Bezos-backed company promises to build America's cheapest car/pickup truck

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  1. Gearjammin' Penguin

    Gearjammin' Penguin "Ride Fast-Truck Safe"

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    Somebody's getting paid.
     
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  3. Rideandrepair

    Rideandrepair Road Train Member

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    I keep hearing that. My gas weed eater is a pita. I hear Ryobi brand is great. Get all the different types of hedge trimmers, tree trimmers, leaf blower, etc. Same brand, same batteries, That plastic 2 gallon jug of gasoline with the pita safety vented cap that’s always under pressure sitting in my attached garage is a fire hazard.
     
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  4. '88K100

    '88K100 Road Train Member

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    Ya other than when a $6.00 timing chain guide breaks and now your valves crunched. been there done it and regardless, I know where the guides break and steel backed guides not going to prevent the issue.
    that’s why I swung my spare 22re couple years ago.,, but I work cheap. Truck only 34 years old. Barely broke in

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  5. roundhouse

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    I love my battery power tools
    I have 23 ryobi tools

    weed trimmer , blower , nailgun , etc
    and all
    The drills and saws etc

    ryobi ain’t the best , that’s Probabaly
    Milwaukee , but for the money ryobi is a good value and ,at this point I’m married to
    Them cause I have so many of em

    I have the Milwaukee pex pipe expander tool that I bought and used for two days to install the plumbing in the
    Addition to my house .but that was becauee ryobi doesn’t or didn’t make one at the time



    I’m
    Thinking of getting an e-bike

    mostly because it will do 35 mph and is
    Exempt from any and all traffic laws

    I’m not against electric cars , but a certain political party in 17 states has outlawed the sale of gasoline cars beggining in 2035
    Just 8 and a half years from now , and
    This party who claims they support working class people will have you arrested for
    Trying to sell
    A gasoline powered car
     
  6. LoneRanger

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    I think this truck doesn’t need a frunk, already has a bed. What it needs is an APU, extend the range.
     
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  7. Rideandrepair

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    I thought the same. Put a harbor freight 3500 w generator in it, with a small tail pipe. EV Blasphemy!!!
     
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  8. sevenmph

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    Screw Bezos. I haven't bought anything on Amazon in over 3 years. It's a shopping guide to find manufacturers of what I'm looking for. Then find it somewhere else cheaper. I refuse to give Amazon one dollar.
     
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  9. '88K100

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    Amazon is a decent guide,,i found a specialty tool on Amazon,,,same tool on Temu half the price but again,,almost everything is coming from Asia..
     
  10. Lennythedriver

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    I have a folding one that for a while I kept on the truck. Stores easily at the end of my bunk. Or in the passenger seat. I strap it in. Can go anywhere on that thing. When all the other drivers at some truckstop are dragging themselves in to go eat the last roller dog, I jump on my folding bike, cruising at 20 mph…5 miles down the road to the nearest steakhouse. Lol also great for going and getting groceries. You won’t use it every day but when you do use it, you’ll be very grateful you have it. especially if you get stuck in some truckstop with nothing around. Mine also has streetlights and everything on it. So I can ride it at night. Absolutely hauls butt.
     
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  11. D.Tibbitt

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    That's a dam good idea!
     
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