Camino LS6

Got a bunch of desperately needed rain last night and today. Very soupy now. And predicted to stay above 90 and humid for the next 7 days. Ugh. Isn't summer over yet?

Oh and Drew, make SURE that you get the key for the wire wheels - it sucks alot not to have it.

I may never have cared for this car (or its siblings), but they stood out in any crowd from day 1. Nothing is quite like them. And, I actually owned one from '82.

Been seeing a bunch of Challengers lately, including two beautiful ,black examples - One an R/T.

Yes, the Lucasfear is real.

That might be right in the Arizona desert, but here it is supposed to be 85 degrees as a high this time of year. At this point, we've had bearly a month of days above 90. Very wrong for this area.

Another thing to check is the possibility that that particular tree may have "wet feet". If there is standing water or mushy soil around it for any length of time you might see the same symptoms.

I guess I called that one. Congrats on getting what you really wanted Drew, I love seeing that happen. The car looks really, really, clean.

Oaks tend to not like alkaline soils very much at all. In fact, being planted near concrete, limestone, or other alkaline debris could cause what you are seeing. Try having the soil PH tested, and then treating the soil around the tree if it is too alkaline. The PH of the soil can block the uptake of iron by plants and trees.

To quote the Moody Blues: I've said my piece, now I leave it all up to you"

Nice, gentle, all-day rain here - with maybe more to come. Lots of trees and shrubs are under drought stress and showing fall color/dropping leaves though. Still a bad situation.

So, when does it hit your driveway?

I might feel a tiny twinge of guilt, but I'd still work a truck like this one if it had the equiptment I need.

Sure is. If it were equipped the way I need a truck to be equipped, I'd be scheming up ways to find the money to buy it.

You say that as if it were a bad thing - it's called brand equity. That sort of loyalty is something the car has earned, and it is well-deserved. It is a rare car that remains as true to mission as the Corvette. This bit is just plain wrong. GM does not need to sell this car to "all people", that would be the death of the Vette. As for fans "willing to take what they can get", that sells an exceptional car very,very short. The Corvette is a balancing act, and always has been. GM has been hitting the mark with the car for a very long time now. In the end, the car must do two things: maintain its carefully crafted balance between performance and value, and make a profit. It does both quite well these days, and I see no reason to suspect that the C7 will fail to keep the faith. Interior tweaks, and new options are a given - they will happen because the Vette team simply know what they are doing. But they are piddling little details compared to what really matters with this car, they are just flyspeck details blown out of proportion by journalists. The Vette is a car with no ambiguity in its mission, and claiming that it needs to be like any other car is simply absurd. The Corvette has what every car wishes for: its own territory within the market, a territory that it has itself defined. That, is what a Corvette is.

Finally raining.

I know it well (I've had so many of them).

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My parents' driveway circa 1980 had these: '78 International Scout Traveler '70 Mercedes 280SE '70 El Camino SS 454 And lots of other odd combos over the years.

Gadgetry and luxury are not defining factors here, this is "America's Sportscar" - that must always remain the focus. Part of the Vette formula is to outperform cars costing 2-3 times as much, it is an essential aspect of the car.

Want me to keep an eye out for a good one?

S-10s are a dime a dozen here, I've seen plenty of clean ones.