Yeah, that’s not how EPA standards work. Most testing is done by automakers at their own facilities.

I’ve owned both an AP2 S2000 and a MKII TT-RS (the latter which I still have.)

Obviously, a Gen I TT is worlds away from a Gen II TT-RS, but both (the s2000 and TT-RS) are great cars in their own right. I miss having an s2000, but having ~430tq, AWD, on a 3300lb car with a slick 6spd is a lot of fun.

The S2000 handled…

What’s a crappy idea is that if you’re considering buying a car in the range of 35K-130K that you’d refuse to buy it if “a free test drive” weren’t available.

I mean sure, if the local dealer still exists. This is <in absence of local dealer>

If we’re talking about new cars, there’s still plenty of ways to do this. Rent one from Turo for two days.

Ford says below 4 seconds. And many reviewers have, too.

I suppose the counterpoint to that argument is the Countach kicked some ass when it came out. This car has never really kicked ass. The Mustang GT would blow its doors off.

It will definitely get some “looks” for being unique and having style.

Yeah, and those “reported tailpipe emissions” don’t count for gas extraction, refining, gas transmission halfway around the world, etc. That is a tailpipe measurement. I don’t see you trying to amortize that.

Most electric charging is done at night. Do you know what time continental wind energy peaks?

That report from…

Here’s your Argonne report, since you’re a fan of them:

Can’t tell if you’re crazy or if you’re crazy.
“The fuel maintains..” Maybe you’ve never driven a gas-powered car. They don’t maintain 100% of their range either—they lose approximately 15-20% of their range when the temperature drops to 0C.

“It’ll cost you only 7 cents..” people aren’t charging Model 3s every day at a…

Yeah, the 4.3 Vortec was reliable as hell and had decent torque. The body would rust out long before the engine would give up.

This narrative is a little frustrating to hear from journalists over and over again.

“I was temporarily using an electric car and got some range anxiety when trying to push it towards its maximum range.”

In the example post here, you’re attempting a.. 160mi roundtrip?

Here’s the thing. Most people aren’t doing that every…

Probably dodging all the things people don’t tie down in the back of their trucks on Houston’s expressways, if Dallas is any indication.

Seriously, fuck those people.

Pretty well. I’m dying to get mine back from the shop so I can stop driving my ATS-V. Certainly can’t match my old s2000 when it comes to feeling light and flinging around corners, but the back-end also doesn’t want to become the front end as easily.

I was behind the whole thing. That’s what you get for creating the Juke.

Badge engineering is dead. Long live badge engineering!

It’s Jaguar’s XTS.

How exactly do you sell that, though?

I mean this has been debunked lots of times. Even powered by filth, electric vehicles pollute less (although I’m not wholly certain with calculating battery manufactury.. but they can certainly be repurposed or recycled after useful life.)

As the grid gets more green, so do electric vehicles. No changes required.

Honda and Toyota definitely are.