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Can't really blame the EPA, but part of this is due to more sustainable blowing agents, epoxies and curing compounds to limit VOCs that are destructive to the atmosphere. But I've seen the same peeling paint problem on GMs and Nissans. Still, I would take shit paint over Ford's soy-based...

That's the sweet spot for all big three trucks, and part of the reason they tend to disappear from American roads and end up in Mexico and Latin America. They have the electronic ignition and throttle body injection which does away with a lot of regular annoying maintenance, while still being a...

My dad bought a brand new Simca 1000 in 1965 or so, had it for a few years and couldn't repair it when the troubles started to mount, and they mounted fast. He liked the engineering of it, which was kind of advanced for its price, but yes, "weird little car", he used those words when he...

No. It is however rednecky to be a rabid hater of either Ford or Chevy.  The Dodge guys find this amusing. Older Fords, Chevy and Dodge are all pretty easy to fix, and they almost never get crushed, though they get brought down to Mexico a lot because Mexicans appreciate the older trucks...

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My take on his post was that the older Nissan batteries didn't need to be cooled when they weren't in use, the way the newer Li-Ion batteries need to be cooled when they are doing nothing more than just sitting there. But Nissan may have switched to the newer batteries.

I haven't posted any disinformation. Regarding your point about ICE, that's the difference though ... once I park my big ol' Chevy truck, it no longer needs cooling, I can let the poor gal sit there for a day or a month or a year and come back to a vehicle that will still work as long as the...

It doesn't need it, at least it didn't a few years ago when Laker explained it to me. Nissan used (still uses?) the older, and more stable nickel battery technology. It doesn't have the storage and cost advantages of lithium ion, but it doesn't try to commit suicide by hari kari-ing itself with...

I've made more folding rowers and sailing dinghies than anyone other than Folbot (USA, out of business), Nautiraid (still in business in France), Klepper (Germany), Feathercraft (Canada, out of business) and Oru (excellent folding boat maker in California). So you have that right. But wrt ion...

i agree with you, but the market realities do change. The Magnuson Moss Act keeps pushing them back. G.M., Toyota and Fiat to a lesser degree haven't fought against the Magnuson Moss requirements like Ford, Tesla and VW have. Ford has made some really messy choices with their engineering that...

I've not been "duped", I've worked in this area for longer that you've had hot dinners. There are rare earth elements in any and all circuits, conductors and semiconductors that need dopants, diffusion barriers, anti-dendritic coatings and other thin film active layers. Lithium isn't officially...

2016 Colorado, that truck will be good to go until 2035 if you let it. It's a Chevy.

Who tows with a Corvette other than maybe a teardrop? And the Lightning isn't a GM product. Ford HAD problems with some too-thin boxed frames, they beefed them up a bit, though there are apparently still some problems with the Raptor. I've no idea if the frame has been toughened for over 700...

Here's an EV that rednecks would buy ... A gas-electric mid-size similar to the Chevy Colorado, $25,000 MSRP for RWD, $30k for 4WD. Towing capacity should easily hit 10,000 lbs. with the electric drive, payload capacity a quarter-ton, more than enough for general ranch work. Shitcan the...

There is nothing inherently wrong with electric vehicles, trains have been electrified for decades. The problem with electric vehicles is the batteries. They are the wrong choice for energy storage on electric vehicles and they are an environmental disaster in the making with the Lithium and...

This new F-150 Lighting pulls 775 foot-pounds of torque. My 30-year-old Chevy will pull anything out of a ditch and burnouts in the parking lot and it "only" pulls less than 400 foot-pounds of torque. 775 foot-pounds ... is the frame going to be strong enough for that kind of torque after it...