balthazar

Uber is a taxi service, serving 1 or 2 passengers. It's not technically 'ride-sharing', and Uber doesn't own the vehicles. Who owns the so-called 'driverless' Teslas in your scenario?

• Ride share & subscription programs have been tried by numerous brands; consumers don't want them. • The vast bulk of Tesla's existence has been "sustaining losses". • Stock is only a paper asset. It's a loan that is payable upon demand, with no advance notice or conditions.

rest of vacuum lines & acceleration linkage disconnected, all intake bolts removed. Took off valve covers to give a bit more room to work at the seam between the intake & the heads, did some prying, no budging yet. Under valve covers showing grayed, mostly-hardened sludge. Makes me feel better about pulling the motor.

If you aren’t losing money because the value holds / appreciates, you’re no fool. Interesting statement, coming from you.

'61 300-Gs have sold for well over $200 grand, so it's a lot more than merely the designer that loves them. ?

^ Yes, the # of dealerships figures are switched. Yes; Tesla's stock is terrifically over-weighted. What's interesting is that Tesla has 50% of GM's employees but only builds 7% of GM's volume.

It doesn't make me wonder that, at all. - - - - -

25 years :

'The Death of Automotive Styling Progress'. - - - - - 10 years :

We'll never see that degree of change in a 10-yr span again (and haven't for about 30 years running).

'70 Chevy '350' = 349.8 CI '70 Pontiac '350' = 354.7 CI '70 Olds 350 = 350.07 CI '70 Buick '350' = 349.3 CI 3 of them are right on the money, but Pontiac certainly could've billed theirs as a '355' (I think they should have). '70 Chevy '454' = 454.1 CI '70 Pontiac '455' = 456.1 CI '70 Olds '455' = 454.4 CI '70 Buick '455' = 455.2 CI One of the big differences on the Buick 455 is that it was 'over square'- with a bore of 4.31" and a relatively short stroke of 3.90". These were the largest pistons & the shortest stroke of the 4 big blocks above. A shorter stroke gives you faster piston speeds at the same RPM, which is partially how the Buick had the highest (rated) torque of the four big blocks (510 TRQ in '70).

'71 Sport Fury GT, even 'toppier'.

They why do investors hold 1.5 billion shares of GM? That's a blind assumption on your part.

A beauty! Esp in that (looks like) Firemist Green... tho I so wish Cadillac had continued the hardtop model past '60. 1 of only 1,870 built. It's interesting- it's wearing one-year only '56 wheelcovers, which require '56 rims. Someone really wanted them! It's a gorgeous cover (I have one in my collection); the radiused 'fins' reflect on the center portion, and make it looks, sort of, like a spoked rim.

'65 Sport Fury- top of the line.

Uhhh, you're in the past on this one. GM sells only IC Silverados & Escalades, and the stock is ALREADY up over 300% over the last 12 months.

Radiator pulled, A/C compressor moved off to one side, all intake bolts loosened, some wiring & vacuum lines disconnected/tagged.

It's wasn't duplication then, it was individual, largely autonomous brands. Then; it was moreso that Chevy had a 454, Plymouth had a 440 and Ford had a 460. Consumers were looking for displacements in those ranges (mid 300s, circa 400, mid 400s), and the brands delivered. And not that the GM Divisions specifically competed with each other, but they certainly did 'on the down low', so displacement similarities were going to happen, to satisfy the market. Cadillac really only 'stepped out' in displacement in '68 with the 472 (and '70 with the 500). Prior to, they were either right in step with the biggest, or not the biggest. 1960 ~ Cadillac: 390, Buick: 401. 1965 ~ Cadillac: 429, Pontiac: 421, Chevy: 427, Buick & Olds: 425.

Lyric debuted a month or so ago, and it’s a ‘23. Hummer is also about that far off (different trims launch at different times). But have we even seen a camo’d test Silverado EV, nevermind a reveal? That has to be a ‘24 at this point. Where’s this “million sales” possibly going to come from? I agree that Gov’t sales will be a huge proportion, since Gov’t basically has no budget restrictions, but the entire federal fleet is only 650K as it is. Unless GM is sitting on a dozen unseen-but-production-ready BE’s, they’re not going to hit 250K by 2025.

Took a short ride to check out a ''40s car'" for sale on the roadside: '39 Plymouth sedan, white w/ red rims, original spec & interior, repainted exterior. For some reason, didn't think to snap a pic. Peeking from the backyard next door was a black '47 Chevy sedan.

OK, that may well be what was meant. Only reason I'm wondering is- '1 million units in the U.S. by GM by 2025' is awful ambitious; seeing's how they sold 2.9 million in 2019 AND the Lyric isn't due until fall of '22 and is only the 2nd GM BE. Hummers aren't going to contribute much in the way of volume... so 1. where's all the product to achieve this, and 2. will consumers buy them?

'GM confirmed' was part of the next sentence; it still wasn't clear if GM was part of that, or it was all GM.

Yes; debating selling. Feels like I need to purge my extraneous collectibles / stuff / junk in order to concentrate on the B-59 & P-64.