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RIP Chevy SS – the Car Truth Report – Car Comedy / Commentary / News etc.
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On this episode of The Car Truth Report we look back on a dear departed friend; the ChevroletSS. I’m your host Noor Elahi, thank you for joining us. Fans of rear wheel drive sedans and three pedal enthusiasts alike felt a personal lossrecently as GM discontinued Australian Holden production and by extension the much belovedbut little purchased Chevy SS. The first point we at the Report would like to make is that a rear-wheel drive familysedan with a V8 and stick feels like the most American thing since Budweiser and pork rinds. That kind of flows with the Chevrolet SS – an unapologetically Australian car. After all, Budweiser is now owned by the Belgians, and pork rinds are far more popular in Mexico. Here’s a quick history lesson about the lineage of the Chevrolet SS to help thoseof you who weren’t aware of why these cars are so beloved.  The true Grandfather of the current Chevy SS is a car called the BMW E39 M5, one ofthe most adored things to come out of Germany since the Dachshund.  The Holden Commodore was designed with the M5 as a benchmark, much like how Cadillacused the BMW 3 series to benchmark their new CTS and ATS lines. At this point it was still just a beautiful German-Australian affair. That was until America got in on the love with the G8 shortly before GM was forced tokill off   Pontiac. So we had to wait until 2014, when Chevrolet released their new SS, which was a bit confusingto some, because chevrolet uses SS on like 50 of their other cars to designate the performancemodel. It should be also be noted that when the G8 came out in 2008 it had a sticker price ofabout $30,000 for a V8 model, and when the Chevrolet SS was released it cost north of$48,000. In much the same way the Chevy SS was campaigned heavily in NASCAR, the Holden Commodore featuresprominently in Australia’s version of stock car racing, the V8 Supercar Series. There are a few differences in the series notably, the Aussies keep their stock carsmuch more stock than we do and race on tracks that go up, down, and right as opposed toour unbelievably fast ovals. Here is America’s favorite racing uncle, Daryl Waltrip noting some of the differenceshere:Yup, that man used to routinely go 190 mph inches from the wall at Talladega. This was the crucible from which the Holden Commodore and by extension Chevy SS was cast. So how did a German, American, Australian three-way {Skyline chili slide} leave us somehowunsatisfied?The truth about the Chevrolet SS is that racing cred alone isn’t enough to turn a blue-singlettedbogan into an All-American heartthrob. You see, the Australian version of the LS is called the LT and it has a few noteworthydifferences from its American cousin; the most important of which cylinder deactivation,and the different product codes that make getting parts for it at your local NAPA anexercise in frustration. There is also the small matter of styling. You see, the SS was always meant to be a sleeper. This is one of the few places GM excelled in realizing its goals with the departed Chevymuscle car. They did such a good job, that looking at the car for too long is guaranteed to putyou to sleep, or make you think it is a rental fleet Malibu. Despite the exterior refresh, the SS still had arguably the least exciting styling inthe entire General Motors lineup. Many think the Malibu and Impala look better and that literally hurts my cartoon mouthto say. Couple that with SS’ starting price above $48,000 ensured that it was never to be longfor this world. Despite the Chevy SS’s pitfalls, it still begs the question of whether or not Americansactually want rear wheel drive cars anymore. Matthew McConaughey doesn’t think so, but nobody’s asking him or Lincoln. The Europeans certainly do however. BMW and Mercedes continue to kick domestic backside with their longitudinal engine entries. FCA’s Alfa Romeo Giulia is universally lauded and even comes with three pedals overseas. Heck, even Cadillac is turning it’s back on front wheel drive sedans. So how could the SS and by extension the mid-price stick shift family car have been saved?Well, it wouldn’t have been easy. You see Australia royally botched their automotive industry. When the decision was made by GM to discontinue Holden production in Oz, the average linemanwas bringing home 80 thousand dollaroos per year. {graphic or 50,000 Fosters} The cars were expensive even in Australia, and the addedcost of transport and homologation to American DOT regulations meant the price would onlyever get so low. GM of course knew this. That’s why you didn’t see any clever Chevrolet SS commercials during the Superbowl. Heck, I can’t remember ever seeing a single ad for the car on TV. It was like Mary Barra knew GM had to shed the dead weight of homegrown Holden productionand did everything thing in their power to let the Australian auto industry die on thevine. So there you have it. A lack of advertising, high sticker price, overly reserved styling, and a rarity of partsall swirled together to make for a perfect storm that was always going to sink the greatwhite hope of 4 door tiresmoke. Will we ever see another unicorn like the Chevy SS again?Sadly, the Report doesn’t think it’s very likely. I suppose all we can do is get back in our front wheel drive econoboxes and try our bestto move along. Before we go, we at the Car Truth Report would like you remind you that we are giving awaythis awesome leather jacket once we reach one thousand subscribers. You can get it with or without our totally rad CTR logo. If you choose to get the jacket without our logo, it will hurt our feelings just a littlebit. The winner will be chosen from the comments and you must be a subscriber to win. Thank you so much for joining us for the fifth episode of The Car Truth Report. We want to hear from you!Will there be another rear wheel drive stick shift family sedan sold in the American market?Why didn’t GM sell the UTE in the states?Does Daryl Waltrip get nightmares from that lap around Mount Panorama?Let us know in the comments and don’t forget to like, subscribe, hit the notify bell andsend us money so I can afford to put gas into my rear wheel drive, American stick shiftsedan for one last time. The Car Truth Report has been brought to you by about five beers. Giving me a little more courage since 1997.
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RIP Chevy SS – the Car Truth Report – Car Comedy / Commentary / News etc.
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On this episode of The Car Truth Report we look back on a dear departed friend; the ChevroletSS. I’m your host Noor Elahi, thank you for joining us. Fans of rear wheel drive sedans and three pedal enthusiasts alike felt a personal lossrecently as GM discontinued Australian Holden production and by extension the much belovedbut little purchased Chevy SS. The first point we at the Report would like to make is that a rear-wheel drive familysedan with a V8 and stick feels like the most American thing since Budweiser and pork rinds. That kind of flows with the Chevrolet SS – an unapologetically Australian car. After all, Budweiser is now owned by the Belgians, and pork rinds are far more popular in Mexico. Here’s a quick history lesson about the lineage of the Chevrolet SS to help thoseof you who weren’t aware of why these cars are so beloved.  The true Grandfather of the current Chevy SS is a car called the BMW E39 M5, one ofthe most adored things to come out of Germany since the Dachshund.  The Holden Commodore was designed with the M5 as a benchmark, much like how Cadillacused the BMW 3 series to benchmark their new CTS and ATS lines. At this point it was still just a beautiful German-Australian affair. That was until America got in on the love with the G8 shortly before GM was forced tokill off   Pontiac. So we had to wait until 2014, when Chevrolet released their new SS, which was a bit confusingto some, because chevrolet uses SS on like 50 of their other cars to designate the performancemodel. It should be also be noted that when the G8 came out in 2008 it had a sticker price ofabout $30,000 for a V8 model, and when the Chevrolet SS was released it cost north of$48,000. In much the same way the Chevy SS was campaigned heavily in NASCAR, the Holden Commodore featuresprominently in Australia’s version of stock car racing, the V8 Supercar Series. There are a few differences in the series notably, the Aussies keep their stock carsmuch more stock than we do and race on tracks that go up, down, and right as opposed toour unbelievably fast ovals. Here is America’s favorite racing uncle, Daryl Waltrip noting some of the differenceshere:Yup, that man used to routinely go 190 mph inches from the wall at Talladega. This was the crucible from which the Holden Commodore and by extension Chevy SS was cast. So how did a German, American, Australian three-way {Skyline chili slide} leave us somehowunsatisfied?The truth about the Chevrolet SS is that racing cred alone isn’t enough to turn a blue-singlettedbogan into an All-American heartthrob. You see, the Australian version of the LS is called the LT and it has a few noteworthydifferences from its American cousin; the most important of which cylinder deactivation,and the different product codes that make getting parts for it at your local NAPA anexercise in frustration. There is also the small matter of styling. You see, the SS was always meant to be a sleeper. This is one of the few places GM excelled in realizing its goals with the departed Chevymuscle car. They did such a good job, that looking at the car for too long is guaranteed to putyou to sleep, or make you think it is a rental fleet Malibu. Despite the exterior refresh, the SS still had arguably the least exciting styling inthe entire General Motors lineup. Many think the Malibu and Impala look better and that literally hurts my cartoon mouthto say. Couple that with SS’ starting price above $48,000 ensured that it was never to be longfor this world. Despite the Chevy SS’s pitfalls, it still begs the question of whether or not Americansactually want rear wheel drive cars anymore. Matthew McConaughey doesn’t think so, but nobody’s asking him or Lincoln. The Europeans certainly do however. BMW and Mercedes continue to kick domestic backside with their longitudinal engine entries. FCA’s Alfa Romeo Giulia is universally lauded and even comes with three pedals overseas. Heck, even Cadillac is turning it’s back on front wheel drive sedans. So how could the SS and by extension the mid-price stick shift family car have been saved?Well, it wouldn’t have been easy. You see Australia royally botched their automotive industry. When the decision was made by GM to discontinue Holden production in Oz, the average linemanwas bringing home 80 thousand dollaroos per year. {graphic or 50,000 Fosters} The cars were expensive even in Australia, and the addedcost of transport and homologation to American DOT regulations meant the price would onlyever get so low. GM of course knew this. That’s why you didn’t see any clever Chevrolet SS commercials during the Superbowl. Heck, I can’t remember ever seeing a single ad for the car on TV. It was like Mary Barra knew GM had to shed the dead weight of homegrown Holden productionand did everything thing in their power to let the Australian auto industry die on thevine. So there you have it. A lack of advertising, high sticker price, overly reserved styling, and a rarity of partsall swirled together to make for a perfect storm that was always going to sink the greatwhite hope of 4 door tiresmoke. Will we ever see another unicorn like the Chevy SS again?Sadly, the Report doesn’t think it’s very likely. I suppose all we can do is get back in our front wheel drive econoboxes and try our bestto move along. Before we go, we at the Car Truth Report would like you remind you that we are giving awaythis awesome leather jacket once we reach one thousand subscribers. You can get it with or without our totally rad CTR logo. If you choose to get the jacket without our logo, it will hurt our feelings just a littlebit. The winner will be chosen from the comments and you must be a subscriber to win. Thank you so much for joining us for the fifth episode of The Car Truth Report. We want to hear from you!Will there be another rear wheel drive stick shift family sedan sold in the American market?Why didn’t GM sell the UTE in the states?Does Daryl Waltrip get nightmares from that lap around Mount Panorama?Let us know in the comments and don’t forget to like, subscribe, hit the notify bell andsend us money so I can afford to put gas into my rear wheel drive, American stick shiftsedan for one last time. The Car Truth Report has been brought to you by about five beers. Giving me a little more courage since 1997.
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howardlyontx · 6 years
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RIP Chevy SS – the Car Truth Report – Car Comedy / Commentary / News etc.
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On this episode of The Car Truth Report we look back on a dear departed friend; the ChevroletSS. I’m your host Noor Elahi, thank you for joining us. Fans of rear wheel drive sedans and three pedal enthusiasts alike felt a personal lossrecently as GM discontinued Australian Holden production and by extension the much belovedbut little purchased Chevy SS. The first point we at the Report would like to make is that a rear-wheel drive familysedan with a V8 and stick feels like the most American thing since Budweiser and pork rinds. That kind of flows with the Chevrolet SS – an unapologetically Australian car. After all, Budweiser is now owned by the Belgians, and pork rinds are far more popular in Mexico. Here’s a quick history lesson about the lineage of the Chevrolet SS to help thoseof you who weren’t aware of why these cars are so beloved.  The true Grandfather of the current Chevy SS is a car called the BMW E39 M5, one ofthe most adored things to come out of Germany since the Dachshund.  The Holden Commodore was designed with the M5 as a benchmark, much like how Cadillacused the BMW 3 series to benchmark their new CTS and ATS lines. At this point it was still just a beautiful German-Australian affair. That was until America got in on the love with the G8 shortly before GM was forced tokill off   Pontiac. So we had to wait until 2014, when Chevrolet released their new SS, which was a bit confusingto some, because chevrolet uses SS on like 50 of their other cars to designate the performancemodel. It should be also be noted that when the G8 came out in 2008 it had a sticker price ofabout $30,000 for a V8 model, and when the Chevrolet SS was released it cost north of$48,000. In much the same way the Chevy SS was campaigned heavily in NASCAR, the Holden Commodore featuresprominently in Australia’s version of stock car racing, the V8 Supercar Series. There are a few differences in the series notably, the Aussies keep their stock carsmuch more stock than we do and race on tracks that go up, down, and right as opposed toour unbelievably fast ovals. Here is America’s favorite racing uncle, Daryl Waltrip noting some of the differenceshere:Yup, that man used to routinely go 190 mph inches from the wall at Talladega. This was the crucible from which the Holden Commodore and by extension Chevy SS was cast. So how did a German, American, Australian three-way {Skyline chili slide} leave us somehowunsatisfied?The truth about the Chevrolet SS is that racing cred alone isn’t enough to turn a blue-singlettedbogan into an All-American heartthrob. You see, the Australian version of the LS is called the LT and it has a few noteworthydifferences from its American cousin; the most important of which cylinder deactivation,and the different product codes that make getting parts for it at your local NAPA anexercise in frustration. There is also the small matter of styling. You see, the SS was always meant to be a sleeper. This is one of the few places GM excelled in realizing its goals with the departed Chevymuscle car. They did such a good job, that looking at the car for too long is guaranteed to putyou to sleep, or make you think it is a rental fleet Malibu. Despite the exterior refresh, the SS still had arguably the least exciting styling inthe entire General Motors lineup. Many think the Malibu and Impala look better and that literally hurts my cartoon mouthto say. Couple that with SS’ starting price above $48,000 ensured that it was never to be longfor this world. Despite the Chevy SS’s pitfalls, it still begs the question of whether or not Americansactually want rear wheel drive cars anymore. Matthew McConaughey doesn’t think so, but nobody’s asking him or Lincoln. The Europeans certainly do however. BMW and Mercedes continue to kick domestic backside with their longitudinal engine entries. FCA’s Alfa Romeo Giulia is universally lauded and even comes with three pedals overseas. Heck, even Cadillac is turning it’s back on front wheel drive sedans. So how could the SS and by extension the mid-price stick shift family car have been saved?Well, it wouldn’t have been easy. You see Australia royally botched their automotive industry. When the decision was made by GM to discontinue Holden production in Oz, the average linemanwas bringing home 80 thousand dollaroos per year. {graphic or 50,000 Fosters} The cars were expensive even in Australia, and the addedcost of transport and homologation to American DOT regulations meant the price would onlyever get so low. GM of course knew this. That’s why you didn’t see any clever Chevrolet SS commercials during the Superbowl. Heck, I can’t remember ever seeing a single ad for the car on TV. It was like Mary Barra knew GM had to shed the dead weight of homegrown Holden productionand did everything thing in their power to let the Australian auto industry die on thevine. So there you have it. A lack of advertising, high sticker price, overly reserved styling, and a rarity of partsall swirled together to make for a perfect storm that was always going to sink the greatwhite hope of 4 door tiresmoke. Will we ever see another unicorn like the Chevy SS again?Sadly, the Report doesn’t think it’s very likely. I suppose all we can do is get back in our front wheel drive econoboxes and try our bestto move along. Before we go, we at the Car Truth Report would like you remind you that we are giving awaythis awesome leather jacket once we reach one thousand subscribers. You can get it with or without our totally rad CTR logo. If you choose to get the jacket without our logo, it will hurt our feelings just a littlebit. The winner will be chosen from the comments and you must be a subscriber to win. Thank you so much for joining us for the fifth episode of The Car Truth Report. We want to hear from you!Will there be another rear wheel drive stick shift family sedan sold in the American market?Why didn’t GM sell the UTE in the states?Does Daryl Waltrip get nightmares from that lap around Mount Panorama?Let us know in the comments and don’t forget to like, subscribe, hit the notify bell andsend us money so I can afford to put gas into my rear wheel drive, American stick shiftsedan for one last time. The Car Truth Report has been brought to you by about five beers. Giving me a little more courage since 1997.
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