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  1. ThundahBeagle

    EV acceptance is peaking

    While this is true, it only TAKES me 10 to 15 minutes to fuel my 5.3 and spin the hell down the road
  2. ThundahBeagle

    Need Help, Need CC of SuperChips Max MicroTuner Instructions

    SilveradoSierra might be one. Or GMTruckClub, sir
  3. ThundahBeagle

    EV acceptance is peaking

    Exactly. Ford got out of the mid-size truck game in north America for a decade. Toyota stayed in. Totoya knew how to keep that segment. Chevy and Ford "let's get rid of our sedans in totality". Toyota still makes the Camry and Corolla. And they make $ hand over fist. Just for that I'm...
  4. ThundahBeagle

    EV acceptance is peaking

    Corvair. Pinto, Vega and Gremlin were 1970's, and a result of the gas shortages, gas prices, and emissions controls introduced in the early 1970's. VW bug sold so many in the 1970's for the same reason. The ones from the 50's and 60's were sort of a result of our servicemen having driven them...
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    EV acceptance is peaking

    The reasons pickups are a great target to move to EV are threefold .Trucks are a higher margin payoff for any car company in general .emissions savings by taking v8 gas and diesel trucks is an attractive prospect and selling point .easier to place a big, powerful skateboard batter under a truck...
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    EV acceptance is peaking

    What??! For everyone that says Toyota USA, Nissan USA and Honda USA treat thier employees well, please note that none of those companies did anything except wait to see what the UAW accomplished. Only after that did Toyota, Nissan and Honda make a move to raise pay. Nothing says that...
  7. ThundahBeagle

    1996 K1500 Build

    Ah, $1250 for a truck with good bones. I sure di miss the ore-COVID era of used car and truck dealing off of Craigslist...
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    Water pumps and hoses when do you replace them?

    You aren't doing wrong by doing this at that mileage. While I have flushed and refilled, and changed the a/c condenser, the only other thing I've done for engine coolant was i needed to do my thermostat and temp sender unit at the top front of my GMC 5.3, just a year older than yours I'm at a...
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    Lets talk shovels

    Wish I'd have been more responsible with my father's Vietnam haul when I was a kid. Bent, clippable flashlights, leather holsters for the 1911. Canteens, Alice packs, entrenching tool, and a bunch of other stuff. I was adventurous. After returning to the boston area I went out on my own...
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    Long Distance '85 Ranger Build

    Why, thank you. And the scenery was definitely on my mind. As was all the different manufacturers for all the different upgrade parts and stuff. But they could all just help sponsor. Mainly it's for the scenery. One can always dream
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    Lets talk shovels

    Even shovels must be tactic-cool, I guess
  12. ThundahBeagle

    Hardware changes on Silverado HD's beweteen post 2011 and the modern day model

    Went from GMT 900 body to the K2 body for the 2014 model year for the k1500, the '15 MY for the K2500 HD. Dropped the suicide rear doors on the "double cab" in favor of regular door handles. Much nicer interior as well. May have strengthened the frame
  13. ThundahBeagle

    Long Distance '85 Ranger Build

    We need @85_Ranger4x4 with this, and @Andrew S and his '80's S15 GMC (I know he's already chimed in here) to pick a point halfway between yas and rendezvous. Then compare & contrast machines and methods, then head out on a good will tour. Sponsored by GMC and Ford. Or AmsOil or something, so...
  14. ThundahBeagle

    Long Distance '85 Ranger Build

    Fan of simple camping gear here. Love all the old Coleman stuff but that cube 9 volt EverReady battery powered flashlight is a real theowback! Just getting into this thread. Nice work
  15. ThundahBeagle

    Travel tools for rental car?

    While we planned a trio to Iceland (that got cancelled unfortunately) I spoke with my nephew who had been there. They did a lot of dirt and gravel roads and even mild to mid level water crossings. I think' depending on the time of year's its expected there?
  16. ThundahBeagle

    Surprised no one is discussing the Cybertruck today.

    But see, your car doesn't really run on sunshine though, does it? Electricity is 60 to 80% generated by fossil fuels for now. Obviously that's changing. But can you really say your car runs on sunshine? I liked the Priuses that had a solar panel built into them (roof? Sunroof? Rear window...
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    Surprised no one is discussing the Cybertruck today.

    To be fair' over the air updates can already do that type of stuff
  18. ThundahBeagle

    Suspension Lifts and the Affect on Wheelbase..

    Ah. I never realized wheelbase was affected too
  19. ThundahBeagle

    Suspension Lifts and the Affect on Wheelbase..

    ...the wheelbase does not shorten when you lift a truck, does it? Are you referring to the Track (width). Even still's the track doesnt really get narrower' just the wheels are at an angle such that you will be riding more along the outside adge' unless you get altered A arms with th steering...
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