to be fair, until a vehicle is released for sale, every test vehicle is a multi-million dollar prototype as the costs of R&D haven’t been recuperated yet, and there are plenty of pretty regular people driving those test vehicles around.

for good measure you’re “supposed to” hook up jumper cables away from the battery if possible. Even the positive cable. Batteries release hydrogen gas as their charging and a spark COULD ignite the gas, but realistically it’s not going to happen as it’s not in a sealed space and is in the open air.

I think it’s less about wanting to convert the pickup truck community to EVs as much as it is about converting car owners to higher profit margin trucks. If manufacturers can get everybody out of cars/CUVs and into trucks, they can build people even fewer options and rake in even more cash.

Nowhere in the world does it say “no more than one 5 gallon gas canister to reduce risk of fire” lol that’s not a thing, how would more than one 5 gallon gas can be inherently more dangerous than only one 5 gallon can? I’m butthurt about people just immediately talking shit when there’s no basis to believe that 1)…

calling 4 cans of gas in the back of a hummer a “hoard” as if nobody in Florida owns a boat

psh, new oil only makes the lifters noisy. Best to just add a quart at a time as it leaks/burns lol

Nah, even that won’t do it. Might have a broken radiator/ac condensor, fan, etc. etc. but it’ll still get you to work.

I’ve always said that GM trucks from 1998-2007 just work. They may have “character” (rattles, squeaks, broken interior plastics, rust) but they’re pretty drama free. Hell, sometimes it feels like you don’t even have to do regular maintenance on them, they’re still going to work.

My daily driver is a Suburban that I bought with 220k miles and it currently has 289K. It cost me $3500 and 2 years later it has lost exactly 0% of it’s value.

I live in Metro Detroit, where housing is significantly cheaper than many other areas, especially California, and even here $100k over appraised value isn’t unheard of in the current market. 

No, that’s not greed. That’s called adjustment. If you want something, what is it worth to you? Are people just supposed to sell their houses for the lowest offer? I think dealer markups are stupid, but not greedy.

It’s only greedy if he wants something and can’t afford it, but the person won’t give it to him anyways

you made a bad comparison. People right now are regularly buying houses sight unseen, waiving inspection, AND paying $100k over appraised value even in the $300-400k range. 

right? god forbid someone own a boat, dirtbikes, atv’s, a side-by-side, or a lawnmower

or maybe a boat?

Why does everybody here just assume that they were hoarding gas? It’s Florida. People own boats there. Boats use gas, and typically more than 20 gallons. What would you suggest they do?

If you actually had “common sense, empathy, and at least a basic level of intelligence” you might understand that people fill up gas cans for things other than hoarding. Ever been on a boat? With your basic level of intelligence, I’m sure you can understand that people own boats in Florida. Maybe they have other…

I said the same thing. Who’s to say this person wasn’t just filling up for a weekend trip with quads/dirtbikes/side by sides/etc. etc. Why do we just assume the person was an idiot because there were 4 gas cans in the back of the truck? God forbid someone has recreational hobbies that use gasoline, or a lawnmower at…

I’ll absolutely laugh at that lol hoarding toilet paper and paper towel to be “prepared” and then their own preparation is the cause of their fire?

Or maybe the person owns a boat, or a lawnmower, or quads/dirtbikes, or any number of things that run on gasoline? I mean, yeah, buying an excessive amount of gasoline during a fuel shortage is selfish and stupid, but like you stated, there were no shortages in Florida. Filling up gas cans before a weekend is not a…