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Experienced a rolling roadblock today.

4 lane Freeway

Lane 1 Alto Blue XLT Hybrid
Lane 2 Area 51 XL Hybrid
Lane 3 Cactus Grey Lariat
Lane 4 White XL

All unrelated. Just by chance.

No photo. But was something like this for a fleeting moment. Reverse the blue and white one. Plus 100 other random cars were there.
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So ya gotta use your imagination!
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Experienced a rolling roadblock today.

4 lane Freeway

Lane 1 Alto Blue XLT Hybrid
Lane 2 Area 51 XL Hybrid
Lane 3 Cactus Grey Lariat
Lane 4 White XL

All unrelated. Just by chance.

No photo. I was in a lot of traffic with pending merges, and how would I get myself?

So ya gotta use your imagination!
Sounds like the making of a parade or was there a MTC Meet up at Waffle House?
 

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I picture a highway littered with broken halfshafts, non-functional Lasfit LEDs, and random stick-on tailgate letters that came unstuck. :D
 
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I picture a highway littered with broken halfshafts, non-functional Lasfit LEDs, and random stick-on tailgate letters that came unstuck. :D
So how do you feel about tailgate stick on letters?
 

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Here's what Gemini AI came up with. Apparently it's not familiar with all the colors you mentioned, so it made up some of it's own.


Ford Maverick Rolling Roadblock 1000093119
 

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Here's what Gemini AI came up with. Apparently it's not familiar with all the colors you mentioned, so it made up some of it's own.


1000093119.jpg
Nice.
Funny it got eruption green in there.

I wondered if a simulated image were possible But I didn't know how to do it.
Mind if I borrow that?
 

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Nice.
Funny it got eruption green in there.

I wondered if a simulated image were possible But I didn't know how to do it.
Mind if I borrow that?
Certainly.

To create it, I Googled "Gemini AI" on my phone to find the link and used the Web interface—I don't have the app installed.

The prompt was along the lines of
"Create an image showing 4 Ford Mavericks pick ups side by side on a highway in the colors and styles below.
Lane 1 Alto Blue XLT Hybrid
Lane 2 Area 51 XL Hybrid
Lane 3 Cactus Grey Lariat
Lane 4 White XL"

A better prompt might yield better results. It's amazing/scary how easy it is to create plausibly real fake images.
 
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I picture a highway littered with broken halfshafts, non-functional Lasfit LEDs, and random stick-on tailgate letters that came unstuck. :D


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