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Brisketexan

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  1. 1 minute ago, BurntEyes said:

    There is a slow adoption of Hybrid in the sticks but they're still a LONG way from EV.

    Agree.  Hell, I'm urban and a good example of that.  95% of my driving is commuting and/or other driving within a city.  But for that 5%....I have to go to court in far-flung counties, I go hunting and fishing in the sticks, etc.  In other words....driving where I am uncomfortable relying on an electric charge alone.  Being able to run on gasoline is necessary.  Maybe someday it won't be (when there is adequate charging network/infrastructure, even in West Possum Dick, Texas).

  2. 16 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

    Not everyone. Some will have been hanged outside gas stations.

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    You don't get to opt into that system without being at material risk of things unfolding exactly as they will in such systems.

    TLDR: FAFO.

  3. 5 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

    It's also available in 4 wheel drive. Having driven a family members Maverick Hybrid a goodly amount, I'd take that all day everyday over the one in OP due to diverse functionality in a Hybrid vs EV. 

    ...but I'm biased and live on a bunch of land in the middle of nowhere.

    To be clear I'm not shitting on the truck, quiet the opposite, I applaud it, just not sure the niche is trying to fit is large enough for reality and success. A little too niche imo. 

    That's really the question.  It really only works in an urban or dense suburban area (read: not long distances).  It has a real place in that environment, but in the US, is that enough to support an entire vehicle platform?  Because you won't sell a single one to anyone living in Elgin, or Marble Falls, etc.  And certainly not any place in the real hinterlands.  Shit, Houston might be too big for it.

  4. I said it before, I'll say it now, because we all KNOW that a conviction, even a prison sentence, is no bar to destiny: Y'ALL NEED TO WATCH WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT ONE OF OUR FUTURE PRESIDENTS.

    Tell me how he is LESS suitable for the office than the current occupant?

  5. 58 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

    None of this stops until there is blood in the streets.

    Yeah.  Just skip ahead to the last page.  Lots of preliminaries, lots of "will it or won't it."  But just cheat, and read the last page.  That's what it says.  Everything else is delay and pointless exposition.

  6. 3 hours ago, ftf82 said:

    Growing up in Oklahoma, pear halves with a dollop of Miracle Whip and grated cheddar cheese were something that my friend's old-maid aunts would bring to the Church Potluck Dinner. We would dare each other to finish one.

    A pear half?

    Or an old-maid aunt?

  7. 4 hours ago, Redneck Mutha said:

    I'd assume it's competing with the Colorado and the Ranger. So plumbers, electricians, pool service, pest control, etc.

    I see at least half a dozen of that type truck in the neighborhood every day. 

    4 hours ago, Mother mopar said:

    I like the minimalistic feel but 150 miles and that's on empty weight. Can't imagine what a lumber yard trip would do when she's got some weight. 

    Don't really see this as a "heavy cargo hauler."

    4 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

    I can see a significant market for these, especially if you can customize a covered bed panel-van style, for tradesmen, delivery, fleets, etc. Customers that want the service and warranty and who can’t one-off shop on the used market. 

    This.  I think of the vehicles I see driving around dense urban areas -- think NYC or Chicago, or any number of cities overseas (London, Frankfurt, Berlin, Paris).  They need small, nimble light haulers and delivery vehicles.  Adapt it into a small panel van, and it's delivering bread, flowers, restaurant supplies, etc. all over town.  For cheap (electric, not gas), following local regs and not adding to emissions, and has plenty of range for the day's work (those vehicles drive 50 miles a day, not 150).

    4 hours ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

    I'd buy a 25 year old imported Kei truck for $8,000 before I'd buy one of these. 

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    Definitely a similar function.  But you get the EV advantage (fuel savings) and the upside of a new, warrantied vehicle with a lot less stuff that can go wrong (EV maintenance is cheap and super-easy).  If I was running a restaurant supply delivery business in NY, or hell, even a pool cleaning business in Austin, I'd consider a bare-bones, low-maintenance, low-cost-to-operate vehicle like this.

    But . . . that's a niche space.  Hard to see Joe Commuter buying one of these as his daily driver unless he also needs the utility of what that package offers.

  8. 10 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

    I don't know if it was Trump or Elon, or just something that picked up momentum in online MAGA circles, but they definitely thought that once DOGE eliminated all that waste and fraud they would be getting refund checks for the govt. 

    Our Pustule In Chief literally said that he would do so:

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    On Feb. 19, President Donald Trump said he would consider the plan to pay out $5,000 stimulus checks to taxpayers in the form of a 'DOGE dividend' during a summit in Miami. He explained it as using part of the 20% of the savings identified by Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and giving it back to taxpayers.

    Because he has the IQ of a hollowed-out rotted pumpkin.

  9. 25 minutes ago, Pancho said:

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    "They won't explain why."

    Dudes.  Here's the cheat code, and it applies to literally everything happening right now: is it a fucking dickish, totally assholish thing to do?  Yes? Well then, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE DOING IT.

    The operating principle of our government is "be randomly mean assholes.

  10. 2 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

    The hits keep coming.  And this one is pretty bad.

     

     

     

     

     

    I have an old friend who works in the Pentagon.  She literally has to check her phone in on the way in every morning, leave it in a box, and retrieve it on her way out.  And while her clearance is high....the SecDef's is way higher.

    If you sat a bunch of knowledgeable folks down on January 19th, and told them "create for me the most clownshow administration imaginable"....they still would have fallen far short of the reality we now live in.

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    Edited by Brisketexan

    33 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

    This is a very eloquent way of expanding out why you need a savior in the first place. If you are a Christian and believe in the God of the OT and Jesus Christ, then you understand that even as you try to be a righteous and blameless man, you will fall short. Our creator, Father God is perfect and just and will not tolereate sin, so for us to have an eternal reconcilation with him, we needed a redeemer (savior, intermediary, sacrifice, whatever).

    And Jesus paid it all, as the old hymn says.

    And the thing is....I really don't know if I go anywhere at all down that "savior/salvation" road at all.  In many...most?....all?...respects, I'm more of a universalist.  And the "Atman in search of the Brahman" thing is really spot on for that.  I am an essential part of the universe -- it is not complete without me.  I will always be part of the universe, for good or bad.  That cannot be changed.  Which I actually think is beautiful, and creates its own sense of obligation.  The story of the universe cannot be told without telling the story of me.  And as my chapter is written into that book, shouldn't it be a chapter for the good?  Wouldn't that be best?

    "Let me tell you the story of the story of the time this stardust spent as Brisketexan.  It was good.  This universe of ours was made a better place because of the time that stardust spent as Brisketexan."

    Or, maybe it will be "yeah....this stardust spent some time as Brisketexan.  Trust me, you really don't want to know about it.  Nothing good came of it, plus there was a time where he made Allsup's burritos fall into short supply.  So, let's talk about that stardust's next iteration -- worm food.  Man, those were some good worms."

    And to tie it back to the divine (and that Atman-Brahman), that means that the divinity of this universe is also in me.  What an amazing, profound, and beautiful thing.  The spark of creation, of life, is lit and burns within me.  What a fool I would be to squander it as it exists in the individual iteration we call Brisketexan.

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    Edited by Brisketexan

    19 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

    Simple rules, but extremely difficult to practice and impossible to put into practice at all times.

    I'm reminded of the old adage about Texas Hold 'Em Poker: "takes a minute to learn and a life time to master".

    Humans are inherently selfish, wicked people and so it's a daily effort and every morning it's imperative to pick up your cross. It's super similiar to the alcoholic who takes it one day at a time and with both the man serious about his faith and the man serious about his sobriety, daily habits that ground you in your positive goals (gratitude journals, prayers, meditations, devotionals, hitting your knees, whatever works for you) start when you wake up and being in a community of likeminded people are very helpful.

    Bozo said this once (and I attribute it to him, because it's damned good): when asked if he's a Christian, the right answer is "no, but I'm trying to be."

    To call on a point of reference that most of us will recognize, I think often of the last bit of Saving Private Ryan, as the old Ryan, remembering the sacrifice and loss that were necessary to get him to his old age, asks his family "tell me I've lived a good life."

    The way I see it, there are two types of people in this world: 1) those who ask that sort of question at the end of their life (and are never satisfied with the answer, because they know there's always something more/better that they could have done) and 2) those who really don't even give a fuck about that question.  I have told my wife more than once that one of the things that keeps me up at night is the knowledge that I've fallen short: I haven't done enough to help, I haven't been as kind as I could be, I haven't done as much good as I could have.  The answer of "you've done plenty" is unsatisfying, as you're acutely aware that you could have done more . . . and if you could have done more, then that means you haven't done enough.  Intellectually, I know that's not true.  Spiritually....well, spiritually speaking, I'm not very intellectual.  I'm a simple man.  If I gave someone my shoes, my question after the fact is "wait, why the fuck didn't I give him my socks, too?"

    And by the way, I am NOT posting this to make a point that I'm some good person - quite the opposite.  I fall short more epically and profoundly than I could ever be comfortable with.  I'm not shit.  And even though I say "but I'm trying to be" with respect to being a Christian . . . am I really?  Am I really trying?  Or am I another selfish lazy piece of shit?  Signs point to the POS option.

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