assuming the price doesn’t go up too high

Generally it would be surprising if a later model wasn’t “better” to drive than an earlier one in almost every measurable way. However, the excellence of the driving experience is only one part of the 911 ownership equation.

Wow, you really don’t get it. There is obviously a need for prison reform in the US, and guess what, you’re free to speak about it, your elected officials are free to advocate for it. You can even, wait for it, vote for politicians who are committed to improving the prison system, and the criminal justice system in…

There is no reasoning with you if you think a private prison (that someone is sent to after being convicted of a crime by a judge or jury, with rights of appeal and all the other protections of democracy and civil society) is the same as a concentration camp you’re sent to, with no due process, solely because you’re a…

They have their problems,

I think we stop short of drawing a false equivalency between a representative democracy with all kinds of well-known problems and a tyrannical authoritarian regime where a small minority of CCP members revel in their corrupt power, ordinary citizens have their every move surveilled and people are regularly imprisoned…

Nope, it’s 2023, when the writers on this site call Elon Musk a fascist and nazi because of his silly and sometimes offensive public statements, but unquestioningly promote the products of a country that has actual concentration camps and ethnic cleansing.

Interesting. Does it discuss what level the vehicles were charged to on average? I’m not sure if 80% is an arbitrary figure, but generally the default setting on level 3 chargers and in the car’s settings is to stop at this point. That’s why I said “to maximum charge,” since my understanding is that charging the…

3rd Gear:

I’ve owned six EVs so far, and none has shown any significant change in range from new. I’m not saying range doesn’t diminish, but most studies suggest it’s in the order of 1-2% / year. If the car has used a lot of fast DC charging to maximum charge, that might be different, but the average EV that’s mostly charged at…

unless you are just wanting a bigger car

I don’t think there is any such thing as a P75D. There was a P100D (and a P85D and P90D and P85+ before that), but only a 75D for this model year. That aside, it doesn’t seem like a terrible deal, since the mileage isn’t huge and it looks in good overall condition.

Yea, I get that. I was making the point that, even if it is boring to recommend a new version of the same car, it’s still less boring than recommending a Lexus ES.

When one of the suggestions is a Lexus ES, the bar for boring has been set extremely low already.

I can comfortably say that virtually zero Ferrari buyers are choosing any of the brand’s models because they are hybrids. If Ferrari were to launch some naturally aspirated, fully analogue rival to a 911 S/T, buyers would be selling whatever appendages and organs they don’t need to operate the car just to get one.

That’s what I thought too, but I really don’t know anything about off-roading, so can’t say for sure. As others have noted, even if it is struggling, this is probably the least of its problems as a viable product.

Couple of flaws in that logic: the deposit required was $100, and it was submitted by people who thought the truck would start at $40k. Since it looks like the first ones on the market will be double this price, that will eliminate the vast majority of the potential buyers. Even any subsequent releases are almost…

Most of the fanboys signed up to a $40k truck, but it turns out the initial units will be at least $75k (presumably before FSD and other options that will take it well into the $80s). I think it will be a very small number who want to take a product that appears to be barely out of the prototyping stage at this price.

As much as one should never feed the trolls, I am genuinely curious about the mind of someone who (a) sees the Cybertruck, (b) sees the absolute debacle of its failure to launch and (c) STILL thinks it’s a great product.

Good one.