G. David Felt

I get what your saying, cold allows the virus to replicate and mutate, yet also moisture does the same thing, so too humid of a summer could set us up for a perfect storm of infection and death. This is following the same trends of the Influenza of 1918 where the first wave hit early spring and then the worse was fall of 1918 before a vaccine was created and it settled down. This time, I suspect it will be worse than 1918 as we have more population and with incompetence in government, even with states taking on a bigger role for PPE, I think the civil unrest and global stand up to the cast of 1% that think they are better than the rest is going to leave us with a much larger hit to the population. One does have to wonder since this is hitting smokers, seniors and out of shape folks harder than those that can afford to eat healthier and stay in shape how much the governments are hoping it kills off the population that relies now on certain government programs. From Social Services to our paid and due to all US citizens who have paid in the much earned Social Security check and Medicare. We do live in interesting times.

Sugar cane

Here the modeling by the University of Washington has September 15th as the rough date of the start of the second wave with 10's of thousands expected to die form the second wave of infection across the US. https://www.king5.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/washington-state-seattle-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-updates/281-f25ae809-6b2d-4577-8915-2c04f5655589

Reported by Bloomberg, Goldman cuts Tesla and makes GM a buy on better than expected sales. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-12/goldman-cuts-tesla-and-makes-gm-a-buy-on-better-sales-outlook

UK Unions have told the news that manufacturing is on the brink of Collapse due to inaction from the government. https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/tunedin/uk-manufacturing-industry-on-brink-of-historic-collapse/vi-BB15lU7K?ocid=msedgntp Seems they think every auto company in UK will be gone if the gov does not respond.

Tennessee Whiskey

These are the top 4 Premium II with 9sp transmission and trailering package plus moonroof.

Fireball

Tipsy

Breath mint

I cannot imagine any car person who would not love to own this. 1970 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser 442 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna 454

Alto

Sleep

Hey, just saw this, did not realize Mazda is coming back to the truck market. It is an Isuzu based truck and will have a turbo diesel along with gas that @ocnblu should like. https://www.motor1.com/news/428154/2021-mazda-bt50-teaser/

Love at first site!!! 1965 Pontiac 2+2 One I will always think fondly of is the 1993 GMC Typhoon. 0 to 60 in 5.3 seconds, AWD and faster than a Ferrari 348 of the same time periof.

Stirred

WOW, Some very cool news and I know some will really like, looking @ocnblu will love this confirmation. BRONCO to have 7sp manual transmission with a Crawl gear for the 4x4. https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/2021-bronco-s-seven-speed-manual-will-boast-a-low-range-crawl-gear/ar-BB15lMbd?ocid=msedgntp Ford Executive is now saying the Bronco will be superior in every way to the Wrangler. https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/ford-exec-talks-smack-says-bronco-will-be-superior-to-wrangler/ar-BB15jACj?ocid=msedgntp More Leaked photos's of the Bronco. https://www.motor1.com/news/403527/2021-ford-bronco-leaked-again/?utm_source=msn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=msn-feed https://www.motor1.com/news/403191/2021-ford-bronco-possible-leak/?utm_source=msn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=msn-feed 1969 Chevrolet Kingswood with 427

Bond

Overall, I tolerate the masks, I find it hard to breath through my N95 mask and the wife who is Korean and used to masks as are our kids have washable ones and so use them when in stores, but then put them into a paperbag upon getting back into the auto, then hand sanitizer before touching anything else in the auto. I have tried the paper ones, tried the cloth ones and the big size of my face causes the exhaled air to go up and fog my glasses, so back to the N95 which has a rubber seal under my eyes so it does not affect my glasses, breath in through my nose, out through the mouth to go out the front exhaust port. Over all Tolerable as I said, Other than our Costco runs and Korean grocery store run, the once a month run to Home Depot, anything else is Amazon and we stay socially distant from all family and friend for now till a vaccine is available. Just not taking the chances as so many others in HOT states of infection are. Zoom calls with family and friends works for us.

WOW ? https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-coronavirus-cases-world-map/

? Wonder how they are sanitizing the rental auto's with Covid-19 raging in Florida?

French

This is what I have heard here from the local collision repair shop, they say no one really likes them on the inside as too tight and when it comes to a collision, they seem to crumple like a Bud Light Beer Can making repairs very hard. Wonder if this is due to the design of the unibody construction. Seems to be a throw away auto if in an accident.

Wedgie

So your saying that $249 a month for 36 months is too much for people to afford a Bolt? Looking at the time machine of past, GM had it at $349 last summer. Even that is much cheaper than many other ICE options. I think the bigger issue is the lack of Marketing by GM for the Bolt and the same for Nissan as the leaf is in the same price range. Yes I agree with you that Tesla are way over priced for what you get, but I think in many regards, the lack of information, marketing and dealer training is what also holds back EV sales. IMHO