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REO Trucks I4 4WD Pickup Truck Starts at $21,500

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Re: REO Trucks I4 4WD Pickup Truck Starts at $21,500

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Post by pepperoni_pizza »

lostlogin wrote: post #85
bloomingeek wrote: post #58

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So true! My Ram 1500 was purchased to pull our travel trailer. It has the tow package and is factory raised up some. I'm kind of old, so I keep a three-step ladder in the bed so I can easily climb into it. Because of the poor gas mileage, I always wonder at why people drive these gas guzzlers as their main transport. But each to his own. (BTW, some claim safety, but it's probably fashion.)

The safety aspect is intersting. The driver might be safer, but they are vastly more likely to kill anything they hit. https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2025/being-hit-suv-i...

Which a selfish person is definitely okay with, might even like it.

Re: REO Trucks I4 4WD Pickup Truck Starts at $21,500

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Post by t-3 »

wlesieutre wrote: post #137
Eueudhsbsj32 wrote: post #52

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I think the more important reasons are to prevent the groceries from sliding around in the bed and to protect them from the sun and precipitation.

Still see this in the ones with tonneau covers as if they intended to put cargo in the bed But who knows maybe it’s already full of stuff under there

I once met a homeless guy who kept a mattress back there.

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Post by rsynnott »

stackghost wrote: post #126
binkHN wrote: post #76

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You said it yourself, they're fundamentally suitable for most use cases. Yes, for the near future, there will be many use cases where gas is superior.

Sure. But I think the "near future" to which you're referring is going to be a longer tail than many EV maximalists expect. I would be shocked if IC-engined vehicles were no longer being produced in 2050.

There will be a tipping point where production and wide distribution of petrol and diesel becomes unsustainably expensive; it really relies on massive volume to work at all.

Re: REO Trucks I4 4WD Pickup Truck Starts at $21,500

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Post by rsynnott »

Panino wrote: post #135
tclancy wrote: post #107

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Yes but what's the next best?

Don't bother with cookies at all unless they serve the interests of the user. And in that rare case, only do a cookie banner if required by law, and here's how to do it: just pretend it's "fine print." Make it functionally invisible, but good enough to get away with it. Nobody will complain about your cookie banner not being annoying enough.

The EU cookie directive, at least, does _not_ require notification if the cookies are functionally necessary.

Re: REO Trucks I4 4WD Pickup Truck Starts at $21,500

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Post by jonathanlydall »

jm4 wrote: post #51
skippyfish wrote: post #5

My first reaction after seeing a website with vibecoded aesthetics was to wonder if this is even real, but apparently, it is - at least to the extent of getting some press coverage: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/usa/startup-wants-build-sma... https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a71667299/reo-industries-r...

Am I the only one around here who’s sick and tired of the bitching and moaning on every post about how something was vibe coded or written by AI? Without fail, someone complains and it shoots up to the top of the comments. It’s gotten ridiculous and it’s off topic. The easiest thing for you to do is just not engage with the post if you don’t like it. You people don’t need to pollute the comment section for anyone els…

I too find "looks written by AI" comments tedious. I feel that the following guideline [0] actually covers this, perhaps it should be updated to also specifically mention "AI written":

> Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#comments

Re: REO Trucks I4 4WD Pickup Truck Starts at $21,500

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Post by ssl-3 »

blitzar wrote: post #140
AlotOfReading wrote: post #82

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The company was started no earlier than December, according to the articles linked in another comment. Very real possibility that no pics or semi-finalized CAD design even exist yet at this point.

So its basically an underdeveloped kickstarter project.

Yes.

Or my preferred expression: "Bullshit."

Re: REO Trucks I4 4WD Pickup Truck Starts at $21,500

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Post by ssl-3 »

AlotOfReading wrote: post #117
8note wrote: post #111

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the hat claims that it was started in 1905?

The original reo went bankrupt in 1967 and after series of mergers ended up as part of the truck company diamond reo. Diamond reo then had difficulties and stopped production in 1995. This reo is wholly unrelated, except the guy who started it bought the trademark.

I still own a Diamond Rio Volt SP250 MP3-playing portable CD player. How does that fit into this non-timeline? (I bought it in 2001 if that matters.)

Re: REO Trucks I4 4WD Pickup Truck Starts at $21,500

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Post by ssl-3 »

t-3 wrote: post #142
wlesieutre wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still see this in the ones with tonneau covers as if they intended to put cargo in the bed But who knows maybe it’s already full of stuff under there

I once met a homeless guy who kept a mattress back there.

The Ram 6000 Max Diesel Rampage Pro: Because homelessness can be anyone's future

Re: REO Trucks I4 4WD Pickup Truck Starts at $21,500

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Post by b112 »

999900000999 wrote: post #108
AlotOfReading wrote: post #82

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The company was started no earlier than December, according to the articles linked in another comment. Very real possibility that no pics or semi-finalized CAD design even exist yet at this point.

It's basically an idea without enough funding to exist. I don't think 25$ reservation slots are going to pay for a full assembly line.

$25 is too low. $25 feels like "no one will go after the guy if the money just disappears".
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