@KITT222 on my way!

@Trekkster__T I agree. I think most of the paint change through the years was for environmental reasons.

We dropped Costco 3 years ago for the exact same reason. Have been happy since. We might sign back up for discounts on meat but probably not. Neither of us feel that much craziness is worth it to feed our little family of 6. Yup. It’s bad here.

“I sort of miss the pandemic and the relatively quiet streets and stores. Now it feels like everyone goes everywhere, all the damned time.” Every damn day. People were just so much cooler and everything was relaxed. Now it’s all of America forced into chasing quotas again

@functionoverfashion Yeah it's pretty amazing the extent some owners will go to make their cars unique - props to them for that, I don't think I'll ever have the time, money, or energy for it. In my dreams I'd love for our Outback to be a regular legacy wagon and to have a WRX drivetrain - I have never seen it done on an Outback of my generation so I'm assuming there's a reason it can't be done (at least for reasonable $). I used to have an '05 manual Legacy GT wagon - if there's a way to reincarnate that with our current Outback I'd happily buy my wife a new car and hold on to that as my dadmobile for many years to come.

@Turbineguy-Nom-de-Zoom Overwhelming number of existing cars all over the world are sold in shades of gray. A true color is the 5th best selling choice with 10% of the market, and just about every car sold is available in a true color too, so one can't just use "oh buyers buy what they have to".

https://www.germaincars.com/most-popular-car-colors/

Even in places where most cars are ordered in advance, so you can pick any color, top three sports are shades of gray

https://www.rivervaleleasing.co.uk/blog/posts/the-value-of-britains-most-popular-car-colours#:~:text=Grey remains Britain's most popular,283%2C000 and blue at 276%2C000.

@Gabriella M5. BMW is really good at coming up with creative names.

@Future-Next-Gen-S2000-Owner no, you win nothing

You guys are all leading much more exciting lives than me. I averaged 300 miles per month last year and this year too.

@CB F3EBDF21-4753-44DB-8B5A-18EBD1F5F683.jpeg

@ttyymmnn

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SYDNEY MAISLIN, 73, DIES TRANSPORT FIRM FOUNDER

LEO RYAN | Feb 21, 1995 7:00PM EST

A funeral service was held Tuesday in Montreal for Sydney Maislin who, with his family, started one of the largest transportation companies in Canada and the United States.

He died Sunday at the age of 73 after a brief illness.One of 10 children, Mr. Maislin and his five brothers began to build an enterprise around a second-hand truck in 1946. In 25 years, the company, Maislin Industries Ltd., had expanded into a $US30 million-a-year business with a fleet of 2,500 trucks and over 3,500 employees.

A passion for baseball was translated in the 1960s into a 5 percent share of the Montreal Expos Major League Baseball team.

Maislin, once ranked among the top 10 trucking firms in North America, went bankrupt some 10 years ago. It began running into financial difficulties following the takeover in 1980 of U.S.-based Gateway Transportation Co.

The acquisition coincided with soaring interest rates, a recession, and faster-than-expected deregulation of the U.S. trucking industry.

Maislin Transport, the main operating subsidiary, received a controversial C$34 million loan guarantee from the Canadian federal government in 1982, the year the company reported a C$20 million loss.

In 1983, Maislin Transport, Maislin Transport Delaware Inc. of Detroit and four other U.S. affiliates sought protection from some 2,000 creditors under Canadian and U.S. bankruptcy laws. The bankruptcy and the subsequent effort to collect undercharges from shippers led to the U.S. Supreme Court, where Maislin vs. Primary Steel served as a test case for tens of thousands of outstanding undercharge battles involving tens of millions of dollars.

@GibbsEmphasis Thanks, I'll have to look into the dome circuit and see if there's some draw there.

@Albino-Kangaroo thanks! @Qaaaaa came up with a list, I’m planning on escalating to Karen mode and speaking with The Manager

@The-Crazy-Kanuck I'll wave as I drive by towards cottage country!

@PowderHound When I was a kid, budding dendrochronologists kept their hobbies to themselves!

@Genesis_Haysenhox said in Kids and Jolene.:

Hello there.
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Sigh. Sorry to subject you to my ugly mug. 😂

@Chariotoflove
Goodnight mate.

@e90m3 @Highlander Looks like that little old lady the parking at full opposite lock, if you ask me.

@HammerheadFistpunch I mostly tagged Steve for posterity, but who knows, he might pop in and see it.

@CarsOfFortLangley good driving roads out that way, light traffic.

@ash78 said in Caption this photo:

So tell me, Colonel,

I'm guessing with those 3 stars on his shoulder he's a 3 star general.

@Skyfire77 The flyaway cost is down to something like $80M, though of course that doesn't take into account the program costs. On one hand, all those R&D costs are sunk costs, so it doesn't really make sense to consider them if the question is "should be buy more F-35s or should we shutdown the program?", but it absolutely makes sense to consider them if you want to ask "has the F35 program been a mismanaged clusterfuck?"

@ItalianJobR53 said in OPPOsistance needed:

selective quote on my iphone quotes the entire post

Hopefully the NodeBB team will get this fixed at some point.

@ibRAD
Quick look and they go from £200 to about £1,000 (looks like some are up to £1,600, but most have discounts down to £1,000).
But the upper price is for a full system, that's from birth to four years old.
Package includes:
Maxi-Cosi Adorra Luxe stroller
Maxi-Cosi Oria Luxe Carrycot
Maxi-Cosi Pebble 360 Luxe infant car seat
Footmuff Luxe
Maxi-Cosi FamilyFix 360 Base
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@Mupalup Logical, I think I need to hear some louder engines.

@tysmagic LMAO nice

@WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAthenGTInowA4 Almost immediately, just keep refreshing.

@EssExTee said in Mild Hybrid vs. NA V6 and Turbo 4 Jeeps: A Graph:

Most hybrids have electric horsepower ratings that look abysmally weak to us who are used to ICE engines (30-100hp usually) but they can often get you up to traffic speed quicker than the car's gasoline engine can.

This is what I don't get about all the enthusiasts out there who shit on hybrid tech making its way in to cars. It's awesome! And well proven at this point - and can easily be tuned for efficiency or performance. Hybrid all the cars (I actually do mean that from a gov't reg perspective as well)!

@RallyWrench

I hear you about
too many time-consumers.
We have three of them.

@mhr555 Wait, I thought the "uar" was silent and it was just pronounced "JAAAAAAGG".

@Sam-Blockhan two cars whose owners would almost certainly not have moved in the same social circles when they were new. I mean, the Cadillac guy might have stopped by the Studebaker guy's house to pick up the rent or something

@MM54 said in Brap:

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That's all.

I love the updates! So glad it went to someone who's taking care of it like it deserves!

@Urambo-Tauro im going to assume they are all called tracker mctrackyface

@ash78
Prior to the Red Arrows, there was the Black Arrows.
As the video below says, the French named them and they started out as a formation of four, going up to a formation of nine.
At one point 22 Hunters doing a loop.
I'd of loved to of seen that in person.
Can you imagine four in formation, now picture 22. Wow.

@dejock this is under a building owned and occupied by the World Bank. 18th and G.

I used to live right by Canal Center. And when I was high school I smoked a lot of pot down there by the water.

@JunkleMKVII

Oh man, very nice.

@pip-bip Night

@ibRAD wtf…thats seems weird to me

@RallyWrench Damn. Mexico is really far.

Ah, but I live in place with the second highest population of Hispanics in the US, so we might-could figure something out.

@WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAthenGTInowA4 I thought someone was going to pick up on that immediately.

@Skyfire77 said in On This Day...:

1928 – Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (d. 1982)

"Simplify, then add lightness" I wish it were possible for some car company to go there today..

@іди-на-хуй-Влад-formerly-known-as-Distraxi I have nothing to add but am very interested in the responses as a work trip to Dublin is likely for me this fall.

And yes the @ feature is really difficult to use if you have anything other than English characters in your name.

@pip-bip It's currently waiting on an engine, so maybe after that happens. Super clean though.

@EssExTee
the only reasonable response is, "for you, my friend 200."

@WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAthenGTInowA4 said in DOTS Lucid:

@Shop-Teacher said in DOTS Lucid:

@Roadkilled Looks much better in that color than that gold it launched in.

I saw a gold one in Scottsdale a few months ago and I thought it fit the car really well. They look way better in person than in pictures IMO.

I'll take your word for it, until I see one in person.

@trivet part 2 is done it’s being posted tomorrow

I love a lowered GMT400. But not lowered THAT much, especially with the fabulous roads of Michigan. Looks like a good way to destroy all the disks in your spine and shake loose all your teeth.

@krustywantout I know. It just feels very weird.

@gmctavish Boxy box.

@Nicky-Chagrin-Janitor-of-SHIELD
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Yes please.

@Mupalup I mean, it’s really just the Milano platform with an insane body and a couple upgraded suspension and engine parts, I keep several of these setups running for quite reasonable costs. Especially if it’s in good shape when you buy it, the upkeep isn’t worse than any other 30+ year old car, and certainly an order of magnitude cheaper than a contemporary like a 348 or Shamal since there’s no turbos and you can replace the timing belt in situ.

@BJ

@aremmes Yep, that plus not giving it a flat surface where snowdrifts can build up. I bet a 30'+ drift isn't uncommon there. This would let it blow right under.

@pip-bip
Who said Italy never invaded Russia?

@pip-bip Gimme that drivetrain and battery for my Rampage!

@ClassicDatsunDebate

That is disturbing on so many levels.......

@Cash-Rewards I’d love to see that, too! I should have asked the owner...

@RacinBob said in How about this one?:

drive it only on sunny day

I would like to avoid that scenario though. I sold my E55 because it turned into a garage queen and my spouse reminds me of that every time I consider something 'special'

@KITT222 I'll be there in my Caballero

@Darkbrador barvo...barvo my friend.

I'd probably do a guards red Cayman GT4 & super loaded F150 Lightning.