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Old 05-10-2022, 03:45 PM   #433 (permalink)
oil pan 4
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Sub - '84 Chevy Diesel Suburban C10
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camaro - '85 Chevy Camaro Z28

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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary View Post
There are a lot of things you can call stupid.

AWD is stupid. It belongs on vehicles that actually go off road in very low traction scenarios.

Touch screens are stupid. I don't think they belong on cell phones, much less on cars.

Pickups are stupid. What's the point of having an exposed cargo bed that's a hernia making 4ft off the ground?

EVs in general are stupid. Enormous batteries belong on solar and wind farms not in vehicles that cost more to have a limited range that can take hours, and in some cases days, to "refuel."
Yes the meter high factory lifted pickups are pretty dumb. That's why my trailer is about 16 inches off the ground.

Grid batteries are pretty much useless. It takes thousands of tesla car batteries just to replace the output of a power plant for an hour. We old be much better off with more EVs and exporting all that gasoline.

The only people who have to charge their electric vehicles for days are math rubes who assumed level 1 charging would be fast enough. Before I even bought my leaf I knew level 1 charging wasn't going to cut it.
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1984 chevy suburban, custom made 6.5L diesel turbocharged with a Garrett T76 and Holset HE351VE, 22:1 compression 13psi of intercooled boost.
1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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