Friday, June 27, 2025

Runner-Up For Chart Of The Day -- Epic Plunge -- Making America Great -- June 27, 2025

Locator: 48602RANGEROVER.

The starting price for a new Range Rover is around $107,400. Prices can increase significantly depending on the trim level, wheelbase, and options chosen. For example, the Range Rover SV can start at $209,000 for a standard wheelbase and go up to $234,000 for a long wheelbase.

We feel your pain:

But seriously: name your top twenty automobiles. Is a British car on that list? For me, yes. The Range Rover. 

But seriously: The starting price for a new Land Rover Range Rover is around $107,400.  

Prices can increase significantly depending on the trim level, wheelbase, and options chosen. For example, the Range Rover SV can start at $209,000 for a standard wheelbase and go up to $234,000 for a long wheelbase.

And yes, the Range Rover is seen almost as often as a Tesla in our neighborhood. Wow.

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Miscellaneous

Best airport in America, as judged by The Washington Post: link here. I have to agree. The airport terminal is small, one building, clean, quiet, well-designed, and best food court anywhere -- not just airports. Unfortunately, you can only access these restaurants after you go through security, and only if you have a flight reserved. And for me, McDonald's is right next to my gate! LOL.

And most remarkably, somehow the airport and the city are keeping graffiti, garbage and the homeless out of the area. One has to travel about a mile down the road before one starts seeing the real Portland. But PDX is a (sic) utopia. 

From the link:

PDX is “practically a nature bath,” according to the newspaper.

“Skylights built into soaring timber roofs filter sunlight onto the oak floor,” The Washington Post wrote. “Live trees and massive video walls showcase stunning landscapes. Sit for a spell on the stadium-style wood benches. Linger on the real-life view of Mount Hood from Concourse E. This space is — it’s hard to believe — relaxing. And that’s despite construction set to wrap up next year.”

The newspaper went on to highlight PDX’s iconic 1988 carpet design, speakeasy that opened earlier this spring, Hollywood Theater’s microcinema and occasional guest appearances from emotional support llamas. It also praised the prices, noting that Tillamook’s fried cheese curds, treats from Blue Star Donuts and a pint from Loyal Legion Beer Hall could cost just the same as they do outside of the airport. Another plus is travelers’ ability to take the TriMet MAX Red Line to PDX, the Post said.

Not fake: