“Boeing used to be known for making the best Airplanes in the world. All it takes is a few moronic penny grabbing decisions by bonehead management (both middle and upper) to erode decades of accumulated brand recognition.”

The 737, 757, 767, 777, and 787 all have three hydraulic systems. All except for the 787 were developed prior to the merger with McDonnell Douglas. The DC-10 had a fatal flaw in routing their systems to converge near the rear engine and did not include hydraulic fuses. I don’t think the lackadaisical software…

On a slightly different subject, if you watch the “January 28, 1986" episode of Challenger: The Final Flight, Peter Billingsley will break your heart at the end as he describes watching the Challenger explode in person at the Cape.

He works for GMG. He’s lucky to have a paycheck, at this point.

I mean, it sucks, but after nearly 60 years with little to no maintenance in a tropical environment with earthquakes, it lasted longer than its original mandate or design life. Nobody was out there climbing cables and repainting them every year, so it was bound to happen. Hopefully no one will be hurt during the demo.

McDonnell Douglas has been gone for 23 years and the last commercial airliner they developed was the MD-11. The 717 was the last evolution after the merger. I highly doubt anyone from that program or the ‘70s era DC-10 had any part of the MAX program.

I bet you’re a blast at parties. And Zoom meetings.

bUt MaRiJuAnA dOeSn’T hUrT pEoPlE!!!!

Third gear: Ford wasn’t invited because they don’t make Corvettes, and FCA is lame. Uncle Joe wants an armored C8 before 1/21/21.

Oh look Jeep made an H2...

Sometimes I forget how cool the early ‘00s were. It was like the ‘90s, but with Hummers.

Optimize the chassis for a BEV. The van is a unibody vehicle designed around a RWD ICE powertrain. It is designed to have an ICE, transmission, driveshaft, and rear axle, and is shaped to accommodate those pieces of powertrain. An optimized chassis would increase interior volume and allow room for increased battery…

Seems like the CTS coupe, ATS, and CT4 still have this design language on the rear end.

Just unplug the harness on the valve cover for the V-8-6-4 and you have a normal bulletproof Cadillac V8 with buttery smooth torque for days.

But the Chevy Bolt still doesn’t exist, amirite?

I hate to say it, but the Z32 was Nissan’s version of the C4. I still like both cars, but they were a bridge of subtlety from the C3/240ZX era to what we got in the ‘90s/’00s.

Part of the problem is that Tesla bypasses all of the hardware interlocks in order to go into “Supercharge” mode, basically connecting the battery directly to the mains after the rectifier while the charge controller monitors state of charge. No other manufacturer has or will design a charging system that will do…

These are the only words I can come up with to describe how ugly this vehicle is:

Amazon and UPS want to move to BEV vans because it’s cheaper to use them for short haul routes than paying fuel taxes (which pay for the repairs their heavy vans cause) for diesel and gas vans. Not too mention they can start hoarding and selling carbon credits under the new Biden regime.

Cars they sell in China, and just about everywhere else in the world, do not need to protect the driver or passengers if they are not wearing seatbelts. Cars GM sells in America MUST protect the driver and passengers if they are not wearing seatbelts. This is why GM and others cannot sell a five passenger jet ski on…