All great points...Fun fact: McQueen wanted to take the chase over the Golden Gate bridge, but the San Francisco Port Authority nixed that idea. Also, Lalo Schifrin had soundtrack music for the chase, but Peter Yates decided to go with the sounds of the cars motors instead. Brilliant.
I listened to one of the songs from that album and was disappointed. However, it is one of those albums that gets under your skin after a few listenings. Title track ranks up there with his best.
Agreed. However, I was listening to exhaust clips on American Muscle.com and found that the Magnaflow Competition Series Catback sounds awesome on the EB. Their "street" series catback sounded so-so (to my ears).
Benjj...Nothing nullifies a person's argument on this forum faster than when a person can't correctly spell the name of the car they drive (like in your profile).
Regarding the Challenger...My wife rode in one the other day. It was our grandson's girlfriend's car.
My wife is not an auto enthusiast, she does not read car publications or visit car websites. She did not like the Challenger. Said it felt like she was sitting in a cave.
Agreed. But for the longest time ARCO was (rightly) not on the Top Tier list. Now they are, which is totally mystifying to me.
ARCO gas has had problems all the way back to when I was a teenager. People telling horror stories of their cars not running right, pinging, rough idle, etc. that...
Hackett was CEO of a furniture company. Bob Nardelli was CEO of Home Depot. From CBS news:
"Bob Nardelli, former CEO of Home Depot (HD) and Chrysler. Named one of the "Worst American CEOs of all time" by CNBC after sending Chrysler into bankruptcy, Nardelli served as interim CEO for...
Sergio didn't have an update on the fate of Dodge in his recent 5 year plan synopsis. He mainly talked about Jeep, Ram, Alpha and Maserati.
From Automotive News:
"Among its product plans, the company focused on four brands: Jeep, Ram, Alfa Romeo and Maserati, saying it would electrify much of...