JAC1982
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Re: Lock em up... a long story
ken56 wrote: Yeah, don't be sharing information about neighbors. I also learned to take out my phone and take pictures of vehicles and drivers/people in them when they are going around trying to sealcoat your driveway or sell anything or other gypsy BS scams. I don't care if it's not polite, they leave pretty quick when the camera comes out. Never believe BS lost dog stories or other garbage from strangers. This was my first thought... I'd be pretty annoyed if my neighbor told a random person driving down my street that I wasn't home (or in this case, hard of hearing).642Views0likes0CommentsRe: Best time to buy new?
Allworth wrote: I agree with "right after school starts" but remember that NEW loses half its price (not value to you, but resale price) in the first 15 months. Gently used?? Err, I'm not sure this is accurate. Yes, they lose value, but not 50% at 15 months, at least not right now. We traded in a toyhauler last year that was 3 years old, and it lost around 25% of original purchase price when brand new.549Views0likes0CommentsRe: 3/4 or 1 ton SUV ?
Grit dog wrote: For those that think “who can afford/buy a $80-90k suv?” Get over it. If it’s not for you, it’s not for you. He!! I think GMC sells more Denali's than regular trucks anymore. I can think of a half dozen guys, just in our circle of people that are driving diesel Denali’s and don’t haul anything other than their fat @ss to the office or a load of beauty bark for the flower beds. Make em tough looking. Some rock slider looking running boards and a ladder on the rear barn door. And offer a Denali type version for those that want a 1000ft lb Escalade. They’ll sell. And at the same or higher profit margin than trucks. I bet theyd sell 50,000 of them a year just in Texas!! Gritdog, all of this is cracking me up. Note the F350 Tremor in my signature. It's my husband's "grocery getter". He's hauled some tile in it for our basement remodel but that's about it. It could tow the camper if needed, but that's what the dually is for. My own vehicle is an Explorer ST :) We like nice trucks/cars and have the money so why not. I should add that my neighborhood is full of super nice trucks and pricey SUV's (Expeditions, Yukons, Escalades). So clearly people are buying them.738Views0likes0CommentsRe: Wonder if truck makers will start making 10001 # 1/2 tons.
I'm a big ol' liberal and even I can recognize that electric vehicles, as things stand now, are not practical for everyone. The initial cost is one thing. But the infrastructure to support them is another. I think of families who live in large apartment complexes or buildings. Where would they all charge their vehicles? Who is going to pay for the charging units to be installed in these places? Who will be maintaining them? Will the apartments charge the tenants to use them? What about at large employers like warehouses or factories, is the employer going to pay to install 100 charging stations for employees to use? As for the cost, even for non-electric cars, it's difficult to find a brand new car that is sub-20k anymore. Especially for a family with more than 2 kids. And the long term reliability of the current electric vehicles is still too much of an unknown to make the used market super viable, whereas a lower income family can probably find a mostly-reliable used gas vehicle. I have a friend with a Tesla. He likes to take road trips where he just wanders around to explore. He's limited to where he can go now because of the need for charging the car. He has acknowledged that buying the Tesla probably wasn't the best idea for him and his hobby. I have another friend who would love to have one, but to install a charging station at her house would be quite costly (she does not have electric at all where they park their vehicles at their house). Might work out in the long run vs the cost of gas, but it's a big up front expense. Now, some of this will probably be figured out in 10 years... but there's still a long way to go to make them viable for the vast majority of the population.280Views0likes0CommentsRe: Montana HC vs Heritage Glen 1500lb Diff?
What kind of slides does the Heritage Glen have? Cable or hydraulic? I don't know if that would account for 1500lbs but MHC's have cable slides. The MHC has a front window, the Heritage Glen does not. We have the same window in our MHC and it's quite large so I imagine it weighs a decent amount. The Montana also has a larger wardrobe, what appears to be more counterspace in the kitchen, and actual cabinets dividing the living and kitchen area vs just a wall. All of these things could add up to 1500 more lbs.322Views0likes0Comments
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