How much extra are you paying in (purchase price - resale value) to get back $3500 per year? What is the break even point?
It is great that it works for you with low electric costs at home charging. I’m driving a 20 year old gas truck that I keep fixing and driving. An old EV truck feels like at...
Other than pure acceleration, I still don’t get the value of an EV over an ICE truck? Acceleration and torque is insane and addictive but not spending $60k for it. At $40k-$7.5k, I was willing to write a check but if I want a daily driver that checks all the boxes, hard to argue buying an EV vs...
I don’t have a lightning but installed similar cover on an older f-150 and don’t have to cut it even though the instructions indicate otherwise. Check how much the bed cap overhangs before cutting.
that’s helpful insights.
I need to go take a read at the Tesla forums and see how Elon Papa is supporting 10 year old cars and if they are still getting full app support and tech upgrades.
I don’t have my truck yet but was thinking what would happen to software and app support down the road?
For new cars, it is already becoming a concern… for example there is no way to remote start a Volvo suv via fob (say when you inside the house) and the only option is an app.
if I don’t pay...
So my local dealer has 500+ reservations and Ford email suggests most should be invited Summer of 2023… Thad’s quite a ramp up as they only got 2 in 2022.
unlike popular belief, WA is not a ZEV state. my local dealer only got two trucks in 2022 and had 578 reservations when I checked couple of months ago.
I get your rant and feel some bitterness but if you step back and think realistically, an entry level truck used to be much more affordable and comparable to cars.
But, In the last two decades, truck buying use case and demographics has changed and that’s what Ford and other companies are...