Posted on 07/17/2023 9:29:20 AM PDT by Red Badger
Unibody construction started in the 60’s IIRC, and it is how all modern cars and some trucks are made.
A minor fender-bender could total the whole vehicle if it twists the body out of alignment specs.................
Or push the cost to oil fueled vehicles by raising rates.
You can bet yo butt they will not lose anything.
Collision repair on every vehicle, not just EVs, is just getting more and more and more expensive.
In the old days, with just carbon steel, a light hit could often just be pulled back into spec. Carbon steel has a memory, it likes to go back to where it was originally stamped - easy repair.
But with the higher strength steels which are now most of the vehicle, any damage cannot be pulled. High strength steel when bent in a hit, the structure is compromised, that component must be replaced, not pulled.
And the same for aluminum and carbon fiber etc.
So when almost any collision damage is replace, rather than pull, the cost of repairs goes into orbit.
I had the 4.0 litre engine in two Aerostars. Reliable as anything.
The Giga press made GM, Ford and Sellantis obsolete.
They lack the brains to compete
🤦♂️🤦♀️🤷♀️🤷♂️👍............................
Maybe Drive-ins will make a ‘comeback’.
I really miss them....................
Maybe Drive-ins will make a ‘comeback’.
I really miss them....................
Yep!...........................
“My homeowners went up because of the Florida hurricane and I’m not in a hurricane weather area.”
If you don’t mind, where in FL do you live that’s NOT in a hurricane area?
My wife and I, when we were dating, back in the Stone Age, and even after we were married, went to the drive-ins practically every Saturday night. Saw a movie once there, too...................
Good question.
He must live in the Georgia Border area near I-75...................
I have thought about that specific oppty for a while. Overall, it would violate some of my highest business principles, to wit: No employees; No fixed location. And, the more you touch things, the less money you make. To start such a business from scratch I think would be very cost intensive, but as a “sub-business” within an existing used car joint might be feasible. If you were to really hose out a 20-year old truck and renew the thing to a high level, I think you’d have to get $17K-$20K for such an item. And maybe that would be an acceptable price point....but a used $17K Toyota is likely a better vehicle as is. You’d have to work in CA or NV, or out west, because my Gawd, you look at 2005-2008 Silverados, etc; on YouTube from the midwest and the frames are literally rusted in half. And then you’re starting a business in California, definitely an uphill battle.
Tennessee
Salt on the roads would limit your choices for raw materials.
So you would have to get cars and trucks mainly from the South and Southwest USA...................
Boy, I lucked out last year. Found an ‘04 Mazda B2300 for my son for his 18th birthday. $7800 after tax and registration. 86K miles on it! And now he’s one of the few teenagers who can drive a stick. 😂
“They” are not telling you that Tesla is dominant and everybody else is in fifth or sixth place
I see Teslas every day in multiple places.
One Rivian........................
What’s interesting to me is the Ford Rivan fued.
Ford had the opportunity to absorb Rivian but ultimately didn’t.
Now Ford 150’s the company mainstay can’t be sold.
He was happy.
Until the first time extreme heat and nearby wild fires caused his home solar service to shut down. Why? The solar system did not include a full house battery backup system, and when the grid operator has to shut down, his system has to shut down so it will quit sending power to the grid.
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That is a major complaint with uniformed solar panel buyers/leasers.
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