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@kleptomage
Doesn’t need as many batteries to achieve the listed ranges because of the aerodynamic shape and less rolling resistance because it only has 3 wheels. Here’s a really informative interview

@The magic 🅱oi
Looks like a cute little spaceship. Lightweight construction is all well and good, but batteries are very heavy.

@The magic 🅱oi
I suppose very lightweight cars would be the best candidate for solar panels built into the body. Just add em everywhere

The wheels look neat

https://aptera.us/vehicle/
Hoping this makes it into production, range options are from 250 miles - 1,000 miles, and it can solar charge up to 40 miles a day

Nissan Frontier with steelies? How could you resist?

@ACApenetrator50
A diesel Tacoma? that sounds interesting.

It’s a heavy engine, I feel like a smaller truck wouldn’t handle that weight nicely… did you take any pictures?

The thread goes through dry spots now and then, like when it first started. It was dormant for a month.

Has this forum died?

I went ahead with the cummins swap. There was more room in the engine bay than I thought but it fits. This thing is gonna be a beast

Ok so, I have a 99 Toyota Tacoma and reached it 300K miles and was doing 110mph on I95 before pistons 1 and 4 said aight Imma head out. The Tacoma is still a dependable truck and I still want to use it. I’ve got a used 24v cummins 6BT that I can put in it with the right work. I want to get some opinions though and find out if a different engine would be a better idea or proceed with the swap.

The Cadillac CT6 with the twin turbo engine would be an astonishingly good used car except for two things.

@ACApenetrator50
I thought Ford already stopped producing all sedans in 2020. The only Ford model I’ve heard of being recently discontinued is the Ecosport and I doubt many people are going to be sad about that.

@Goku Black
“crown vic”, “small”

@ACApenetrator50
The last decent small cars that Ford has produced were the Crown Vic and the Fusion.

God, I miss the Crown Vic.

@ACApenetrator50
>stopping sale of crossovers

Good.

Y’all heard anything lately about ford presumably ending production of their passenger vehicles? Allegedly they’re stopping production of sedans and crossovers to focus production on the mustang, bronco, larger SUVs, and F series trucks since more and more people in America are buying those.

@Goku Black
The Lincoln Navigator in Reserve trim is very pricy. I won’t say it’s worth six figures, but it’s a huge, powerful SUV that can transport six people and their suitcases in palatial comfort.

A starting price of $70,000 for an off-road toy just seems ridiculous to me, especially when the most off-road terrain the average Bronco is likely to see is the drive-thru at Starbucks.

Randomly browsing car ads on Fakebook and I see a ‘21 Lincoln Navigator listed for six figures. It’s already happening to luxury vehicles.

The Bronco Raptor starts at $70,000. Including options, dealer markups, and “market adjustments” I wouldn’t be surprised if the final price is six figures.

So I got some snow chains recently and they’re basically just these rubber plates that strap to the tires. They were about 60 dollars on Amazon and there’s 6 pieces in a bag. 3 per tire if it’s 2WD. Seems easy enough to install but the build quality is questionable

New Toyota Sequoia comes with a standard hybrid engine. Good. SUV buyers need to be encouraged to try hybrids since normal 3 row SUVs are absolute gas hogs no matter what

@The magic 🅱oi
It shouldn’t be, but dumbasses will be dumbasses

@ToyotaLC80
Changing oil isn’t hard

@RainbowDash69
We are replacing the 4runner and Corolla engines free of charge. Only the technicians doing the work are getting any money out of this

@The magic 🅱oi
Seems very complex and unnecessary when other dealerships could have other offerings online, you’d just need to drive farther or get it delivered.

@ToyotaLC80
How does compensation for that work? Free engine replacement or is it a voucher saying “Sorry buy a new car!”

I have a friend who owns a Peugeot 2008.
If I got a first car it would be either a 2019-20 Corolla.
Honda Civic FK2
Or maybe a CH-R if necessary