Found a company yesterday that will sell you a refurbished Toyota Land Cruiser for $248,000 . 6.2L chevy motor. Just amazing.My post was misunderstood, I was saying folks were spending $35K-$50K for the refurb. Last I knew the used were typically in the $20K range but not surprised they would go up if in great shape. Some of the refurb shops will take a V10 model and put a new diesel in it. Some also update the instruments, controls, and entertainment to current standards.
Well, now you’re talking about cults. That’s different.Found a company yesterday that will sell you a refurbished Toyota Land Cruiser for $248,000 . 6.2L chevy motor. Just amazing.
If I didn't see "Bloomberg" then I would've suspected this to be from the Onion or Babylon BeeI read about half of it before I had to stop, the stupid hurt too much.
Here is some of the wording:
Styling trends are almost as alarming. Pickup truck front ends have warped into scowling brick walls, billboards for outwardly directed hostility. “The goal of modern truck grilles,” wrote Jalopnik’s Jason Torchinsky in 2018, “seems to be… about creating a massive, brutal face of rage and intimidation.”
One key driver of pickup growth relates to how they are now being used. If you overlook their gleefully violent styling and garage-unfriendly footprint, these vehicles have become more practical as family vehicles.
In 2020, 85% of pickup trucks sold had “crew cabs” or “extended crew cabs” or one of a handful of other tough-guy euphemisms with two sets of seats for five people — most with four doors.
Personal vehicles are not merely functional appliances: They are used as refuges, fortresses and private enclaves, and serve as important signifiers of class and gender identity, as Sovacool explored in a 2018 study.
To Albert, the booming appeal of bigger and more brutish trucks reflects “a crisis of masculinity,” he says. “Nothing could be more emasculating than driving a minivan. So you want the vehicle that’s going to maintain your performative masculinity.”
And of course, because Trump:'
The fact that supersized pickup trucks were often deployed as political props (and weapons) during the Trump era did not escape the notice of scholars like Cara Daggett, a professor of political science at Virginia Tech. In a widely shared 2018 journal article, Daggett coined the term “petro-masculinity” to describe flamboyant expressions of fossil fuel use by men (and some women as well, but mostly men) as a reaction against social progress. To these drivers, “the affront of global warming or environmental regulations appear as insurgents on par with the dangers posed by feminists and queer movements seeking to leach energy and power from the state/traditional family,” she wrote.
And that's where I had to stop. What utter ********.
Over the past few years, I have noticed an increasing number of pedestrians that don't even look before walking in front of traffic. When I was a kid, it was pounded into me to look both ways & always wait for a safe crossing.
Just a reminder that I want right of first refusal if you ever decide to sell your Gen 3 4Runner.Well, now you’re talking about cults. That’s different.
It’s a disease, it can’t be helped, I tell you.
I’ll just add, that’s their asking price. Go buy a slightly rusty barn find and try to sell it, don’t ask me how I know.
Sold. Come and get it. Make me an offer, after you drive it. Might be a trans problem, not sure.Just a reminder that I want right of first refusal if you ever decide to sell your Gen 3 4Runner.
It was me too, and I obeyed until I spent a year at Purdue. That’s where a farm boy learned how to cross the street.Over the past few years, I have noticed an increasing number of pedestrians that don't even look before walking in front of traffic. When I was a kid, it was pounded into me to look both ways & always wait for a safe crossing.
After that, Sports cars are next. They are the assault rifle of the auto world. Nobody needs that much speed.They're coming for more than just trucks, now
Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act (RPM Act)
SEMA STATEMENT ON THE STATUS OF THE RECOGNIZING THE PROTECTION OF MOTORSPORTS (RPM) ACT DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (Dec. 22, 2022) – SEMA and PRI must share that despite strong Congressional backing and extraordinary support from the racing community, the 2021-2022 Congressional session is ending...www.sema.org
Say bye bye to any modified cars.
They're coming for more than just trucks, now
Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act (RPM Act)
SEMA STATEMENT ON THE STATUS OF THE RECOGNIZING THE PROTECTION OF MOTORSPORTS (RPM) ACT DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (Dec. 22, 2022) – SEMA and PRI must share that despite strong Congressional backing and extraordinary support from the racing community, the 2021-2022 Congressional session is ending...www.sema.org
Say bye bye to any modified cars.
You may have the right of way, but that will look funny engraved on your tombstone.There's a difference between "right of way" and "questioning physics"