2005 Subaru Outback 2.5XT (Turbo 4) for $5k: https://www.truecar.com/used-cars-for-sale/listing/4S4BP67C054321216
Spend $600 on a 2" Lift Kit from ADF: https://awdadventure.com/collections/2005-2009-subaru-outback/products/05-09-outback-2-strut-spacers-w-multi-link-spacers
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I’m no Elon fan, but Jalop deff has an axe for him. 1 of 1 = 100% market share. Off course they will loose the share game as more EVs come on board. That a good thing. That means competition is working. But lets not kid ourselves, Tesla is still the lion’s share and is beating the volume/profit game.
The bias for which…
That partnership was introduced in 2010, and 2 months later the Rav4 EV was collaborated on to meet CARB goals. Toyota and Daimler divested in October 2014 when Tesla will still only building the Model S.
Since then they have built the Model X, Model 3, and Model Y with several iterations (heat pump for the Model 3,…
I think Toyota is sticking to their Modular Production Method while Ford, GM, VW, and others are watching Tesla’s unboxed method revolutionize Toyota’s process. So its all about evolving better ways to build the mouse trap and Toyota has not done much of anything on that front since the 90s.
Is this not kind of common sense though?
1) Average vehicle transaction cost shot up in the last 3 years. Meaning, if people don’t have to, they aren’t buying another one (similar to homes).
2) Vehicles are generally lasting longer (granted may require more maintenance cost, but chances are the vehicle is close to being…
An AWD Hybrid Lifted Sienna please: https://www.journeysoffroad.com/2021-4th-gen-sienna-lift-kits.html
PS CVTs are not the issue. Your Outback’s CVTs are the issue. Most Hybrids are CVTs and we’ve had a Lexus RX450h go 250k miles without any issues.
If Rivian R1S caters to the Range Rover / Land Cruise crowd, then it makes sense the Lucid Gravity caters to the Mercedes GLS / Audi Q7 /Porsche Cayenne crowd.
Yes. that makes more sense. And I would go download Facebook just to like that comment.
Didn’t the U502 Explorer come in 2011? The L405 Range Rover came in 2012. Who can remember that Ford Fusion Aston Martin Grille? Or the Lincoln Continental inspiration from the Bentley Continental Flying Spur? Conspiracy theorist in me thinks Ford knew the future design directions of JLR and Aston when they sold them i…
And yet the most popular model, the Tesla Model Y Long Range Dual Motor is $49,990 which is still higher than its low of $48,490 in 2021. The demand of cars propped up the used car market. That is going away and so used card prices will drop. But I imagine Tesla owners in the last 24 months might be stung by this…
I find anyone who thinks in absolutes (if you aren’t blue, you must be red) is the problem with our society without recognizing many folks are team purple. They just don’t want to discuss this issue with people because they are so entrenched in their position, they don’t want to have a conversation but instead judge…
That is very honest. I also would like to see other EVs succeed. I was looking at the F150 Lightning Pro. But I can’t help but wonder if they took an EV platform and made it verse an ICE platform, would it weigh so much extra and get such poor efficiency. In Comparison the Mach-E as a first attempt is comparable to a…
I 100% Agree with you on everything but that non exist here. It is easily seen in what is unsaid. I’m finding hypocrisy on the despise of him. Calling him a clown (someone’s opinion) is completely fine. But it is factually hard to take seriously when the guy should be credited for having other OEMs take Tesla…
Not in the slightest lol. I personally could care less about Elon (first sentence). Read my response to STLOrca. Its the leaning perspectives going full circle. And your presumption if I highlight one perspective’s flawed view, I must be in the other camp (when I almost always find hypocrisy on both right and left…
Hating Elon. Without him you can’t be intellectually honest and say the EV movement would have happened as quickly as it did as you pointed out in A). Him going full supervillain is a opinion. I agree, buy any EV. But simply throwing a ton of batteries in something instead of engineering something efficient is not the…
I’m no fan of T or Elon. But I am genuinely curious. Do people hate Elon more or care more about transitioning reliance to sustainable energy? I personally know some very liberal folks who despise Elon so much now, they want nothing to do with him, but years ago they despised VW for diesel gate, they love Greta…
Yes. If only legislation were passed for transparency on energy costs by usage instead of by time.
MPGe is stupid. Fix:
1) Switch to energy per distance. (ie liters/km, gallons/mi, kw/mi.)
2) Include an energy cost assumption. (already done.)
3) Annual Fuel Cost for 15k miles (already done.)
MPG is stupid and its been discussed forever. Just google it. Eliminating inefficient cars, trucks, vans, SUVs from the road is…
I have 2.
1) I’m surprised no one said the Dodge Dakota. Once it was available in 2000, with not just one but two v8 options and a v6 you saw them everywhere. In 2003-2004, you could even get front and rear disc brakes with a 9.25" LSD rear and AWD/4Hi/4Lo. Then the 2005 update happened. Sales dropped. They revised it…
I am curious if the Model S refreshed competes with a Lucid or a Taycan. Which direction will they take? Same for the Model X, will it compete with the Cayenne/Q8 or go Rivian R1S/Range. Or do they make a CyberSUV for the Large SUV and keep the Model X for the Cayenne/Q8 market. I will say the gull wing doors are…
