Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Syrian Dictator Assad's extensive car collection was seen for the first time today when Syrian fighters broke into his abandoned palace
Meigs Field (opened in 1948) served as an aviation hub in the downtown Chicago area, but Mayor Daley, and a lot of other people who didn't like the noise, wanted it shut down. Really bad... so bad, they pulled a fast one
Understandably, the state of Illinois, the FAA, pilots, businesses, emergency services, air traffic controllers, and more groups were all ticked off about this and kindly reminded Daley that Chicago was obligated to keep the airport open until at least 2001.
Daley eventually backed down and reopened the airport.
Then, 2001 came around and his plan to destroy the airport was dealt another blow when an organization representing Meigs took the issue to court and got a temporary restraining order.
At midnight on March 30, 2003, bulldozers escorted by the Chicago Police arrived at Meigs.
A fire engine pointed a spotlight at the webcam at the Adler Planetarium so nobody would see what was about to go down, and Mayor Daley ordered the destruction of the airport.
With nothing and no one to stop him, the big ‘X’ marks returned to the runway – but not with paint. The Xs were scribed into the pavement by the bulldozers’ blades, ensuring permanent damage to the runway that would prevent planes from using them.
2006 Lancer Evo with 461 miles sold for $161k on Bring a Trailer
I've seen a lot of Vipers, Corvette's, and Lamborghinis bought and stored in hopes that they will be a good investment. They weren't
the state of Michigan suspended a Hyundai’s dealer license for leasing used cars as new. Keep this in mind when you see the next post about a dealership getting a car returned
Though the suspension was temporary, the laundry list of infractions suggests this wasn’t just a minor slip-up.
The list of infractions found by a MDOS investigation is wide-ranging and significant. It includes falsifying records to certify used vehicles as new on official state applications, misrepresenting vehicles’ statuses in sales transactions, failing to properly issue temporary registrations, omitting or incorrectly handling odometer information on vehicle titles, and delaying title applications for purchasers beyond the legal 21-day period.
“On Dec. 4, the Michigan Department of State (MDOS) suspended the license of LaFontaine Motors of Livonia Inc., also known as LaFontaine Hyundai of Livonia, for imminent harm to public.,” said the agency in a statementhttps://www.carscoops.com/2024/12/hyundai-dealer-has-license-temporarily-suspended-over-leasing-used-vehicles-as-new/
I think enough people have recently proved that there is a limit to how much they will accept, how much they will put up with, before they decide to strike back (health care insurance CEOs learned) and now a guy with a crappy new car RETURNED IT when the dealership refused to take it back
So, will anyone listen now? Can you hear him, now?
Remember, it was a 2 cent tax on tea that kicked the English King's govt out on the colonies on North America. It wasn't something major, it was a lot of trivial shit, until they decided that they'd had enough of a damn king on the other side of the ocean.
Well, this guy decided, no more full price for crap cars, accept the return, and refund the money, or get it delivered back to the show room the HARD WAY
While on the phone with the dealership, Murray was told that the sale was final, and the car was an “as-is” purchase.
https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/man-drives-front-car-dealership/
Do you get the same thought I did.... he returned the car, and now the dealership has the car back the same way they sold it to him "as is"
the Mustang GTD is the first car from an American brand to complete a lap at the Nürburgring in under seven minutes. 6:57.685
Monday, December 09, 2024
You probably recognize the name Mark Harmon, he's been a famous actor for about 4 decades. But, have you heard about his dad? (thank you Steve!)
During World War II, Harmon served as a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Forces. In April 1943, he was the sole survivor of the crash of a bomber he piloted in South America en route to North Africa.
Six months later, while flying a P-38 Lightning, he was shot down in a dogfight with Japanese Zeros near Jiujiang in China.
After the war, Harmon played two seasons of professional football for the Los Angeles Rams and had the longest run from scrimmage during the 1946 NFL season. He later pursued a career in sports broadcasting and was the play-by-play announcer for the first televised Rose Bowl in the late 1940s and worked for CBS from 1950 to 1962. He later hosted a 10-minute daily sports show on the ABC radio network in the 1960s and worked as the sports anchor on the KTLA nightly news from 1958 to 1964.
After the war, Harmon played two seasons of professional football for the Los Angeles Rams and had the longest run from scrimmage during the 1946 NFL season. He later pursued a career in sports broadcasting and was the play-by-play announcer for the first televised Rose Bowl in the late 1940s and worked for CBS from 1950 to 1962. He later hosted a 10-minute daily sports show on the ABC radio network in the 1960s and worked as the sports anchor on the KTLA nightly news from 1958 to 1964.
After ordering his crew to bail out, Harmon parachuted from the plane at 1,500 feet. He ended up in a tree 20 yards from where his plane crashed. Out of a crew of six, Harmon was the sole survivor of the crash and spent several days working his way through jungle and swamp. He ultimately came upon natives in Dutch Guiana who escorted him in a dugout canoe to a village, where he was taken by outrigger canoe to a base of the Antilles Air Command.
After a brief assignment as a Lockheed P-38 Lightning pilot in North Africa, Harmon was assigned to duty with the 449th Fighter Interceptor Squadron in China in the summer of 1943. In October of that year, while escorting bombers on a low-level mission over Jiujiang, Harmon's P-38 was shot down over the Yangtze River by a Japanese Zero during a dogfight. According to some accounts, Harmon shot down two Zeros in a dogfight over the Jiujiang docks and warehouses.
After a brief assignment as a Lockheed P-38 Lightning pilot in North Africa, Harmon was assigned to duty with the 449th Fighter Interceptor Squadron in China in the summer of 1943. In October of that year, while escorting bombers on a low-level mission over Jiujiang, Harmon's P-38 was shot down over the Yangtze River by a Japanese Zero during a dogfight. According to some accounts, Harmon shot down two Zeros in a dogfight over the Jiujiang docks and warehouses.
Harmon was forced to bail out into Japanese-occupied China. He was later rescued by anti-Japanese Chinese guerrillas. Harmon was awarded the Purple Heart and the Silver Star for his actions with the 449th Fighter Squadron.
things we hang off the rear view mirror, seem to be generally regional.
In Hawaii, when I lived there in the first half of the 90s, it was Ikaika helmets
High school graduate tassels seem to be mid western
On the East coast, there seem to be a lot of small Puerto Rico flags, in San Diego, it's Mexico flags.
In the retirement communities, it's disabled placards,
Fuzzy dice,
Around the hospitals, it's employee ID parking tags
the pine tree air freshener, dream catcher, and Buddy Jesus are not regional, just ubiquitous
by the way, did you know how advanced car computers and sensors are? The damn things can now track your speed, the posted speed limit, and every other street sign you pass
It can correctly tell the speed limit by the signs you pass, and if you're going faster, the image shows the speed in red
on April 27th, 2009, the day General Motors announced Pontiac Motor Division would be eliminated. Just over a month later, on June 1st, 2009, General Motors filed for bankruptcy
and all a result of decisions from the board members, CEO, COO, president and all the other people in charge, that were paid over 1 Million dollars a year to make it profitable.
The employees that were paid hourly to make cars did not cause GM to face plant. That was all millionaires.
Same goes for all the corporations that pay millionaires to run their companies... and not pay the smartest people, or the ones that can do the same decision making for 40 or 50 an hour.
Nope, next time you hear about a corporation, say like Stellantis, failing... and going bankrupt, figure out if it's getting the decisions made by the smartest people, or the ones that make the most money on the corporate payroll, who are taking the most profits from the corporation, and failing to make profits with the company.
By the way, Tesla, isn't going broke. Amazon, not going broke.
I know I posted once upon a time who the founders of SEMA were (Founded 1963) ( thanks Tom! )
Isky, Vic Jr, Moon, Weiand, Hedman, Schiefer, etc
I wonder, how many are still alive?
The SEMA acronym originally stood for Speed Equipment Manufacturing Association.
In 1970, government regulations became an issue and the name was changed to Specialty Equipment Market Association to improve the overall image of the association
The first SEMA Show was held in 1967 in the basement of the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, and there were 5 cars on display, including a 1967 Ford GT40 in the Shelby America booth and a drag-race-prepped Dodge Dart.
Sunday, December 08, 2024
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