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Comment Re:Drive one for three weeks (Score 1) 522

A 4x4 Jeep (not the SUV's) is called a "bolt-on car" so you can configure it in multiple on-or-off road packages.

The strength of that is everything is fastened with a bolt - everything has aftermarket parts and rebuilds from at least a dozen vendors.
The weakness of that is everything is fastened with a bolt - don't buy one if you can't work on it yourself.

I have no problems with hybrids (my wife owns one) or EV's. Once you can drop a EV engine and the skateboard (I already run solar batteries in the back) into it without the dealership I'll be happy to try them out.

My diesel has 7500 lbs of tow capacity and has a fuel range of almost 500 miles per tank and can pull more than that comfortably.
The Cybertruck has a technical tow of 11,000 lbs but in the real world with a normal hitch maxes out around 2,500 lbs with a max tow range of about 115-135 miles realistically before the battery is dead.
The Rivian also says on paper it can tow 11,000 lbs but it's about the same as a Cybertruck with a little better max range of 137-144 miles.

Comment Re:the world's largest publicly funded health serv (Score 1) 113

Try again troll, the fastest search shows the UK runs the 'British Commonwealth' (King Charles is the head of the commonwealth):

"As of 2024, there are 15 Commonwealth realms: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and the United Kingdom."

that's 2.7 billion people or 1/3 of the worlds population.

Comment Re:Hippocrits (Score 1) 213

While Toyota might not be a USA company only Tesla has more parts made in the USA than Toyota.

Think about it, why would a very lean-efficient Japanese company make cars built to USA government standards in Japan and then ship them to the US?
My 2007 Camry was 90% made in Detroit it has the stamps to prove it. The only thing that was build out of country was the wiring harnesses which was made in Mexico but installed in Detroit.

80% of Ford's and Chevy's are made 100% in Mexico.

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