• percent@infosec.pub
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        11 days ago

        According to Wikipedia, the Grumman LLV was in production from 1986—1994… Which seems kinda wild to me in 2025.

        Also according to Wikipedia, when used for mail delivery, its average fuel economy is 8.2—10 mpg 😬

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                Mine was a 94. An F250 pulled out in front of me. I braked, tried to swerve into the side street. He reversed. Wet road, I kept sliding. He had a dented door. I had a broken radiator, crushed hood, and bent front axle. Totalled. To the guy’s credit, he admitted he never saw me coming in my wittle red twuck and that I fought like hell to avoid a collision, and probably would have if he hadn’t reversed. Blue Book was 5k. I got 3k. No one was selling them at the time for less than 5k and I had a minimum wage job and needed a car asap. Got a neon and a bonus: no more moving requests.

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        Yeah, that’s quite an improvement for the company. How do the new ones improve the life of mail carriers specifically?

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              11 days ago

              Those were obviously rhetorical question marks.

              The information you’re pretending to be interested in is readily available in the article above and elsewhere.

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                11 days ago

                From OC:

                Those things, from what I heard, are an absolute necessity of an upgrade for postal workers.

                emphasis mine.

                You’re acting like it is obvious what they heard, and I shouldn’t ask for details of what looks like first hand reports of usage of the new vehicles.

                So go fuck yourselves and the high horses you rode in on.

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                  10 days ago

                  Just FYI a comment isn’t an article, you gotta click on the link at the top of the page and read the article, which is what he’s suggesting you read. That’s where you can find the details.

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                    I cannot make it any clearer: I am interested in @[email protected] 's account. He said he heard opinions about the new cars, I suppose it’s from drivers. I’d love to hear more. From AceFuzzLord. Or did they write the article?

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      their old grumman LLV’s are inefficient, cramped, HOT AS FUCK (no climate control you get a fan lol) that were harder and harder to keep on the road after nearly 4 decades of work. also, a tremendous amount of ‘postal work’ is not letters, but now packages - and these vehicles can’t hold much compared to the new ones.