Senators are NOT based on population. Might want to head back to grade school social studies...

“It affects them because basic economics dictates that it’s impractical to cater to both markets separately in most cases.”

THAT’S ON THEM!!! That isn’t on California or the other states you’ve conveniently not included in that 12% figure that signed on for the same standards. If an automaker wanted to jack the price…

“Do you prefer that or just going to the dealer?”

Well, it’s been awhile since I’ve seen an Oldsmobile dealer. So...

I’d like to preemptively apologize for the shittiness in my previous reply. It was uncalled for and nothing you said deserved that type of response. While I stand by the technical aspects of the reply, I sincerely apologize for the berating.  

“Who tightens their lug nuts with a F#@^# torque wrench...”

I do with aluminum wheels when I’m not being lazy. I honestly don’t think I’ve ever seen a shop use one though.

“This isn’t a matter of mechanical engineering, it’s a matter of use and interpretation of the English language.”

Says someone who clearly doesn’t have the expertise to make such a judgement. Finger tight would still last more than 2 blocks. There are a LOT of threads that a lugnut engages. There is absolutely zero…

“Hi there - I’m also a mechanical engineer, and you are wrong.”

No I’m not. Clearly you aren’t a very good MechE if you think so.

“”Feather-tight” is still “tight” - and it will most certainly allow the wheel to come off.”

“The mechanics in this case DID attach all the wheels to the car with the lug nuts and tighten them.”

No they didn’t. Allow the Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering to step into what is very clearly NOT your expertise. You cannot tighten lugnuts on a wheel and have said wheel come off in two fucking blocks. They were not…

“If this Corvette really does have a substantial underrating in power than why does the performance not correlate with the numbers?”

Cuz it isn’t underrated.

“In MT’s tests, the Corvette only beat a Porsche Carrera S to 60mph by .1 seconds. The Porsche only has 443hp and was tested with less sticky tires.

It actually doesn’t depend on the vehicle. Perhaps you meant, “the need for liquid cooling depends on the vehicle,” which would be correct, but misses the point of my response. No matter which vehicle, and no matter what method of cooling/heating has been chosen, a TON of engineering effort has gone into thermal…

Still seems like a no-win scenario. The number of people with fond memories who aren’t going to care that it’s on some bastardized CUV are too few to make the trouble worth it, in my opinion. People who have no clue what the name means will be equally as impressed with a name like “Equinox” or “XT4". So again, what is…

“Case in point, Lockheed Martin thought they could get away with paying their engineers less than the rest of the market. So they lost talent to other areas instead and have been playing catch up ever since.”

You mean the same Lockheed that pretty regularly pulls in 35-40 billion dollars from the federal government?

Pre…

Why bring the name back at all? If people are only going to think of the terrible late generation, then the name has no value. If people are only going to think of the K5's, then you’ve disappointed them greatly. It’s a lose-lose in this situation.

“Hood ornaments were derived from radiator caps that sometimes had coolant monitors incorporated into them. They evolved into stylized ornaments during the Art Deco era and continued on until fashion and other considerations passed them by.”

And?

“I’ve driven and been in a number of those old cars (including a…

Its not clear to you what my point is?

Well let me spell it out for you. You said this: “You simply don’t need any transmission with an EV package.”

That is wrong (and not in a pedantic way). I called you out on it. You agreed with my assessment that you were, in fact, wrong in that statement. Not sure why you felt the…

“You simply don’t need any transmission with an EV package...

“the fact ICE engines have limited rev range.”

So do electric motors... The range can be larger than ICE - or not. Depends on the motor.

“You simply don’t need any transmission with an EV package.”

Depends on the motor and vehicle it is being installed into.

Electric motors aren’t unlimited RPM with unlimited power.…

“It’s probably not a big problem...”

“What used to be a relatively simple component has been replaced by a variety of sensors to measure complex static thermal and aging effects, as well as dynamic thermal and self-healing effects. In addition, batteries now must be included in the overall architecture of a vehicle…

“The electric drivetrain puts out 110hp at any time and at any speed!”

No it doesn’t. Electric motors are typically constant torque...not constant power. Power is a function of torque and RPM.

*cough*