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Yep; fat one. Almost too bright to look at directly. Was a loud bang and it started burning immediately. My power only went out for about 5 seconds.

So-ooooo....... dealer still has my truck. Threw check engine code the day it was delivered; needed a knock sensor. Took 2 days to get part, then while road-testing it, had a very minor fender-bender in rear quarter, behind rear tire. Nothing structural, didn’t touch the tire. Going to dealer body shop, and they offered to make first payment. I’m thinking 2 would be better.

Across the street the other night, was live for 45 minutes. IMG_3507.MOV

This era of SLs (late 50s thru at least the mid 80s) are incredibly crudely & shoddily built.

It is a great looking & terrifically-designed car. The fold-down rear seats are awesome. I tried to buy a red '66 383 Charger once but it didn't work out. I think some folk look at the design process as a collection of final designs, when the truth is (even at the full-size clay stage), that it's a singular procedure with many many steps toward the end product. The first gen Mustang is just about perfect from all angles / proportions. Spot-on. And I have no use or interest in them (too common). The tractor of this still exists, restored but privately owned.

"Automobile", yet they think the 1st gen Charger was a hatchback. ? Dumb premises, dumb article.

It's the industry standard to sell rental cars between 1 & 2 yrs old.

Saw my first Mach-E in the wild, red as most pictured seem to be. Was waiting to cross the highway at a light so I got a semi-revolving look at it as I motored by. I think it looks... pretty good.

It's certainly possible to have a relatively sporty sedan vs. other trims, given decent suspension/tires and power-upgrades, in any time period. Buyers like them or OEMs wouldn't keep offering them. Not to defend toyoter here but, 300 hp in 3600 lbs is not bad. And GM has built some very good ones in the past.

Yes; running out of fuel (gas or kWs) happened then and now and will in the future. However, it's not a commonplace characteristic of early 1900's (or today's) motoring tho, so the mention is irrelevant. The lack of major highways in the early 1900s, PLUS the nature of most people's existences then, kept the vast majority of people in the same immediate area in the U.S.. The vast majority of folk then were farmers or small business owners who were tied to those occupations daily. Yes; there were a small quantity of those that traveled (primarily by train), and there are stories of various makes of early autos going vast distances and across the nation, but again; so infrequent that the mention is irrelevant in the context of 'everyday life with an automobile'. Refueling points were not as common as today (no one claimed they were 'on every corner' and they aren't today), but the automobile was far MORE uncommon. Gas stations, curbside fueling locations, common farm-based fuel supplies and mobile fuel delivery services (as mentioned above) in the early 1900's easily fed the infrequent luxury use of the automobile. Since the auto then was not a means of commuting or regular reliance, it was far easier to avoid running out of fuel then... with one exception- many early autos had no fuel gauges so you used what gas station refuelers still use today- a stick of wood (marked or unmarked) to measure tank fuel levels. Trying to paint the average auto owner in the early 1900s in these rarified lights as commonplace is disingenuous, and these still-occurring instances (running out of fuel) are easily avoided by 99.9% of auto owners, then & now. The one major difference between then & now is how integrated / necessary automobile transportation is today; it's ingrained. In the early 1900s, it was like a home sound/stereo system; used at an infrequent whim. I think the percentage of Model T's that were bought and converted to a lifetime of farm-only use (were such a number available) would be shocking. Imagine buying a Tesla today and never having it leave your property, just powering other devices with it.

Olds’ could’ve run the ‘66 design unchanged thru 1970, it was so advanced. IMO they should have. The Riviera surpassed the Toro in ‘68-69.

NOTHING can make toyoter blush.

I'll add this here- back around '17 when we bought the '11 Liberty for my son, I was shocked to see a couple Wranglers on the lot for $42K. As crude and youth-freindly as they are, I assumed they were more like $25K. I forgot- I drove a Wrangler as a plow truck one winter maybe 8 yrs ago, (it had poor traction) but that's hardly any indicator of on-road comfort or anything.

The one Wrangler I was in was shockingly cramped. And I hated the raised lip at the door sills; I would be on my ear every 4th time out of the vehicle.

It's brand new- did you hear any reasons?

^ But you see; in the 1870s the plow horse would move slower in the winter too, and sometimes the dry weather would cause his hooves to chafe, so it's really the same thing.

Line count in Excel/Numbers is now 9010 lines.

I like Ford; the company, the history, the founder, and their trucks. Some of their cars, too. I've not seen a Flex up close/inside to examine, but I have a feeling I'd really like it. Was listening to a dark blue/black rims current 'stang GT going up the highway next to me today and the exhaust music was sublime. My comment on stocks was a counter to smk's that "investors love electric car stocks" when plainly they love Tesla/Musk. Whether a given company succeeds long term or not is another discussion. I like entrepreneurs, in fact I am often jealous of industrial entrepreneurs and how world-altering they can become.

If "investors love electric vehicle stocks", why is Fiskar at $13 and Lordstown at $9?

For many years this was the largest exterior emblem (I believe) : But recently it's been challenged :

This may be the largest interior emblem/nameplate ever ('60 Buick) :

Now I must state that you didn’t read my post. i stated exactly what didn’t make sense, then you asked ‘exactly what doesn’t make sense?’. C’mon; let’s drag this out; spring’s in the air and I feel energized!

He was correct that people didn't drive to the local store to fuel their car, they walked/rode a horse with a can to get fuel ?? That doesn't make any sense.