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That all does sound like a pain in the @ss. I picked up my spark plug last week for $1.99 at a Rural King, which has also had all of my belts and pulleys that have gone over the last few years. None of them were over $20 a part nor needed to be ordered. Even the oil I found synthetic SAE30 at Walmart for $4 at the end of the season. I know it's behind you now but had you had a Toro or Honda, all of those things are much more readily available. With all of this said, I still cannot wait for an electric mower. I just wish the riders were much more reasonably priced. As bad as I want one, had I needed one today, I couldn't justify the additional upfront cost. Once Toro and Ego have lower end ones in the $3000 range and a fabricated 48-52" deck for $4000-4500, I'll be all in. Most fold up these days. Mine has a big-@ss engine and can't fold flat, unfortunately. Nor does the electric 30" but all of their 21" mowers can fold flat. I used a Honda HXR (21" when mine was down last year (which solidified my idea of not getting a 21" mower for my lawn)) which has the composite deck and while it was very light to maneuver, I found it wheelied too easy. I don't want it to weigh more, I just want the balance to be better.

Oh I guess if you don't want to do any maintenance yourself, then the crazy price will make it easier to swallow. There really isn't much maintenance that goes into them though. I can change the oil, spark plug, and sharpen the blades in 30 minutes. I've broken belts that are much more of a pain in the @ss and it would be nice to eliminate those all together. Also, that $150 a year you're paying to maintain it, is about ten years worth of upfront maintenance you're paying for with the Ego riders, which will still need the blades sharpened at least once a year.

I completely agree and a $5000 zero turn that performs as well as a $3000 Toro, Gravely, Husqvarna, Etc.. is pretty difficult to justify. That's why I think the small upgrade price for the hand tools and push mowers can easily be justified. When you have to pay 60% more for the same thing...why? Cut 15,000sqft twice a week and the time savings is worth it. The "few laps" is about 25 minutes more for me. That's about an hour a week I get back. I love cutting the grass but I don't want it to be tedious. Also, Toro does have multiple 21" electric mowers to choose from, ranging from $300-800.

21" deck is not something I'll ever use again unless I'm forced to. It takes too damn long. Those Zero turns are awesome and all but I'm not paying 5k for a stamped deck mower and 6500 is pretty insane for a residential zero turn. That'll never pay for itself over a quality ICE zero turn. I completely agree on everything below the riders. Push mowers, trimmers, blowers, all electric please. 5000-6500 for a zero turn when you can get a full on commercial grade mower for that price? Or save 1000-1500 on a high end residential unit? The value just isn't there...yet.

Speaking of electric mowers... I saw Toro has an electric version of what I currently have "coming soon". I'd freakin love that. It's pretty damn expensive for a push mower, but it's still about half of what a decent rider/zero turn would cost and that'd still be ICE.

I enjoy this too much...

Noooo way! I love cutting and maintaining my lawn. I' would just need a bigger mower so the time isn't outrageous. Buuuut, that doesn't look like a whole lot of lawn. @Robert Hall, how much yard to you have? Or how big is the property?

Oh hell yeah! Congrats and I love the amount of driveway and garage space!

I've never had an issue with my iPhones. That's all the Apple products I own and you'd have to pay my to change operating systems now. All of my iPhones have lasted between 4-5 years before I upgraded.

EXACTLY! It's all fine and dandy that we all just drive heavy sht. It's the repercussions of said heavy sht that's the problem. I could care less my family hauler weighs 7000lbs. It's that 7000lbs is less efficient and does more damage to roads AND damage in accidents. They're getting there. I know they are. I just don't care about charging speeds beyond what we already have, at this point. If the fastest charging vehicle was a Bolt with 50Kw, that's too slow. But we're up and over 300Kw and that's sufficient, IMO. There are other things that should be addressed and weight and capacity is the top of the list, to me.

Oh I know they're all working on increased density with decreased weight. I just don't care about insane charging speeds, because the current speeds are more than adequate for me. This is also because my goal would be to never have to publicly charge. If I can get 80% of a Hummer battery charged overnight at my home, that's enough to say I'd be able to leave home every single day with a full charge (or as full as I have it scheduled to charge) in anything else. I know solid state is one of the long-term goals and those numbers are EXACTLY what we need. Cut that battery in a third AND add more range?!? Perfect!

I know charging speed is a big deal with EVs but, I just don't see the appeal to EVs if you're publicly charging them. The cost to charge is very similar to gasoline with less range in almost every instance that isn't the 500-mile range Lucid. Personally, I think increased battery capacity is a bigger issue rather than maximum charging speeds. Charging speeds are already quick enough in most instances but if you could cut the battery weight in half and still add like 25% more capacity, that would be a massive win as opposed to just charging faster. I know those are just "thrown-out-there numbers" but that's what's needed. It's just plain silly to have 4000-5000lb sedans and 7000-9000lb trucks.

Am I the only one who saw 4-door Challenger at first glance? Obviously it isn't but that's what my eyes saw until I looked further.

My only guess would be odd numbers are for cars and even for "SUVs", because you guys are spot on. But...does it...? You missed one RIGHT in the wheelhouse of SMK, E Class All Terrain. ?

This is my order strictly based on looks. 1: BMW i4 2: Lucid Air 3: Model S

Yeah, when all of that needs to be done regardless of one or two, just do both. I would have done the same.

Ouch $1500 makes me feel much better, Hahahaha. I didn't realize how much more labor intensive a solid axel wheel bearing job was compared to IRS. So did you do both at the same time just because it would save you money if your other one went out soon thereafter? Ya know, in hindsight, I should have had an indicator it was a wheel bearing issue or at least something mechanical, when they did my tire inspection for Nitto. They said the passenger rear had a little more wear on the inside than the rest of the tires. Right then it should have hit me that something is off. On a little side note, I got so used to how loud my car had gotten and my wife's G isn't exactly quiet itself, being a box on wheels, we rode with my wife's parents to dinner a couple weeks ago and their GL550 was damn near whisper quiet. I literally looked at my wife and said something along the lines of, "how is this so damn quiet?!?" Hahaha It really isn't quieter than most anything else, I was just so used to how loud our vehicles were.

Maybe the worst part about it is the name, Label Red. Not Red Label. Label Red. ? Actually, I don't think it's toooo awful looking. I much prefer the light gold tone they use around the grille instead.

I'm right at 79,000 miles now buuuut they should have been done about 15,000 miles ago. ~65,000 miles seems premature for wheel bearings to go out but it is what it is. I didn't realize wheel bearing howl was a thing but I certainly do now! Do you remember what your wheel bearing job cost you? for just one it's $700. I've looked up the parts and that's only like $150-ish. I know you need special tools otherwise my dad and I would have attempted to tackle it. $700 seems pretty high but I didn't feel like calling around and comparing because the last time I did it, everywhere else was within a few bucks of each other as they all much use the same labor rates and times. Plus, at least this way I know it's Ford parts instead of somewhere charging me about the same and getting a cheaper part.

Very good demonstration. They really are nearly identical. I guess I'm wrong with the proportions of the 3. I still like it more and I think it has to do with the much lower front facia and hood. The S still has the long hood though. While it's old, I still think it's a very attractive looking car.

This is very "okay" looking. It's almost exactly how I saw the Passat. It's extremely inoffensive and quite boring but also not bad in any way. It's just... "okay". I'd drive one. Personally, I strongly disagree about Tesla. The 3 and S are still very attractive cars, even thought they're pretty old now. They have the traditional RWD proportions that this just does not have.

Speaking of wheel bearings, I'm having my passenger rear wheel bearing replaced this morning. My dumb@ss has never had a wheel bearing go so I didn't know this buuuuut, I've been driving on a bad wheel bearing for probably 12-15,000 miles and over a year. I'll explain myself but I should have looked further into it. So I went about 10,000 miles on my second tire rotation and I thought I had wore the tires into a bad state because they were humming pretty loud. Like, really loud actually. I figured I'd just rotate them more often to regulate the wear on them. All of this while the tires always looked in really good condition. There was no feathering, cupping, uneven wear, nothing. Right then I should have known to look further but the noise I heard literally just sounded like tire noise. I even made a claim through Nitto because they advertise the tires to be quite, I've had them rotated(even though one interval was pretty long) and they were wearing evenly. I had to take it to a NTB and have them inspected and they said everything was good and they won't warranty them out due to noise. I understood that and didn't throw a fit but was still a little disappointed in the tires being so fckn loud. Welllll, last weekend I drove one of my best friends home and he asked what the noise was. I said the tires and explained to him the BS. He said he was pretty sure that sounded like a bad wheel bearing. Right then I was like, holy sh!t, I didn't even consider this anything mechanical. Sooooo Monday I took the MKC to my local Ford dealership and explained to them the noise and what was going on. They took it in yesterday and sure as hell, it was a bad passenger rear wheel bearing. I dealt with that for over a year, probably about 15,000 miles worth. First, that's extremely dangerous but, in my defense, nothing ever felt off or weird driving. That's why I never thought it was anything mechanical. Second, I feel bad for throwing Nitto under the bus for my own negligence. Third, if you could understand the noise this created, you'd be like "why wouldn't you have done ANYTHING about this sooner?!?" From the inside it literally sounded like I had mud terrain tires on it. Wellll, $700 later and I should have the comfort back in my MKC that I ought to have. Wow, that turned into a story/rant... Hahaha

Ahhh that's it. That makes sense then. While the government manages to make so many mistakes (regardless of party affiliation) I strongly believe this was a GREAT thing they've done here. Forcing to keep manufacturing here in the US and incentivizing it, is great. I bet we would all almost guarantee none of these battery manufacturing plants would be being built here in the US had this not been a thing. They'd all import their batteries from cheap labor countries.

The hybrid Pacifica and Aviator getting a full $7500 is pretty surprising. I didn't know they gave that much for hybrids. Buuuut the 4Xe Jeeps only get $3750.

Is that what the previous Edge/Nautilus were on or is this an all-new transition? I'm actually really surprised it's on the Escape-platform. Good to know they're able to use an existing platform and amortize that.