I had a Maverick for almost 5,000 miles (until someone hit it, RIP) and never had an issue with the shifter.  Never shifted into Park on accident.  I think you’re trying to make a problem out of sometime that everyone gets used in in less than a day.

It’s kind of amazing that we have to get our real news from a comedian.

The bigger question what ISN’T horrible in Project 2025?

My truck has an 8' box and I still use a tailgate pad because it’s quicker and easier. A bonus is it's good for casual kayak hauling 

My friend also has one. Yes, it can be made to hold bikes. No, it cannot fit a full sized mountain bike in the bed without help.

I always thought these were more to protect the bike. Protect the bikes bottom tube and forks from denting or rubbing.

FYI, most trucks made today cannot hold a full-sized mountain bike. From end to end, my smallest bike is about 5.5 feet long while my biggest is just under 7 feet. Everyone I know who has a truck, and is serious about biking, uses a tailgate pad.

Hey, so Apple says the Macbook Pro uses a “72.4-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery” which is not what we’re talking about here. They use a solid state disc drive, maybe that’s what you’re thinking about?

Replied to another guy below, but I think it’s worth taking note that the Model 3 Performance is SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper than the other small sedan rivals like the M3, RS5, and etc...

I think it’s worth taking note that the Model 3 Performance is SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper than the other small sedan rivals like the M3, RS5, and etc...

At the point you called “woke” being a possible culprit you lost me.

Insane tax policies and government subsidizing of the oil industry has lead us to these truck absurdities.

Will they also fix their chargers so they actually work?

there are necessities of the touring business model, then there is private gluttony of flying off to a dinner date. all of which is heavily subsidized by middle and low income taxes - and environment - who rarely have a chance to visit the tarmac.

Really bad take here.

Two things:

I don’t doubt the validity that allowing blacks to buy their vehicles helped save Cadillac, I’m simply suggesting that there are claims made in this piece (as well as the original) that aren’t actually backed up with any proof. That’s not exactly great journalism.

No it doesn’t. It also makes a large claim without much backing it up, though, it is a bit clearer in the reasoning behind Dreystadt’s intentions behind the move. It wasn’t to improve sales volumes, but rather, an attempt to directly capture a bit more profit.

You’d think this article would have some better numbers. Maybe a few years of sales numbers, and then sales numbers to black people over those years. I’m not doubting it’s true, but what the fuck is the point of a whole entire article if virtually none of it backs up the headline. The headline could have served as the…