I don't think we need to split the hairs so very thin on this by naming names. I think the general observation that you need to be aware of the likelihood that cheaper goods are going to have quality and perhaps safety tradeoffs is good enough.
I've read a number of credible stories over the...
Not going to weigh in on this particular situation, but we should all be aware of cultural norms differences between our western expectations of fair value for what we buy versus Chinese cultural values and norms regarding competition and war.
The Chinese proverb "兵不厌诈" (bīng bù yàn zhà)...
Tacoma is a “cheap” vehicle. Stick on carbon is not a good look on any inexpensive vehicle. I had real from the factory cf on an Audi R8. 10k upgrade on the window sticker and looked appropriate for the car. .
Not to be too harsh here, but a couple of things stand out.
1. You say professional design. Is this a distinction between you and everybody else or do you think we think some unprofessional designed it?
2. you claim to be using premium materials in my experience if a brand has to say they are...
Dealers make a living on the churn. Get new stock for invoice, Sell higher while they-buy your trade lowball price-sell higher to someone else. Rinse and repeat. Good for you not taking the bait.
Except, go and try to trade in your tacoma today and you will get lowballed because the market is oversupplied with tacomas. 55k msrp, 1 yr old, 13k miles and offered 39k. Tacoma market is very soft.
It could be the op is being told the pu leather is real Napa leather by their shady AF supplier and they just don’t know the difference. There’s a lot of b2b fraud in the places where this kind of product is manufactured…
Please confirm your Napa leather is made from cow hide and the manufactured to produce a very soft and smooth actual animal based leather and not mostly plastic with tiny bits of leather also know as PU leather or leatherette.
Awesome truck. If you go to trade it in the dealer would say all those accessories you did for you. We’ll give you 36K for it. lol. Hate those guys. Good luck with sale of your awesome rig. Turn key epic overlander.