Really? For starters, they offer an optional Class-5 hitch. And the 6.0 gasser (which was the only motor in the 2500, and currently in the Fleet-3500HD) is pretty disappointing in the torque department. It’s fine for pulling a boat, but towing a full-profile trailer, it struggles.
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Think an under-driven car is bad? Go check out low mile Motorhomes. It’s not hard to find 10-year old motorhomes with under 20,000 miles. And units twice as old can be found with that few miles.
Usually when a hybrid car’s “battery goes bad”, it’s just a 1 or maybe a few cells. They can easily be rebuilt by only replacing the bad cells. The OEMs have all committed to a 10 year battery life. I’m not sure where the 25 year claim comes from. At that point, the battery isn’t the only item of obsolescence....
Not only that, a hybrid can add is some much-needed low-end torque for the base V6. It’s a fine motor, once you get it spun up faster than 3,000 RPM. But that first 2 seconds can be painfully slow in the wrong situations.
The Transit Connect already gets upper 20s for MPGs. The Full Size Transit gets mid 20s with the diesel. Hybrids are great for around town, not so much for constant duty moving lots of air.
Not only tailpipe emissions, but new vehicles over 10,000 pounds are tested for greenhouse gas emissions, and RV makers have to design the coaches to the OEMs specs to maintain EPA compliance.
X2. Klammath County is by far and large, unpaved. And some areas completely roadless. Some of the trails are so seldom travelled, it makes the Rubicon seem like an Interstate in comparison.
That’s a modified Dana 80. The axle can’t spear into the diff, because it’s a full float. About the worst you can do it bend the hub, but it’ll still drive. I put mine into a guardrail at 60 MPH, and axle was fine. The guardrail not so much. I did split the pinion carrier in half once after accidentally going…
Even then, the ambulance looks completely drivable. Sure, it lost a tire but it has built in spares.
Not only that. Tesla doesn’t have the test facilities to for the kind of product validating the other trucks makers do.
Also they can’t come close to being competitive with the F150's 12,000+ tow rating. Not that most buyers needs anything close to that. Or anything at all. But pretty clear the tow ratings sell trucks.
Subaru only extends the powertrain coverage, which is generally the stuff that doesn’t break
Haha I remember that wording exactly, on the rental contract of a Mercedes C-class Sportwagen diesel. I thought that was weird, and didn’t question it. When we mapped the ring on its GPS, “Restricted Toll Road” is exactly how it described, and the clause in the rental contract suddenly made sense. (and no, we didn’t…
They haven’t thought though!
“Just below the min” could easily be a result of PDI being done on a warm summer day, and now its not so warm and summery.
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Where does it say tankers are full? I only see mention of loaded freight cars, and mention that tankers have not been decontaminated. Also, have parked tankers been known to leak? They unload from the top, so unless the hull breaches (unlikely) they won’t be leaking. They do stay some are full waiting shipment, not…
The Ram’s powertrain is exactly what the Wrangler is getting. Base tradesman’s curb weight of 4500 pounds is right in there for the higher trim Wrangler curb weights. So yeah, it’s applicable. Murano is just closest weight and powertrain I could think of with a CVT. If you feel better comparing Jeep Patriot CVT, have…
Low speed crawling are when CVTs are the worst. They either need to slip a clutch, or spin a torque converter. But the torque converters in CVTs are tiny since the are only for launch.
One point I didn’t see....