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Ford Chairman & CEO Jim Farley Wakes After Decade-long Nap, Shocked By China's EVs - CleanTechnica (cleantechnica.com)
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[–] 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Vans, you're thinking of vans. Becuase you can lock up all your expensive tools in a van, it keeps rain off your supplies, it gives you a mobile workspace with AC, and you can take out the seats or reconfigure it for the job at hand. All the tradesmen I know drive vans. All the idiots I know who want an expensive mall crawling pavement princess so they look like they could do actual work, buy trucks.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm glad you know enough people to make uninformed opinions about my professional needs. Are you going to recommend, like another poster here, that I buy a second dedicated vehicle that costs more than I make in a year for the occasions where I need to transport stuff that you can't load in a van? AC? You think I could afford to run the AC?

    By the way is my 2005 Ranger with 200k+ miles that is worth less than $4k a pavement princess? Am I an idiot for owning one general purpose vehicle that covers all my personal and professional needs?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    No, but I wouldn't call delivering gravel high skill labor that I couldn't do.

    Sure there are legitimate needs for trucks. The vast majority of truck owners buy them to look cool, instead of actually doing truck things with them. Be proud that you may be the exception to the rule.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    "No, but wouldn't call delivering gravel high skill labor that couldn't do."

    I do work that others can't because they lack the time, tools or experience to do themselves. Gravel isn't high skill. Prepping an area for gravel takes a little more skill. But being able to shovel a ton of it in 100°f temperatures is beyond the ability of most people.

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