but don’t you only like her for the same reason you think others dislike her?
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XR1200X. They made a few and stopped. It was...underwhelming and expensive. They are committed to tube-steel frames and box-steel swingarms. You don't get a proper sportsbike with that tech. If they make anything "better" it becomes, like the XR1200X, sort of a boutique thing or else outsourced parts. Margins go away…
The thing with the MoCo is that it is all fakeish. Harley is like a magical unicorn. Their whole vibe is “legit” and they aver to hate poseurs. And yet their bikes are all and only about posing. All that flat black and those Nazi helmets. HD makes more on tee shirts than motorcycles. Their bikes are cumbersome and…
rally cars are the best cars for sitting in traffic, and driving through In-and-Out. burple burple burple.
Oh, and BTW, for Jalopnik-relevance, it is but a short hop to some beautiful sea and mountain roads, swervy, twisting things of empty asphalt perfection , patrolled irregularly by friendly, lazy peace officers. the biggest road-rage risk is perhaps the occasional ruttish deer or bear
FOr $1,200.00 I will rent you a 1200 ft/sq house, 3BR, 2BA with a view of Mt Rainier. It is a couple blocks from water you can swim in (albeit a bit chilly) and so clean you can eat the shellfish and salmon that lurk near the shore. You will watch the boats glide lazily by, the eagles soaring overhead, and the fluffy…
If Nissan put our an "R" version of the Leaf, with two electric motors, one in front and the other in the rear, and made it AWD - MURDAH! That would be one badass light-to-light racer. And it would go 30 miles on a charge.
I have a Leaf as well, and I routinely out-scoot those little slot-car, Boy-Racer noise machines. Always. Torque is the business!
Smart Hayabusa FTW
you wanted to understand why they did it. isn’t it obvious? they care. a lot. and they feel that the system is rigged against them with layers of traps and diversions and walls. it is. the thing is, to understand why anyone does anything, you have to understand how the human beings mental functions work. we “feel”…
Lemons. I read "lemons" and was all, like -
it would be super easy for Nissan to modify a Leaf with an additional motor in the rear and make it a 4wd "R" version and have an unbeatable race car. As it sits a Leaf is actually pretty damn quick. Combine that with no transmission (no gear shifting lag) and you have a car that goes light-to-light faster than most…
economics and marketing. NIssan wants $7000.00 for a replacement battery AND the "new" batteries will not fit in Gen 1 cars so as technology improves it leaves many cars behind. A used Leaf goes for close to that on Craigslist. Basically, Nissan wants you to buy a new car rather than a new battery. Replacement…
Unless you drive an electric car, not a hybrid, then you need to desist from taking part in this discussion. I have been driving a BattCar for 4 years and I can tell y’all this - DO.NOT.WANT. Recharging away from home is a non-starter. Forget those “convenient” grocery store and bank parking lot chargers. You do not…
cancel the convention. it is relly that simple. just.don't.have.it. viola - none of the votes count. then just name someone. I mean - fuck, they had the supreme court coronate bush, they can do this. it don't matter, folks. it really don't. you are gonna still hafta pay that mortgage, go to work, and the guvmint and…
sorry, but Dude was funny. it is really, really good to see those entitled asshats feel uncomfortable.