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hill liked ETC(SS)'s post in the thread Americans eye banned Chinese EVs.
That's the trade-off. GMs are perceived to be less reliable but there is a better service network. I gleefully lavish scorn on my local...
Jun 12, 2026 at 9:58 AM
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hill replied to the thread Trump tariffs put the US auto industry in disarray.
Even way back in the '70s, as inflation/dollar deflating started getting worse & worse, I heard the expression that no one knows how...
Jun 12, 2026 at 9:35 AM -
hill replied to the thread Tesla stock.
We have people here that don't like musk because he tangented off of making cars. Yet communication w/cars, modernly, requires reliable...
Jun 12, 2026 at 9:28 AM -
hill replied to the thread Americans eye banned Chinese EVs.
No defense for GM here either. We couldn't get them to straighten out our Chevy Volt shifter (that failed to realize it was in park to...
Jun 12, 2026 at 9:09 AM -
hill replied to the thread How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?".
Shutting 2 refineries down in California (pull out due to high fines & not meeting onerous regulations thereon) certainly didn't help...
Jun 11, 2026 at 1:58 PM -
hill replied to the thread How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?".
The in-law's & families lived in San Diego since the 1930s. They would always cross the Tijuana/Rosarito border (many still do) to...
Jun 11, 2026 at 10:35 AM -
hill replied to the thread Environmental News.
You speak the truth regarding how we are bound together. It might be summed up as a type of search for excellence. Nobody wants to...
Jun 11, 2026 at 9:30 AM -
hill replied to the thread Trump tariffs put the US auto industry in disarray.
Similar story at disney. They offloaded their pension liability to fidelity. Disney stopped cost of living pension increases in the...
Jun 10, 2026 at 8:06 PM -
hill replied to the thread Tesla stock.
Sorry - but not only have the stockholders reaffirmed, but the courts have reaffirmed his pay package as well. Since several months ago...
Jun 10, 2026 at 4:48 PM -
hill replied to the thread Any thoughts as to what it costs to replace an Avalon/Camry HV battery?.
PriusCamper just posted a link in another thread may come in handy if your battery is dying, and if they service your area. Green Bean...
Jun 10, 2026 at 3:59 PM -
hill replied to the thread Any thoughts as to what it costs to replace an Avalon/Camry HV battery?.
Typically the batteries don't just drop dead. Rather, they no longer provide as much buffer so that the engine runs more - thus reducing...
Jun 10, 2026 at 9:19 AM -
hill replied to the thread Americans eye banned Chinese EVs.
It would seem people that want to buy an imported car of any kind - never contemplate whether there is service for that vehicle or not.
Jun 10, 2026 at 9:14 AM
