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[–] 51 points 1 year ago (14 children)

"It's because of those EVs" says man driving $70,000 pickup as his daily driver

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah that was my first thought. How much is this influenced by 7 or 8 year loans on $70,000 trucks?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    While that is clearlya problem behavior, has it really changed? The same people willing to put that much down on a luxury truck with a loan they can’t afford, would have done the same last year

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    It's really because of tariffs.

    China has EVs with 300km range that only cost $15,000. Can't buy them in the US, though.

    Gotta give the Musks your money, instead.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Cheapest BYD in Finland is an used 2023 model with 50k kilometers and costs 28k USD.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Unironically, to a degree. 40 years ago, you could buy an economy car from an American dealer that got 70 mpg. Now you can buy a car twice the size with an enormous block of lithium as its fuel tank.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    What model? Best normal USDM car I can think of was the Civic/CRX which hit the 40s. I rented a 2025 civic and got 49mpg (NOT a hybrid), so we're back to that, at least. Geo Metro was rated for the 50s and hypermilers did better, but keep in mind the EPA ratings took a nosedive with more accurate testing around 2005

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    My brother had an old Plymouth Horizon that made it to the mid-40s mpg, and there were only one or two cars better.

    …. And it was made with aluminum foil. You didn’t want to be in an accident with those

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