A number of Canadian LHD coming out of the woodwork lately, it seems.

(P.S. our borders are open.)

 

You may want to consider showing a little respect to forum veterans while also developing a thicker skin. Can't say you've earned any respect during your postings in this thread.

I can't speak for the other guys who contribute to this site, but as I read your back and forth with Montego I made a very easy decision. I don't plan to spend any of my time answering basic questions from you. You're officially on my 'Pay No Mind' list, and I wonder how many others have the same thought but don't post about it. You may shrug and say 'I don't give a ****,' but it's certainly not my loss

 

Very childish aggression unfairly directed at Montego after reading that. Just left a bad taste in the mouth, think a good rule of thumb to follow is treat people how you would in person. These forums have a good reputation for how cool and knowledgeable everyone is, no need to bring the toxicity like from other places like Facebook. Just completely unnecessary

 

4625 exchanges on this thread, and beyond some respectful disagreements on macroeconomic policy, there has been nothing like that.

Rule of thumb: research your question sevens ways before asking.

 

I responded to a pretty disrespectful post directed towards me (calling me ignorant) for simply misunderstanding what packages were available on the 94 model.

admittedly I could've been more tactful or just ignored it. That's my mistake.

Not here to act like I know more or better than anyone especially folks well versed with the FD.

All good.

 

Penance must be paid!

I suggest 10 centre armrest clips to a charity of your choice.

 

Here's an article that I've been meaning to post. Not FD related but I found it interesting none-the-less and I suspect many on here will enjoy it..

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/202...lector-car-era

^^ anyway, it made me ponder as how (me) and many of us have our own ideas on what makes our cars collectibles.

 

In my view the FD will remain a collector for many reasons that we've all discussed but the main reason it and others will remain strong collectors is simply that their aesthetics are stellar or they are pieces of art. I'm not even convinced the electric thing will succeed in the long run, we may revert back to combustion or some other form of combustion etc.... As the article points out nobody can predict the future.

Because of all the money and politics attached to the energy sector it will always be hot mess.

 

I find it funny that you mentioned this. It is just the strangest thing in the world to me how the government AND all of the car companies just woke up one day and decided we're going to outlaw gasoline powered engines and everyone will drive electric cars by 202X. It wasn't even 10 years ago when Tesla's were becoming popular and all the automotive journalist were saying "its a fad, they will be the minority blah blah blah"...now here we are. Maybe EVs are better for the environment, but one thing for certain is this country has never given a damn about the environment if it couldn't make them a ton of money. So while I will be buying one of those rotary powered EV's if those rumors are true, and a Porsche Taycan if they aren't...I don't believe this will last 20 years. Besides, I can't wait to see the smile on all the faces as I drop my kid off to school in my fire breathing dragon that smells like 2 stroke oil and gasoline.

 

Mazda already sells a rotary powered ev in Europe, no?

(The press conference where they demonstrated the single housing rotary engines, the engineers seemed pretty bummed. 50 years of develop, and it had all come down to this.)

 

The MX30 is supposed to have the range extender. However, no one has seen the rotary engine generator that will supplement the electrical engine just yet. Everything is still “coming soon”.

 

I wonder if someone will stack a 4 rotor out of the new range extenders haha

 

 

Another visitor from the FD Alternate Universe (FDAU) has popped up in the hood.



Yellow peril....

 

WOW. When I started reading this forum 20 years ago there was a high level flame war going on between two members. Nice to see the tradition continues.

 

Flame wars on forums 10-20 years ago were something else lmao, I'm still in awe that this forum is still this 'popping'. Super nostalgic and makes me appreciate the community a lot because I always loved using forums for niche things I was interested in, I just can't get behind Reddit or other low-investment type of platforms.

 

the MX30 that is coming here in 2022, well just to California, is electric only, no range extender. actually they are here, dealership had a line of them last week.
they look great actually (for an SUV).

 

a couple of my friends teach design and a topic that comes up is how the car evolved from a gorgeous piece of sculpture to well, pick any SUV, but its worse than that.
basically the modern car is making itself obsolete, its too big and clunky to be practical.

if you just stand at a street corner and watch people drive, they really struggle with the new cars, the cars are too big. you can't see out of them. the interior storage is usually clunky.

in short the average current car does a pretty lousy job of transporting 1 human around the city. there are plenty of exceptions, but do you really need an Earthroamer to impress the bagger at the grocery store?

 

I agree with you that they are largely excessive both size and power for transporting 1 individual.

But "big and clunky" is not new. Haven't you seen the station wagon boats from 70s and 80s. There were a lot of big cars.

 

Face it. The SUV's have won.

 

in the past it was thought if the driver could see out of the car, they could avoid accidents so one can see out of those big 70's cars. a really good car like a Mercedes offers almost a 360 degree view.

and i think except for length a new SUV dwarfs anything from the 1970's, its hard to see because every new car is gigantic.

 

70s/80s? They were downsized by the 80s. What about the 40s/50s! Big wagons and sedans with truck like seating positions.

 

I think Twincharged is showing his age. Or maybe you (and I) are showing your age

 

Plot twist: I'm 37.

 

Haha, good for you and your knowledge! You are absolutely correct, downsizing was the rage by the mid 70's (fuel crisis) and through the 80's. The real "land yachts" were earlier. I've got you by a few decades so grew up with those behemoths