Motorpsychology

We will be going up slightly from last week: 87E10, $4.19; 91E0, $4.95-5.59. Our KwikTrip just went up to $4.29 Reg. this morning and I'm sure the other stations will follow.

This is early for Ranger. Often the new MY guide isn't published until Dec-Jan.

BBC News is as close to neutral as I can find.

The Ridgeline is built from Accord bones, which I think both will stay in production for now. The Ridgeline is more a suburban dad-truck that isn't going to see capacity payload or towing, just nice to have open carrying space now and then. Unless the new Xterra/Frontier and its licensed builds are significantly better than the Tacoma and the upcoming Ram "Dakota", it/they will further parse the pie chart for GM and Ford, leaving Tacoma largely unchanged. Ford is wise to move the NA Ranger into the F-Series family and going all in with the Fathom. I see a shakeout in the next decade, which at that time if everything today is true, there will be ten compact/midsize trucks in a relatively small market space.

Strange Voodoo economics that sets prices. 91oct. around the Twin Cities 13-county metro area is $0.70-1.25 more than 87 (lowest oct. around here), which varies only about $0.20-25 with a few outliers that are higher or lower.

So… Honda is going to offer a rebadged Mitsubishi pickup for SE Asia, Mitsubishi will offer a Rebadged Nissan PU in the US, but so will Honda, maybe, and of course Nissan is bringing back the Xterra, which is derived from the Frontier. With the huge success Mitsu and Honda are forecasting, Nissan may discontinue the Frontier and build only Honda and Mitsu versions. You read it here first.

They were dragged kicking and screaming away from sealed beams after decades of composites in the ROW. No Hurry Traffic's Stopped Anyway.

Where the St Croix meets the Mississippi. Note:BP Prem. is always $1 more than Reg. Some Kwik Trip's, Including Prescott, now offer 87E0 along with 91E0. The price is $4.79.

There is talk about building an all season road to Nunavut, junctioned off the Trans Labrador Highway. Currently, air and sea are the only all season routes, as ice roads are no longer laid since the mining ended. A road trip to Nunavut is a bucket list journey, so I pay loose attention to progress.

That's what I envision; a footprint between a Dodge Dakota and a first gen Tundra.

Sahweet car! I had a used '82 Escort GL 5spd with a dlr installed popout sunroof. Blew out the frost plug heater, overheated cracked the head. Fun car while it lasted, and the little "perch" on the hatch created enough turbulence keep the rear window clean.

The other thing is the marketplace in general; do we want another small truck regardless of propulsion, or is sedan desire near the tipping point? If the Fathom has few takers, How fast can Ford bring out a sedan/coupe on the same innards? Call it the "League," another 19th century nautical measurement.

If they would put Silverado-level marketing effort into it, it probably would've hit their 150K mark. Has anyone here seen any info or advertising for the Bolt in the mainstream press? "...Let's bring back the Bolt with a 10-figure budget, not tell anyone about it, and sell a buck fifty of 'em..." Good luck.

I think you could get a quality white paint belt on a Ruby Red, or any base color for a lot less than 12 large.

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