a “coastal elite” grifter who’s been known for being a “coastal elite” grifter since the 80s

If only somebody had told them, repeatedly, that it was a con and they were lining Trump’s pockets. Oh wait.

Volvo had a good idea of having body panels act as the battery. this was approximately a decade ago and I believe the reason given for not bringing the idea to production was the cost to consumers.

“I love Giant Meteor! He’s not a typical politician! He’ll really make a BIG IMPACT in Washington!”

Insurance companies are going to total out almost every type of impact. I’ve seen Tesla’s and Nissan Leafs (Leaves?) getting totaled out because the adjuster could not calculate the cost of repair and potential future issues they would be responsible much less passenger safety. Getting electrocuted while taking your…

Giant Meteor hates data caps.

If ISPs didn’t oversell internet it would be much more expensive.

For 2021, the Sienna is 100% 4 cyl hybrid. You can’t get the conventional 4 or 6 cyl model anymore. 

So much that this thread is Belgian at the seams.

That’s some bull crepe. 

I’m looking for a Sienna and they lose very little value in the their first year. Add the fact that the 2021 version gets spectacular gas mileage and I think that's another case of new being better. Now if the local dealers would stop insisting on MSRP and have better interest rates and I'd buy one tomorrow.

This list doesn’t surprise me. My co-worker has a Taco crew cab 4x4 v6 manual that stickered for $38k and he bought for $35,800 out the door. Once in a while he checks the Carvana or whatever offer online and their offer has gone up from $31k to $33k over the last year. So this guy has driven 30k miles and he could…

Do you have a source for that? I do oil formulation for a living and we definitely don’t use “used” VMs and VIs. Honestly that stuff gets chopped up in your engine, it’s a major reason you’re supposed to change your oil. Oil 100% goes bad. The base reserve runs out and you run into acidification issues. You lose…

It’s the Miata of “wants an SUV.”

+1 for Lawrence again

The entended range is not just pixy dust beamed over the air when you pay for the extended range. You are hauling the whole heavy battery, but you are restricted from using 1/2 of it unless you pay.

Like somebody already mentioned, It if for the O&Ms to make money, and NOT for our convenience. If VW loads the car with all the hardware for heated seats, directional fogs lights, premium sound system, etc. And you do not use them, wouldn’t they be loosing money? Of course not. The cost of the car already includes…

My point is that when I bought the car, it has the bigger battery heated seats, power massage features, etc. etc. etc. already installed.

Exactly. Wiring, sensors, etc cost actually money to install, the 1s and 0s that turn stuff on and off don’t cost jack.

Of course you’ll pay for it. There won’t be any more base models, every single car will be fully loaded. Average purchase price will go up. Then if you want to use the features already built into your car, you have to pay even more money with a regular subscription. Since people are keeping theie cars longer and…