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More to the story Seems Black Series was owing fees to the property owners. As I said it’s looking like dumped inventory the more that comes out.

Based on the content sheet on the Corsair Mexico and Canada parts $4000-$6000 easily could be added by the tariff.

83-85 ish door height is pretty good. Both of mine are literally 1-2 inches barely over my roof bar on my Expedition which is like 71-72 high. I have often thought about this issue. The Maverick with a hard side popup shell would still fit. The Honda definitely not. Figure the cab over section...

If you have an expensive toy? Underwater on it and up on insurance? We’ll be seeing lots of stuff where things get parked in places they get stolen, fires started by friction between registration papers and insurance cards etc. No high priced product is stored in that region of LA out in the...

Chinese investors lost their shirt on the Black Series idea. Likely abandoned inventory with a little bit of insurance fraud possibly in play to offset losses.

So Black Series started as a Chinese import that the US branded company then assembled in Socal then sold to dealers. My guess is this lot of campers were basically abandoned due to the financial crisis at whatever was left of “Black Series” and no one was paying any attention to the stock...

Be careful out there. I bet there are lots of too good to be true rigs on the market.

Never crossed NV and Idaho? I got passed by a dodge towing a goose neck stock trailer with 6 fully saddled horses in it. While doing 85mph with the semi’s. I paced the cowboy at 98mph for a few miles then went back to my boring 85mph.

The new ranger is interesting but Ford dropped the 6ft bed I think

Nothing keeps up with the miata in the turns except the little Lotus Elise.

7.3 gas hands down. I know a couple of contractor company owners who have ditched their diesels for the 7.3 gasser. They literally love the thing so much they’re both eyeing more now that the truck market is crashing and prices are down. The savings in service costs alone has been a big eye...

Interesting observations. These cobbled together rigs will definitely had weird stuff. Likely sourced from unused stock picked up at auction. Several other brands are running BMW stuff also. BMW has capacity but not enough sales so likely pretty damn sweet deals on engines etc that other auto...

Toyota sources parts just like other brands. Parts makers cutting corners swapping in cheaper materials etc has been impacting parts quality and consistency for all the Auto makers. One batch of parts get made correctly with the designed materials and then the next batch gets some garbage...

99% people hauling the Full sized Expedition has been superior to my Subaru in every way. Even comes close to beating the 2.5i outback on mileage. Towing the 4x6 trailer definitely beating the Outback. Better towing range than the XT with your trailer for sure. Better mileage definitely the xt...