I am wondering about the bolstering of the stereotypes too, I agree that stereotypes are real, yet I am curious as to the red versus blue scenario.
The real problem is a transportation system built upon a misguided primitive belief that speed is good, superlatively so.
The fact that one peanut is blue or another peanut is red does not really matter during the great peanut gathering harvest. The fact is people love peanut butter.
And if the fact that I am ignoring all known science to make a nut butter analogy with a legume, bring it up with the cunning linguists.
The bigger point is that some people have scientific facts to inform their decisions and yet canât agree on anything. But there are people with a disregard for facts; that somehow coalesce coherently.
There should be more public transportation, and yet there is not.
Cars and Trucks should be toys.
I would like a 1957 Ford Ranchero Hybrid painted blue and red.
It seems a little redundant to have the 325i and the 328i listed separately. There are different engines and trim levels available for many of the cars on this list. Assuming weâre talking about the same generation of 3ers the only difference is in the drivetrain.
If we want to get into some #realtalk here, this whole article is just a bunch of bullshit.
It conflates foreign made to foreign brands. I know I keep harping on this, but it talks about democrats driving foreign made cars when BMW, Toyota, Honda, and Audi all do most of their NA-market manufacturing in the USA. Conversely, Dodge, Chevrolet, and Ford have moved a lot of their manufacturing to Mexico.
It doesnât account for badge engineering in the lists. For instance in the âUnusually popular carsâ list, the GMC Sierra 1500 and Chevrolet Silverado 1500 are the same damn vehicle, as are the BMW 328i and BMW 325i. Oh, and Saab 3-Sep sigh. It also doesnât account for year or generation of vehicle which I think statistically would be way more interesting.
All itâs really saying is âred state people like them some big trucks and blue state people like them some carsâ to the shock of nobody. If you put a modicum of thought into this, consider how red states are more rural and agrarian, so driving big trucks makes a lot more sense. You canât really haul farm equipment around in a Prius. Blue states are often more urban where practicality and fuel economy is important.
Basically this article doesnât say much of anything but itâs fun to argue about.
Sheesh! I wonât even ask what happened to the dang VW camper-van since I know those arenât very easy to find/buy any more.
Last year I drove my 1999 Toyota RAV4 into my husbandâs newish Toyota Tacoma. Big olâ dent! So no worries about a super clean perfect truck, though he does drive it to his IT job. He stores most of his beekeeping gear in the truckbed, and has been known to do a wild colony rescue on his way home. Last weekend it was a hive inside an in-ground cable box located next to a busy sidewalk.
Forget the cars and trucks for a minuteâin US dollar terms, Iâd like a breakout list showing MSRP on these cars. For the sake of [further] argument.
The list was âunusualâ cars. Anybody knows that if youâre in Colorado, the North West or North East you wonât be able to go two feet without seeing a Subaru.
I like the idea of a breakdown of cost. Thereâs so many things that could have made this article more interesting and relevant that were missing in favor of the âlol repubs sure love their trucks and libs are some damn hippies!â
Well, in our driveway youâll typically see an old Silverado pickup, a Prius, a Subaru Forester, and a (not obviously) dead Kawasaki KZ750, so I think weâve got all the genres covered. Of the voters in the house, one of us is a Euro-style fiscally-conservative socialist, the other is a more liberal socialist. The car assignment is as youâd probably expect.
BMW 5, mini Cooper, and a '89 Nissan truck. Iâd use the truck as my daily commuter as well as hauling crap (yes, fertilizer and compost). In fact⌠I did for a year and a half⌠Great light duty vehicle. More dents than you can count.
I haaaaate perfect condition trucks. It makes me want to dump half a yard of medium/minus gravel in their bed.
