Uhh, you could definitely get a ticket for going 0 - speed limit - 0 as fast as possible. Careless and reckless driving, plus other charges like exhibition of speed and street racing are there to get you too.

My ‘07 Highlander Hybrid has a CVT, but I don’t think it is an eCVT as the rear wheels are only powered by an electric motor. Not sure how the MGU plays into the full story, but if it as you described, I did not know. Fun fact, our other car is my wife’s CT200h. 

Damn, looks like I will need to reconsider some of my life choices and really figure out what I NEED over one of these!

Yep, not sure of the exact term and companies may use different ones, but guaranteed value is I think was Hagerty uses as their term. I would assume the value insured company would go after the at fault party for as much as they possibly can and then be on the hook for the rest. 

I would assume that most people with high value cars have special insurance on them. You know that most people don’t have policies to cover the damage and going after the driver is most likely fruitless when you are in a 7 or 8 (even high 6) figure vehicle.

I don’t really care about Volvo or Polestar and they have done much better in the past 5 or so years than they did 20 years ago. But I am just saying that the number of cars they sell in a year across the entire US could never be considered a large amount. Hence me not agreeing with the line, “It also looks amazing,…

Yep, hybrid is the perfect setup since you have a low end power system (Electric) and then power at top end from ICE where a lot of EV’s run out of steam. It may be possible to have multi gear transmissions in EV’s for better top end in the future, but for now, hybrid is the best for ultimate speed. Plus, obvious…

It is also problematic if you are in an accident without GAP insurance. I think that is the bigger issue. 

100% this, the old “entitled exit” as I like to call it. For folks who would rather inconvenience others (Or maybe hurt/kill someone else!) for their mistakes rather than take ownership and get off at the next exit.

Yep, the fastest race cars in the world, on track, are hybrids.

You know that if a case goes to trial, there is a good chance the prosecutors think they can win it, right? If there isn’t a good chance of winning, they offer a plea or drop the charges.

Literally not paying attention while driving seems “careless” to me. 

Hey NJM! I have them, they have been fine so far on CS, but I haven’t really needed anything other than forgetting to pay my yearly premium on time the past two years, whoops! Rates are way better than State Farm, so that is all I care about at the moment. 

I guess, but in the pantheon of car sales, 120k units a year is nothing when 15mm new cars a year are sold in the US alone. In looking at sales data, they beat out powerhouses with the like of Jaguar, Land Rover, Infinity and Mitsubishi. Again, nothing they build sells all that well when you look across the industry.…

Yikes, as someone else mentioned, I know it is auto specific. But it just seems to happen more and on a larger scale than other industries. I may have confirmation bias though, but unsure. 

Yea, I agree with that. But I think hanging on to the idea is what some of this is. There are still real factory jobs, but definitely not as many as there once were and more than there will be in the future.

There may be some truth hidden in there, but the difference between slow and fast pumping is probably even less than the one in this story. AKA, not worth my time to worry about it.

Man, I really need to start looking at GX’s again. I saw one on the road today and thought, “hmmm, why did I stop shopping for those?” And now that the new GX/LC is out and the new 4Runner is coming, maybe (lol, I know) the older ones will be a bit cheaper.

Wow, that turned around FAST. Probably doesn’t help that there is a new 4Runner on the way and the LC is back and smaller to fight in the “I want to pretend I offroad” segment.

Yea, I mean, maybe? But I have no idea, $11mm in claims seems like it has been going on for some time now.