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100%, Albert Pujols is still doing A LOT for the city of St Louis as he has charitable organizations here as well along with Yadi Molina and Adam Wainright. The STL Blues are a huge partner with St Louis' children's cancer center, along with the Cardinals. Those two organizations have teamed up A LOT since the Rams left town. https://www.nhl.com/blues/news/friends-of-kids-with-cancer-fashion-show/c-301755572
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Also, for the record, not every sport/franchise has public funding. I believe the NFL is the worst with this but certainly not EVERY stadium was 100% public money. Here is a good link and at the bottom it has 111 stadiums and the breakdown via pie graphs of how they were funded. Personally, I think it should be around 50/50 split as both parties are benefitting but the city should NOT fund the entire stadium, imo. https://globalsportmatters.com/business/2019/05/22/who-paid-for-your-stadium/ For example, St Louis' Busch stadium(Cardinals) cost $365m and only $45m was public money. Enterprise Arena(Blues) cost $135m and only $60.4m was public money. St Louis City Stadium(new MLs team, St Louis City) costs $458m and only $5.7m was public money.
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Sports is a waste but you always have the "news" on?
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Oh man, @daves87rs, I'm so sorry for your loss. As @balthazarsaid, stay strong bud.
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Alternative Fuels & Propulsion RANDOM
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Alternative Fuels & Propulsion RANDOM
ccap41 replied to G. David Felt's topic in Electric Vehicles and Alternative Fuels
I do like the Easter egg of it being AWD there at the end with all four wheels smoking.
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Where are you seeing this kind of surge in the US? That article only mentioned Japan and S Korea.
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Got some weeds in your grass there, bud.
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All I know, from the facts presented, is that Toyota is still well above average in the reliability and recall area.
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Yeah, it just isn't something that bothers me. I'd rather there be a recall and get it fixed than for it to be a pain in the back side years down the road when things are failing outside of warranty. I assume you have the 1.6T then?
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Unless there's an ABSURD number or recalls and issues(Aviator) it's just not something I really care about if I were buying new. They'll all be taken care of under warranty(obviously) and you'll get a loaner vehicle while yours is being worked on.
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RIGHT?!? Somebody posted about that in a Facebook group I'm in a few months ago and I literally had to go to Dodge's website to confirm because that's ANCIENT. The 5spd auto in my dad's Tacoma certainly is not great. I'm just not a fan of the engine/trans combination. You really have to bury the throttle to get it to shift OVER 2000rpm. It's all about low revs and feels extremely lethargic. It also has the worst cruise control I've ever used. It'll accelerate to well over the set speed down hills, then wait until you're a few mph under the set speed to go almost full throttle to speed up to ~3mph OVER the set speed again when going up a hill. It also takes a couple seconds to initiate once you hit "set". You hit set, let off throttle, it'll slow down 1-2mph then speed back up to your set speed. It's pretty much only decent on flat ground. *end rant*
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I'm pretty sure the new Land Cruiser has been announced as NOT coming to the US. That's a shame because it's a pretty awesome vehicle with one heck of a reputation. https://www.motortrend.com/news/2022-toyota-land-cruiser-first-look-review/
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Maybe they shouldn't have half-@ssed a product from the get-go. They pulled a Ford Focus Electric.
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Unfortunately, their EV fleet either looks like complete garbage or they've been extremely underwhelming. 0-60 slower than a three model year older Tesla and less than 200 miles of range?!?! That's worse than what Ford offers. I'm not sure why anybody would leave Tesla for an equally expensive yet underwhelming EQC, whenever it may finally come here, after its delays.
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We got nasty heat about two weeks ago where we had highs of like 105 for a couple days and the days leading up to that and following in the high 90's. It was brutal and I got a handful of patches of my tall fescue grass that went dormant(looks dead) that I'm quite bummed about but I wasn't about to try and water enough to keep those spots green.
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We got a ton of rain this past weekend. I think ~4 inches. NIIIIIIICE! I LOVE me some garlic and would love this. When we get further along with out home, I'd love a little garden with the common things we use plenty of like bell peppers, jalapenos, garlic and onions.
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Yep, I think them truly focusing on the luxury experience with quiet, comfortable and great service is taking them up a notch but it isn't a switch that can be flipped and then quadruple their sales. Word of mouth is the best advertisement and people with current Lincolns just need to have great experiences. They certainly do exist and I think it would be a shame to never offer another sedan again. I'm more disappointed they never really updated the Continental and gave it a refreshed "second" run.
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They may not be stand-alone but they need their own building now. I found this out because the closest Lincoln dealer to me stopped carrying Lincoln because they wouldn't build a second building for Lincoln so now my closest dealer is like 50 miles away... Yeah, it's just an insane market right now and looking at any used vehicles show this year and clearly an outlier that possibly will never happen again.
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As you already know, all of their platforms are being utilized on multiple vehicles which do sell in much higher volumes. The expensive parts are paid for by the volume Ford units.
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Did you not notice that everything that's currently in production is up and up by a good amount?
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Because they have such a bad reputation prior to like 2015ish. It takes A LONG TIME to finally convince people that something is worth spending luxury money on. They're finally making great products and not trying to be something they aren't. Mercedes has been in a decline since 2016. That must be rough to see. https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/mercedes-benz-us-figures/
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Don't worry, neither does Mercedes, BMW, or Audi. Hell, any other brand. Toyota is clearly an outlier and you're also only looking at an insane market right now. Look at the used prices in a year from now and you will absolutely have depreciation on every used vehicle, Toyotas included.
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That doesn't make it bad. That'd be burnt and nobody wants burnt food. 1/10 comparison rating.
