@chrisclarkefly Dude likely making $200,000+ a year, perfectly executes a skilled maneuver right in front of a camera coincidentally flashing the company logo at you on the bottom of a $300,000,000 jet while a film crew hovers in a helicopter nearby and you think it’s not a planned photoshoot 🤣
@mizzouXC@VoteMeHarder@CARandDRIVER Exactly what I’m saying. Single woman who lives and works locally and gardens on the weekend would probably love it. Certain types of old retired guys might like it. It’s gonna be good for gardening and taking the kayaks to the local lake. Some people like that stuff.
Personally I do not, it doesnt fit my lifestyle. But that doesn’t mean I don’t know what lifestyles it fits. I interact with the vehicles and people who have them everyday.
I totally agree they don’t fit every lifestyle. It doesn’t fit mine.
But they’re neat and they may break into some of the “Subaru” market and maybe appeal to that quirky Honda Element crowd
I don’t disagree. Well I disagree that I’m retarded. But I don’t disagree with my original point or your point. Kinda goes hand in hand. For the right buyer it makes sense. Elderly, environmentally conscious, maybe someone who lives and works in a smaller town and just does gardening at the most, there could be a whole host of attributes that appeal to someone.
Hell, I agree it’s worthless to someone who drives 30 or 40 miles a day each way to work in all 4 season, takes their boat to the lake on the weekend, and does heavy side projects.
It’s neat, some people like different , some people don’t do a lot of heavy work.
@Crime_Penguin You’re not wrong but when customers have been gouged by “packages” for years and a $27k car is insanely more than you expected to pay by the time you sign… you gravitate towards a different business model.
Only worthless if you buy one for an all around vehicle.
Daily commute plus weekend projects/leisure with plans to charge it after work/ at the end of the day. it’d be great.
Even if it was as low as 100 mile real range not many people would be hindered by that… plug it in at night just like your phone.
@25thPAC@nicksortor@grok what percentage of the Volvo Group does Geely own? Do they have a controlling stake or is it financial only? Do they own anything that should be construed as “owning” the Volvo Group?
Let me explain why I think Freddy resonates.
Lots of Europeans visit the USA as tourists. They visit New York City, or Washington DC, or Hollywood, or Las Vegas, and if they visit natural beauty too, they go to really crowded places like the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone.
So while they see our cultural and natural icons, they are mostly in blue cities and they therefore also see the decline, the homeless, the drugs, the dirt and the rude, rude Americans.
But Freddy is not doing that. Freddy is driving, and he’s doing it through the heartland, where people are kind and polite, the skies are wide open, and the bounty of Buc-ees and Bass Pro Shops are overwhelming.
Freddy is not seeing fentanyl and decline.
He is seeing the real, hopeful, patriotic, kind America that European tourists rarely traverse.
And he loves it.
That’s why Freddy is a phenomenon.
Maybe it’s the self proclaimed “bleeding heart liberal” in you but you asked a question, got a real answer from someone not even arguing or insulting you, and you respond with hypothetical arguments and then sign off with a pompous “But you do you” all while probably smiling and giggling like in your profile pic.