Tacoma Vs. Rivian

perhaps having one vehicle that does it all

is you know

penny wise dollar foolish

 

It’s actually the exact opposite of what that saying means.

 

nah

kinda more dependent on what exactly it is that you are doing...

too many assumptions bud... way too many assumptions

dont limit yourself so much

 

Are you special needs?

 

i is very special

 

Don't let that Turd keep you down. Turn that frown upside down Charlie Brown.

 

Yep. I tried talking her into an EV. Let me use it for my commute, her the Tacoma. Though the knuckleheads at her school would beat the shit out of the Taco’s sheet metal. Wasn’t too keen doing that to my brand new truck.

We started talk, the hybrid Corolla Cross makes more sense since I could pull my moto trailer with it, and not worry about range, as a cheap EV wouldn’t make it to the trailheads I like to go. Plug in RAV4, looked even better, electric for around town, tap into gas mode on longer weekend trips. Unfortunately they want $40K+ for those. Doesn’t make financial sense. That buys an awful lot of fuel and repairs for my old beater truck that now gets barely driven.

Also comes down to wants too, rather enjoy driving my truck. Tell my wife, well it would be nice to save on gas, she replies back, you can afford it, I know you hate cars, why be miserable? True true…

 

i for one am just truly amazed by all the fear mongering

i have zero plans to ditch all my gas toys, but at the same time have all the intentions to play with the new toys as well

 

Cool!

Still a car though. Can’t see it holding up very well on shitty roads though. Don’t those things go through ball joints already since they are rather heavy, yeah?

 

Thumbs up! After getting my new truck, my love for the old stuff faded away. New tech looks amazing, I sure do like those Rivians, however with anything new, going to wait see how the tech evolves.

 

i hate to draw the parallel, but its like listening to the anti 2a crowd

dont get your panties in a bunch over other peoples choices

i hate the tesla, but the taycan and rivian are pretty damn fun to play with

 

woudlnt mind playing with one of these EVs either

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2_TPfD8yuX8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nes85rlHJFI

 

used rivians are 90k? lol pass

 

$82k and dropping

 

Seems like a lot of the EV stuff coming out now is super proprietary, like the Rivian coming with a built in tonneau. I picked the taco because I thought it'd be both useful and fun to mod/put doodads on. I'm sure lower footprint stuff, like tonneaus or racks, will be more widespread from third parties soon but I wonder about tires/suspension etc. with how purpose-built components seem to be on EVs right now.

That being said, mostly likely going to pick up a chevy bolt or something of the like soon.

Holy hell that thing SHRIEKS.

 

People with money don’t want to wait in line.

 

A 20’ Outdoors RV, full up four season trailer with big tanks, built in generator, solar, the works. Airstreams are super nice but they really aren’t four season capable in a cold climate like CO.

 

Who is going to buy a used Rivian 6 months after they were first released?