Robert Hall

There are many things.

The transmission on my old Jeep was starting to slip on upshifts back in early 2017, at over 16 years old and 170k I knew it was not long for this world and made no sense to spend further on it..that was when I decided to trade for my '14. Other that that, I've never had transmission issues in 35 years of driving... 4 cars and 1 SUV w/ manuals, 4 cars w/ automatics and 2 SUVs w/ automatics.

'IC' can also imply Internal Combustion like in ICE, not the image they want for EVs... 'IQ' sounds OK....definitely better than '-E' on everything...I could have seen them having XT3-E, XT5-E, CT4-E, CT6-E, Escalade-E, etc... Ya, damp weather and cold here, feeling my 51 years of age...joint pain w/ the stairs (after living most of my adult life without stairs it's been a challenge getting used to them the last few years), etc...

'Generiq' as in 'generic'. Not 'Geriatriq' if that is what you are implying...

Diesel? I thought the GM truck V8s were all still pushrod

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Sounds ok, as long as they don’t name something ‘Generiq’.

Speaking of the decaying and dying planet, heard about this on a podcast..'Earth's Black Box' project in Tasmania...pretty interesting.. going to recording lots of data. https://www.earthsblackbox.com/

It's a Chrysler New Yorker, '79-81. The St Regis (along w/ the Newport and Gran Fury) was plainer without the goofy top treatment. The only thing distinctive about the St Regis is it had a sloped nose w/ the clear headlight covers from the Magnum. Chrysler New Yorker...there is one around here in the same color that was in good shape when I moved here almost 5 years ago, but it got hit on the right rear corner in '18 or so...have seen it a couple times since then, still damaged. The short-lived R-bodies replaced the battleship C-bodies for '79, and were basically the old midsize B-body underneath w/ squared off new styling.

Watched Peter Jackson's excellent Beatles documentary 'Get Back' last weekend. Also watched the recent 'Nobody' (John Wick style thriller w/ Bob Odenkirk and RZA as brothers!), 'From a Vine' (recent light comedy/drama w/ Joe Pantoliano as a burnt out Canadian auto exec that moves to rural Italy to restore his grandfather's winery), and a couple good '80s British cold war dramas w/ Michael Caine ("Fourth Protocol" w/ Pierce Brosnan also) and 'The Whistle Blower'.

Your Escalade is 15 years old, isn't it? Stuff GM was doing then is in no way relevant to what they are doing now..isn't even the same company....that's as lame as me criticizing modern Stellantis for something that Daimler Chrysler did 20 years ago...

Watched part 1 of Peter Jackson's Beatles 'Get Back' documentary on Disney+ last night...pretty good, footage from 1969 rehearsals..

Drizzly cloudy 45 degrees on Thanksgiving, taken a few walks up and down my street w/ the dogs, lots of people having visitors for the holiday, and I saw 1/2 dozen current generation GMC Terrains...

Looks a lot better than the gray plastic in Chevys, Toyotas, etc.. it's sort of at Acura or Buick level...

Apples and oranges, though...the Rivian costs more than twice what the Mazda does. The Mazda is quite nice for a cheap CUV.

^I don't care for the canted headlights on the '61-62 Chryslers, but think the similar '60 is pretty sharp, though outside my era of interest.

@trinacriabobSounds like only a couple more years of the Charger and Challenger then it's game over. Both gone by 2024 and replaced by a new EV. Sad to read. https://jalopnik.com/dodge-sets-2024-death-date-for-charger-and-challenger-t-1848103833

I remember laughing at the signs for that place on I-44 in June 2017 when I made my escape from Arizona drive to Ohio. Went past there early (around 7am) and it was foggy. That appears to be a Chevy 2dr sedan from around 1949.

1991 Jeep Grand Wagoneer and 2022 Jeep Grand Wagoneer. Slight difference in size.

It's pretty nice looking for what it is...way too small for me, but nice interior and clean exterior design.

Saw this clean late 80s-early 90s Saab 900 4dr sedan. Haven’t seen one in ages, seems most of that era were hatchbacks.

Someone in my area has a dark red Toronado of that vintage, a late 90s Riviera, and a late 90s Regal sedan.

I think that is a late 80s Toronado? I thought it was a W-body Cutlass, but it's different. Definitely looks like an Olds steering wheel. IIRC, some Chevy and Olds models used that style of shifter in the 70s (as did the '69-70 Ford XL).

I kind of like the old school column shift automatic also..

I have driven many '05+ Impalas and a couple of the most recent Impalas as rentals, along w/ Malibus of the last 4 generations. Any of them would be fine daily driver/commuter cars...I'd be inclined to go with the newest I could find, so the cabin tech wouldn't be so out of date.