5th gear: a CAN bus is like 2 wires typically? How much is that really saving vs adding in wireless module to car and battery?

While I will agree that my used Leaf has been nice from a convenience standpoint, the battery hasn’t held up for crap, which was unfortunately common on these cars, especially in hot climates. I may pony up for a new battery since they’re back at $4500 vice the $8000 they wanted when it first dropped below the…

My point is always going to be lost on you apparently. You are too lost in partisan BS and reinforcing a position you don’t seem to know much about.

I’m from PA, I hear all the complaints, except it’s all a bubble of mostly people who have little comparison, in that I currently live in VA and our property taxes are slightly lower yet our property values on average are higher so we pay similar money, plus VA charges personal property taxes, so I pay taxes on…

Not sure I buy that. Where do you think the money for those charter schools comes from? It’s taking money from somewhere.

Well said, I would add that he’s also missing the market this thing came into. Their major competitors were not dramatically better in terms of power, or transmissions, or quality. Same with the k-cars of the 80s, those were our first cars, and my cheap second hand Dodge wasn’t any better or worse than the similarly…

The problem with those types of schools is that they siphon money from the existing school system to support people wealthy enough to be able to support home schooling.

It’s funny that whenever something is working in management’s favor it’s always just a one-time “special case” situation.

I’m probably in the minority here, but someone who wants a family but “would never drive a minivan” would be a problem. I like my fun and impractical cars as much as the next person, but when it’s time to work you don’t dick around. If I’m going to have a family hauler I want the best one for the job, and it’s almost…

It’s a pickup truck, they sell no matter what.

Depends on the age, most cars are larger than a Model T (134 in), but few SUVs today are bigger than the land barges of the 60's and 70's (over 18'). While most full sized sedans from the 50's were similarly sized to a modern full size car (e.g. a 1939 Chrysler Windsor was 202" long, a 2020 Dodge Charger is 198.4").

There’s a foam backing to the fabric, over time that foam breaks down due to the heat and age allowing the fabric to separate from the substrate.

I guess I just look at it differently. I have cars like other people have shoes. A restomod pickup for truck duties/fun, a wagon as my road trip car and now family hauler, a LEAF as the around-town car, and my Desoto as a toy. I like all of them for different reasons, and for many it’s at least partly the benefits…

Home charging is definitely chicken and egg sort of thing. Otherwise I’m not sure Tesla’s lack of sales is due to lack of marketing, it’s a combination of cost, still being a bit too “new”, and lack of selection IMO.

So do I, but only as my second “city” car, and in that case you are absolutely correct, as I rarely fast charge. However if you were asking me to spend new car money on an EV as my “primary” car, then I’m either agreeing to rent ICE vehicle for road trips, or figure out how to use the EV. At which point the only one I…

It’s still an $80k+ electric vehicle that’s not a Tesla. If I had the money to buy any EV this would likely be the one, but lets be fair, if you are going to have one primary car and decide to make it an EV the Supercharger network makes any Tesla far more livable than anyone else’s EVs. Not to mention that for the…

For LEDs that’s a lot!  I have LED headlights on my resto-mod (actual LED replacement housings, not just a LED bulb), and IIRC they’re less than 5 amps on high, but they only use two chips per bulb.

I will say the Nissan Leaf uses almost the exact same shift layout in the LEAF and you do get used to it quite quickly, and it’s no more difficult to deal with since you really don’t need to look at it at all, if you’re not sure what direction you are in just flick it again to be sure, it doesn’t hurt anything to put…

The benefit of of having reclusive hobbies and a good job is that this is mainly justification for not having to go places I didn’t want to anyway, including work most days. Only downside is since I can telework but also have a 1 year old at home I have no idea what “extra free time” people are talking about. Between…

They really are the best tool for the job. I’m lucky me and the wife both think so, so there will be no arguing when it’s time to get one.  Hell I own a station wagon now and with just one kid we struggle to get all the crap needed to go on vacation in it.