So far, that’s the only one I’ve seen. It’s usually a bad sign to only see one of a vehicle around here soon after it’s released. I’ve seen a ton of barely released vehicles over the years. In 1991(?) I saw the Jeep Grand Cherokee that was shown at the Detroit Auto Show, the one that was driven through a pane of…

My ‘79 Trans Am had one of the worst factory paint jobs I’ve ever seen, except a friend’s Chevy truck which had paint peeling off every panel. They repainted it, and while it wasn’t great, it was a huge improvement. I had found a guy who painted cars and was about to repaint my T/A in a slightly different red than it…

I actually know a couple of guys, it’s always guys, who love it, or claim to. I don’t think anyone just is “OK” with it, you love it or hate it. Even my one very conservative friend, both in cars and colors, hates DG with a passion, and he likes very muted colors on vehicles. Another friend loves DG and plans to look…

A friend of mine lasted two weeks at a local Dodge dealer. He just couldn’t bring himself to screw over people and families who really shouldn’t have even considered buying a new car, let alone a loaded up Ram 1500 Quad Cab. The only sale he didn’t feel guilty about was the Ram stripper he sold to his brother in law.…

They have at least made it to Ohio. Been here quite a while.

Was it on Secor near Central? That’s where I saw one parked at Bubba 33's, I think it was. I just laughed and thought, “What kind of dork would buy that thing?”.

I saw my first one on Telegraph Rd, between Toledo and Monroe, MI a couple of weeks ago, then saw another one(?) in Toledo. I see a green Rivian all the time, and the owner seems to like it a lot.

We call it “Grey Primer Pearlcoat” around here. My previous most hated color was F8 Green. I still hate F8, but not at near the level of DG. My one friend who was born in the old USSR says it reminds him of his childhood in whatever town they lived in, most everything was f’ing grey. 

When I got mine in ‘81, the catalytic converter was plugged solid, to the point that the car could not turn a tire. Holding the brake and punching it produced a sick “Squeak”, and off it went. I had spoken to Mondello Performance before buying it and was assured by Joe himself that the weak Olds 403 could be made into…

I still miss my ‘79. Not my favorite looks wise, that front end is kinda silly looking, but it was a lot of fun, after I modded the crap out of it. It took about $3K of parts and about $1K of labor in 1981 to make it a 13 second car.

I remember in almost perfect detail the day my neighbor brought home his ‘68 Charger R/T. 440, 727, red, no vinyl top nonsense, just the white stripe around it’s ass, with a black interior. Perfect. He took a bunch of us for rides in it a few days after he got it.

Not taking into consideration how stupid looking it is, or all the problems people are having with it, but how and where is he charging it? I don’t know any apartment buildings, regardless of the rental costs, that has a charger on an outside parking area. If I wanted to buy an electric vehicle, I would have to rent a…

I never knew the 4.6 was available in it. Oh well, it kept my Fordaphobia alive and well, even to this day. The Mustang is the only other Ford I ever considered buying, and I just have to admit, I never understood the styling of it, or almost any Ford made before the early 2000's. My favorites, looks wise, are almost…

I don’t know if it was the same bridge, but I remember getting kind of tense going over some bridge down there about 35 years ago. Seeing the damn water was not a good thing for me at all. There was a really shitty looking old bridge next to the one I was on, and thinking, “This is the new one” was a help. I had to go…

About 1980, I was at a multiscreen (Big Six?)Las Vegas drive in theatre, there was some movie playing on it’s last day and a friend was supposed to go, but couldn’t, so I went with my 2 dogs. I went to the snack bar and bathroom, and came out with goodies for me and Joe and Blackie. Suddenly, this drunk guy grabs me…

I used to work with some old guy who said he was restoring an old pickup truck. I assumed he was talking about anything other than a Chevy LUV or a Ford Courier, or whatever the Mazda version was called. Nope, Chevy LUV, and he and his son would travel all over the country looking for parts trucks and in one case, one…

The closest Ford ever got for me to buy something they made was when it was rumored there would be a Sport Trac with decent power. The one they did sell was gutless, IMHO, and when the rumors of the “big engine” started, I was very interested. When it came out there would be no “big engine”, I was done wanting a Sport…

No, it looks better, but it’s a low bar to get over, as the manufacturers seem to be going out of their way to ugly up pickups.

A friend of mine was all jazzed to buy a Gladiator when they were first announced. First stop sign was the announced price. Then he finally saw one in person, and that was enough to end his wanting to buy one. I sat in one at the dealership and the price tag seemed about $10K too high to me, it just seems like a very…

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