Random Thoughts Thread

[Robert Hall]

As much as I dislike the c-pillar trim, the CT5-V seems like a tasty package, esp. w/ the manual.   The last hurrah of V8 RWD manual sports sedans...  

23 hours ago, balthazar said:

Poor old Jeep...at least in AZ my old one didn't have to deal with rust.   I've seen a few WJs around here with some serious rust around the wheel arches, still on the road after 2 decades...

[G. David Felt]

I am liking this, as such I signed up to be a beta tester.

Anyone else want to beta test with me?

Wearable Air Purifier - Razer Zephyr

[A Horse With No Name]

[A Horse With No Name]

More...

 

[oldshurst442]

[oldshurst442]

 

-  "Hey guys!"

-   "Who's that? Who's he???!!!"  

             

-     "Tony! Tony Esposito!"

 

 

[riviera74]

13 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

Someone that came out several centures ago. The folks in Harry Potter that are well near immortal have nothing on our own Baltazar. 

He is expressing emotional frustration rather than fact. You both are correct....he has every right to be frustrated, but the Camaro, Corvette, Cadillac products, Trucks, show real effort on GM's part. 

 

Real effort on GM's part need to be in every market segment GM competes in.  Ideally, GM would be the market leader in every segment it competes in.  Basically, vehicles such as the Equinox and the Terrain and the Envision should be best in class.  Trucks aside, CUVs are the biggest sellers and GM need to be best in class.

[balthazar]

Who is best in class in every segment they compete in right now?

I mean, shouldn't one examine the leader in order to 'reach higher'?

[G. David Felt]

54 minutes ago, balthazar said:

Who is best in class in every segment they compete in right now?

I mean, shouldn't one examine the leader in order to 'reach higher'?

Sure as hell not the Lemming Leader Toyota! ?

[balthazar]

Nailed the stance! 
 

[daves87rs]

On 8/9/2021 at 12:47 PM, A Horse With No Name said:

Very, very true….

[A Horse With No Name]

9 hours ago, David said:

Sure as hell not the Lemming Leader Toyota! ?

Lots of reasons to avoid them right now. Thier opposition to EV's being one of them. 

9 hours ago, balthazar said:

Nailed the stance! 
 

Damn, I could cruise in this for hours...

[riviera74]

11 hours ago, David said:

Sure as hell not the Lemming Leader Toyota! ?

Unfortunately, Toyota is the best seller in a lot of segments.  Once upon a time, it was Chevrolet.  If only GM can get that sales leadership back with segment leading products. . . . .

[balthazar]

Don't discount what relentlessly pushing for massive volume results in.

[Robert Hall]

1 hour ago, balthazar said:

Don't discount what relentlessly pushing for massive volume results in.

Mediocrity. 

[ccap41]

Come to think of it, I'm not sure if there is a GM vehicle that I would take over the comparable Toyota other than the Silverado and Tahoe(if the Sequoia is that large to compare). 

[oldshurst442]

@ccap41

I had a funny GIF response to your Toyota/gm comment, but posting on an iPhone didnt seem to work…So, imma gonna post it when I go home tonight. Imma not at work either so I cant use the restaurant’s office computer either.  ?

Edited August 11, 2021 by oldshurst442

[ccap41]

10 minutes ago, oldshurst442 said:

@ccap41

I had a funny GIF response to your Toyota/gm comment, but posting on an iPhone didnt seem to work…So, imma gonna post it when I go home tonight. Imma not at work either so I cant use the restaurant’s office computer either.  ?

[G. David Felt]

58 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

Come to think of it, I'm not sure if there is a GM vehicle that I would take over the comparable Toyota other than the Silverado and Tahoe(if the Sequoia is that large to compare). 

I would take the Cadillac in the background over anything Toyota has especially right now.

[trinacriabob]

I don't know if this should be in the joke thread, sort of like "Where does an elephant sit?"  "Anywhere it wants."

Q:  Why did the alligator cross the road in West Mifflin (Pittsburgh), PA?

A:  Because it can.

Gator on the Loose Spotted Crossing Suburban Road in Pennsylvania (msn.com)

Take note of how LOW the fine is for violators who keep animals they shouldn't be keeping.

It would be difficult to relate to people who have a thing for dangerous animals or reptiles as pets.  I'm sure police artists can do a great job of sketching up some stereotypical offending owners.

[ccap41]

25 minutes ago, David said:

I would take the Cadillac in the background over anything Toyota has especially right now.

That's because you're a fanboy and not objectively looking at the two companies' competitive offerings. 

Also, nothing Cadillac makes competes with Toyota-branded vehicles. 

Edited August 11, 2021 by ccap41

[G. David Felt]

9 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

That's because you're a fanboy and not objectively looking at the two companies' competitive offerings. 

Also, nothing Cadillac makes competes with Toyota-branded vehicles. 

Um, not a fan boy, have had and still own other brands including my 1999 Dodge Durango.

Toyota even in their so called full size Sequoia just reeks of cheapness and I honestly do not fit comfortably in it and no one can sit behind me unlike my Escalade which is a requirement. Yes, I get that many people buy what they like, but if you also think of the comfort of others then Toyota would never be on the list as it does not fit large Americans at all comfortably. The interiors are cheapness on par with GM though lately GM interiors have been improving vastly over Toyota.

I could go on but that is just the start of where I would avoid Toyota on top of their hate for BEVs and wanting to push for unsustainable Hydrogen auto's.

[ccap41]

"Um, not a fan boy, ..."

Edited August 11, 2021 by ccap41

[ccap41]

Yeah, neither is SMK! 

[oldshurst442]

7 hours ago, ccap41 said:

Come to think of it, I'm not sure if there is a GM vehicle that I would take over the comparable Toyota other than the Silverado and Tahoe(if the Sequoia is that large to compare). 

 

 

Oldshurst: 

 

CCAP:

[balthazar]

1968: 
 

[oldshurst442]

^^^

Hold on tight to your dream.  Electric Light Orchestra

In 1968. It was a dream.  

 

 

in 2021...its reality.

[balthazar]

Oh; there were electric cars in 1968!  A few... but there.

[A Horse With No Name]

22 hours ago, riviera74 said:

Unfortunately, Toyota is the best seller in a lot of segments.  Once upon a time, it was Chevrolet.  If only GM can get that sales leadership back with segment leading products. . . . .

...or keep building interesting products.

From Audio products to tools to restaurants to clothes....I don't buy the most mass market product in much of anything. Same thing with vehicles. 

RAV 4 Hybrid is a practical piece but ugaly as F. 

I like the new Supra but not so into sports cars any more. 

Tacoma is dated, would rather have a Colorado or Ranger. Or a Gladiator, for that matter. 

Camry....nahhhhh.....25 or 30 grand would buy something more interesting. 

9 hours ago, balthazar said:

Oh; there were electric cars in 1968!  A few... but there.

It would be a cool world if you could have an alternate history and have say the 1950's with all of the cool of the concept cars actually making it into production cars....and a variety of power. ICE Steam, electric, Nuclear fusion, etc...a real Buck Rogers type automotive world....

9 hours ago, oldshurst442 said:

^^^

Hold on tight to your dream.  Electric Light Orchestra

In 1968. It was a dream.  

 

 

in 2021...its reality.

I could see owning a Tesla model 3....I really could. 

 

I love the vintage vibe of this meme...

Speaking of the 60's...I always daydream about cruising in a 409 Powered Bubble top Impala when I hear this song. 

 

[A Horse With No Name]

My friend Mike is not happy with the backup Camera in his Buick at the moment....He is a good buy and an old friend from College. 

Couch is frightened...

[A Horse With No Name]

Last one for a bit..

 

[G. David Felt]

11 hours ago, balthazar said:

Oh; there were electric cars in 1968!  A few... but there.

Yup found this one: 1968 MARS II Electric Car

Update: Early EV – 1968 MARS II Electric Car – Barn Finds

Cool History Note about the 1968 MIT Clean electric auto race.

MIT Electric Vehicle Team: History - The Clean Air Car Race

[balthazar]

C1 Corvette has seen it’s share of knocks, with some folk stating it had poor performance.
I can only believe this is in comparison to later Corvettes, and not it’s competition in the mid-50’s. 

This is a Triumph ad from ‘64- nine years after the C1 debuted. Note the 0-50 time of 12 secs. The ‘53 Corvette was good for a 0-60 in 11. 

 

[trinacriabob]

12 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

 

12 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

Couch is frightened...

 

You come up with some pretty random ones, @A Horse With No Name.  The one with the lion is corny and, yes, my dad once had that same Impala.  But it was a base model coupe, so I'm thinking it had the 283 V8.  He thought it was really reliable and, in his estimation, powerful.  But, then, he never had a driver's license when he lived across the pond. Thinking of the maxim that, in America, "the streets are paved with gold."

The couch one is downright hilarious.  I'm having one delivered within a week.  It should be interesting to see how that goes.

[trinacriabob]

It is an August sighting ... and it's not.  It's more about the license plate frame.

This is "clever" marketing.  This dealership might almost assuredly reach a particular market segment.

I wonder if people in this shopping center parking lot thought I was weird for taking this photo.

And this one.

What would be funny is if the guy is a teetotaler. 

[balthazar]

[daves87rs]

I think the east half of Michigan is out of power right now…over 700k by me….. ? 

[A Horse With No Name]

6 hours ago, balthazar said:

I love me some flathead V8.

 

 

My friend kelly got his Cutlass done, here it is at a small town car show here in Ohio. Proof that old cars do make it out of "under a tarp in the driveway" purgatory. 

5 hours ago, daves87rs said:

I think the east half of Michigan is out of power right now…over 700k by me….. ? 

Bunch of Ohio had issues also. 

[A Horse With No Name]

 

Keeping it Random....

[A Horse With No Name]

 

Council of Karens, apparently...

[A Horse With No Name]

Ghost buster....er...goats butter...

 

 

The woodworker in me loves this one...

 

[A Horse With No Name]

Sorry i couldn't resist...

 

Last one for today...

 

[A Horse With No Name]

[oldshurst442]

 

[balthazar]

> Incest! <

That’s not incest, it’s a xenophobic aversion to multi-cultural diversity. ?

 

[oldshurst442]

 

I edited the above post to re-post Rawlings...

I didnt feel comfortable with the so called joke I posted earlier...

It wasnt THAT funny and it certainly wasnt proper.  It was racist in nature, and I am NOT racist. It didnt have a place in here.  So out it went! 

 

 

 

Edited August 13, 2021 by oldshurst442

[G. David Felt]

5 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

 

Keeping it Random....

Guess this means their God cannot heal everything!  

[trinacriabob]

I found this a couple of days ago.  It becomes a great video when this beautiful airplane lands and you can see all 4 thrust reversers in action.

These things were a big deal in just coming from Madrid to New York, Miami, Chicago, and Los Angeles during the summer.

It was an even bigger deal for these bigger Airbus planes to routinely go from Spain to Central America, Brazil, Buenos Aires, and Santiago de Chile.

This plane (the 600 version) was a little bit longer than the 747-400.  However, the latest 747-800 has reclaimed that distinction.

I flew on this one summer, with the U.S. service provided by American, and picking it up in Chicago on the outbound and returning on the long flight to LAX.  This is an incredible machine, with a more comfortable 2-4-2 seating arrangement and those 4 big engines providing the power.

As they are being retired, I realize how much I will miss the Airbus 340.

[daves87rs]

Need to go camping……

 

[balthazar]