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I couldn't agree more!

That's unfortunate that they'll be rewarded for the ungodly looks, but I do agree that it'll likely sell the best.

In case You needed help seeing it. What about this statement mentioned political affiliation or bias towards any political party? We can just agree to disagree then because ANY money spent, whether you deem it insignificant or not, is money wasted by the citizens that could clearly be used elsewhere.

I have not made it political at all and even earlier I have very clearly stated that all administrations have been extremely wasteful. I have not singled out any political group whatsoever. I'm not saying to buy junk and replace it often. I'm saying they DO NOT buy junk AND they replace it often.

Watch what? What about that comment is there for you to take personally? Oh, I guess because you work for the government. Well, don't piss money away and there wouldn't be anything to complain about...

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that you're an advocate for the government pissing money away on things that are not needed.

From the above list, my exterior aesthetics list in order of favorite to least favorite... 1: Porsche 2: Audi 2B: Tesla 2C: Lucid Large Gap 5: Mercedes

And HD vehicles aren't breaking down very often to begin with. Maintain them. If reliability is extremely critical, maintain them. And are you talking about just regular ole secret service vehicles or the ones for actual high ranking officials/foreign leaders that are armored and weigh 20,000lbs?

They're also hard on them because they know they'll just get replaced in a few years. It isn't the tax payers' fault they treat their tools for work extra hard because they're careless. They are not abused anymore than any other HD commercial vehicle.

How do they get abused more than any other commercial vehicle? They idle for 10 hours a day? Drop in a new engine, transmission, AWD system every 50k and it's brand new. The government just loves pissing money away for no GOOD reason.

Lucid and Tesla have done the same and well... they don't look like the crop of electric Mercedes coming out.

Thanks. I was jsut curious as it seemed like any EV you dogged hard for its looks (and of course price - which I completely agree with). I dig the Rivians. They're quirky but they don't feel like they're quirky just to be quirky, like most EVs. The Taycan has grown on me. It originally just seemed awkward but I really like it now.

$81K is way more than I can afford but it really isn't THAT insane, considering vehicle prices these days.

The service life the government put into place. There is no way these are actually worn out and NEED replacing and if you think they are, then why did you buy an older Avalanche if you think its reaching the end of its life?

I get what you're saying but this contract is specifically only for "Large Support Utility Commercial Vehicles". Pretty much everything you just mentioned is irrelevant with these new vehicles as they're large commercial vehicles. Knowing how poorly the federal government spends money, I can almost guarantee these are not a NEED and almost 100% a WANT. Nothing more than the government saying one thing and doing another (any administration). https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/01/28/biden-federal-fleet-electric/

What EV doesn't look bad to you? What one would you allow in your driveway? (Not trying to be a dick, genuinely curious because you seen to greatly dislike most everything new and/or EV)

I think it's a lot better looking than most EVs from any of the legacy automakers.

Yeah, I'd need it to be easily removable as well...of course for aesthetics.

Do you genuinely believe the United States government is in NEED of these new vehicles, the government that is known to piss money away like no other?

They don't exactly look good but they're really useful, a rear trunk or a small rack you can strap things to.

Good think you can't get hit or anything bad can't happen under 30mph! Your BMW is, hands down, the prettiest and coolest bike of the bunch.

I hope you had pants and a jacket in that backpack.

Yeah, the federal government's fleet was in "immediate need of updating". I believe that as much as any politician.

I love the green but that's my favorite color and share of blue so i would be hard to pass up. Ideally, I'd prefer the Max Pack as well, but if I'm being realistic, 300 miles of range is more than enough and $10,000 in my pocket is preferred. I'd also likely add some of the other things you did in the Adventure Gear area as well. I'm excited to see these in customers' hands and see one in the wild. The plant is only a couple hours north of me. @David, do you know what their maintenance/repair situation is like, as they don't have dealerships? If something breaks, what happens and where would I get repairs done?

I want one just like this so bad.