed the Woogie-Mobile isn't still rocking kerosene headlights. [Just kidding, Bill!] - - - - -

Part of the reason mercedes’ minivan failed.

^ Ya- '64s & '65s had them available. '70-71 got rear-exit quads, then the side splitters made a return for '72 & '74.

^ Sounds like a good thing in general. - - - - -

Didn't play on a sports team. Would play 'baseball' with 5 others on occasion as a kid. Played catch (ball & frisbee), liked to do batting practice in the back yard with the dog playing outfield. Went to a handful of pro baseball games growing up. Now I cast an occasional eye on the baseball standings (15 years ago I would often catch games on the radio while I was doing other stuff; background noise), and I'll watch the Super Bowl every year (maybe the last 7 yrs or so). No other pro sports or the Olympics- doesn't hold my interest.

Down 2% in April.

What happens when the Chinese copy the tech and the cost advantage once again is strongly in their favor? Germany is over the barrel again.

This is only on the Canyon tho, correct? It makes zero sense to offer it on the Sierra, which you can already get with 420 HP.

? - - - - - How exactly did great design & excellent proportion become so elusive??

‘Multicultural’ pretty much becomes window dressing when one advocates a period, customized, 70- yr old cruiser be gutted and electrified.

No. No enthusiast is going to take a possibly $50K plaything to the supermarket when unquestionably they have 1 or more disposable modern vehicles to expose to damage. Dave, I am afraid you are losing your automotive perspective.

If those are correct then I agree.

? Why? Do you actually believe a person would use a car like this to go grocery shopping?

I don't know if the 2020 numbers are finalized/correct ~ 2018 CTS 2.0T : 268/295 2020 CT5 2.0T : 275/295 2018 CTS 3.6TT : 420/420 2020 CT5 3.0TT : 404/400 IF correct, those certainly do not depict "great leaps backwards" in power. What remains, of course, is the V8 version's output. Everyone seems wrapped around the 'V' badge as opposed to looking at the comparative engines.