Ace-Garageguy

Yup.

I know heem.

Very impressive old-school craftsmanship.

Close, but no cigar.

According to Elvis, so is "mistaken". Of course, seein' as how he's dead, his opinion is subject to a variety of interpretations. But then, so is "dead".

I'm gunna to go get me a fried-peanut-butter-and-banana sammich with Elvis. See yas.

Yup. That's exactly what all my almost 25 thousand posts have been.

What thread have you been reading?

I tell y'all what...to the best of my ability, I'll never bring up anything that could possibly be stretched to be of a political nature by the most creative interpretation of the term "political". Guess I need to brush up on my dead-celeb-du-jour knowledge...but OMG OMG!!! What happens if somebody dead once expressed a political opinion on some website decades ago? Well, that's right out. Looks like it's down to kitty pix and what I had for dinner yesterday. Seems like even building model cars could be construed as supporting a particular position relative to some political idiocy or other, so that might be a shaky-ground topic under the right circumstances. Some days you just can't win.

Straw-man much?

Having them is OK. It's just expressing them that's verboten.

So, rather than arguing for adult, rational discussion, we should just submit to being governed by the behavior of the lowest-common-denominator, and keep our heads down to avoid incurring the wrath of the gods? Speaking of purile...

I just got a bag of these. 10 points (worthless and not redeemable for anything) to the first respondent to correctly identify them.

Volvo makes both EVs and ICEs, and their report was done from a business-case standpoint, not a political one. And you really shouldn't assume facts not in evidence. Volvo's conclusions do NOT entirely support my own point of view, but I'm open minded enough to present them anyway...and to possibly learn something.

"I'm starting to think this isn't the right place for some of you." I suppose that applies to me for posting links to an unbiased report by Volvo concerning the realities of EVs vs ICEs, and following it up with a link to how Chinese industry is developing real-world solutions to carbon emissions and pollution...in the spirit of imparting information I mistakenly believed people supposedly interested in cars would like to know. I missed the "heated political debate" part of that thread entirely. I went back to work and it just disappeared. Ever heard the phrase "petty tyrant"? Let's make this as real as we can, and show everybody exactly where we stand, OK?

That right there's a load of horse apples. Joe frequently answers modeling questions. Right off the top of my head, I can recall learning from his posts about ELO stripper, miniature PE hinges, and the best source of miniature simulated fasteners anywhere.

OK, that's pretty definitive. In other words, no thinking allowed.

SMH

Well, that explains everything. That's one political figure whose travels I rarely pay any attention to. Seriously. I didn't know, and I don't care.

Gee willikers. I must be suffering from an old-guy thing. I have no clue who it was about (unless it's some rapper), and I'm usually pretty well informed politically.

When a thread is just locked with no warning, I think the board as a whole deserves a public reason.

I thought anything other than politics and religion was fair ground for discussion. What am I missing here?

Seemed to me to be pretty well within the purview of "general automotive" topics. I can only assume the thread was "disappeared" on "political" grounds. I don't believe the discussion of the physical reality of automobiles and energy generation is political...unless one is obviously engaged in upholding one particular party line. But facts don't care about politics. EDIT: I think we deserve some clarity about which facts are forbidden ground.

Man...cool truck. I've never seen anything like that before. Definitely watching and learning here.

Great technique, most useful. I find the change speed to be just right for carefully comparing specific areas, one at a time. But it still boggles my mind that "professional" adults can measure the same thing and get different results.