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On my drive home today I spotted an 80 series Land Cruiser waiting to turn onto the road. Normal enough except that it had hood mounted mirrors!
So I looked at it a bit more as I passed it and sure enough it was a RHD JDM import. I’m guessing it’s a turbodiesel.
So I looked at it a bit more as I passed it and sure enough it was a RHD JDM import. I’m guessing it’s a turbodiesel.
Shipping is so efficient, it usually costs 2-3% of the product to ship it halfway around the world.
If (by pure economics of scale) there is a supplier capable of processing stuff 5% cheaper (trivially easy, as volume savings can be as high as 40-80% for capital intensive stuff) that would be enough savings to do it.
Compound this with the effect of wholesale/distribution agreements (say, you were willing to risk it and invest and manufacture locally, but without distribuitors to absorb production the risk would be too big) ... and you get the world as we know it.
Shipping is also so polluting.
New Genesis G70 Shooting Brake on sale from £35,250 | Autocar
Europe-specific estate joins G70 saloon in UK dealerships with choice of petrol and diesel power
Stupid fucking Americans. "Oh, I need an SUV." "Oh, I need a big truck" Majority of us are fucking idiots.
This would actually get me to strip the Subaru back to stock, sell the parts (even at a loss), and buy a new car. I know I fit in the sedan with Haley behind me.
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Footprint rule.
How the Carmakers Trumped Themselves
Automakers wanted rule changes. But not, they say, these rule changes.
www.theatlantic.com
and then what is the range after a full charge?
Yes. Its price doesnt reflect its true cost.
And it wll just keep getting bigger, as the combo of large/efficient manufacturer + large/efficient distribuitor network will drive smaller companies out of the market everywhere.
190-287 per reports. 250-260 per EPA.
vw id.4 range - Google Search
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plus quick charging on road, 5-80% claimed in 38 minutes @ 125 kW CCS peak rate.
Footprint rule.
How the Carmakers Trumped Themselves
Automakers wanted rule changes. But not, they say, these rule changes.
Thats very "dont mess this quarter" centric.
Euope(part of EMEA)/China/NA (and maybe japan) are market makers.
All others are just followers, we just consume whatever is the prevalent/dominant spec in market makers.
Europe/China/Japan emissions standards/specs are close enough to be somewhat commercially interchangable.
If NA manufacturers go down the path of making their own standard and "avoid" the investment/development phase, they will in the long run effectively lock themselves out of 50% of the market (the market makers) and indirectly from the followers as well (just wont be able to compete in time even if they wanted to).
For your mall crawler.
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A Company Is Offering Pre-Rusted Car Trim Pieces
Heritage Customs, an offshoot of Niels van Roij Design, has made pre-rusted parts for the new Land Rover Defender
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NGL, Mercedes do nothing for me. Except for the Unimog. Otherwise, just a buncha mehwagons.
AFAIK, the SL is a softer car than say the GT. It's really intended to be a cruiser. Don't know about it's AMG guise, but it's kind of redundant with the GT I'd think. I'd take an E63 estate any day though.
I agree mostly, gullwing has a special place for me, Unimog cool and useless, still want.
There "cool" amg things are just, sigh.
Years ago someone passed me in the middle of the night in a SLR at triple digit speeds, kind of cool seeing a car going stupid fast.
255-MPH 1988 Chevrolet Corvette Callaway SledgeHammer
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Woman Bursts Into Flames After Rolling Car Full Of Hoarded Gas
A South Carolina woman found herself on fire after rolling a Pontiac G6 during short a police chase. The hoard of gasoline in back exploded, setting both the car and its driver alight.
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I was just thinking about that car, I remember it being in the DuPont registry magazine back in the early 90s.255-MPH 1988 Chevrolet Corvette Callaway SledgeHammer
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Ugly bodywork, but not a good looking car to begin with.
The body is 100% functional. The C4 Corvette is crazy aero (the C5 is the most aero generation) so it didn't take much.
I wasn't a huge fan but I actually fell in love with my C4. I still can't get over just how stupid that car was for $4k. While the C4 has it's issues, the reality is it's still a damn nice performer. And the seats were WAY better.
Yeah, gas mileage was in the 30s for C5 with a V8, because basically no aero cross section.The body is 100% functional. The C4 Corvette is crazy aero (the C5 is the most aero generation) so it didn't take much.
I wasn't a huge fan but I actually fell in love with my C4. I still can't get over just how stupid that car was for $4k. While the C4 has it's issues, the reality is it's still a damn nice performer. And the seats were WAY better.
You lost me at "American".
At least all the wheels appear connected
Pretty okay set up if you have a truck with plenty of payload capacity and a camper with no toy hauler ability, how you find yourself in that exact predicament remains unclear, but those ramp racks are pretty popular so it must be common.
Pretty okay set up if you have a truck with plenty of payload capacity and a camper with no toy hauler ability, how you find yourself in that exact predicament remains unclear, but those ramp racks are pretty popular so it must be common.
Math time for that photo!
That's a SuperCrew F-150. Max payload is therefore 2,481 lbs.
That rack's something like this. Let's assume he got the lighter 230 lb aluminum version to be charitable.
The side by side looks to be a Can-Am Maverick X3 Max DS Turbo or the like judging from the doors. That's 1,726 lbs dry, so let's call it 1,800 flat to be fair.
Then he has the trailer with its tongue weight and his cargo/human passenger weight, too. By my calculations therefore he has 2,481 - 230 - 1,800 to work with for tongue/passenger/cargo weight, or 451 lbs.
That's a SuperCrew F-150. Max payload is therefore 2,481 lbs.
That rack's something like this. Let's assume he got the lighter 230 lb aluminum version to be charitable.
The side by side looks to be a Can-Am Maverick X3 Max DS Turbo or the like judging from the doors. That's 1,726 lbs dry, so let's call it 1,800 flat to be fair.
Then he has the trailer with its tongue weight and his cargo/human passenger weight, too. By my calculations therefore he has 2,481 - 230 - 1,800 to work with for tongue/passenger/cargo weight, or 451 lbs.
It was an F250 in my photo, so payload wasn't concerning, it was more the centre of gravity.
almost makes a vanagon look aerodynamic....
You were 1.5/2.5=60% so 40% wrong.ah, my bad.
Makes a touch more sense that way. but not much.
You were 1.5/2.5=60% so 40% wrong.
A non-camper package F-250 Crew Cab with the diesel has all of 2,992 lbs of payload, and 800 lbs less yet if one downrates the GVWR to 10k flat for some reason (taxes? not sure why one would do this).
2,992 - 230 - 1,800 = 1,062 for passengers, tongue weight, cargo, and again if he got the aluminum rack.
You showed your workings the first time so you didn’t need that for the extra credit.
It’s slightly shocking you only get an extra ~400lbs — 180kg (that’s just one morbidly obese human) in extra capacity from the 150 to 250. It’s as if these vehicles are really terrible in most every measurable way.
It’s slightly shocking you only get an extra ~400lbs — 180kg (that’s just one morbidly obese human) in extra capacity from the 150 to 250. It’s as if these vehicles are really terrible in most every measurable way.
Woman Bursts Into Flames After Rolling Car Full Of Hoarded Gas
A South Carolina woman found herself on fire after rolling a Pontiac G6 during short a police chase. The hoard of gasoline in back exploded, setting both the car and its driver alight.
The 10K GVWR is indeed for legal purposes. Things get more complicated once you exceed that in some states.
My truck has a 12K something GVWR, and I must take it to a heavy equipment dealer for for yearly inspection. The past two years I've had the pleasure of taking it to some lunatic who has ranted about guns and democrats and how we should call the coronavirus by where it originated the entire time. Really wish I could get it inspected at the half a billion regular gas stations like everyone else.
