Joe Handley

I kinda figure that $5m must have been due to the number of potentially fatal issues the car was delivered with. Just the two different "gas leaks" alone could be fatal in a vehicle that is not going anywhere, but throw in any potential handling issues, that could create a trifecta of fails that could cause mayhem if they tag teamed the driver.

I'm wondering how well any generation of 911 trans might work in this situation. Not as possible with the Delorean vs the 911, Air Cooled VWs, or Corvairs. Those seem to have more room between the front seats and rear wheels unless you want to swap a Tornado FWD set up in tbe back.

I saw this article last night, wouldn't want to be on the hook for what appears to be a well deserved ruling https://jalopnik.com/northwest-arkansas-dealership-loses-lawsuit-has-to-pay-1831466625 Now for a quick recap, Arkansas dealer sells Virginia man a Ferrari that supposedly had clean Pre-Purchase inspection without him going to look at the car. He notices a gasoline smell and takes it to shop that specializes in these kinds of cars and they find a leaky fuel pump (gasoline leak), cracked exhaust manifold (CO leak), and suspension problem (not sure how bad). Buyer sues dealer and wins to the tune of $5m!

There's somebody working on doing a Tesla swap too Bill, not sure where they plan to hide the batteries in it, but they are planning on using the one of the AWD model gearboxes in it! Forgot the link.... http://teslorean.com/

When I was still going and running my Crawler R/C trucks, I was always finding garbage, and especially fishing line (usually wrapped around an axle). Some of it woud wash up on shore near the river I like to run by, some was left by picnickers or sport fishers when there were cans you walked past to get you your car. Always irritated the daylights outta me.

Could be aero related, kinda like the guys who cut holes in the back bumpers of their late model race cars, reduces any potential parachute like effect that would be created by having those areas solid.

I think Pete here has a point, I've seen people pay more attention to their phones while driving and I was pretty sure one was intoxicated until I realized the inside of the car was glowing from the phone, the other was pulling onto I-355 from an entrance ramp and was looking at his phone the whole time.....upon seeing the side of that poor little Kia Soul all wrinkled up and the guy driving looking at his phone, I let the horses run and got away from him as quick as 283 of them would let me! As far as the bluetooth thing, those are still optional, my 2012 200 doesn't have it, nor did that 2018 Journey I had last week, even thought it was new and had less than 3000 miles on it and we have a hands-free law. I know I can't wait for self driving cars Now before I have to dodge tomatos, hear me out! Reason I'm looking forward to them is that with the drivers I mentioned above and others who would generally prefer to be doing anything other than driving their car moving into those as they become available and more affordable, then you should have a car that will be more predictable in it's behavior and more likely to keep right while running on multilane roads and less likely to speed up if you want to pass them on a 2 lane road when it's safe to do so.

If the new kit comes with those parts, I would consider buying it

My old laptop, that was a 12 year old hand me down from Dad, died just before Christmas so I started looking for a replacement, not planning on buying one for a while. Well, a while was a whole lot shorter than intended........brought this home from Sam's Club last night. https://www.samsclub.com/sams/hewlett-hp-hd-notebook-amd-ryzen3-2200u-processor-8gb-webcam-audio/prod22302464.ip?xid=plp_product_1_6 I had planned to only buy some totes to put models in for storage while Dad and I were there, but that didn't work out quite like I had intended

People seem to keep missing out on what Rob is talking about here, it's not just that Detroit is abandoning sedans and small cars due to their's "not being competitive", Sedans just aren't selling in the numbers that had been, even the Camry and Accord are seeing their sales dropping off and things are even worse for 2drs.

Yup, that Journey I had from the dealer last week was just a tall, chubby, wagon version of my 200 with AWD. Other than being a little dead of the line (not sure if that was drivetrain weight, vehicle weight, some sort of programmed in lag with the throttle, torque management when compared to my 200. Oh, just spotted this, dropped a bit, just like I thought the trucklette felt like could use! vs Stock

Sorry, double post.

Wow https://abc7news.com/4986329/

Is it me, or does that look like it could be a C2 Vette based Firebird concept?!

The '32-'34 Fords, Tri-5s, Early Camaros and Mustangs as well as the '68-'70 Chargers are all "big" enough to sell to all generations, even if they're over saturated. The Midget didn't do that well I thought. The '50 Olds did do well, but I think the '83 will do better since there is a broader market, much like the above cars, vs the '50 Olds.

If you have a flip phone, you can still be tracked from you phone pinging off cell towers, just like a certain NY lawyer that's been in the news lately.

Don't dump that on just the Millenials, anybody who buys one because they can't be seen in a station wagon or minivan....then though it's just a fat station wagon that's the size of a minivan, want the higher seating position, or "need 4wd/AWD and 2ft of ground clearance for when there's 5ft of snow", even though they live in your neck of the woods. Then there are the Boomers that are buying them since they're easier to get into than cars/wagons but not a minivan and ride better than a proper SUV. That's pretty much killed anything that's a better option. Had to have my 200 at the dealer for a couple days for some cooling system and HVAC work done, I had a Journey SE-AWD as a loaner. It's built on the same plarform as the 2008-2014 Avenger, 2008-2010 Sebring, and 2011-2014 200 (like mine). It drove like a taller, fatter 200 and is basicly the wagon version of the Avenger. What did make it interesting though, was that if you just get the FWD Journey SE, you can only get the 170hp 2.4l, 4 speed auto and soft suspension, and 17x6.5 steelies,with plastic caps. In otherwords, it is as stripped down as you can get for a modern car. The AWD adds the 283hp 3.6l and 6 speed auto like my 200 has as well as a similarly tuned suspension, but other than the dual chromed dual exhaust and \4\ badge on the hatch, it looks just like the FWD SE, throw the "Blacktop" package at it and it could be kind of a SuperBee like CUV. It felt like it could use about 2" or so less altitude, 18x8-19x9 wheels with shorter wider tires, and maybe the spring rates and sway bars from the GT (formerly R/T) model to make it more interesting.

That will likely sell far better than a mid 60's Fairlane.

Those were more of along the lines of Muscle Cars and Trucks, which is why I left off the Monte SS and 80's pony cars. That's why I suggested the XJ Cherokee, between replica stock, "Day 2", Overland, Trail Rig, First Car, Winter Beater, Work Truck, LeMons Racer, GRM $20--.00 competitor, Sleeper, ect. Lots of possibility and ability to draw in a broader audience that some smog laden mid-late 70's pile.

Same thing GM is planning, and to some extent, FCA. Mid sized cars aren't selling all that well and small domestics are selling worse, so they're cutting those models and focusing profits from the lines that do sell on vehicles that will move the companies forward. Seems like they're going to put more effort into electrifiction and self driving cars......like it or not, those are the future. Not sure what Chrysler is up to, especially if they aren't working on more hybrids and EVs beyond the Pacifica Hybrid or 500e.

Don't know about other clubs, but there is only one person in the club I'm a member of is younger than me, we had 2, but other just moved out of the area for work. Only kinda, I think those 2dr Caddy's died as between '79 and '81....but I think the later pieces from the late 80's-'90 specific parts bolt right up if you wanted to update an older car.

Honestly, you're pretty well covered until we hit the 80's, since with the exception of the '83 Cutlass and 90's Impala SS, there hasn't been much between the late 70's Caddys and the Revell/Monogram Escalade for "modern" "luxury" cars.

I'm in agreement with Richard Bartrop, there needs to be an effort to see what a younger audience is interested in, abd that would include Gen-Xers like myself (I'm 42). One movement that seems to gaining traction over the last year that I would look at and maybe even partner with if I were at Revell, Round 2, or had any period tooling that may have survived but no longer owned by the company they were made for, is Radwood. https://www.radwood.co/ https://www.instagram.com/radwoodofficial/ This focuses more on the 80's and 90's and if you look at that Instagram link, you'll see cars that would likely get laughed out of other events, short of the World of Wheels shows. Round 2 should have plenty of valid tooling and who ever has the Revell and Monogram tooling of vehicles from that era would as well, why not try and set up a licensing agreement like Revell had with Hot Rod Magazine/Peterson Publishing back in tbe 80's and 90's. Otherwise, I still want to see a XJ Cherokee model kit offered before I die, they'll likely sell quite well if marketed right (LHS, HL, Michaels, Jeep parts houses, ect). Look at the number of XJ builds in the Scale R/C truck market, you can get 2 different generations of XJ in lexan and there are "hardbodies" (ABS or comparable plastics) coming to market.

That looks like that factory colorshift paint!