Dumbasses were "rolling brownouts" in 1999 when I lived in San Francisco. Had to buy power from neighboring states not managed by morons.
I remember having to buy an emissions diagram label from another state (from the one (SC) where I bought my Mustang) in order to get my tags in California...
Dang! Where have they been? Hooked up to a generator in Iraq in the desert? I've got a set of heavy duty like that which I bought in 1994 and they still look new. You'd have to cut the clips off and reattach them after but you could use shrink tubing on them to get a few more years of safe use.
Popular Mechanics had an article (maybe 1974 75?) Explaining how ALL American made cars would be designed like the Gremlin or Pacer by 1980, the year I'd be able to obtain a driver's license.
I was ****ing crushed that my "future" held only shytebox looking autos. I was totally defeated for...
They do attract a certain demographic and/or occupation (teachers) it seems. I don't like them but I'm 6'2" and 260 lbs (need to lose about 40). The doors seem thin and tinny and they are not made for American males.
I see a lot of them on the road so they must be somewhat popular.
See if you can find out who is insuring all the new Dodge Challenger and Chargers we see in the tiktok videos crashing while doing donuts in street "takeovers."
Buy from a different ins. co.