It's not 1.5k lol. You severely underestimate the cost of a Transmission replacement. That Transmission job is about 5k to 8k depending on if you want to go Reman or New.
The F150 of today has many different major issues that can happen to it. Tacomas and Tundras are bulletproof I've never seen a Taco or Tundra in the shop for anything besides maintenance items.
I've told many an F150 owner that their truck is basically totalled. I told a guy yesterday that he probably needs to go trade his 2017 F150 in today because the Valve Body in the transmission is about to die.
I wouldn't even call that "boomer brand loyalty" I'm 24, almost 25 and I will probably not buy anything that isn't a Toyota/Lexus for the rest of my life.
Toyota/Lexus are hands down the least maintenance heavy vehicles on the road. They know how to make an absolutely bulletproof reliable modern engine.
I'm a Service Writer for a mom and pop auto shop, and the most major thing I've had to write for a Toyota is... A Water Pump, Fuel Pump and a full Tuneup with 4 plugs and 4 coils. Which is... Basically peanuts compared to what I have to write for Dodges, Nissans, and Chevys. (Oil Filter Housings for Dodge, Whole Transmissions for Nissan, and a bunch of random shiz for Chevy)
Well, they just need to make the applications work exactly like their alternatives. Mastodon should show a random feed across the entire Mastodon Fediverse. And Matrix/Element should have a "Discover" section to allow you to browse the entire Matrix, and needs DMs
I think Matrix/Element is just a tad too confusing. Similar to Mastodon. I don't know how, but Lemmy is the least confusing to use application within the Fediverse. I have easily been able to just subscribe to whatever I want and see it all.
With Mastodon, I can't just see a big feed of content like Twitter, and then follow who I want to.
And Matrix/Element is... Just not quite Discord levels of usable.
Ehhhhh, when your making a completely integrated device, Optimization is the core. And, an iPhone with a 5000mAh+ battery would probably last 2 whole days.
It's not 1.5k lol. You severely underestimate the cost of a Transmission replacement. That Transmission job is about 5k to 8k depending on if you want to go Reman or New.