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Revisiting the Corvette Brand: Autonomy From Chevy Dealership
Robert Hall replied to Cmicasa the Great's topic in Chevrolet
Nothing luxurious in that interior...its just that Porsche let the 911 evolve...and the company itself evolved... Because the lower end Porsches...in the 1980s like a 944...was not that special either. In 1986...Id say the Corvette;s interior was on par with a 911. The '86 Corvette interior was pretty hideous--blocky dash w/ digital gauges.nothing remotely sporty. The 911 dash of that era was minimalist, serious, no nonsense and clearly evolved from the earlier 911s. -
Revisiting the Corvette Brand: Autonomy From Chevy Dealership
Robert Hall replied to Cmicasa the Great's topic in Chevrolet
A LOT more BMWs have had "Chevy" small blocks installed in them than you would think. But those aren't serious BMW owners, just backyard hacks doing engine swaps on old worn out cars...a GM engine in a BMW kind of defeats the point of having a BMW. As deranged an idea as putting a Chevy engine in a Mustang. -
Revisiting the Corvette Brand: Autonomy From Chevy Dealership
Robert Hall replied to Cmicasa the Great's topic in Chevrolet
Sort of related to the topic, wasn't there an idea to make Corvette quasi-autonomous and able to be sold at any GM dealer floated at GM maybe 20 years ago? I seem to recall something in Car & Driver or another magazine in he 90s on this theme.. -
My is what I highlighted. I really don't drive any different when it's raining, unless it is a downpour - obviously. Actually, quick story. About a month ago the GF and I were taking our little girl to the vet Aww...a Yorkie. I have 4, 2 boys and 2 girls..
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Maybe Porsche will take on MAN and Scania w/ a performance heavy truck...
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Wayfarer
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They slow down in the tunnel because it's dark?
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I've seen that phenomenon here in AZ where rain is a rare novelty...on the freeways people have no idea how to drive in rain...
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Use the slowest setting because the rain is light/intermittent, obvious, right?
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Saw a derelict '75 Catalina 2dr rolling along in traffic yesterday...may have been silver once..all the upper surfaces had surface rust and bits of silver showed down low...interior filled w/ stuff, looked like the driver lived in it..the driver was a really creepy looking guy w/ a huge beard.
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Cube life. I've been a free range developer before--working from home w remote clients and working in an open plan cubeless office. Both arrangements have their downsides. I need to take a vacation for longer than a 3 day weekend..
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I try that... but i'm mostly just tired. I tried that approach for years, working hard through college and grad school, the first decade of my career...stayed hungry and strived to achieve. At some point, burnout and exhaustion set in along w cynicism and self loathing and the realization that corporate life is all $h!, just varying degrees of effed up ness at each dysfunctional organization. The challenge is to stay conscious through each day amidst the mind numbing tedium and then knock myself out with powerful meds at night...
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Needs a bigger front badge, fill the whole grille opening with it...
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Almost got broadsided at an intersection coming back to work from lunch yesterday...riding in a coworker's sweet modded for offroading '80s Land Cruiser FJ60, he turned legally on a left arrow and some dumbass blew through the red light in a 90s Sonoma...the Sonoma nearly t-boned us, but he swerved and locked up his brakes and missed us by a few feet...
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Going to work this morning saw a red longbed '69 Ford Ranger pickup in traffic in solid condition w/ a rack w/ ladders and a wheelbarrow in the back...neat to see a truck that old still on the job... Saw one of the new Jeep Renegades in person for the first time in a light tan, neat little wagon. Also saw a new GMC Canyon short bed crew cab in dark green, first I've seen of the new generation..very sharp pickup.
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They could do a Pro Master or Pro Master City pickup w/ little investment, since Fiat makes pickups based on the vans they are based on. It would be functional and utilitarian., with diesel and good mileage. And it would be unique in the US market, not the usual predictable offering.
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That blue Chevelle looks like a '69. Didn't see much of anything this weekend, mostly stayed around the house and played in the pool and made only a couple trips out..
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This is a fun thread, good to see it updated. I've never had a mower of my own, but growing up I used to help my folks mow the acreage at the country place in Ohio (we've always called it the farm, but we weren't farming anything) and helping my Dad maintain the mowers..we had 4 Snapper Comet riding mowers, a '70, '76, '80, and an '86 vintage IIRC....the older ones were Briggs & Stratton, the later Tecumseh powered and they had more problems...finicky carbys IIRC.
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This point is one of the big hangups I've had with guys who cite Lexus sales numbers-Lexus is both Cadillac and Buick to Toyota's Chevy. I don't like the LS a whole lot, but I have no problem calling it a luxury car. The ES, not so much. To be fair, Lexus has begun to differentiate Lexus from mainstream Toyotas again with the extra emphasis they're putting on stuff like the IS. Lexus seems to be pursuing a two tier strategy---soft FWD based models like the ES and RX for the mainstream entry-lux, and their serious models (RC, IS, GS, LS) RWD based to compete w/ Cadillac and the Germans.. Cadillac has a similar strategy. Lexus seems to emphasizing performance w/ the F models and the violent styling, hoping it catches on against the established Germans.
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So like how the MKS shares its platform with the current Taurus.
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But a 'skilled', entrenched politician can too easily spin away sheer incompetence, whereas a beheading (today) would be harder to argue, caught on a dozen cell phone cameras. Yeah, and too old fashioned. Predator drones work better today..
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Except that it shares nothing with the Fusion, short of some hard points, a few common under body stampings, etc. The Conti will ride on a new CD4.3 chassis, which is heavily updated from the CD4 chassis. But again, it is the system(s) and the overall integration into the total system, that defines the car. So that is the platform the new Taurus will be on?
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Nothing different that I see so far in the Ford and Lincoln model playbook from what Toyota and Lexus are doing w/ their volume models..the Lexus CUVs each share a platform w/ a mainstream Toyota model, and the ES shares a platform with the Camry...so this Continental would be to the Fusion how the ES is to the Camry..
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A FWD/AWD transverse engine approach works fine for some luxury and near-luxury cars, like the current MKS, XTS, LaCrosse, Lexus ES, Avalon, Azera, Credenza, and RLX...the Continental could do well against those models.
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Got gas and used a squeegie to remove bird poo. I should go through a car wash, but it's pointless since there is another chance of rain. My next door neighbors moved out and took most of the cats w/ them, so less cat scratches on the cars these days..and they cut down the tree in their front yard that was dropping sap and tree spines on my Jeep..
