And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Memories are unreliable and often the old stuff was not that good but the memories of the times see us ignore the realities. I'm a sucker for falling into that trap except in respect of my first wife - she remains awful no matter how much time passes.
The current model of ANYTHING sux. I'm not that old (well hell, maybe I am) but I detest what 'technology' has done to the automotive industry. Buy shares of manufacturers of self-driving cars. The wave of the future is more time to play with your hand-held device and self drivers offer just that.
Most of the new technology developed because of the stupid CAFE standards is a solution in search of a problem. AFM and Direct-Injection in a gas engine for example.
Very nice. I wish Jeep still made them like that. Current models really suck.
ReplyDeleteand the suck will no doubt get even suckier
Delete304? 360?
ReplyDeleteI can almost hear the "~clunk~" on a tight turn into a parking spot. They had their issues.
ReplyDeleteMemories are unreliable and often the old stuff was not that good but the memories of the times see us ignore the realities. I'm a sucker for falling into that trap except in respect of my first wife - she remains awful no matter how much time passes.
DeleteSo does my ex; she goes out of her way to remind me of that.
DeleteThe current model of ANYTHING sux. I'm not that old (well hell, maybe I am) but I detest what 'technology' has done to the automotive industry. Buy shares of manufacturers of self-driving cars. The wave of the future is more time to play with your hand-held device and self drivers offer just that.
ReplyDeleteMost of the new technology developed because of the stupid CAFE standards is a solution in search of a problem.
DeleteAFM and Direct-Injection in a gas engine for example.
2 door makes it epic on that fact alone!
ReplyDeleteEasily recognizable, the hood is up.
ReplyDeleteIt has a Per-ner-del! Per Lisa Douglas on "Green Acres", when she was learning to drive. You know, P-R-N-D-L.
ReplyDeleteGreat truck. They all sadly rusted out up in NH. Not many on the road. Still a classy piece.
ReplyDeleteValve covers match the upholstery.
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