balthazar
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• From what I read recently, Seattle specifically is seeing an explosion of homelessness, but that's not necessarily reflected nationwide. I believe Seattle is a 'sanctuary city', isn't it? • Has a 'correction' EVER reduced the debt? On the individual citizen level- it usually INCREASES it. Big Gov't is oblivious to controlling spending- boom or bust seems to have little effect on that.
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IMO, the '96 ESX is still more advanced/ futuristic than both the current Charger and every other sedan on the market. It's not so much 'an idea from 20 yrs ago' as it is 'an idea that still hasn't arrived yet'.
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I have no idea what's going on here; someone really loved their '58 DeSoto so much they wanted it in their living room?
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• Toro has the 'Strato Bucket' interior, which had a fold-down armrest. Yes- the exhausts are unquestionably larger than factory. • The Dodge ESX may have 'had '04 GP headlights', but the ESX debuted in 1996. For a modern car I do really like the profile/proportioning:
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You know that was the very first detail about that concept I noticed when I first saw it. Think of the visibility improvement alone! What ever happened with volvo's 'invisible A-pillar'?- 24 replies
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GM News: GM Selling Lordstown to Electric Truck Maker Workhorse
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What leads you to this opinion? And it may well be accurate, but then don't all government-sourced numbers fall under suspicion? If the current U-6 is actually 14%, was the 2015 number then actually 24%?? WHen it was reported to be 17% in 2010, was it actually 35%? Can you eliminate a sub conscious desire to see far worse economic numbers due to a personal opinion of current Government officials? Are you hoping for a sharp downturn? I am positive most government numbers incorporate a degree of inaccuracy, but I believe the bulk of such errors are simply ineptitude. But I question whether even the federal gov't would purposely tweak a public number by anything close to 100%.
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Unemployment isn't merely "low", it's incredibly low. U-6 unemployment (those who want a job but stopped looking) is also at the bottom of a downward trend- it was 11-12% in 2015, it was 6.9% in April.
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It would be more expensive to build, and the styling aspect might meet with some resistance, but using a vertical A-pillar with a sloped/wrap windshield would GREATLY increase roll-over protection, visibility and ease of entrance. They can talk about high strength steel all they want- but the severely sloped A-pillar is an insurmountably weak design.
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^ #42 won, #73 finished 2nd, #48 finished 5th. Margin of victory : 2 feet. BTW - Richard Petty was in the same race, but his #43 '57 Olds was out after only 8 laps with engine trouble. Pole speed was 140.1 MPH, average speed was 135.5. Pretty ferocious for stock-block cars- running 3.75 hrs at 135 MPH. Only racing I like is factory chassis'd/engined cars. Modern NASCAR 'sticker' cars are boring. - - - - - The quizzically styled & tagged '42 Olds 'B-44'. Olds had regular series nameplates ('98' and '76), but this year all models also had 'B-44' grille badging. I've not found the reasoning for it as of yet. License plate in ad reads 'NU 4U 4-42'.
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See? Proof positive that fins provide directional stability at high speeds, just like Chrysler claimed. Look at that Ford tumble…
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I'm personally at 20 years without a vehicle payment since I paid off my '94, but that's 'ME' - my wife's last 2 cars have been on time (with a gap in between). I bought my '04 (in '06) for cash.
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I have a common dilemma : would love a new truck but don't want the accompanying monthly payment. $500/mnth = suckage.
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I realize- but was commenting on how as soon as a CUV's rear window is slanted forward some, it's somehow a different category (or at least name) of vehicle. 'Marketers, what are they good for?'
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So did every OEM in the '30s & '40s, into the '50s. - - - - - - The original coupe CUV ~
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Fageol Super Sonic ~ https://kustomrama.com/wiki/Fageol_Supersonic
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Lee Petty, photo-finish winner of (first) 1959 Daytona 500 (in race pic, car # 48 was a lap down) ~
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"Whaddya mean - that Caddy just fit in!"
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BMW's concept, never built. Note the wildly optimistic electric vehicle sales projections - that number (290K in the U.S. in 2001) wasn't reached until 2018.
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General Motors '69 XP-512 / '73 Citicar ~
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With all the (some would argue: overblown) current [no pun intended] attention on electric vehicles, might be interesting to acknowledge some past efforts. In the very early days of the industry, they met with considerable success, at the detriment to gasoline-powered vehicles, sales-wise. But there were a whole slew of occasional proposals, some which were merely concepts, some which were intended to but never saw production, others which eked out a small run. The '74-77 CitiCar : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citicar
