Crappy corporations trying to cut costs as much as possible regardless of the result? I’m so surprised!

Don’t get me wrong, the Explorer did have its fair share of issues (probably the worst being the A/C compressor), but the powertrain was perfectly reliable and still ran great when she sold it.

My mom’s 2000 Expedition and 2011 Explorer both made it to around 300k with the original engine and trans before she sold them. The Expedition only had an alternator replaced late in its life.

I swear I read they didn’t sell these in the U.S. because they didn’t meet crash standards. 

I got an ebike in March and I absolutely love it. I live in a rural area about 6 miles from the closest part of town (Columbus, GA), and I still ride it anywhere I would previously drive in the area. But I’m kind of crazy. We do have a rail trail that I can occasionally use partly for some trips, but we need way more…

If it makes you feel any better the transition to EVs isn’t going to do much for the environment, either. The only actual solution is getting people out of cars for most of their trips.

My mom’s 2022 Explorer with the 2.3L gets the EPA stated MPG.

Should’ve used diatomaceous earth as it’s the most effective killer of bed bugs and it’s non-toxic.

‘Initially, Richards was hoping to buy an F-150 Lightning, but the truck was back-ordered. The salesperson could only get him an expensive trim that came with a high dealer markup. That markup added “insult to injury,” Richards said. He ended up buying a Tesla Model Y.’

I can’t believe people pay $18-50 to eat at a crappy chain.

That’s cool that your trash pickup incentivizes people to create less trash (at least in theory). We can go 6+ weeks before we fill up a 30 gallon trash bag because we recycle and compost and yet we have neighbors that will have two large trash cans every week and we all pay the same.

I’m anti-car dependence in general. It’s just that the replacing of ICE cars with electric is not a solution to anything other than continuing to make car companies money in the long term. I also don’t know where the truck comes in here, but if you’re arguing that people shouldn’t be driving them I’m in total…

The only problem is tire emissions are actually worse than a modern car’s tailpipe emissions and those only get worse with heavier EVs.

That’s frustrating. Detroit has been doing some good stuff in terms of biking infrastructure. This is a step in the wrong direction.

We need to fix regulations so people are incentivized to buy smaller cars. Or maybe disincentivized to buy bigass trucks and crossovers.

E-bikers actually get almost as much exercise as regular bikers as they ride longer and more often.

I noticed this as I drove back from Ontario to Georgia the other day and there were trucks lining highway ramps as it got well into the night. The amount of semis on our highways these days is utterly insane, and they only seem to get worse at driving as time goes on. 

Just one of the 40,000 examples per year why we need alternatives to driving cars everywhere.

If only this country wasn’t so dependent on cars kids could actually walk or bike to school...

One unnecessarily large vehicle down, too many to go.