Sort of reminds me of the 1960's era Kubota tractor we had when I was a growing up. It too had some strange transmission configurations: A seperate set of levers for the hi-low gears, another for coupling 2WD or 4WD, and then another for the 5 or 6 speeds the tractor could be placed into. The thing was super easy to…

I saw one of these this weekend. My first reaction was that it was a Miata. And that’s the problem this car has. It looks almost exactly like a Miata and as such, the conclusion that many will have: Why buy an unreliable Miata look-a-like?

Real-life example here: I own a 1955 Mercury Monterey. I’ve owned it since 2002. The kicker is that I still have one hell of a commute at 40 miles each way... and so I bought a used Chevy Volt. But the Mercury is driven 2-3 times a week.

I wonder why they’re doing that? There’s no way that could be on a production car: people would burn themselves and its also a potential sharp-ish thing to accidentally run into.

No, can’t say I remember. But then again, not sure I would want to remember this anyway.

I kind of liked the guy on the scooter’s reaction: “ Ah shit! gotta get outta the way!!!”

Just buy this and people won’t know the difference on whether its new or not since it looks exactly the same as a new Porsche.

After all, the founding fathers were Ordained by God in All Words Spoken right?

Let’s translate what VW said:

I’d bet money that the “hazardous” waste on board is really chocolate syrup.

As soon as the new Volts came out the prices on the old ones took a nosedive. As in they’re more like $8-10k, which is insane. I’d heard at one point early on that these had cost 80k to produce and that GM was losing 40k... per car. Not sure if what was the case but if so, an 80k car... down to 10k, in 4 years. So…

I am not sure why but used Volts and probably i3's are very cheap. Ours is the “premium” model with leather, Bose system and all that other stuff. I think it had cost 44k new. But we got it for 19k with 29,000 miles. So I will probably do the same for the next car...

GM just announced the EPA rating if the Bolt. 238 miles. That is insane and actually more range than the model S.

The point made about the Bolt is that as far as EV’s go they are basically “the EV for the people”. The argument wasn’t about whether it, as a car in general was as such. But besides, even today’s crappy econo-cars are around 25k after all is said and done so its not like the Bolt is some hoity-toity thing for the…

Uh... what about those big-ass trucks you see in giant numbers in most of middle America with a price tag of 50-60k?

The fact that the story that this started with alluded to the displeasure that the BMW board has with the sales of the i3 indicates otherwise. No company intentionally releases a product to be a “niche” product. In doing so suggests intentionally throttled sales.

Eh... I haven't been excited by anything Nissan has produced in years. So if whatever this is happens to be more of the same, who cares?

Burnouts are stupid anyway. Yipee. Let’s wear out some expensive tires for no damned reason.

I guess you have to ask yourself why the i3 isn’t selling very well then. The thing too is that the i3 also has a significant competitor, the now soon-to-be-released Chevy Bolt, which will go almost 50% further than the 113 miles you mentioned, with a range of 200+ miles. Oh- and it will cost 15k less too.

George. George the car.