The only part of your comment I don’t get is that you seem to think Plattsburgh might have a creperie. 

Trouble is, unless you stay out of Canada for two nights, you have to pay that upon reentry. Yes, they check. 

Ah. The town you’re looking for is probably Elmira. 

Alternative Scenario: Toyota is waiting for their investments in solid state batteries to bear fruit before making massive investments in EV production.

Now imagine Plattsburgh, NY. You show up from France and start asking about going to a local landmark in broken English... but the person you are talking to came down from Montreal for the day, and can’t understand you because their english is only slightly better than yours.

I couldn’t believe Toyota would let Chevy put its badge on a Corolla. 

Well, now I know how to pronounce “Nguyen.”

In 2007 we were posted to Lilongwe, Malawi, and needed a car. Locally available used cars were beyond what we could afford (hell, FOOD was beyond what we could afford!). We bought our car through an auction site called ICB international, I think. We got exactly the vehicle we wanted (9 year old AWD turbodiesel stick…

You are correct, of course. My comment was really aimed at those who go maskless, heedless as they are of the danger they might pose to others.

Toonces!

But could they handle being plowed over when the snow needs to be cleared from the shoulder? 

Interesting, but would lose. 

To really twist the knife, it should be a VW Tdi V10 from a Tuareg without the post-dieselgate fix.

Go lick sand!

At least the people who refuse to wear seatbelts are only risking themselves. 

If your vehicle has a large displacement or high compression engine buy the heaviest (smallest number) gauge you can for whatever price you find reasonable.  Also if you want long cables (so you can jump the battery from behind the car) go extra heavy. Cables have become expensive because copper has become expensive.…

If your vehicle has a large displacement or high compression engine buy the heaviest (smallest number) gauge you…

Totally not serious.

I wholeheartedly agree. But you misspelled “crouton”.

They say that it was called the 411 because it had four doors and came 11 years too late.

Also, remember that the vaccine is not effective immediately, or 100% effective, and how long it may take to be effective might still be an open question. Abundance of caution, and all that.