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OK, buddy; I'll go sit in the corner and think about my behavior for a while.
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...Tahoes ARE fat; wow. -
According to GM, my '04 3/4-ton crew cab/6.5' 2500HD 6.6L was 5892.
This is supported, because going over the scale at the scrap yard (AFTER unloading), but with me & my tools in it, it weighed right about 6500.
According to GM, my '21 1/2-ton crew cab/6.5' 1500 3.0L is 4867.
What did you guys see when you looked up GM-spec weights on specific pickups?
The 'trunk' on a pickup doesn't have a 'trunklid', but the 'trunk sides' are double-walled, so that's a virtual wash. It also has 3 layers of steel across the mid-section (rear wall of cab, double front wall of box), and the tailgate is double-walled. That more than makes up for 'not having a trunklid'.- 1
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Searching, I did see this: GM raised the full-size 2500-3500 pickup pricing $300-$700 in Nov '21, $500 in Jan of '22, and $500-$1100 in March.
At least they're not coming 7 days apart. Maybe GM has a lot better foreseeing abilities than Tesla.- 1
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OK, how about this?
The 185" long toyoter pictured above weighs more than my 241" long, full-frame 4x4 pickup.
I know, I know; not fair comparing a compact SUV to a full-size pickup; I'll stop now.- 2
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toyoter certainly is no stellar build, plus its a full decade newer than the Model S. Just hoping the weight on these starts going the other direction from ‘up’.
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Model S is a foot longer and weighs 300-500 lbs less.
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Edsel featured here recently looks world's more appealing than this hot grey mess.
And... a 185" SUV that weights 5000 lbs. Wonderful.- 1
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On 11/7/2021 at 3:09 PM, balthazar said:
But do they have to pay a new premium every 1-2 months?? Is Musk setting up an expectation to ‘hurry up & buy this month’ by doing this- the company claims they’re running a profit currently…
So after raising prices on 3 out of 6 trims on the Model 3 / Y on March 9th... a mere 7 days later Tesla raised prices again, this time across the board between 3% & 5%. The cheapest, no-option Model 3 now starts at $46,990, approximately a $1365 increase there. [~ Bloomberg].
Tune in next week for another installment of 'but at least this way I'm not getting gouged!'- 1
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Maybe...
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On 3/12/2022 at 7:17 PM, riviera74 said:
100% EV car sales in eight years? Unless ICE autos are traded in for EVs en masse, I doubt they will come close to reaching their goals.
They won't; it's Big Gov't. 🙄
Of course, the suggested future "bans" are sales of brand new vehicles - IC vehicles on the used market are unaffected. And there's 275 million of those. Because IF (hypothetically) ALL IC vehicles were to be 'banned' - their value would plummet to zero overnight... and probably 99% of consumers use their existing vehicle as a trade / private sale toward its replacement.
Obviously, that scenario is totally unworkable. You cannot take the 2nd largest financial investment in most households and render it valueless. -
It’s not a GM problem, it’s an industry problem.
Maybe the ‘all-in’ dreamers about an electric car future can add ‘real full-size cars’ to their wish list of unwanted body styles that somehow magically an electric motor is going to make viable again. 😄
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^ New ones can be too - one is very 'contained' in modern, narrow vehicles with thicker doors, wide consoles and high cowls; not much room to shift position despite a power/positionable seat. I'm not tall (5'8"), but I stiffen up if I can't shift around to (slightly) different positions on longer drives. That said, I don't really have complaints about my wife's Malibu on long trips (2 hrs), I just think there could be more room.
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What the hell are you learning about fitting into a Rivian from a picture?!?
Rivian has three inches LESS front leg room than an Escalade. You're not going to find that they 'nailed it'.
Keep on convincing yourself tho.
'The leg area allows for a guy to sit with his knees spread' - That's tru of everything back to...oh; the dawn of the motor vehicle. What a bizarre statement.- 1
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Current gen Model S enclosure:
2 minutes ago, Robert Hall said:For car-style EVs, yes, I could see the battery pack resulting in less footroom/floorspace than an ICE car of similar size...but for truckular BOF EVs like the Lightning, Hummer, and Silverado EV, the body sits on top of the frame like on a real truck and the battery pack is within the frame under the floor? So in theory, truckular EVs could have a pretty flat floor w/ no center hump...
Agreed- trucks have plenty of structure height. The floor in my Sierra is just about completely flat- in the rear the center hump is barely an inch tall. Good thing- the kW-age needs to be up there to move the weight.
CT5 is a half-inch shorter than the Model S in wheelbase, but has the same front legroom and a few inches more in the rear.
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Anything to convince oneself.
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I'll use a current Malibu- because there's one in the driveway here.
The floorpan of it isn't flat- it contours to fit around various things. Of course- there's no longitudinal trans or driveshaft.
And who cares what the floorpan does under the butt or in-between passengers.
However, the lowest portion of a Malibu's floorpan is 1/2-in BELOW the bottom of the rocker panel.
From what I can find online, a Tesla Model S battery pack measures 3.1 or 3.5" tall... but that's just the battery pack. That goes inside a sealed enclosure, for protection (and I think cooling). So is the whole thing 3.25-4" tall? More? I couldn't find the spec.
How would that fit below a current Malibu body shell? Either the shell sits on top of that & rises 3 & a half inches, it comes out of the interior, or a combo thereof.
Model S has a long wheelbase (116.5"), so some of the height constriction can be regained by stretching the seating position and playing around with seat height. Malibu is 111.4" (2016); less 'wiggle room' to play with... unless you go up.
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Maybe YOU are bending your legs sideways and angling them off beyond the footprint of the front seat bottom... but how you're working the accelerator that way I can't imagine. C'mon, be realistic- that space is not 'legroom' and that's not eh way legroom is measured.
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And since EVERYTHING today has a center console anyway, front passenger compartment having a trans hump or not is inconsequential.
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😄 Space -height-wise- either has to come OUT of the interior, or the body shell is placed on TOP of the pack, making for a taller vehicle. Its one or the other.
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Battery packs.
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Huh. When did I say that?
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