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Rivian has said that this works just fine on asphalt, but it does wear down the tires when dry compared to wet or snow. Situations where tank turning like this is a big benefit, accidents where you need to get out of the blocked traffic and move on elsewhere, any weather related situation where you need to move in an alternative path like fallen trees, I can actually see this being very beneficial depending on where you are and what the conditions are when out and about in a storm. Very cool, I wonder what they are thinking on that wheel assembly.

Ok, tried uploading, it is 75mb size video of a walk around on the lovely Rocket 88 olds! 20190725_163009.mp4

20190725_163009.mp4 In the little town of Duvall Washington visiting my sister and came across two awesome old autos. International truck This next one I know will be loved by many here, @Drew Dowdell @balthazar @oldshurst442 @Robert Hall @A Horse With No Name @ocnblu I am sure there are others, but this baby is perfect for this sunny day. 20190725_163009.mp4

Jason Kicks off Saleen new product line in China both full EV and ICE performance.

Soooo, Rivian made them take it down as it infringed on their copyrights. At the 2 min mark in the video you see the truck come down this dirt road to a non passable hole in the road and then do a tank 360 turn in place to continue back up the way it came. Very cool and for sure will offer people an easier way to get out of a tight situation. Found this screen grab that someone else had done. Too bad I did not think about it, could have done a screen recording of the video to post then.

This times a Million! Tired of seeing so called special auto's bought and parked in private collections and never seen on the streets. Makes sure to sell to people who will commit to driving them.

This is awesome and should spark interest for those that pull a boat or RV. Way to go GM!

That is a bum, very cool seeing the R1T do a 360 in place. Talk about an awesome feature of EV's to have the controllers cause the motors to reverse so you can spin in place. Story says that Rivian has an even better video of real production R1T doing it but is not ready to show it off yet. I hope they release it soon as it would drive excitement for their products.

LOL, so behind this morning, totally missed your story when I posted my post. Thank you Drew

928 and 959 are the only two cars from Porsche that I love. The rest are just ok, great performance, but just ok to me. The style of those first two are awesome. Used to see Bill Gates drive one of his three various 959 to the crab shack in Kirkland. He loved them before the gov stopped letting the 959 in. I have to laugh as I find some just love or hate the carbon fiber trim thing. To me, it depends on color and style of how it is incorporated as I can take it or leave it. I do like it on the Cadillac V series of auto's.

BBC is reporting that Nissan has finalized the cuts as 12,500 jobs globally on top of assembly plant closures. 6,400 lay offs have already happened at eight locations. The rest will be done by the end of the year. They also plan to shed an additional 6,100 global jobs between 2020 and 2022 at six additional locations. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49109307 This is in addition to reporting a 94.5% drop in net profit for Q1 of 2019, worst in decades. UK Sunderland is hoping to avoid job cuts but Nissan has announced that the new X-Trail auto will be built in Japan and exported rather than in the UK due to the Brexit uncertainty.

This is way to weird and wrong for the potential 2020 new Escalade imho.

Detroit 3 Truck makers CANNOT do this, Rivian will have a Tank Feature on their Truck and SUV for added Off-road capability. https://electrek.co/2019/07/24/rivian-electric-pickup-truck-tank-steer-video/ Very Cool

Thanks, found this story on Android Auto and the wireless feature, but it uses so much power, not worth having it they say. Yet for short trips, still interesting. https://www.extremetech.com/mobile/267568-google-rolls-out-wireless-android-auto-but-almost-no-one-can-use-it Found this with good info also: https://www.tomsguide.com/us/android-auto-faq,news-20799.html

Yes, a break even halo auto is always desired, but the issues MB has had with this hypercar is pushing it to the point of cancellation on top of now a 2021 release date. Heck other auto companies could have superior hypercars out by then.

I thought you also could connect via Bluetooth to the built in auto system.

Is it just me or is BMW STUPID for charging for Carplay when Kia offers it for free plus Android auto? https://www.thedrive.com/news/29134/bmw-is-charging-owners-an-80-annual-subscription-fee-to-use-apple-carplay So now you have to pay $80 a year to get access on your POS BMW auto for Carplay and screw you Android users. Seems to me that BMW does not want tech users in their auto's. IDIOTS! ?

The company is bleeding billions and no matter how much you have in the bank, one has to face the music, how much more do you invest in a project that has yet to return a profit let alone break even cost and seems to still not be able to be legal for common road driving? The AMG One needs to be shut down, accept that this was a project that was not possible to achieve and focus on something that is.

Welcome to the global recession start. Expect job cuts in many countries world wide of basic worker assembly line jobs to manual labor day jobs. Time for the world to take a break and focus on reduction of debt. This is going to hurt many.

So let's take a hard look at MB sales which was posted here: Based on these numbers for the first 6 months, anything under 10,000 a year sold is not considered profitable by the auto industry, the following models should be cut: B-Class - Only 6 sold year to date. SLC - Only 1,187 sold year to date. SL - Only 928 sold year to date. AMG GT - Only 1,858 sold year to date. G-Class - Only 3,819 sold year to date. Smart - Only 496 sold year to date. I am sure there are other models that if we broke down the coupe versus regular models we could find additional efficiencies by model reduction. Also, All customers effective immediately should get refunds for the Vaporware Hypercar that is not able to be made roadworthy and really is a waste of time and money since the F1 engine was never designed for street legal roads.

Wonder how long and which ones will last the CUV craze? Could it be FCA, Toyota, Honda and Hyundai still or will it reduce down to 1 or 2 only? ?

@ccap41 I start it off for you.

Agreed, was not a fan at all of his late night show or any of those shows, but loved his car show as a down to earth car guy. At least he has shared what other wealthy collectors do not share with the rest of us worker bees. Agreed that his tranny comments were a bit of a surprise and what made me think he is showing his age now and being forgetful. Wonder what will happen to his auto collection when he dies? ? Hopefully some museum will get it at least. Please Post, all brands are subject to be laughed at especially when they break in half.

Just pulled into my 24hr Fitness to work out and a bright orange Challanger T/A plus is what I parked next to. Weird how many I am seeing of them now and it was a millennial who owned it. Been allot of that age group buying these cars.

Today has been a Challenger day, 3 new one, 2 used with one being a demon. Wow