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Old Apr 14, 2025 | 01:36 PM
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Looks like Rivian is not immune to vandals and copper thieves

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Old Apr 14, 2025 | 06:45 PM
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I almost bought a Lightning after seeing that massive Frunk. I even showed my wife how between the Frunk and the truck bed, it could easily replace our Sienna
Sounds like mama will get rid of you if you try to get rid of her van. 🤣
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Old Apr 14, 2025 | 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by BayeauxLex
Sounds like mama will get rid of you if you try to get rid of her van. 🤣
Pretty much
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Old Apr 14, 2025 | 07:50 PM
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Sounds like mama will get rid of you if you try to get rid of her van. 🤣
if he got the lightning he could throw her in the frunk.
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Old Apr 14, 2025 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
if he got the lightning he could throw her in the frunk.
I'm sure she would love that 🤣
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Im seeing alot of Fisker Oceans with TLC plates. Color me shocked that they are put into such a demanding role with zero mfg support.
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what are TLC plates?
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Im seeing alot of Fisker Oceans with TLC plates. Color me shocked that they are put into such a demanding role with zero mfg support.
A leasing company bought out all of their available stock and is using them as fleet vehicles. They got them for ~14K a pop and are leasing them out for 300 a month to uber and Lyft drivers. Half of the stock is being used as the fleet and other half is being kept around for spares
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I haven't seen a Fisker in the Bay area for awhile, I imagine I'll see them when I go to SoCal next month.

At $14k a pop, if one breaks down, just hand the customer another
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Had my first issue on the MSP. Very little air flow coming out of the vents. They checked it remotely and had me test a few things. Turned out the big HEPA filter in the frunk was clogged. Plenty of air flow on recirculate, almost none when set to fresh air. Came out and fixed it at my home. A little less than $150. Very good experience. Going to do the air cabin filter myself later today.
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Originally Posted by AMIRZA786
I haven't seen a Fisker in the Bay area for awhile, I imagine I'll see them when I go to SoCal next month.

At $14k a pop, if one breaks down, just hand the customer another
I see a Fisker Karma around occasionally. Really beautiful car. Very Aston Martin, which isn't surprising.


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Originally Posted by AMIRZA786
I haven't seen a Fisker in the Bay area for awhile, I imagine I'll see them when I go to SoCal next month.

At $14k a pop, if one breaks down, just hand the customer another
Chase and Rivian were offering big incentives when the bankruptcy was first announced. Chase was the bank behind Fisker's finance arm and is who you go through if you finance through Rivian as well.

https://www.autoblog.com/news/rivian...s-buyback-plan
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Originally Posted by Bob04
I see a Fisker Karma around occasionally. Really beautiful car. Very Aston Martin, which isn't surprising.
probably as reliable.

in ev news i saw a vw buzz on the road today. looked much more underwhelming than what i thought it would look like.
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
probably as reliable.

in ev news i saw a vw buzz on the road today. looked much more underwhelming than what i thought it would look like.
Saw one so far out in the wild at a local Bucees, owned by an elderly couple. Really friendly, mentioned they had a VW van way back when, and when they saw it at their only local small town VW dealer now, it was a pure nostalgia buy.

I did see the markups previously, but havent followed the market on them.
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The three amigos before leaving for work this morning


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