Posted on 05/21/2021 11:16:37 AM PDT by thegagline
Early tests of the hybrid electric version of the Jeep Wrangler as well as the all-electric aftermarket conversions seem to indicate they can drive through water just fine. Waterproof seals do exist, you know.
They won’t be any worse than an existing gasoline car that’s suddenly in 25 feet of water - it’ll be a total loss regardless.
This truck isn’t intended for that drive, nor do they pretend it is. It’s for running around a metroplex, which is where a lot of F-150s spend their entire lives.
For that, there’s the hybrid, diesel and gasoline versions of the F-150, which are already on sale.
It’s not a sedan, either.
Our Lucerne soldiers on and will since there is just about nothing in the field with a V8 to replace it; not without going to some very expensive luxury class. Around here those just become targets for jealousy, hate, rage and insurance, no sale. Besides, you have to go 100 miles for service.
I can easily imagine the door bashes to my new A8 if I were foolish enough to buy one. There are some pickups around here that make Maynard the tow truck look really really good. The drivers of them are equal to their vehicles for attitude.
I only mention A8 because that is the closest thing to a full size sedan available that I know of other than the Chrysler gangster car. I don’t count Kia, Genesis, chevrolet and such.
Yeah, you might want to look at the Genesis lineup, which absolutely are full size cars. There’s also the Chevy Impala, which is one - just not very good.
The V8 is less of a thing now because there are turbo V6s out there that beat V8s in every metric - in fact, the most powerful engine you can get in the F-150 is the EcoBoost 3.5L turbo V6, not the 5.0L V8.
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