Calm down, Ryan.

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Agreed, this is probably one of the more eye-rolling articles I’ve read on Jalop in awhile. Its a bit like there was a mandate that they needed to publish a hate article on upper-middle/upper class mid-western people who like to travel and have the wealth necessary to RV. Why hate on the RV? I’d much rather have one…

People bitch about RV ownership while dropping $10-$15 a day on lunch, go out to eat dinner/visit bars frequently, buy the hottest tech, wear the most trendy clothes/shoes, and travel to either Europe or the Caribbean every year or two.

I’m Gen X and I could see myself downsizing to one of these we retire. It is a great way to see the country. We did a cross-country RV trip one summer when I was a kid, and it was one of the best experiences of my life.

How did you manage to turn this into not only a political post but also make it sound bad that people once again have disposable income and can afford to make purchases like this? Not to mention 88% of the units sold are tow-ables. Which means they use zero fuel.

I love this so much. There is something so genuine about a clean, cared for pick-up truck.

Yeah I mentioned that in the article you didn’t read

Tell us how a town of 500 affords public transportation?

Like so many other compact pickups from the heady days when “compact” was still an option, it is the quintessential model of compact pickup.

I have to say, the appearance of the 1G S-10 has improved to me over the years. I guess it has something to do with how big, gaudy, and expensive trucks have gotten over the last few years.

That dealership experience sounds so much more in line with what it should be. I can’t understand how I’m going to get treated like a king when buying a thousand dollar dinner/gun/vacuum cleaner, but when I go to buy a $40,000 something I get treated like an animal.

I’m just waiting for cars like the Porsche Mission E or whatever BMW, MB, Volvo, Audi, etc have tucked up their sleeve. I think it will be very hard to Tesla to compete in a few years, but props to them for starting the trend and continuing to stay afloat.

This level of salesmanship will be studied for years to come. People were willing to suspend decades of conventional manufacturing wisdom. Just me bringing this up will get me flamed, but oh well.

The arrogance of the tech elite is apparent here.

If you can afford a an $80k Tesla, you can kick in a few thousand more. This tax credit did nothing to help people actually get in a car who desperately needs one. Just upper income people save some money thanks to Johnny Taxpayer.

so because I like the concept of EVs but I personally can’t afford a $30k car I should still pay towards someone’s $7.5k subsidy on the car they could afford anyway? No. This is just a scam that keeps money in the pockets of the advantaged anyway!

Thus proving there was no EV market to begin with. If the market can’t withstand the retail price of the product without the tax payers incentivizing the sale by offering the tax credit which technically only affects those who actually owe more than the $7500 in taxes to begin with and therefore should not require…

Honestly good. I’m all for making EVs but why would I as a taxpayer be supplementing $8000 off Johnnys new tesla model 3? If Johnny wants a Model 3 he can full price for it!

“The company reiterated that it believes there’s “no fundamental problems” with its supply chain or production processes”