06-16-2015, 04:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-16-2015, 04:54 PM by RolloTheGreat.)
(06-16-2015, 09:30 AM)gstanford Wrote: What a load of crap! Outside of the USA Toyota all but owns the pickup market and American pickups are virtually unheard of. But then again you are based in good old red-neck, republican heartland Texas, I wouldn't expect you to say anything else, especially about Telsa given that Texas is one of the main states opposing direct sales/propping up dealerships!
Here he is right. People just don't buy foreign trucks in any numbers, never have. I don't know that GM/Ford/Dodge really try to market their trucks outside the US though, do they? You live in a place where the top selling cars are subcompacts, it would not seem wise for the Big 3 to promote much larger and more expensive cars there.
America has always had a love affair with cars, and here what a person drives is part of who they are and what they are perceived as. Right or wrong, a car in the USA has never been about getting from point A to point B- it's part of our freedom, a symbol of status, a means of recreation and a tool for it.
It's part of our culture.
The only reason anyone has heard of Tesla here is I believe one model is very fast, which is valued here. It will still never take off because part of the experience is the sound of a powerful engine. We have a huge industry of louder aftermarket exhausts, people pay good money just to make their vehicles louder.
(06-16-2015, 09:30 AM)gstanford Wrote: You would enjoy Tasmania if you visited. We have a great wilderness with tons of outdoor recreation opportunities if that is your thing (Tasmania is like a mostly sub-temperate mini Canada).
I don't doubt it, the only reason I don't visit is you are a LONG way from here. I don't do 2 week vacations because I value working 4.5 days per week above almost all else*, and that second week equals 10 weeks I can take a half day off.
*at least in the work world