Do you run 8 miles every single day? Do you never eat fast food? Are you at all flabby? Do you apply sunscreen every time you go out in heck sun? I do all of those things. If you don’t I won’t pay for your healthcare. See where I’m going?

Yes indeed. The no compete clause was yet another mean set on which to standardize medical costs, which in turn brings price stabilization . Prior to that prices were rising rampantly.

Except we tried that already. Prices WERE rising rapidly and drastically prior to the ACA. I’ve already explained this in more detail in an earlier response. But the free market in healthcare means to maximize profits and prior to the ACA many firms did so by cutting more expensive “customers” loose in the case they…

The reason Obamacare was created was because the sheer volume of bankruptcies occurring due to healthcare issues was starting to pull down the economy. We’re talking 10's of billions of dollars per year and it was accelerating drastically. Most of this was because of the then common practice from various healthcare…

My Grandfather landed in Normandy the day after the initial invasion. Anyway from my historical observations the Soviets had already more or less beat the Germans. They’d had their asses handed to them along the eastern front. I will not belittle the efforts of any country. In the end it was a monumental,…

I guess I’m just confused as to why Toyota and Honda are being so cautious when it comes to EVs. They both were early pioneers in hybrids. We owned a 01' Prius and we traded it in with 260,000 miles for a used Volt and it was still perfectly fine. So their engineering is excellent. Yet now they’re veering off into…

Toyota is a good company and most of their products are solid. But I think they made a bad judgment call going hydrogen. Everyone else has jumped on the EV bandwagon because it makes more sense: infrastructure already exists, its less complicated, there are existing subsidies and on top of that its not like hydrogen…

I get your point and it is well-taken but the average consumer is blind to anything other than the retail price. Yes- I have seen a few of these here in the Bay Area where lots of wealthy people live. I am sure these cars have a niche appeal for some folks who are curious about the technology. But beyond that I don’t…

If it was so well engineered then it wouldn’t be a piece of unreliable junk ( albeit an expensive one). And that more or less sums up what goes on with so many German cars: Yes, if you look at the parts individually there’s clearly more thought and attention to detail. A door hinge will look like a work of art. But…

Not mentioned: These cars cost almost $60k. Yup, 60k for a uglier looking Prius.

Nah... The K-car series was something that existed in the realm of the mid-80s and then since they were shitty cars maybe a few hung on through the mid-90's. I’m almost 40 and by the time I was in high school a lot of those cars were already at the crusher. Someone who’s 30 either wasn’t around or were in diapers when…

It depends on the generation of Volt. The first gen Volt ( the version I own ) is on average good for around 38 miles on the battery. Its also sort of sensitive to how you drive. So if you drive it like a ‘normal’ car-aka no hard accelerations and easing down when traffic slows then you’re looking more at 33-34 miles.

NYC! NYC! NYC!

Sorry but the caps button on my computer broke. Otherwise I’d write in all caps 100% of the time. I feel ashamed.

I am of course instantly in 1000% agreement with you but only because you responded in all caps, which of course means its super-duper important.

You only dislike it because its not old enough to be “cool” yet or weird enough to be prime hipster-fodder. Give it 30 years. That or wait until hipsters start liking them. Then you’ll love it.

I have a 6 year old Volt and can confirm. The cars are cheap to run and for other reasons not mentioned:

maybe this means they’ll get cheap faster. I’d love to have one of these things as a commuter car. A friend of mine bought one and the things can seriously haul ass.

Because Toyota the brand is better in terms of actual quality than Mercedes. That you could point to any number of old Toyotas that are well beyond the 30 year mark still on the freeway or that practically all of the Toyotas owned by people I’ve known have not had any problems to speak of or that many have had well…

I would happily wager you $100 that if I were to place my 55 Mercury Monterey next to this truck that not a soul would say my car was ugly. In fact I often leave my garage door open and I receive an almost non-stop stream of compliments from people old and young.