Covid much?

Maybe 40 years ago we love it, now its just plastic fumes. Its nauseating, and I actually buy used to avoid it. There’s a film that appears on your windshield for the first 10k miles that you have to wipe away, that crap ends up in your lungs. It smells like plastic, not leather, and no one likes it.  

Anyone else getting HHR/PT Cruiser/Buick Enclave vibes?

Absolutely, “equally” was a poor choice of wording.

Surely we can find middle-ground between how we treat protesters. In what world is honking at a protester illegal in one state, yet driving over a protester is legal in another? Both rulings are equally stupefying.

Larry, you’re drunk. The motor/battery are under factory warranty for another 125k miles and 3 years, and a total battery replacement is ~$13-14k at most but you can replace just the bad cells for $4-5k and be back on the road. Sure, thats a lot, but it’ll come around 200k miles and last another 200k miles on…

No front plate for me. Only 2 tickets in 20+ years, living in LA, Chicago, Honolulu, Iowa, & Kansas. Total cost: $80 (LA was a $10 fix-it).

Ahh, didn’t realize that. Good for Tesla, thats smart.

Full motor/battery warranty until 2026/150k miles, I’m at 28k miles now. I’ve been watching prices since January and haven’t seen anything w/ low miles under $34k. Only cars under $30k are 80-100k+ miles and no autopilot. 

Just bought a 2018 Model 3 Long Range Dual Motor for $31k, single owner, clean history, Advanced Autopilot. Owner kept it very tidy, no dings/scratches, came w/ charging cable. Cherry on top was the lack of a front license plate, no drilling in the front bumper. Had to pull the trigger. I flew out to CA and road…

Quick, nimble, AWD, not an SUV, and I can fit as much gear in my AWD Model 3 as I could in my mid-sized SUV (packed to the roof) due to the frunk and huge cavern where the gas tank should be. If you need even more space, go for the Model Y, even bigger trunk/frunk and you’re still well under $60k.

Seems like a lot of risk at 160k miles for only 20/24mpg. Hybrid batteries average 180-200k miles before failure, and replacement is ~$4k. Just get the V8.

Any seller who removes a perfectly good steering wheel airbag for some boy-racer bullshit must have his entire judgement questioned. Unless you’re racing your car professionally, keep the airbag.

^ This

Manual > Auto/1 Speed EV Reduction Gear > Walking > CVT

Did this thing make it to our shores? Still in production? I’d take this version over the 4 door any day, same w/ the Wrangler.

In regards to the H1B (and perhaps normal jobs as well) even if the pay is lower than what a citizen receives, its way higher than what the immigrant previously got back home. Its not displacing any US workers’ pay or suppressing lower because we dont have enough workers as it is.

Define “exploiting workers”. On the low end, would paying $12-15/hr to a Venezuelan worker who’s fleeing violence and can now keep their family safe be “exploitive”? Were Irish and Italian workers “exploited” in the 1800s? Would our ancestors who migrated to the US come to regret their choice? The US has a huge vacuum…

If I rent another Tesla, not only does the UI go with you, but also your seat adjustment, music EQ settings, and all preferences (attached to your phone).. If I were to rent a legacy brand, sure, they would take a little getting used to, but it works fine for a work trip.

You’ve got a point, but the grid wont be a problem. More stations for sure, but also more batteries to soak up the demand charging.

Yes, its a lot of drivers, but its still the minority of how each driver spends their annual miles. Tesla solved the problem of tapping the grid by having giant batteries at the stations that the electricity comes from in the short term, and trickle charges to refill the buffer. The grid is slowly, evenly accessed to…