I'm practically afraid of the steering wheel on my pickup. There are so many buttons on there I have to be careful not to bump any of them since I don't know what some of them do. And don't they make regular radios any more? I've accidently hit buttons on the radio and the screen changed to something I'd never seen or had a clue on what it was! I had to pull over, get out the manual and try and figure out what had just happened. No wonder trucks are so expensive. I asked one dealer if I could order a pickup without all the stuff on it and was told, "No, that's all standard equipment now."

No body owns up to voting for Biden....where did he get all those votes then????


Anyhow, troll someone else, your really not worth getting a vacation so buzz off.

How's this for an uncluttered steering wheel Trapper7??



Instead of push buttons to activate relays and temp settings, a simple toggle switch and cable operated heat valve.

My 2015 Silveraydoe has 120000 miles on it. I've changed oil and filter in a timely manner, spark plugs once, which wasn't necessary, and tranny fluid and filter once. They are much less maintenance than the 70s. I gradgeeated from WyoTech in 75 and played the mechanic game for $2.25 /hr!

I love my old V8's, and I hate change in so many ways, but I'm smart enough to not completely bury my head in the sand. My buddy's new F150 would SMOKE any old pickup in almost every category on the board..... acceleration, pulling, MPG, etc.

I HOPE we continue to invest in refining and improving our technology as we can't run on oil forever. This doesn't mean I think we should make it illegal to drive our old cars, trucks, etc and completely stop refining oil to make gas and diesel. I think we will need significant fossil fuels for vehicles well beyond my lifetime, but we dang well better have been working on something better.

Divesting in fossil fuels and kind of forcing the issue will kind of force the big players (ExxonMobil, bP, etc) to stay more actively involved and compete with Tesla, GM, etc.

If we can just accept it's coming yet admit it's a ways off we will all be better off.

Do I think electric vehicles is our LONG term answer? Hopefully not as I think we can do even better, but that's even further out! Happy trapping! ScottW

This is a highly advanced electron microscope. It cost millions of dollars and can see viruses. If I used this, I could still not see how little your opinion matters to me.

Yea, right on shade tree. I've also noticed how NHRA and NASCAR are now running emissions equipment because of that killer boost in horsepower. Go back to your coloring book and let the adults talk awhile.

Y’all do know you can order a vehicle exactly how you want it? My buddy picked out the features he wanted and told them to leave the rest of the junk at the factory. Got him a nice F150 with vinyl seats and floors. He did get electric windows and mirrors for towing purposes. And electric 4x4...even I don’t miss getting out and locking in the hubs. But most of the other accessories were left off. Price was almost half what a normal truck cost although he did have to put half down and paid the other half 3 months later when the truck was delivered from the factory.

LMAO!!!

You’re killing me Smalls! ROTFLMAO!

Creepy Joe and his government can and will switch the entire fleet to electric because THEY DON"T CARE WHAT IT COSTS! Taxpayers will just foot the bill, so who the (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) cares?

Lol you're joking, right? The parts changer calling the professional tech "shade tree". You're embarrassing yourself, man. You're putting your ignorance out there for us to see. I don't think you're stupid, I'm sure you're a fairly smart guy. You just don't even know what you're talking about.

Seriously, though. Tell me how emmisions equipment reduces horsepower by 1/3, or we all just know your full of crap. Explain it in all it's technical glory. Lay it all out for me. Each system. Evap, catalytic converter, EGR, and PCV. Don't tell me how they were crap in the 70s, tell me how a modern emmisions system reduces horsepower. I look forward to your answers.

I didn't know you could order a reg. 'base' truck as what we use to call them. Never did understand why they quit making just reg. ol trucks for people like me to work out of without all the caddilac crap on them and sell them for half what they sell the tricked out road riding junk for.

As for the topic, the ONLY reason your communist party is pushing/shoving this crap is because China makes all the battery's for them! They can pollute till their hearts content making this junk while we restrict all of our company's to the point they go out of business with climate change crap as the vehicle to do it.

As for running out of oil, just the balken find alone has enough to supply the country for 200 years! But run back to the 70s and claim we have to do something as we have used up all the oil on the planet. Was global cooling back then instead of global warming. I imagine that's what it will be again if we have a few cold winters. ANYTHING works to gain CONTROL which is all any of this is about.

Now that's a vehicle! Even has a clutch! That's a mans vehicle right there.

Let China work out all the bugs with electric cars...Then we can swipe the technology. I got a feeling you're either trolling or live downwind from a ethanol plant.

It's at least partially because some are looking toward the future. 200 years isn't even 3 generations. Gotta have other technology squared away before we do actually run out of oil. Happy trapping! ScottW

Gonna be able to run your trapline with a electric snowmachine or electric quad?

Honestly, our presidents life span left is less than the new batteries I just put in my golf cart. I get 8+ years with good care. Our president does not care, he likely won't be around when my golf cart need new batteries. That cart is about the only good electric vehicle. Good for 2 18 hole rounds on a hilly course.

Why not?

At that pace we won't need electric vehicles. Just stand on the Star Trek transporter pad, and shout beam me up Scotty! Yeah sure, a tire valve stem went from $ 1.25 to $89.95...