G. David Felt

Sleeping Beauty

Shock Jock might never happen my friend. Your from Canada and your tag name here starts with OLD

Pandemic

Lucky me, Washington only has 31 and like you we had to memorize them and what was the key product for each county. ? Lucky we do not state what county your from, but they do ask the name of the county your in which is weird to out of state transplants as everything here is Indian terms. So I live in Snohomish County.

Hormones'

Current info is only up to 2017. Report here:https://apps.bea.gov/international/xls/mousa-all-value-added.xls https://www.bea.gov/international/di1fdiop

Great read, nice to see they are still nailing the driving for you and the initial impression. Have to say the interior reminds me of VW, So blah and bland to be forgettable.

Acme

I remember learning to drive in my grandfathers truck, 3 on the tree. LOL

To use a phrase from Minions, the little Girl. "THEY ARE SO FLUFFY!!!"

Considering how many larger FWD/AWD Unibody auto's are out there. I see no reason they could not go larger and smaller on the same platform. After all look at the full size FWD/AWD vans that are out in Europe and now America. Easy to take a base and give it a CUV look.

Gotta Love auto stories that are done about what would you give up for your truck especially electric pickups. Interesting the percentages for the various things asked and this is driven by FORD. https://www.autoblog.com/2020/06/22/ford-pickup-truck-survey/ So with the 2021 Ford F-150 Pickup reveal days away, Ford wanted to understand what people would do to hold onto their pickup. This is what Truck owners will give up to hold onto their pickup Quoting the story: Number one was streaming services, with 82% owners ready to drop them. More surprising was alcohol, which was close behind at 79%, followed by coffee at 71%. The numbers began to dwindle with other choices, though, as just under half of respondents would give up their phone for a year versus their trucks and 44% would give up eating meat. The hardest sell was giving up sex for a year, which only got 38% of owners. When it came to an EV Pickup this is what came out: Nationwide, 40% of owners are "excited" about fully electric pickups, which isn't a majority, but is still a sizable chunk. While Ford didn't highlight every state, it did show that the majority of truck owners in California, 62% specifically, are excited for electric pickups. Interesting is that the top 3 choices for going EV all centered around power and capability of the truck, along with charging locations and reduced maintenance were the top 3 items. If your interested in the whole questionnaire that Ford did on their trucks, check it out here where Ford has it posted for the Public. Check out the history of the F-150 Ford Pickup with pictures in the PDF file that starts with Fords first pickup in 1917 to today. Very cool. https://media.ford.com/content/dam/fordmedia/North America/US/2020/06/22/The-Great-American-Truck-Survey-2020.pdf JUNE 25th 8pm EDT for the 2021 Ford F-150 Reveal!

Right, that is the WORST truck ever!

I like not having much body hair but I do have a very full head of hair. I used to get teased in High School about looking like Ronald Reagan because I had my hair combed back the same way as Ronny. Lucky for me my wife like the little chest hair I have. Compared to my oldest sister and her ex who we used to call Bear. Man that guy was hair everywhere with tuffs of hair sticking out from under the cloths. He always complained about being hot and sweaty and wondered what it would be like to not have a ton of body hair. I always teased him that he should go for a body wax and try it. Reminds me of the movie 40yr old virgin.

I know some like a monochromatic look which I believe the Sport package gives. I on the other hand would like a BLACK CHROME package. Shiny but understated. To me it looks very rich and says luxury without the huge traditional chrome bling look.

Some birds are very much this way, but most are not. Especially Sparrows, you can touch them and the parents will still come back and feed them. Always best to minimize interaction with wild animals, but in helping hurt or what looks like abandoned animals, Best to put them into a container and take them to the local shelter.

The Tesla Cybertruck is on display in LA and people lined up to see it. Many say they have warmed up to the design. I have to say that after looking at the images in this story posted online, the video, etc. I still HATE Tesla cyber truck. https://electrek.co/2020/06/20/tesla-cybertruck-prototype-close-look-public-outing-pictures/ Honestly it is not impressive to look at, what appears for headroom would say this will be more bunker style than a Chevrolet Camaro. Over all, I see no good angle from front, back, side or 3/4 that would make me want this truck. The Ford F-150 prototype EV truck and the Rivian are superior looking to me. I have high hopes for the Hummer by GMC EV Truck / SUV also.

Oregon Bus Depot deploys wireless charging system that is in the pavement, freeing up space and decreasing charging time for the deployment of EV buses. https://chargedevs.com/newswire/wave-deploys-wireless-charging-system-at-oregon-bus-depot/ In addition to the news of electric auto's, seems Tesla Long Range Model S has received it's awaited new battery range. 402 miles on a single charge for the updated Tesla S Long range auto. This is a 20% improvement over 2019 models with the same battery pack design. https://chargedevs.com/newswire/tesla-used-a-variety-of-technical-advances-to-increase-model-s-range-to-400-miles/

West Coast to lead the nation in becoming a Diesel free commercial truck zone. Utilities are working with the Class 8 Semi Truck industry as they deploy heavy duty rapid chargers to allow 800V Semi Truck and faster charging stations in support of the future of commercial transit. Along the major freeway system there is already an existing charging network that supports auto's and medium duty trucks from traditional level 1 charging to Level 3 rapid charging and with Level 4 extreme fast charging for vehicles coming on this is getting a boost of support as Utilities invest in having charging systems that will support future Class 8 semi trucks like the new Freightliner EV semi above. GreenCar web site is reporting that the comprehensive 185 page West Coast Clean Transit Corridor Initiative study will truly change as they add high powered DC fast chargers along the 1,300 mile I5 corridor from Mexico to Canada along with sites connecting state highways such as I-8, I-10, I-80 in California, I-84 in Oregon and I-90 in Washington as well as other local routes. 10 years ago, the West Coast Electric Highway was built from Whistler, British Columbia to Mexico with charging stations every 25 to 50 miles along I-5, U.S. 101 and California Hwy 99. The new initiative is to add these direct charging or extreme fast chargers since Semi Trucks (Class 8 ) take 100 times more power than a traditional DC fast charger for auto's. Total cost of the project is estimated at $850 million Full report can be read here: https://www.hdrinc.com/portfolio/west-coast-clean-transit-corridor-initiative PDF version of the report can be downloaded here: https://westcoastcleantransit.com/ Where you can see the 11 utilities that are to take part in this expansion of the charging grid. This is based on the following: Zero-emission MD/HD truck market assessment Zero-emission MD/HD truck forecasts Stakeholder surveys Current trucking market landscape analysis Current utility infrastructure evaluation Current and forecasted truck volumes along the corridor Identification of locations for future electric truck charging facilities

Rivian files new paten for drop tail gate per Teslarati.com. Everyone watches everyone and in the auto industry that is no exception where Rivian is expected to really shake things up. They had shown at an auto show a concept tail gate that dropped. It now seems it could very well be available on the truck as an option over a traditional tail gate or it could become the standard tailgate. Teslarati discovered this reviewing patent filings from December. Patent details of the actual tailgate here: https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2019236967&tab=PCTBIBLIO Teslarati story here: https://www.teslarati.com/rivian-r1t-tailgate-swing-drop-patent/

Fur Children are AWESOME! Hope you had a great fathers day Robert. My kids did an awesome day, recreated what we did for mothers day for me, so air fry chicken breast strips, curly fries and Whirlypop popcorn with real butter and watched two movies. Playing with Fire staring John Cena https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9134216/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 Shazam! staring Zachary Levi https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448115/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 Highly recommend both movies.

I found a shop that will do this and while they will not do any warranty which is understandable on the parts I bring to him. He does warrant his labor. Honestly, I like @riviera74 like a repair shop that uses quality parts. Yes costs a bit more, but worth it for our daughters older 99 Durango. My other auto's are OEM taken care of.

@riviera74 @Robert Hall I do have to wonder why Acura does not have any other sized luxury CUV's. I would think a lager than RDX/MDX and smaller would make sense for Acura. Your thoughts on Acura having additional sized luxury CUV's?

Road Runner