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Electric Vehicles including hybrids and plug-ins

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago

They were springs, not shocks. Of course it was too stiff for exclusive use on a farm, it's expected to do most of its driving on roads in China. The tires didn't wear out, he wanted knobbier tyres for the farm. And you know what other vehicle always wore through its seat upholstery in 2 years? Nineties hiluxes. You know, the gold standard of rugged, simple reliability. And guess what, living on a farm those required a lot of maintenance too. It's a machine, machines wear out with use even when they have Toyota badges.

These cheap electric trucks are a return to simple, easily serviceable designs that you'd think ol' boys would be cheering for. Instead all they do is cry about it. It's culture war brain rot