trinacriabob

You make sense to me. It's too big of a paradigm shift for people who are used to cars and want no more than cars. I see Ford Fusions everywhere and I think KIa Fortes are probably very reliable. We know the Asians and Europeans will not exit the car market. Also, with each refresh, these little Asian cars have gotten a little bit bigger (more comfortable) and feature more advanced technology, such as forward collision alert and avoid.

urine

Angel's Flight (the clothing, not the funicular)

Me like. Sort of. For the memories. What year is this one? I remember when they had an upline Ghia version and they'd outfit it in silver, with a padded silver landau or full vinyl top, and somewhat potent burgundy velour bucket seats, so it was a small coupe functioning as a pimp mobile that people mistakenly thought was luxurious. And, yes, with an ornery 2.3 inline 4, IIRC, that pinged up a storm. Found it. Silver on silver, burgundy interior and pin stripes Yikes! However, there is a full gauge package. (I liked it when the gauge package was over to the right.) And also a digital clock. (Nice feature ... until they gave up the ghost.) For a while, people really liked these little turds until their reliability, or lack thereof, was better understood.

Very true about colleges. Just because it's 1.5x tougher to get into, does it mean it's 1.5x tougher in its equivalent courses and to get through? Probably not. What will happen at the more prestigious schools is that more students, percentage wise, will produce better work - tests, research, papers, assignments, etc. - so there will be higher grades on transcripts across the board. I have a friend who is a civil engineer in CA who went to one of the flagship state universities in the Mountain West. He said, "We used the same textbooks that they did at Berkeley." I thought, "Bronze plate that one." He commuted from home to his university. He couldn't do that with Berkeley. And this guy is super smart.

Isn't it amazing how some types of journalism gel with you while others do not? Either way, you couldn't get the major automotive magazines out of my hands by the time I started high school. My parents didn't like that. They felt I should study more. For not having studied much at all, pulling an A minus average at a Catholic high school and not getting into trouble wasn't all that bad. The only problem was that the very best colleges would have laughed at my application and used it as toilet paper.

Hipster !

This is much like a buffet. Only once or twice a month, max., is doable. But I get it.

I qualify under all 4 criteria, with never fake and telling it like it is especially striking a chord. - - - - - Okay, while it will never be BREAD 8, this image I saw shows that yet another Californian has a wicked sense of humor:

The 400 was born by then? Interesting. Someone who saw the photos did say '67.

I haven't been able to get into this most recent Sonata ... mentally. It's mostly the styling, from the derivative front end to the rear tail lamps that also remind of me of something else. A lot of odd angles. It's like Hyundai was trying too hard. "No, thanks" to this car for me. The interior is more appealing than the exterior. The fit and finish is good. The console is too high for my taste. The slot in the center stack is larger than before, and than in many similar cars. Having a more useful cubby hole there is a good thing. I happened to be looking at Hyundais on a lot this weekend and the base model stickers out at $ 24 K. The $ 34 K ones on the lot (like this one) had the panoramic roof. An increase of $ 10 K is a tough pill to swallow for the same platform, even with all the upgrades.

I probably qualify, but rarely got into trouble. More often than not, it tends to be middle and last born kids. For me, I think it was mostly about attitude. - - - - - Also spotted this weekend ... this was just a regular restaurant serving a happy hour on its patio, and someone obviously decided to drive their classic Pontiac GTO (426, 429, not sure) to it. The front end treatment is suggestive of the big Bonneville Thinking back, this roof line was sleek compared to the more stout '65s A signature on the hood to remind you it's a Pontiac. Pull tabs, so no A/C. No electric gizmos. Blue! Don't know the name for this finned back lite treatment, but it was unique to the GM mid-sizes of this run of a few MYs. Great tail lamps. Horizontal makes the car look sportier, IMHO. Possibly Grand Prix related, in a way. This was a pleasant surprise.

Spotted on 9/11/2020. I guess this accessory exists, but it's the first time I've seen it. The owner saw me taking a photo and laughed.

I haven't forgotten when the Seattle area hit 114 F one summer. I was not living there when it happened. But that statistic, being at the 47th parallel, is something that I still remember. When it comes to AZ, the auditorium at ASU has that Jetsons look. Theme building at LAX, too. When I was a kid, we'd go up on that observation platform and watch 747s take off and land.

Which "famous" family lived in this apartment or condo tower? Three guesses and the first two don't count. Amazing how much the look of this type of building was replicated in warmer places (CA, NV, AZ, and FL) during the '60s and early '70s. This family was therefore a trendsetter, too.

This is the one of the goofiest songs around. Picture yourself in a lava lamp shop with this as background music. The icing on the cake is the lady saying random things in Spanish in the background. I think that asking students to decipher what she is saying, assuming you can hear her more clearly, would make for a good extra credit question on a Spanish 102 exam.

I'm laughing with rather than at. Had it not been for that color, I wouldn't have photographed it because these old schools propped up high are around here and there. But this person spent some coin to paint that car and put on those tires and wheels. I'm with you on the flooding. It will cross intersections that are under water with NO problem, just like the wearer of these pants. That song, and band, were good. And yes to that Caprice. Though it would be much sweeter and more economical in purist form and with a small 4.3 V8. (I did not bother to ask anyone hanging around which engine it had since I was making a 3 point turn.)

Two posts in one: 1) A random thought, since I saw this about 5 years ago in the Sunshine State and had to take a photo (I can't imagine the ride being as smooth as it could be with this set up) 2) What are you listening to? This.

I had just been reading the admin staff review on the newer Volvo sedan and I saw one right after that. Here it is. It's fairly safe looking. I like the rear fascia fairly well. I saw those frumpy, old school a/c vents (and knobs) inside. If Volvos were anything like they used to be, or were reputed to be, it should feel like a bank vault and last a good long while.

I didn't coin the term. Somehow, automotive journalists and car fans latched onto it. I'm guessing it referred to Pontiacs with more verticality in their rounded grilles and the above photo is the closest I could come to that. It certainly would not apply to the grille of, say, a '75 Firebird or Grand Le Mans.

Voila. I think I dug up something that might qualify ... or get closer to the notion of the Pontiac twin kidney grille look. This Montana is 2006 vintage. When I've been given these sorts of vehicles as rentals, I have enjoyed them. They ride smoothly and weren't too bad on gas. I can think of a few times I would have liked this sort of sled ... buying something large, relocating, road tripping, etc. If a person might consider camping but no longer relishes the roughing it days from being a Boy Scout, one can sleep in the back of these. If a bear were to come after your tent, you might be in deep sh*t. If it comes after your Pontiac minivan, you might be able to come to your senses quickly and drive off.

I like just about all of it except for the strong 45 degree angle at the rear door. The sculpting in the front door is slightly Charger-esque, which is fine. I like the grille. But, gosh darn, I love that Ford grille I recently saw on a truck in a parking garage for a gym ... and I'm not usually fond of Ford products.

I like rankings. At least to read them and think about whether I agree or disagree. They have enough subjectivity in them. This one is interesting. It ranks the best 50 universities in the WORLD. There are some predictable inclusions on the list, which also includes universities in Europe, Asia, and Australia in addition to those in the U.S. Forbes's list of the 50 best universities in the world The 1st and 2nd spots go to Oxford and Cambridge, respectively. They look both too Gothic, too overcast, and too smug for my taste. The 3rd spot went to Stanford, which was the top rated American University. MIT and Harvard followed. Of the state universities, UC Berkeley took the top honors on the list, with UCLA and Michigan not far behind. Of the three great Canadian universities, University of Toronto led, followed by UBC and McGill. It's cool that both the University of Washington made the list (#28), as well as the University of Illinois (#50). I looked at the list twice for one head scratcher (making the list and checking it twice): the University of Virginia, considered America's "Public Ivy," was not on the list. Now I need a list of the best places to live to entertain me some more.

I'm speaking in generalities. Pontiac and Olds usually had two piece divided grilles* while Buick and Chevrolet preferred one piece grilles ... for the most part. In looking at the mid '70s Firebirds and Camaros, both of which I liked, the Firebird had a more commanding presence with the twin kidney grille with a slight cant in the middle, along with the three bands in the horizontal tail lamps. Camaro ratcheted up its game in '78 when it took its tail lamps farther across, with bigger amber and white pieces in the light assembly. I'm just saying how much I liked that generation of Firebird and breaking the tie between the Firebird and the Camaro was easy (except for the overstyled 1977 and 1978, as in WTF?) *or trim that suggested the divide, as in their mid-'70s full-sizes

Yes, FoMoCo Lincoln's Cimarron-like product and response. Both worth a chuckle. Neither worth buying.