Random Randomness.

[Hongbit]

I’ve seen 3 Corvettes on the road the last 2 days.    This is not an all season vehicle.   If you don’t have another car for winter then you shouldn’t buy a Vette. 

[Deleterious]

40 minutes ago, Hongbit said:

I’ve seen 3 Corvettes on the road the last 2 days.    This is not an all season vehicle.   If you don’t have another car for winter then you shouldn’t buy a Vette. 

Easy way to tell who is leasing.

Joking aside, they make an AWD model called the E-Ray that is probably fairly decent on snow.  Except for the low ground clearance.  

[CMRivdogs]

Cool story. Just learned about this a few days ago...

Surprised it took to the mid '80s for someone to recognize and actually do something relatively simple.

And the guy took no money for his idea. 

edit. I see the Journal story was paywalled. Here's another version

https://www.autoweek.com/news/a69889877/gas-guage-little-arrow-inventor-has-passed-away/

Edited 13 hours ago by CMRivdogs

[gehringer_2]

3 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

Cool story. Just learned about this a few days ago...

Surprised it took to the mid '80s for someone to recognize and actually do something relatively simple.

And the guy took no money for his idea. 

edit. I see the Journal story was paywalled. Here's another version

https://www.autoweek.com/news/a69889877/gas-guage-little-arrow-inventor-has-passed-away/

when cars were cars and men were men, we didn't need no stinking arrows, you filled you tank from  right in th middle, behind your licence plate.

(that placement also made it convenient to get incinerated when you were rear-ended, but all in all a small price to pay for your constant confidence at the filling staion.)

Edited 9 hours ago by gehringer_2

[Dan Gilmore]

Many decades ago, my much older brother bought a old beater car, in this case a Caddy (maybe late 50s?) and then asked the family to find the gas fill nozzle. 🤔

It was behind the taillight assembly, you pushed on one of the lens circle to flip it up.