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And is that necessarily a bad thing given the realities of climate change? It's real, and (at this point at least) it can be mitigated. We shouldn't have to sacrifice the health, wellbeing, and in most cases lives of the many just so the few (mainly commodities traders and top executives) can...

So they're not selling diesel or gasoline anymore. There's still going to be a need for kerosene, white gas, greases and lubricating oils. And fluids for molotov cocktails (hopefully a joke). There'll still be demand and they'll still make money. Or do they think we'll go back to greasing our...

My initial thought? That they'd rather keep supply down so they can demand a higher price at the pump. Sort of like dairy farmers dumping out milk when they've overproduced. Also worth mentioning that they've been known to sue a landowner who tried putting solar on land that also had a drilling...

Even with projected yields lower, we're still not hurting for grain or oil. This whole "food crisis" business is just media hype so the commodities market fat cats can have an excuse to raise prices and fatten their wallets. Just like how gas prices rose in 2008 and this year. It's all a...

My initial guess would be that higher than 15% ethanol would make for corrosion issues over time. Probably due to coating formulations and all that. That having been said, there's been so much FUD about ethanol that I know people willing to fight an hour's traffic each way just to fill up with...

(Joke) It's what keeps the magic smoke in.

Pic is of a Ram 700. Which, based on the article I saw, has a suspiciously low tow cap (800#) and a payload around 1600. Why would a truck/ute have a lower tow cap than my old '95 Miata did? Don't knock enby fashion. Most of us have been stuck either boymoding or being hoodie/sweats gremlins...

Isn't the Hybrid Maverick's reverse "gear" electric only? Like, the gas engine doesn't even turn on for it. An electric vehicle is completely silent barring the road noises you get at high speed. And if you're like me and zone out pretty bad when you're walking, you depend on the beep beep noise...

I sort of remember it going up in the late '90s to very early '00s. But that might have had more to do with badly- designed SUVs that were roll hazards, and underinflated Firestone tires. Yup, noticed that one too. Teslas seem to keep having wrecks where the autopilot was driving and the guy...

Ok, so basically what my wife and I would be doing. Pulling campers and light utility trailers at the farm.

Planning on making yours into a welding rig or something? You'll be able to carry a good- sized welder/generator with no straining and have room for a cutting torch kit as well. It'll be tight relative to a Colorado or Ranger, but you'll get there and get the job done just the same.

I just saw a Santa Cruz in the wild- a parking lot, actually. It didn't look too shabby. My wife said it looked a bit more luxury than the Maverick, but she did like the whole general design. I could see us maybe ending up in one depending on how thing play out, but we'd probably both prefer the...

Used cars in muted and washed- out colors sell higher than ones in bright or vibrant colors. And a lot of buyers- especially here for whatever reason- are buying the car they want to trade in. Same as the housing market- people are buying the house to sell in ten years, not live in for thirty or...

The less wire splicing that happens, the better. Or am I the only one who remembers cars routinely getting radio shorts- or fires- because some numbskull at the installer tapped into the wrong wire?

It's not the only small crossover that can tow 2k or more. Jeep Renegade, Nissan Juke, and a few others can do it. It's just the only one that advertises it. Also, the Kia Soul has the same MSRP as a Maverick. Same cost bracket, same tow cap. This. The factory brake controller alone is worth...

So if this works for DRLs, what about putting a set in the airdam as fog lights? Because that's what I'd rather have and somehow the FX4 package doesn't include them.

She also did that in the Santa Cruz video. I think it's just a thing she does- starts hills in slippery mode.

Has that guy ever driven a car with a trunk? Every one my parents or I have owned, has leaked bad enough to fill up with water in an average Texas rainstorm. Manufacturers couldn't be bothered to even put in a drain hole. And yet this numbskull is saying they're somehow more practical?

Much as that'd be a good idea, businesses hide as much as they can behind the veil of "trade secrets." That's a lot of why Open Source hasn't really taken hold- businesses don't want government regulators getting concrete evidence of their anti- competitive practices and nailing them with an...

I sort of remember that being a huge thing when it happened, too. Something about "We're doing away with all the small trucks because we only want to have the biggest, toughest trucks on the planet!" Or something like that. I don't think anyone's going to have price. The Maverick barely does...