G. David Felt

Agree, we are friends, no sarcasm intended, but we agree to disagree and I do understand your point, but as @surreal1272 pointed out, you buy a high end sound system and Best Buy does not put their logo on that equipment. I expect the same from the Dealership. This is Greasy cheap marketing 101 that I would expect from a less than reputable used auto dealership. If a New Auto Dealership does the job right, they will gain more in advertising by my word of mouth talking about how great the dealership is than a cheesy sticker on the auto or license plate frame. IMHO WOW, WOW, WOW, $3.50 cents for all that is just crazy cheap, but then it is November 22nd 1965, 2 years before I was born. So then bread was 49 cents a loaf on average and gas was 30 cents a gallon. Crazy is according the Government statistics for average hourly wage in 1965 it was $1.85 per hour, so one has to wonder about this price for this service. Agree, hard to wrap ones head around this bill. @surreal1272 The 70's and 80's allot of Asian labeled TVs and Sounds systems were made in the US from unknown high end companies. Pretty crazy, but when you find stuff at a Goodwill or garage sale, and if it is cheap enough, then it is usually worth the time to buy it and try it out. Worst is maybe a few new capacitors soldered in.

CHAdeMo is dead long live CCS. Charged EVs | Electrify America to phase out CHAdeMO charging from 2022 - Charged EVs

License plate frames are the devils work too and I hate them, never allow them to stay on my auto, but always took them off if they were there. Both the vinyl stickers and license plate frames should not be on the auto.

First off PROVE that they make $97,000 per car profit cause right now your saying that $160,000 auto is really only a $63,000 auto. Second except for SNOBS, brand image is NOT that important otherwise Porsche, Mercedes, Ferrari, etc. of the over priced auto's would be the only thing selling.

Tesla Cybertruck is still Vaporware! Only a single 1 off custom hand built toy exists, nothing else does nor will it till they get Model Y production going in Texas. Roadster 2.0 is delayed unspecified build/delivery date. Tesla Semi is delayed till some time in 2022 after Model Y production is going and after the get their new batter cell design to actually produce without such a double digit failure rate. Cybertruck, vaporware at this point with an unspecified date for mules in 2022, indicating at the earliest 2023 maybe. Ford, GM, Rivian will have been out selling far more trucks than Tesla!

The added item by the dealer on this yukon would be a deal breaker for me. No dealer has the right to put their crappy name on my auto that I buy.

This is my plan for my 1994 GMC Suburban SLE from ICE to BEV with a Huge FRUNK and modernization where I deem while keeping it clean and pretty much looking original 1994 to a point. I love projects like this and respect you for wanting old to be kept old or hot rodded, but I like taking old and adding 21st century to it. Very excited for GM Electric Connect Cruise solutions that are coming. Especially the tri motor 1000HP crate solution. As per this story, The Chevrolet Performance eCrate Is Here to Make Electric Drivetrain Swaps Easier Than Ever (thedrive.com) Quote: Chevrolet Performance is even certifying dealerships and aftermarket companies as Electric Connect Cruise and Connect installers, making sure that they'll have the right training and equipment to work on these kits. Michigan's Lingenfelter Performance Engineering—as in, the fast Corvette people—will be the first company to test out the new certification program.

Integrity is everything and clearly Nikola CEO thought he could pull the wool over everyone. Glad they got caught before GM went too far down the rabbit hole with them. I do still love the looks of Nikola pickup truck. This is far superior looking than Tesla CyberTruck. Out of the 4, 3 that for sure will make it to market are all far superior than Tesla Vaporware Truck.

One would hope ones COPO or Fulie would not burn down, but it does happen and is sad. Be it ICE or BEV, loosing an auto to fire is never good. Course Tesla still has their own fire issues as 1 of 250 initial Tesla S Plaid self combusted. Brand new Tesla Model S ‘erupts into flames and briefly traps driver inside after doors malfunctioned’ | upcoming World News

Interesting that while battery cells have been dropping in cost every year, now assembly is being looked at as another place to drop costs and it seems laser connection of cells strung together can be done at a much lower cost. https://chargedevs.com/newswire/laser-bonding-can-cut-battery-assembly-cost-by-50-whitepaper/

Seeing this made me realize I forgot to mention that in the Q2 status report, the Tesla Semi Truck manufacturing has slipped to 2022 along with 4680 battery cell production that both Semi and Cybertruck is to use. Part of the problem that this story points out is that while testing is wrapping up on the battery cells themselves especially crash testing, production runs are having a 10% failure rate. That is not acceptable for a profitable production run rate. They are working on reducing that to a low single digit. Charged EVs | Tesla Q2 earnings report: record billion-dollar income, delays for Semi and Cybertruck - Charged EVs

Agree, based on trailering mode, then anything including a bike rack to carry your Motorcycle should still work with SuperCruise to my way of understanding.

Based on the Q2 report and statements, it seems Cybertruck will start production late 2022 for delivery in 2023. Tesla Cybertruck release date: Elon Musk reveals a disappointing update (inverse.com) Quoting the story which pulled this current stated delivery schedule from the web site: Tesla’s website lists three versions of the Cybertruck: The single-motor rear-wheel-drive version retailing for $39,900. This car will start production in late 2022. The dual-motor all-wheel-drive car retailing for $49,900. This car will start production in late 2021. The tri-motor all-wheel-drive car retailing for $69,900. This car will start production in late 2021. Then you have the following comments from the person who ran the Q2 financial update. But Moravy’s comments during the latest earnings call suggest it could get pushed back to 2022: Fact is that the Model Y will go into production end of 2021, this clearly pushes the cyber truck into a 2022 production with 2023 deliveries.

Do you remember which thread I had posted the chart and link in related to what you are talking about? Been a crazy week and I honestly do not remember. Looking around to see which thread I posted in with a chart and link on maintenance. Hopefully Balthazar will remember. I think it was based on this post about a study on cost and maintenance / ownership.

Cool post Robert, I could live there, but not the wife. I have to laugh at all the comments and how many people say it is too isolated, cars are useless in the fall, winter and spring there. So much negativity and yet really not much about the cool garage that also has auto chargers 220V for BEVs. I would love that kind of garage and an auto collection but here in Western Washington. Sadly, only a pipe dream for me.

@balthazar @oldshurst442 Cadillac Hotel Seattle Style from the early 1900's and still open and running today.

I wonder if the 4 door Camaro is more an answer to the crazy sales of the Dodge Charger than people who bought Mustang, Camaro and Challenger wanting more doors. Agree with you that they should just let the Camaro ride off into the sunset as is with tweaks till they kill it off and use a new name for a 4 door performance sedan. I read today that the Camaro poor sales is due to the style not performance in comparison to the Mustang and Challenger which out sell it. Dodge Challenger Outsells Ford Mustang In Q2 2021, Camaro Barely Alive (motor1.com)

UPDATE ON GM's BEV's. Seems according to the Robb Report and Automotive News both are reporting that GM current 2 door Camaro will survive this decade with minimal change as an ICE and a replacement will be a PowerFul BEV Camaro in 4 doors. Yup, 886HP, 0 to 60 in 2 seconds and 500 miles on a battery charge for the 4 door Camaro. The Chevy Camaro Will Be Replaced by an All-Electric Sedan: Report – Robb Report Automotive news via MSN goes even further with this additional info: Chevy Camaro Reportedly Being Replaced By Electric Sedan (msn.com) The Chevrolet Silverado and GMC electric pickup trucks will be out in 2023 which we have read here already, 2024 is where the Electric Escalade will come out and in 2025, the MALIBU lives on as an electric sedan. By 2035 every vehicle that GM produces will be electric with just the Heavy Duty Pickups retaining ICE. For those looking for one last Hurrah of a Camaro Z/28, forget about it. Seems GM is focused on the EV Camaro and that this DOHC V8 Z/28 has been canceled. Cancelled Camaro Z/28 Packed High-Revving C8 Corvette Z06 DOHC V8 (motor1.com)

Tesla has decided that Americans do not pay enough for their auto's and as such has raised prices again for the 6th consecutive time this year. Prices on the Model Y alone went up $5,500 as Tesla holds the line in China to build market share, but continues to raise prices to boost profitability. In America the Model Y will start at $53,990 compared to China where it starts at $42,394. Alternatives to Tesla cannot come soon enough for the market to make prices more competative. Analysis: Tesla hikes electric car prices in U.S.; holds line in China | Reuters It would appear Tesla has due to raising prices around the globe, but mostly in the US off set their half a billion loss in Green House Gas credits and reported at the quarterly report that they were only able to sell $354 million in credits to other auto companies. Tesla posts record profits, offers muddy outlook for batteries, Cybertruck | Reuters

If this statement was true, then why did Mercedes just buy an electric motor company to power their auto's? YASA makes decent motors, but has not made performance motors per say and yet Mercedes-Benz is on record of buying Yasa Motors of UK to build their AMG electric motors. Charged EVs | Mercedes-Benz acquires motor technology firm YASA - Charged EVs Electric Motor Technology Company YASA Acquired by Mercedes-Benz | Business Wire Quote from the press release: YASA’s expertise and resources will be focused on delivering world-beating electric drive technologies for AMG-Mercedes’ electric-only platform. Philipp Schiemer, CEO of Mercedes-AMG and Head of the Top End Vehicle Group, said, “We warmly welcome YASA to Mercedes-Benz. YASA’s impressive axial-flux technology allows future fully electric Mercedes-AMG performance cars to stay a step ahead of the competition. Thanks to electric motors with higher power density and continuous torque delivery we will redefine the future of driving performance.” YASA’s acquisition by Mercedes-Benz | A message from our CEO, Chris Harris ? Guess this means Germans CANNOT build Performance Leading EV motors. ?

I agree with you that what we see in the concept picture above is luxury, but I have yet to see the lighting like that on the actual production car. That will be interesting to see if they actually delivered or not.

Seems in Tesla quarterly update on the company, they never stated it as delayed, but after multiple same questions on when will the Cyber truck start production, the only answer from Musk was "It will go into production after we start production of the Model Y at the Texas plant by the end of the year." Yes this means the work on Cyber truck test mules to production will happen later in 2022 indicating that they will start deliveries in 2023 way behind Rivian, Ford and GM. Tesla all but confirms Cybertruck production delay until 2022 (electrek.co) Quote from the Quarterly conference call: Lars Moravy, vice president of vehicle engineering at Tesla, responded instead:

Was unable to take a picture, but saw a California Special Edition red Mustang late 60's getting off the freeway today. Looked very much like this one I found on Bing Images. Other thing I noticed was a Chevrolet Suburban with Cadillac taillights. Seems to be a trend lately as I also snapped a pic of a GMC that had them too.

The industry's first true hands-free driver-assistance technology allowing drivers to travel hands-free over 200,000 miles of compatible roads across the U.S. and Canada is coming to 6 model year 2022 vehicles with new capabilities. Super Cruise New Capabilities: Trailering - Customers will be able to trailer their boat, camper and more while driving hands-free. Automatic lane change - The technology can indicate when a lane change is optimal and initiate the maneuver, while following signaling protocols. Enhanced navigation display - Super Cruise compatible roads will be displayed in the in-vehicle navigation systems for vehicles equipped with the embedded Google Maps app and show routes available for hands-free driving, during route selection. Enhanced Super Cruise will be available in the following 2022 models: Cadillac Escalade Cadillac CT4 Cadillac CT5 Chevrolet Silverado GMC Hummer EV Pickup GMC Sierra Underscoring the software expertise at GM is the vehicles intelligence platform which provides more bandwidth and data processing power to support the expanding Super Cruise features. Model year 2021 vehicles that have Super Cruise will get these enhancements via over the air updates. 2022-GMC-Sierra-Super-Cruise-Trailering.mp4 GM is committed to having Super Cruise on 22 vehicle models by 2023 including the Cadillac LYRIQ, GMC HUMMER SUV and many more to come. To date, over 10 million Super Cruise miles have been driven in the U.S. and Canada. GM Introduces New Super Cruise Features to 6 Model Year 2022 Vehicles View full article