the “basic economy” section is what this policy is referring to—where you get a cheap seat by giving up the ability to choose one. One of the ways they basically blackmailed families into upgrading was by saying they might be split up. In practice I don’t think this was happening frequently, but it was a possibility.…

charge back on cc, done.   

Yeah, no. That’s not been my experience nor the experience of anyone I know. If you can keep the vehicle garaged and plugged in when not in use, true. But that’s not an option when not at home, and range collapses, which is what I see and what others report, to the extent that they have traded in and gone back to ICE…

1998 was offered a blue VW Vanagon Weekender Poptop in excellent condition--1991 model year I think.  I had driven it on a road trip previously, a friend owned it.   But I had just moved to the city and I was tapped out.  I could not afford it.  I regret it to this day. 

it’s naive because you assume they will be static

Also, you seem to think that 300 miles is acceptable in winter climates with current tech where range commonly drops by 40+%, which is not only unacceptable, but life-threatening.

With all due respect, that’s a really naive thing to say when it comes to new tech. We already had the Michigan company get 750 miles out of a Telsa by doubling battery density in the same space as the original battery and Mercedes had their 600 mile test.
But the reality is, it will have to be the case. The US and…

I’m waiting until 500 miles becomes the relatively common.   Given that I drive in cold climates and commonly tow, I consider about 250 miles to be the minimum range I’m willing to deal with in those circumstances and I’m just seeing too many examples of problems in those conditions.   Until then, PHEVs for me.   

Jeep will care when people skip the Grand Wagoneer b/c it looks like the Wagoneer with some lipstick. You want upmarket, you gotta at least make the Suburban into an Escalade, which they really did not do, at least on the outside. And the L looks like a bad photoshop of a stretched normal version.

True on the fuel prices.  I mean, everyone around me still drives like it’s the Indy 500 and their house is on fire, so they apparently aren’t high enough for the masses to take notice, though I feel bad for those at the bottom.  

This violates my “when it costs more than a good airplane, just buy the airplane” rule.   Not that I’ve ever had enough $$ to put it into practice, but yeah.   An entry level used but good quality bizjet can be had for less thank you very much.    I’ll bizjet pls. 

If they give you a compensation package/buyout or risk being laid off, I would take the compensation package in most cases unless you think you will have trouble getting a new job at similar pay.    This is them wanting to get rid of you and you should see the writing on the wall.   You may be able to negotiate…

The FAA has been “studying” minimum seat space for I think upwards of a decade. If we had the FAA dictating minimum seat distance on all planes and then, pray tell, a minimum size for overhead bins, flying would be a considerably more “human” experience and all this griping would largely disappear.

But since every…

just post the metric(s) being followed and then everyone knows

I will say that the problem with government incentives is that it’s too tempting for manufacturers to eat them up. This is why, IMO, any incentives should be flexible. If a car looks like it is priced noticably higher than its class or if price hikes are a lot higher than inflation, then the incentives should be…

I thought E63 engines have a head bolt failure problem.    IIRC, you’d want to know if they had been replaced, which is a serious job.  

I want to believe, I love these things.  But unless you have your own shop and a ton of time, I don’t see it happening.  And it will never be economical, even in today’s craziness.  

If only there was something between both extremes, like, um, reasonable regulation.

The fact that you got the top model for that price is impressive. I liked these cars, but they seemed a bit large for a coupe. That said, you got a package that I’m totally jealous of and at that power level, any concerns are completely to be set aside for the steal this is. And I love yellow in such cars. Let the…

That will get you up about half a switchback. But that’s all you really wanted anyway.

A bit more pedestrian then some, but I bought a supposedly “universal” cross-bar mount off Amazon for my Mazda sedan. I got about 3/4ths of a road trip out of them, so success?