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  1. ccap41
    Ahhh that makes sense. Just get things running and get the "proper" install done when you have time. For some reason, my I completely forgot about the conventional outlets on generators (face palm) and I could only picture them running to a breaker box.
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    These companies are playing on both sides of the party line. Ford donated more to Harris than Trump. https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/ford-motor-co/summary?id=D000000182 Same with GM. https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/general-motors/summary?id=D000000155 Toyota contributed a little more to Trump than Harris. https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/toyota-motor-north-america/C00542365/candidate-recipients/2024 Hyundai: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/hyundai-motor-co/summary?id=D000042381 This is just fascinating information to me. It's also comical how these companies are trying to play good to either party who wins.
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    Do you have a link to the donors lists?
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    You have a list of auto companies and who they donated to?
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    Daaaamn, best of luck with everything, bud. We've been hit a couple times pretty bad this year, luckily power loss was limited to only a few hours. We were pretty fortunate because there were areas out of power for days. Smart move to go get a generator ASAP. This is probably a stupid question, but if you were to get one in an emergency situation, like yours, how do you connect it to your house? I thought usually you had stuff ran so you can just plug it in.
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    Why hold the other auto companies hostage because of the government?
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    So they're going to wait, knowing prices are going up..? That doesn't exactly make sense.
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    How do you know they make great products? They don't sell anything here, yet. Spec sheets can be amazing and it still not be a good overall product or it could be unreliable as fck.
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    I don't know about that. People still have to want to buy a Chinese owned and built vehicle. That's a pretty big sell here unless it were to be vastly cheaper than the competition.
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    This is super cool. However, I don't think it will actually do very well here. Any of the customizations will eat into the little 150 mile range. The larger battery version, whenever that may come out, would be more ideal. With that being said, this could be a perfect first car for a kid. Low power, two seats in a non-sporty vehicle, not a ton of range. Yeah, I'd buy a used one as a first vehicle for my kid(s).
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    I will definitely have to look into that movie. I watched a documentary on Enron on Netflix a few years ago. I think it may be this movie, but I don't 100% recall the title, so I'm not sure. That whole situation is incredibly interesting to me and I love to learn more about it.
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    I'm sure PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP isn't looking to go under with/for them. I couldn't imagine any accounting/auditing firm would be willing to put their life at stake over allowing fraud to happen under their oversight, but there's always a chance. I should clarify. I'm not trying to say they're clean of any wrongdoing. I'm just saying I couldn't imagine a company committing fraud that's comparable to Enron ever again, because of the measures that were put in place BECAUSE of Encon. I guess with David never saying anything positive about Tesla, it would be advantageous for him to continue to trash them while he's trying to short a stock. Buuuuut, it would be really smart of him to bet against the company in which he supposedly believes will fail.
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    I guess I misunderstood your last comment. To me, your last line made it sound like you'd still take a Terrain Denali over it.
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    So they have one vehicle that's sliiightly different but still isn't more desirable than a Terrain Denali. Sooooo it's still just a useless brand. Okay, it isn't useless for GM. Everything is paid for and they just charge more than a Chevy for it, so I see their business case. I just don't understand their case as a consumer.
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    You don't need to be "rich". Plus, you would have supposedly made a ton of money with your prediction! There's still plenty of time, because you think they're going to commit accounting fraud and go bankrupt.
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    So you're predicting they will attempt to commit fraud..? What an asinine prediction for a company, just because you don't like the CEO. If you honestly believe this, why aren't you shorting the stock? Or, you don't actually believe what you're saying. I'm sure there are dozens and dozens of crappy, trashy, classless, and idiotic CEOs out there. You just don't know about them because you're not looking for them.
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    Yeah, their lineup does absolutely nothing for me. I'm sure they're adequate vehicles, but why buy them over a Chevy or GMC? Why have a whole separate brand for lazy badge-engineered vehicles? If they at least offered powertrain options that aren't available on their Chevy or GMC counterparts, I could get behind them more. Maybe offer conventional hybrids, plug-in hybrids or more powerful tunes of their respective turbo engines. SOMETHING to differentiate them.
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    The same 6' 6" person who could "honestly" fit comfortably in the back seat of a Bolt but was cramped in a CX-9. I'm not much of a Lexus fan, but the new GX is freakin GREAT looking.
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    That is not what Enron was doing. I think you need a refresher on what happened at Enron. Enron committed legitimate fraud to their shareholders in conjuncture with their accounting firm. There have also been MANY regulatory changes because of Enron's fraud. This lead to more checks and balances along with the most notably change in accounting, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Look that up and why it came about. I know you don't like Tesla nor the CEO, but I don't think they are committing fraud.
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    Doesn't China already get the Model 3?
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    What, exactly, is Tesla doing to scam stockholders? How are they like Enron?
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    Buick couldn't be a more useless brand in the US. They only make different branded Chevys, GMCs and Cadillacs. Do they offer anything different than Chevy, GMC or Cadillac?
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    I'm actually not the member to Sam's Club... my in-laws are the members, haha. We use their membership card to shop and get gas there. I believe my father in law does have their credit card already, but he doesn't use it for gas. They're...uhhh...not the best with money management. They're not wasteful in buying stupid stuff, they just don't do things like this to "let their money work".
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    Something like this is cute and all, but it needs to be like sub-20k here. This could replace the former Sonic, Fiesta, and Fits of the US. Obviously, it won't though.
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    I'm pretty obsessive over fuel prices and locations, as well. I just don't quite have the options somebody living where you live has. There's only one Costco in the STL area that I'm aware of and it certainly is not in a location I'd get a membership for. There are a couple different Sam's Clubs that are much closer to me. I don't have a spreadsheet of fuel prices, but I do record every single fill up for my last four vehicles, 2013 Escape (24.87 lifetime average over 24,611 miles), 2016 Focus(32.5lifetime average over 26,590 miles), 2016 Lincoln MKC (22.6 lifetime average over 53,422 miles) and now my 2017 Navigator (16.8 mpg over 3341 miles).
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