Damnit, until you came along we could imagine it was a work of unrecognized genius, safe in the knowledge that we’d never encounter a real Avantime owner. It was Schrodinger’s car, now it’s just another terrible French attempt at luxury.

My mother had an A2. It really was a great car, and incredibly fuel efficient with the 1.4 FSi engine. I think it weighed under 1,000 kg.

It’s easier to avoid contagion throughout the market with these SPACs than it was during the GFC. If the company a SPAC acquires turns out to be a fraudulent or just crappy failure, then the investors will lose some or all of their money. During the GFC, the losses from the fraudulently assembled, rated and marketed…

A lot of the options on the build he’s reviewing are really pointless. The carbon buckets, lightweight glass and carbon ceramics are just for show, in the sense that the weight benefits won’t be perceptible at all, even in “spirited” driving, and the standard brakes are already excellent. A manual GTS with a few…

The RS America was really just a cosmetic exercise, whereas the Euro 964 RS had different suspension components, a bit more power, and is now wildly more desirable to collectors. Not to say that the RSA isn’t a great car, but it really wouldn’t be any different to drive than a regular 964 C2.

The lightweight version of the base Carrera may happen - there will probably be a new Carrera T. The 991 T was available with lightweight glass, RAS, the carbon buckets / rear seat delete. Sounds like that would actually be your perfect 992.

It’s honestly the same in reverse with most sports cars, at least when you get past a certain age. I’m on my second 911, having sold the first when I just found it too uncomfortable and impractical for 90% of my driving. Somehow I’m surprised that the older, smaller and harsher riding 911 I now have is even less…

Yea, the one I saw was black on black. But I guess that is also the appeal for many of the target audience - completely anonymous luxury and extreme comfort.

I saw my first new generation S-Class yesterday. It’s definitely underwhelming in the metal. It looks very bland and generic. I’m really not a fan of the EQS’s styling, but even so I’d say it’s a no brainer to go with the EQS over the S-Class.

I feel like a Corrado or Sirocco is a much more timeless and desirable starting point than a Golf convertible.

I kid myself that I can’t be bothered to negotiate, since I spend a lot of time negotiating at work and don’t really want to do it in my spare time. But when it comes time actually to buy a car, I can’t help myself and end up spending a lot of time making sure I got the best deal I felt was available. It’s the idea…

But this is exactly the misleading rhetoric that leads many to believe Teslas can do more than is currently possible. It’s nothing to do with regulations, or at least regulations are a very small variable; it’s that Teslas do not have the capabilities for level 4 autonomy, just like every other production vehicle.…

Many of them will notify you if charging is interrupted. The Porsche app for our Taycan is pretty basic, but does let you create “charging profiles” that specify a minimum charge level. The Tesla app is much better in this regard, and that is based on my 2018 Tesla ownership. I’m sure it’s much improved now.

They do, but it’s pretty redundant since almost all EVs have their own app that will show the charge status.

A lot of EVs do support the plug and charge standard, which means you just plug in the charger and payment happens automatically with whatever payment source is linked to your account, or as part of the time-limited free charging that is bundled with some EVs.

Agreed, I just cannot watch his videos because his delivery is so annoying.

Yes, syphilis is also relatively rare.

Unfairness is sort of the premise of the incentives that drive our economic system. If you’re arguing for a collectivist society where resources are equally shared and owned by the people via the intermediary of the state, fine, but that system has proved time and time again to be not how most people want to live.

Yes, we live in an era in which feeling righteous and scoring points against the other side is far more important than taking meaningful action.

That’s a bit of a weird example, no? Who wouldn’t expect a compact Nissan of any kind, ICE or EV, to be boring? And even Nissan hasn’t really sought to promote the Leaf as being exciting. For the record, we had a Leaf, and it was a perfect city appliance car (quiet, comfortable, easy to park, economical and, yes,…