You get a star for “fully self delusional” alone.
I have no problem with anyone that wants to pour billions of other people’s money into a problem they are very unlikely to solve, so develop away. I have a giant problem with doing that on public roads with unwilling participants - EVEYONE ON AND AROUND THE ROAD.
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/
My 1997 K2500 is not spying on me.
The MTA could, maybe, collect fares?
“Hey <government department>, do you guys want to buy one of Clinton’s old presidential limos?”
Ok. Hands up. How many of you here walk 20+ minutes daily? Or how about when was the last time you walked anywhere, at all, for a solid 20 minutes?
Not defending the guy, but from a bunch of keyboard nerds like us, I am sure we’d also choose to drive as opposed to walking 20 minutes.
“Hey, I’m walkin’ here!” ~ Midtown Cowboy (2025)
It’s stupid, it will be mismanaged and only cause inconvenience for rich, not so rich and poor people regressively. It will never meaningfully fund anything, will be fraught with management issues and waste and will be ultimately abandoned.
just don’t get busy with a blacklight or anything...
To be fair, even in a Mini any service is engine out on those motors.
Plus you’ll need a specific set of tools from BMW, if you don’t have one already.
Samcrac on Youtube had one that kept overheating, and it was multiple times to fix, eventually the head gasket, which required removing the body on a lift. Not a car for the DYIer
Neil Peart was the greatest drummer EVER, period. Fight me.
My first thought was Equinox EV. Same length as the Accord, but 4" wider. I’ve never leased a car but the lease deals near me for the Equinox EV is very tempting - $129/month with $3k due at signing.
Yeah but you know, sometimes you just want a new car.
The Equinox EV has a lot of features (like more range and faster charging) that make it a nice improvement over the Bolt EUV for being the “main” vehicle. It’s unfortunately quite a bit longer, which may be an issue with their space constraints.