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Climate Change? Nahhh ...

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Riptide, Oct 23, 2015.

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  1. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    What an amazing coincidence that the people most paranoid about environmental mitigation are the ones most paranoid about gays and minorities and women’s rights and rebalancing society to maybe give lower class people a break. Amazing I tell you.
     
    dixiehack, Jul 3, 2023
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  2. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Azrael, Jul 3, 2023
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  3. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Azrael, Jul 3, 2023
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  4. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Azrael, Jul 3, 2023
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  5. Regan MacNeil

    Regan MacNeil Well-Known Member

    And Alma feels their pain.
     
    Regan MacNeil, Jul 3, 2023
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  6. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

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  7. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    cool

    What Happened to Pickup Trucks?

    Giant, furious trucks are more than just a polarizing consumer choice: Large pickups and SUVs are notably more lethal to other road users, and their conquest of U.S. roads has been accompanied by a spike in fatalities among pedestrians and bicyclists. As I wrote in my 2020 book Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the Detroit Free Press have pointed to the rise in SUVs and large pickups as the main culprit in the pedestrian mortality surge.
     
    Azrael, Jul 3, 2023
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  8. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    They cut prices dramatically, in an apparent attempt to go for market share in the face of increasing competition coming to market.

    The question is just how little margin we are going to find out they took on all those sales. If they are selling a ton of cars, but not making money doing it, it's not a sustainable situation.

    I can't say this for sure, because we won't know how much they are giving away in margin (it's going to be significant) for a while, but what I think happened is that they cut the price of the Model 3 dramatically, and a bunch of people who really wanted one, but hadn't been able to afford it, pounced. The question after another quarter or two of that is. ... is it a one-time discounting boost, or is there endurable demand at a level that allows them to actually make money on the cars.

    Also, all of the "stimulus" that was unleashed by insane monetary and fiscal shenanigans is still propping up consumer spending in the face of higher interest rates that have not yet filtered through the economy (there is a lag, as refinancings on trillions of dollars of debt are staggered into the future). I won't rule out the liquidity hose being turned back on when push comes to shove (choosing runaway inflation over santity). ... but if that doesn't happen, it can't be a good thing for the semi-luxury car market.
     
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    The Big Ragu, Jul 3, 2023
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  9. Justin Biebler

    Justin Biebler Active Member

    I ordered a Ford Maverick hybrid truck in Sept. 22. Still waiting, and will probably get a 2024 model because Ford couldn't produce enough compared to the number of orders it took, the order bank closed in 3 days. I jumped on it last year because I'm driving 2007 Dodge Nitro with 200,000 plus miles and I wanted a new vehicle at an affordable price (the Maverick is $27,000 out the door when ordered). Ford is 20,000 vehicles behind in its hybrid orders but said they would prioritize 2023 unfilled orders for MY 2024. Luckily, we're in a position where we won't have to finance it. I'm hoping I'll get the truck before the Nitro shits the bed.
     
    Justin Biebler, Jul 3, 2023
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  10. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    The demand for that truck has been insane. It's too bad they have had so much trouble meeting it.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jul 3, 2023
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  11. OscarMadison

    OscarMadison Well-Known Member

    Late to the party, muddling through...

    If this is going to be the qualifier for speaking about regional issues, there are plenty of folks outside of Beulah Land who need to take several seats.
    Qualifier & Commentary:
    1. Yeah, I went there.
    2. No, I don't think this should be the case.

    Not that anyone here would do it because...SOSHULIZM! (I really wish someone would ask Tammy Faye Blackburn to define socialism.) If Buc-es put arrays on their structures, so many other companies would follow suit. I would buy a T-shirt and some sugar-free Twizzlers to show my support.

    The old line is "More people in Mississippi write than read." I've witnessed a few of their classicists and Meso-Americanists (native Mississippians, BTW) making colleagues from Vandy, Stanford, and UTA cry. Don't make me tell the story of the Roadside Anasazi Cannibalism Male Prom Queen Slapfight that nearly got my ride to a conference at Ole Miss jailed in DeSoto County.
     
    OscarMadison, Jul 3, 2023
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  12. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    I’m happy for you that you are getting a new ride and amazed that’s a nameplate Ford chose to bring back from the dead.
     
    dixiehack, Jul 3, 2023
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