A Horse With No Name

Indiana where I grew up hit much harder than Ohio. In about 5 generations, we have gone from folks owning productive farms to paying three grand a month for two bedroom apartments.

Yep, FAFO.

More than the educational failure, the moral failure of the USA. I am sort of over being angry, just want to find a way to avoid the morally failed folks that voted for/support all of this.

An overhead photo of a town in Iowa in the 1930's showed three railroads ran through the town, a population of 900, and several factories. An early 2000's overhead photo showed the railroads and factories gone, but 600 people still lived there. Farming, education, and medical kept the town alive. We are killing all three in small towns like that. In 20 years the Chinese and corporations will own all of the land, and there will be a barracks for company workers, and little else in that small town. On to happier things.

About 9 years old. I do love cats, however I want to do a lot of biking and hiking. More economic chaos.

Interesting take on things...

I have hiked this, really want to ride it.

I have cats, and don't plan on adopting additional animals when these are gone. Like you, I want my freedom and tranquility, also solitude.

The whole market is way over valued at the moment. I really would like to move beyond driving every day. The plus side of Capitalism is lots of cool stuff for killer prices. The downside is AI is going to take a ton of jobs. We will see what the future holds. A power washer and two cars is plenty. Everything else from mowers to leaf blowers is electric, but easily re charged. And my leaf blower is not going to leave me stranded with no way to re fuel it in rural West Virginia. I really wish they built a Hybrid Ranger OR that my wife was more comfortable driving larger vehicles. An F150 Hybrid would be killer.

Yeah. Actually what makes the most sense, but wouldn't be as comfortable, would be a Ford Transit van....the smaller one. Could sleep in it in a pinch, could safely haul bikes and keep them out of site from thieves and vandals, could haul stuff for woodworking, and would be inconspicuous. I am thinking if I buy one, I am going to get magnetic signs in bright red that say something like "Stan's Drain Cleaning" or something like that, just so folks assume nothing valuable is inside. On the EV front, i really see Canadians cutting the 100 percent tariff on Chinese EV's, which will be a huge game changer. Wayyyy to complicated. When I go places, I want a tent, a sleeping bag, and a book. The less I take and the more simply I can live, the better. I actually wouldn't mind living somewhere with excellent public transit to greatly reduce my car use. I still eat out at restaurants, but am very choosy about everything. I prefer cooking at home any more. Turn on the Stereo, turn on the stove, and unwind.

This is sort of the direction I am thinking. Both the Rivian and the F150 are a little bigger than my wife would be happy driving. RAV 4 Hybrid, CX-50, or something of that Ilk would be perfect. I mostly just tent camp.

I like the response of Dfelt on this, learning something. My issue would be charging in rural areas. I go a LOT of rural places to hike/bike/camp, and would want to be able to re charge it in middle of nowhere Oklahoma.

That is a good thing. I actually like the MACH E, sometimes when I travel i see a bunch of them.

I thought that they were not doing as well as hoped? Mustang MACH E still has a backlog of unsold units as far as I was aware. In terms of other cars melting, yeah, sure it happens, but I would rather buy a car already set up for that level of performance than modify a Vette. It is, and I have no hard feelings for people here.

It's the economy, won't end well for auto makers. Aviator isn't selling, is on the list, and one reason why Lincoln will go away. Mustang is on the #4 Spot, the age of Pony cars is over. 4/10 of the slowest selling vehicles, Audi and VW.

Buy a McClaren or something if that sort of otherworldly performance is your thing. Reminds me of a Porsche test driver, who actually used public transit to go to work every day. He was asked how many Porsches ever hit top speed regularly, and his response was "Every one of them does, after work while its owner is bull$h!ting his friends in the pub." My middle daughter had a modded Z06 that would legit hit 200 plus easily, cool car, but she sold it and bought an Audi when she had my daughter/my grand daughter about 3 years ago. Posted this about 9 months ago, still holds true more than ever. When I say I see OEM's going away, I mean I see OEM's going away. Ford is cancelling the Escape and not replacing it. Ford is supposedly replacing it with an Electric. Given Fords success with Electrics, methinks they wind up like they were originally at the very beginning....a dude tinkering in his garage and attempting to build a car. Stellantis will be the first to die, they are learning nothing, will learn nothing, can learn nothing, and are doomed to exit the auto market in the next decade. Average selling days for them are horrible. And Chryco has been dying since the early 1970's. On the good news side, even Ukraine's critics say the battle has changed. I like this guy. Bike Shops going the way or auto's, no one wants to fix crap any more. Into regular bikes rather than E bikes, but this looks like a good ride.

Good news for a change...

I am not religious, but this guy just gets it.

I have a high level of tolerance for folks like you, and a low level of tolerance for evangelicals. With all of my anti Ford ranting, I sort of feel sorry for that Rust bucket pickup. It ran 300,000 plus hard miles, and is headed for the crusher, still runs OK. But rusted to oblivion. They had a Ford Excape on that had 600,000 plus miles on it, again, headed to the crusher. There ought to be an "out to pasture" for older hard working cars, where they go live somewhere people wax them on Sundays, drive them to golf courses and drive in theaters, and where they all sleep in heated garages next to the family dog.

She makes infinite common sense....

That Truck is at Auto Parts city in Illinois. Its a funny story none the less.

If Canadians want to travel for fun to the US, by all means, go for it. BUT… Please don’t expect help or pity when/if you run into problems there. You’ve been warned for almost a year about what’s going on there. Hard to be pissed when damage is self inflicted. Americans voted for it. Venezuela is next on our hit list for places to invade, expect lots of young Americans to needlessly die.

Cool story though! Rolling junkyards of the midwest. Not all Germans were Nazis but the world hated Germany during WW2 and for many years after. The same will be true for the US after Trump!!! Congrats to the toronto Blue Jays for making it to the world series! I'd rather be surrounded by snow then by ICE

I need to edit mine down, I have a ton of classical cantadas I seldom listen to. A lot of jazz though... The black MAGA people would of fought with the confederate army back in the day and would be the same ones that would of ratted out Harriet Tubman… Positive for today.

Odd for me as it first flew on almost the same day as my older son was born, strange seeing something that was the exact same age as your kid die. Beautiful even in death.