younanomous
Younanomous
younanomous

I worked construction (heavy highway) for years and most guys drove late model sedans. Like 95%. the guys that drove trucks were usually foreman or supervisors that drove company trucks. The laborers, operators, masons, mostly drove 8-12 year old sedans and SUVs.

How do people farm and do construction in parts of the world where oversized North American pickups are not prevalent?

People who do tough dirty work for a living NEED a chrome-plated, $57,000 Sierra HD? Hmmmmm

LOP at a real farmer moving produce with a light duty pickups. 300 round trips with an open bed later and his produce has all rotted.

Vans are more practical for pretty much everything you just mentioned.

We’ve also got two paid-off cars, and I’d been flirting with the idea of buying new the last two+ years, but couldn’t bring myself to do it. 2008 hit my family HARD, and I’ve had a lingering sense of foreboding that kept me from doing a lot things with my money all at once even though I could’ve afforded it—new car,

“Repeal Obama’s 25 year import ban!”

Damnit, now I can’t unsee that.

I mean... if a swastika had five spokes, sure.

Every part of your comments is easily falsifiable nonsense. 

Naturally aspirated cars are designed to work best in high-pressure situations

yeah, but they also want money to do that, which is where we run into the problem. I need less of a “bank loan” and more of a “I just robbed a bank and need to get rid of the cash”.

Why the hate for the screen? You can get quite a few vehicles with a manual transmission for under $25k. Nothing wrong with hooking up Apple CarPlay or Android Auto, and most of the screens are build pretty solid. 

1st: Remember the other day when y’all were like, “Why isn’t Tesla’s stock being valued like the big three? They’re an automaker too, right?” Here’s your answer. They’re not an automaker with a dated, entrenched, vulnerable market. They’re a tech company with a strong growth arc, plenty of financial backing, and very

I also "eke out" a meager living of $700 million

FCA should cash in on the trend and offer different color options for the covers.

The dipshit executives over at Cadillac who approved axing V-Sport in favor of making weakling V cars and then introducing a new, higher-end badge for real Vs needs to be fired yesterday along with the useless flotsam who came up with and floated the idea across his desk.

I do work in the industry (and even so I was in shock), so I spoke with my colleagues.

The reason is that the rarity of the car means parts are harder to come by and claims will be more expensive and take longer to settle.