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Yeah- Eldo was still full-size / standard body, Riv was 208"; certainly could've worked, maybe. Eldo should never have reverted to a single body / almost invisible trim differences in '61- Cadillac should have kept a hardtop AND the Brougham.

All I saw was the El Camino, '66 I believe.

'09 Cuyahoga electric, on the juice meter. No documented cases of one running into a lit-up emergency vehicle by itself, or burning down to it's rims.

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It was my wife's cousin's mother's house. He spent about 20 years completely pigging it up. I actually went thru 100% of that attic (top pic is before that), looking for family mementos & interesting vintage stuff. Nothing worthwhile left to donate anywhere. Took me (4) partial days to get thru. Cleaning crew emptied it this week- going to the dump. My son & I are certainly not above combing thru scenarios like this; we like vintage 'stuff'.

Junkland is no more. It was fun while it lasted.

Time sucks.

'modern computerized tech' :

Unaware of the issues with the current GM 5.3L and 6.2L engines with cylinder deactivation? If anything, it's proven that all the 'modern computerized tech' isn't making major strides forward at all. - - - - - See, this is exactly the sort of thing that pisses me off. What the hell is this drunken over-correction nonsense? It's a late-change scenario, right? I know EXACTLY what this nonsense is; over-dramatizing to make the 4WS plot line look like it's doing a LOT more / is a lot safer. But it's bullshit, as usual, and it automatically leans me against the proposal because they're overselling it, because they HAVE to, because it just. ain't. all. that... or they could sell it on face value.

I've stuffed my 2500HD CC in a parking garage a couple times- the issue is height, not length or maneuverability (at least at the hospital parking deck). Antenna tip scrapes on the lowest overhead beams. Not much parallel parking around me, but I've done that, too. Standard parking slips are generally short for a 237" long truck (the '04) - haven't had the '21 in either of those scenarios yet. Has to be 2 empty spots in a row to stuff it in.

Don't forget; excellent tow vehicles. I just wish there were more 2-dr pickups, popularity-wise. I used to think I'd revert to a regular cab truck once I stop working, but after 15 years in a crew cab, I think that'll be harder than I think (slim pickings aside). You guys know I like large vehicles, and my GMC has a 157" wheelbase (you can also opt for the CC/8-ft bed @ 172" wheelbase!), but maybe I'm just used to piloting this class of vehicle; I have no issue other than a smidge of attention making hard right turns so I don't curb it. Have to pull a bit farther forward, and cut the wheel a lil sharper. But there's no instances of turning circle or lane changing that 4WS would come into play (tho it sounds like it would on those hard right turns). I'd pass on the option relative to the cost and how infrequent it'd come into play.

It's one thing to have an idea, it's another to determine if there's any demand/desire by consumers for it. I don't think anyone would've wanted 4WS in 1970... despite the enormity of many full-size cars at the time.

What; are red-heads only supposed to like red-heads? 'Opposites attract'

I only like curves (of this degree of radius) on cars/trucks.

'Proven science'.

^ Pretty sure that's why the 'slope nosed' front ends came about- NASCAR. Everybody was running intermediates in that era, and although not exclusive, there were plenty of the 'sloped-nose' cars in speedway racing. It's also why the '80s Monte Carlo SS AeroCoupe and the Grand Prix 2+2 were built.

This is one of the 2 big sales brochure sites- good one to bookmark as these question come up here periodically... and I just don't retain 70's stuff as much as earlier. https://www.lov2xlr8.no/broch1.html '77 shows only one mid-size (Cutlass-based) wagon, the Vista Cruiser, and it has a vertical grille.

Too nice for the HD lot. This euro trash is fine for picking up bags of mulch tho :

^ AC induction, yes. DC... not so much (more wear items). Tesla uses AC induction, as did the GM EV1. Most other BE's use DC, from what I've read.

Found the pic- it’s actually a ‘66 Buick Wildcat. IIRC it was from an article about GM innovations, but this is all I clipped from it; prolly been in my library 20 years or more.

The highest mileage Tesla out there, a 2014 Model S, reached 745K miles in Oct of '20, but the owner replaced the motors 4 times and the battery packs 3 times by Nov '19. I wonder how much different a '21 Tesla is in this regard...