Recent content by Zaptor

Weird to see ARAMCO on a motor; wife's grandfather was a VP for Aramco in Saudi Arabia back in the 40s and 50s and literally introduced air conditioning to vast swaths of Saudi Arabia that can hit 120-130 degrees F (the Americans couldn't handle working there otherwise lol). They sure have come...

tbh I might just keep buying low mileage lightings as long as I can find em, so far best truck ever, why mess with a good formula, especially when I see the deals some of y'all are getting :o MSRP guy here (very early; had to have her) lol -Zap

Granger x2, it's the exact same warranty product sold by every Ford dealer and supported by any and all licensed dealers. Nice peace of mind for trucks we'll likely own forever :) -Zap

Great app, I have used it for years for hunting and for roughly approximating property lines (before hiring a surveyor to confirm). It will give you contact info for plot owners which is handy when it is timber land with no home on site and no mailbox and also great for hiking if you get lost...

I'd agree if this were dealership "ADM"/"market price" shenanigans, but that's a federally mandated (and illegal to alter) Monroney sticker with the price on it; if you zoom in you can actually read the text that says THIS LABEL IS ADDED TO THIS VEHICLE TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL LAW. THE LABEL...

Holy hell, lol. I thought *maybe* this was Canada dollars, but nope, says EPA/DOT right there, which are obv American... $112k and it's a Laramie; not a Longhorn, Limited, or Tungsten which as higher trims than Laramie would all be even MORE expensive. I think they are going to sell like three...

Yep: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADAC is referenced on the side of the flatbed. -Zap

Big oops, lol shitty parking as well, might as well have just parked up on the sidewalk. Nice to see; impressive rigging by the tow op. -Zap

I never updated here, but we ended up getting her a $73.5k build XLT ER 2023 for $47.5k, or $26k off. I did not trade in the Tesla but they gave me the conquest cash anyway and then there was a $2500 Oregon rebate on top of the $22k+$1.5K Tesla cash :) We sold the Tesla private party for $40k...

I'm never going back to ICE, not even for another sports car, and certainly not for a truck when our 2 Lightnings have been the best trucks we've ever owned. I *do* tow 10,000 lbs all the damn time, and 1500' elevation change uphill on a twisty road too, no exaggeration. It honestly does it...

Mine (24.32kw) would cover both of our trucks and our whole electrified house including heat, water (well/pump) and appliances... if not for my wife's 11,520 watt pottery kiln (intermittent)... and the pond pump (24/7)... and the 24 garden zones we water (also near 24/7 in summer) lol so we use...

Perhaps, just not sure their cumulative cash burn of $24 Billion thus far is sustainable if R2 isn't absolutely perfectly rolled out, received, and bugproofed... https://eletric-vehicles.com/rivian/rivian-ceo-defends-24-billion-cash-burn-as-cost-of-building-a-very-large-company/ -Zap

NGL, I don't see a ton of profit at these price points, and I hope Rivian survives it. I think they'd be 'running on fumes' (yes, I see the irony) if not for VW's $5B cash infusion. If they don't make enough per unit, they'll burn through whatever's left and there will be no R3 (or Rivian at...

Hard agree. Should have been marketed as a premium product from the outset, never a $40k work truck that a CPA fresh out of school could have told them wouldn't pencil out. I think your $60k number for a base is dead-on ($59,995 plus delivery!) and the Pro shouldn't exist. Oh well, at least we...

Not exactly confidence-inspiring, unless you mean confidence artist... "Finnish native Marko Lehtimäki previously had a career as a Christian rapper, before building a smartphone app that solved some problem and reportedly made him a millionaire. " Sauce lol -Zap