there are tons of practical ways to store excess power.  Pumped hydro storage is the best option and already accounts for 95% of the storage across the world.  generating hydrogen is just wasting that electricity.  it would be far better to create a battery swapping infrastructure and use the excess power to charge…

Hydrogen as fuel is a terrible idea. When using hydrogen in a fuelcell you are simply transporting electricity as hydrogen which is a terrible idea. you have to use green energy to create hydrogen which is inefficient, then transport this fuel that is not energy dense to an infrastructure that doesnt exist. It takes…

I mean one of their specs is a turbo and super charged 4 cylinder with a plug in hybrid system. shudder

i was also going to suggest the Polestar as well, though i fear its mechanical complexity and reliability

The clear answers would be to get something like this. Get an Arteon R wagon for style and practicality. its quick with 300hp and easily modded for more if thats your thing

yes but lets be honest, this car will be $10k over his budget

yeah it was a joke

lucky bastard missed the entire Trump presidency

heres one for sale

IMO the ultimate single seater is the Bac Mono. holy crap is this thing beautiful in person.

I mean we all know what IED stands for and given the reliability of this brand it might be a fitting name

sounds like with it being light and 75hp it might be a good bike for a beginner?  1 cylinder sounds like it would vibrate alot and maybe thats some of the bike appeal? I kind of wonder is there are any rotary powered bikes out there. that kind of seems like a small light high rev engine that would do well in a bike.

so good? I know nothing about bikes

the throwout bearing has been known to fail on completely stock cars with 30k miles.  Its not horribly common but its also not rare. Most other failures happen at or above 60k so the cars out of warranty anyway and VW doesnt care

not every car has a faulty throwout bearing. Just because yours was able to go 70k without failing doesnt mean its not an issue. Its not super common but its common enough that when it happens the community chimes in and says “another one”. Its common enough that i recommend against getting a manual because it is a…

I appreciate your insight but the experiences of the entire community of vw owners go counter to this.  Ive been active across many VW forums for the last 6 years of VW ownership and issues with manual GTIs are consistent and often catastrophic.  Issues with teh DSG do not appear to be anywhere near as common.  Most…

I know nothing about bikes but i keep seeing these around and really like their design

the clutch delay valve is a problem yes but so is the dual mass flywheel which makes the engagement point vague.  Ive driven manuals only for 30+ years. The GTI is the first car ive ever driven that has so many problems in manual form that i recommend the DSG and even switched to DSG because the thought of another…

replacement clutches that are not total crap cost $1500 (such as a SouthBend stage 2 daily) plus install.

the main problem is the faulty throw out bearing which can fail with zero warning and results in having to entirely replace the engine.  ask me how i know. :(