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I don’t delete pickups.
We looked at one for trade this past week, a 2017 F-250 w/89,000 miles deleted. We WILL trade for them at a much reduced offer than one that is not deleted. This particular person believes his was worth nearly $20,000 more than we offered and at least $10,000 more than what NADA would be on a regular DEF truck. No deal.
Ethanol for sure. It’s not cleaner, wastes a lot of a valuable food crop, hurts fuel economy & damages engines. It’s horrible.
I was surprised to see a video where a Ford 6.7 was torn down that had a several hundred thousand miles on it, stock. Was still clean, and clearances were near factory. The consensus among the techs who tore it down was:
It’s certainly being used to push a radical and expensive left wing agenda.
There’s a lot of right wingers making money off it as well. It’s a bipartisan success story
What’s wild about the DEF system is it chokes the engine and makes it work harder to get the power needed. After deletion the fuel consumption actually goes down and gets better power.
Maybe he meant it uses land that could be used for food production.
So the land used to grow corn for ethanol couldn’t be used to grow or raise other food sources ?
Not arguing, legit question, why could it not be used to grow edible crops? Or raise livestock?
cops are known for not being lazy, they'd never go for this*. Not to mention, municipalities would never try to further gouge taxpayers*
It’s here now for some businesses. If you have a large fleet of vehicles you probably have these devices on them now, as well as both inside & outside cameras. And they send real time alerts to corporate for speeding or rapid braking situations. And of course the insurance company gets that data too.
Biggest issues would be the transition costs…it’s more than likely not going to use the same equipment, having facilities nearby that would take whatever you’re growing, and marketability. Livestock right now is insane especially cattle. It costs so much money to buy cattle right now.
I think once you see a different president in the whitehouse it’s going to revert back
Interesting posturing, though. Even if temporary. I wonder which lobby base pushed for this.
Farming has lobbied from the beginning on them. It’s not necessarily the premise of what they’re for it’s the shítty technology that costs a lot when it breaks (and it often does). It’s just not made for dust and dirt.
I was constantly replacing primer bulbs, and hoses on my Echo 2 cycle equipment, never got more than 18 months before they cracked and started leaking. Complained to my dealer and he said quit using ethanol gas and and you won't have to replace them. Truer words have never been spoken. I started buying the non ethanol more expensive fuel and haven't replaced one yet. My dealer in Jackson told me that and I've been in Starkville 8 years now, big difference. I don't know how many car component parts are subject to being hurt by ethanol but it pisses you off when they are selling it to you knowing it's going to eat those parts
I hope my car can at least drive itself without killing me, or others, at that point. If I'm just riding and doing other things, I can handle the speed limit.
Most OTR trucking companies set max speeds. Something like 69 max speed, 71 if you are on the pedal. You rarely see semis just rolling these days unless they are an independent.
I remember back in the 55speed limit days. Truckers used to go 80 and terrorize the roads. Now they block traffic for 2 miles while 1 going 70 passes another going 69.
I definitely would be interested in a self-driving car. But not until they get the kinks all worked out and are 99.9% safe.
I feel that some interstates between certain cities really need 3 lanes in both directions for the entire distance. Between Memphis and Nashville desperately needs this. Between Memphis and Little Rock and OKCity also. Heck, if I could do it, it would be that way coast to coast on I-40 and I-10. Plus, the Federal Interstate Highway standards need to add a whole foot in width for every lane. Currently, just too tight with how big the big rigs are. Adding width to all road lanes would reduce accidents tremendously.
Meh….Vehicle manufacturers figured out the ethanol problem a long time ago. There’s really no engine damage happening with your standard E10 gas on anything made in the past 20 years or so.
Yep. Automotive components are built with better materials to handle ethanol, most small engines are not.
Soccer Mom's, Snowflakes, and TikTokers putting their damn phones down while driving would reduce accidents way more, just throwing that out there
Yeah, the company I was contracted with in Midland, TX had this installed in thier fleet while I was out there. It got alot of people's driving privileges revoked until they realized it actually tracked what they stated.
