Misc Thread VI: Return of the Threadi

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PODCAST ON WHAT PERSONAL DATA YOUR VEHICLE MAY HOLD - THAT NEEDS TO BE WIPED BEFORE THE VEHICLE IS SOLD, SCRAPPED, ETC.

https://soundcloud.com/canadaconversati ... t-and-more

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THE NEW AND IMPROVED ALFA ROMEO TONALE

https://www.caranddriver.com/alfa-romeo/tonale

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Emissions? Impossible!

Two Chinese Car Companies Slug it Out in Public

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y9wzLWK-io[/youtube]

https://www.autonews.com/china/great-wa ... 2-readmore

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"27% of GT and Dark Horse buyers are ordering a manual transmission" - Autoline Daily

NEW FORD MUSTANG PRICING REVEALED
Ford opened the full build and price website for the new Mustang, which means we know how much it costs now. A base EcoBoost version starts at just under $31,000 not including destination charges. To go to a V8 GT it costs $42,500. A convertible for the EcoBoost adds $9-grand to the price and $10-grand for a GT. And lastly, the new 500 horsepower Dark Horse Mustang starts at just under $60,000. Ford says of all the people that have already configured a new Mustang, 50% more people are ordering the High Performance Package on the EcoBoost version, which it thinks is due to the addition of its electronic drift brake, and that 27% of GT and Dark Horse buyers are ordering a manual transmission.

https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedi ... stang.html

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Learn to speak Canadian!

New Motor Vehicle Retailers of Ontario (MVRO) report highlights “crisis” of technician shortages

Ontario is short of filling 3000 auto technician job openings. They are looking to the Philipines to fill the positions.

"... the average wage of automotive service trades being between $60,000-$80,000 annually....

https://canadianautodealer.ca/2023/08/n ... shortages/

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This made me think of Tinton, he of the Corvette Brakes and power-boosted Pontiac Fieros.

Pontiac Fiero museum destroyed in flood

We had a little too much rain, that dam water barrier across the Tittabawassee River was overflowed, and then it broke open and everyone saw it's breaches.

https://www.freep.com/picture-gallery/n ... 240300002/

RIP Tinton

Most people happening across this post wouldn't even know who Tinton is if it weren't for his business that applies darkened plastic sheeting to car windows.

Speakin' of Tinton,....

I wonder if he took part in any festivities associated with the 40th Anniversary of the Pontiac Fiero

https://www.autonews.com/video/automoti ... hero-image