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The two top auto group owned brands out west are Toyota and Subaru. As such tech pay went to crap, as did tech skill, sales ie perceived model availability and prices shot up, garbage services sold by service sales staff shot through the roof. Its why after 28yrs of Toyota’s and 18yrs of...

If rates stay high and RE prices continue to slip the free money piggy bank options line of credit on sticks and brick property definitely crashes the RV market. There will be 22’s and 23’s sitting on the lots for a long time. Lots of people are back in the office now also. Which greatly impacts...

I noticed multiple large RV dealer lots packed with them and a few other brand’s during my 500 mile July 4th trip up the west coast. RV market fell off a cliff and dealers were stocking up way back in February. Today they are just hanging on to inventory and stupid covid prices because they...

I’m tired of rich conservatives in $100,000 pickup trucks who think they are traveling somewhere untouched because they can crawl over a dirt berm blocking a logging road???. The last true adventure vehicle is water based which has access to 71% of the planet Of which only a very small % of...

We have had a couple of vehicle dweller on public land fires out west recently. Today in the news s central zone state had several homes damage and burned by a fire set in a homeless encampment next door. Within a few hours the large city sent in law enforcement and crew to clear it out. The...

The second anyone asks for Zelle or gift card payment consider it a scam.

Out west you will see more and more locals supporting even requesting the closure to vehicles as we see more burned out neighborhoods due to wild fires started by homeless living on public lands. You cannot wring money out of people with no money so when they start fires living where they...

Europe is older than the US and I see the policy around “camping” vs homeless migration in that direction. Very strict vehicle over night parking, strict sleeping in vehicle regulations, shuttered Public lands to vehicle access etc. When a sub population of people basically abuse the freedom’s...

This is an issue even in popular campgrounds near urban areas. Friends scored a rare site in a popular CA Coastal campground. While there they noticed several “campers” who had been in their site for an obvious extended period move two sites over. On the way out they asked a host whom they...

Not even camping our airbnb Week long trip with dogs, kids, Mountian bikes, hiking and tennis gear plus we packed our refrigerator along because food options were crap… Yeah it adds up fast. Pretty sure the “your not married” was spot on.

The 2018-2019 and I think some early 2020’s then chip shortages I think scratched it. My Sequoia got stuck several times all thanks to no locker. The push button rear locker was one of the reasons I went Platinum Heavy tow. Thats a big deal with any of these big rigs especially with independent...

Yep same with the 07 Sequoia. The 2019 Expedition fixed that plus it gets within 2-4mpg of the Subaru Outback I had also. Sold the Outback and the Sequoia bought one rig. My only complaint is the rear raised cargo floor 3rd row down eats into the floor to headliner space. The old Sequoia had...

Doesn’t matter what type of topic your covering but if your in the business of selling “content” ie Youtube the search for interesting content can definitely impact consumerism behavior and drive the nature of something into a completely different direction. old van lifers have moved to house...

Even my old school regular bikes the truck bed under the cap is best. The road grime factor especially on long trips is a big one. Not to mention theft ie outa sight outa mind. Which is another reason if I go trailer upgrade its going to be one of the new small toy hauler style to handle the...

I retired the 4runner in 2002. Replaced with 94. Landcruiser (11mpg) one kid one 75lb dog. Second kid and grandpa moving in moved to 2007 sequoia. Two pre teens super active family one 100lb dog one crocodile mix 12lbs 2019 Expedition heavy tow elocker hands down my favorite.

Payload the 7.4 Tremor sounds like your only option if your going big tires too.

Just did 350 miles with 4 bikes and a roof box gas pump average was 19.5 65-70mph. Bikes are a vertical hitch rack and poke up above the rear hatch by about 14 inches. They are a 2-3mpg hit at 70. If they were on the roof they are a 4-6mpg hit. The ob we ran two bikes on the roof each side of...

I had a legacy GT 5spd and a mint J80 for 10yrs . Wife had her own car. The GT was by far hands down superior to the OB even had lower closer spaced ratios was better at towing my boat and running the mountains than the OB in 2010 I got the cvt OB and sold the J80 picked up a cherry 07 Sequoia...

No doubt I’ll be in a rented house with hot tub soon?. No drunken Pismo beach idiots rummaging my bear box at 3am.

Not to pile on but even if your grey market vehicle has paperwork and gets by loose eyes and gets insured. If you get creamed by a red light runner both your insurance and the offenders insurance will leave you screwed every way possible. Happened to a good friend who still suffers from the...