“Emotionally compromised” is, I think, generous. Everybody’s emotionally compromised, but a lot of people–especially in New York–are driving like complete idiots. Given that there’s no traffic anyway and you’re bound to arrive 20-30 minutes ahead of regular schedule, what exactly is the point? I have my car stored and…

Isn’t a lot of this related to TSLA as a stock asset? I’d be willing to bet a lot of owners hold shares in the company (more than your portion of GM car owners vs. stockholders, for example), and things like deliveries and new car sales have an effect on the stock’s notoriously up-and-down value. Some of these owners…

Look, is it a face-to-face comparison, no. My only point here is that in 20 years, a lot of manufacturers have demonstrated a 20-25% improvement in MPG even by the new metrics. And the Euro market does demonstrate what’s occurred simply by turbocharging and reducing displacement. The fact that this is a still a…

Definitely, but even correcting for the 4quart/5quart difference, you’re still looking at better mileage for a lot of cars. I won’t bring diesels into it, but even the gasoline offerings are usually far more efficient. I know that the tests are more stringent here, but I still think our obsession with heavy,…

They’re listing 57/56 as the original rating, but wasn’t the ‘01 61/68 when you chose not to spec the terrible CVT? I just checked their conversion without the CVT and they’re at 48/60, 53 combined. I’m just saying, it’s a twenty year difference.

Hey, there’s always California.

Completely disagree regarding the Euro car market. Even if you factor out diesels – which, I wouldn’t, but I can anticipate the emissions charges – you’ve got a completely robust collection of low-cost cars getting similar mileage, even correcting from Imperial MPG.

Is it bad that I’m not impressed by 50mph out of a hybrid in 2020? The original Honda Insight, as well as half the European car market, would like a word...

My lesson (I’m an idiot, I know) was that withdrawn-from-use clauses exist. I stored my car for the winter, assuming it would be the usual term, and now it’s looking like it’ll be months more. Turns out I need only pay 25% of my premium for the duration of the storage, which I learned only a few months late.

Lot of people are pretty religious about not letting cars idle since you’re just building up moisture without actually getting fluids moving and up to temperature in the engine. There’s a pretty convincing school of thought that you’re better off leaving a car for two months than starting it to idle after one,…

Two, lol? In two months it’s going to be getting started in most of America.

Hope he’s about to shift in that dashboard photo! 3000rpm is right about where I’d wanna watch it with an engine tempt at 100º F.

Who was the rube on the other of that contract?? Good on you, but I’d think it’s part for the course that oil consumption would be up on a used car, so much so that a seller could reasonably claim it didn’t indicate mechanical failure. Still, a line like that could’ve saved me in the middle of the New Mexico desert…

Everybody is instructed to stay at home except for groceries and solitary exercise, and all nonessential business is shuttered, so it’s pretty close to a quarantine. You’re supposed to have a reason for leaving your house, though it’s not being enforced like other countries. I’m going out for a walk each day just to…

That much I can do! We’re all a little frazzled here, so forgive me for being a little testy as to the city! I’ve just been taking lousy iPhone photos, meaning to carry the real camera around soon...

“More realistic”?? Do you want photos? I live here. This is not a debatable subject. 10 days ago, when this was just beginning, Crain’s had NYC traffic congestion at a 17% level in the AM rush. It’s usually 52%. Since that point, all non-essential businesses have been shut and it’s only gotten less crowded. People who…

In most places in America, I’d say yes, but probably less so in Manhattan (where the majority don’t own cars) and the poorer parts of the outer boroughs (where people can’t afford cars). From what I’ve observed, restaurants are running about 60-70% delivery through courier apps (Seamless, Caviar) and about 30-40%…

Maybe I phrased that badly. The program has been suspended (you don’t have to move your car), so free overnight parking is on an unlimited basis.

There’s probably more traffic in areas with a lot of car owners / areas where people can’t afford to leave. In Manhattan, with all the rich people who’ve fled to the Hamptons and so few households owning cars, the only real traffic seems to be buses, taxis/black cars, and the few people driving in and out. But I could…

Free overnight (alternate side) parking is now on an unlimited basis, at least.