It also included lowered and stiffer suspension, different gear ratios, flat-bottom steering wheel, different fascias, seats, etc. So, not, not just black wheels. But also not a ton else either.

You mistake “no morals or ethical boundaries” with being an evil genius. He will do whatever is best for him at that moment in time with zero regard for the repercussions from that action. This is what leads to him lying about everything. This is what also causes him to say dumber and do more outrageous things to…

Not only does he know what they are, he (at one point) had a very strong opinion on why someone would use them:

There is clearly much more to this story. I’m guessing the guy used identity theft or straw buyers to “purchase” the vehicles and planned to load them on containers and export them just hadn’t gotten them out yet.  Although dirty from sitting in the yard they are all obviously new and were acquired for a reason.  

1) No, because there’s plenty of documentary evidence of him not being in a secure facility (other than the White House itself) during this time, plus remember his whole “Bunker Baby” thing.

2) Those secure facilities absolutely have phones. It is so completely inconceivable that the fucking POTUS wouldn’t be burning…

While I believe his stupidity knows no bounds, I also believe that him denying something is the clearest proof imaginable that he is lying, so in this case that belief wins out.

Stupid comes in a lot of different flavors.

I can’t call a vehicle that uses 9k lbs of natural resources a win for the environment. This is better than an F350, but that’s like saying Pol Pot is better than Hitler. If this is where we are going with EV’s we haven’t learned a damned thing.

Stop providing people with mafia tactics the plausible deniability to keep doing it.

And Nixon was smart. Really smart. This asshole is a dolt who has a singular ability to rile up other racist dolts enough that they fall all over themselves to give him money - whether directly or by purchasing one of his myriad scam products - and to put him in elected office so he can screw them over even more…

At some point we will have to do this in some shape or form. Heavier vehicles result in more wear on the roads. As EVs start to make up a larger portion of the vehicles on the road, we are going to need to increase spending on road maintenance (or suffer increasingly shittier road conditions).

The quote from Bolton says Trump used the term and they specifically talked about what it meant. Trump may lack book smarts but don’t underestimate his street smarts when it comes to illegal behavior. His dad got rich doing some very illegal things in the NYC housing market and Teflon Don sure as hell learned from and…

From the WaPost article:

It’s the mass / weight. Vehicles are getting bigger and heavier and more dangerous to just about everyone else on the road (or next to it). That most of these will be used a grocery getters is atrocious for the amount of resources going into it.

Each Hummer EV has enough battery capacity to power what, 3 Bolts?

Suspending the gas tax is the move with the smallest real upside compared to the greatest theatrical appearance of an upside, which is exactly why it’s the only thing that will be done.

Land Rover must employ several full-time hypnotists to haunt the wealthy neighborhoods of North America. There is no better explanation for the perseverance of the brand because those cars suck, period, and there is no way for a person who knows one or more Land Rover owners to avoid hearing horror stories.

The 1964-1972 American muscle car era was peak awesomeness for Detroit iron. The sounds, the smells, the chrome, the lines - all better than anything we have gotten since.

Just commenting here to say this is good Jalop--thanks for excellent car related content.

The one dealer in Colorado has no inventory, of course.