• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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      I filled up a family members Rav4 the other day. It was $96.

      Not exactly the best car, but hardly a gas guzzler. Or maybe it is, idk. I normally drive electric.

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          i took a chance last year and bought a honda ruckus for daily driving. it pays for itself in the gas im saving, i spend abt 10 bucks a month for gas. i hope to upgrade to a real bike at some point but for now i will enjoy the 100mpg perk.

          can i ask what you ride, and the mpg?

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            Honda ruckus hell yeah I love those things! Sv650 and I get 60mpg (edit wrong acronym)

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            I follow a lot of lawn care YouTubers

            More than a few commenting about raising prices and canceling contracts of customers not willing to pay enough to cover it

            Its not an insignificant difference either, like +$40 on a weekly cut for a quarter acre lot. That’s between a 35-50% price increase depending on the market of the people I’m watching

            The trucks to get there being the big portion of that increase not the mowers, but certainly the mower/trimmer/blower opex increased as well

            Regardless though anyone not running primary electric rigs are definitely hurting right now

            Those who invested into it early, and especially those who got State and Govt incentives, before the current administration shut them down have a massive opportunity to cash in over at least the next ~2 years while this settles, keeping their prices just below whatever their competitors have to charge until their routes are fully booked while those running gas are forced to raise prices and renegociate contracts to maintain profits

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      Could be a labourer. I didn’t see much point in trucks and such before but now it makes sense for some to have them.

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            I was refering at a tank as in “Main battle tank”.

            That being said, I have 2 kids and my car is (I just checked) 3.81 meters long. I’m not even sure cars of that size are still being sold in north America. What I’m sure of is that finding a convenient one of this size is becoming complicated in Europe, so my next one will probably be a tad bigger.

            Still, I don’t understand what so called trucks or SUV are for.