This. You get so much more for the same money now.

My 1993 Civic Si (original MSRP $12,200 - $24,273 in today’s dollars) is physically the same size as my 2013 Fit Sport (original MSRP $17,160 - $21,178 in today’s dollars). Same length and width, about 10" taller, same displacement engine. Almost the same curb weight,…

Three time major market multiline m/c dealership service manger here (NYC, L.A. and SF bay area)

This is a Tesla thing, not an EV thing. We have a Chevy Bolt, and when we had a touchscreen issue the display went black. When that happened, the car drove just fine, the things we couldn’t operate were the audio system, heated seats and A/C. Ended up needing to have a module replaced under warranty.

Yes, the $160/month fee adds up to an additional $19,200 over the life of the car’s ten year warranty. Considering that many manufacurers include a ten year battery warranty standard (like on my Chevy Bolt), why would anyone want to pay an extra $20 grand when:

FWIW (not much, I know, since GM is so vast and makes a gazillion different engines) - my ‘18 TourX uses oil nothing between 7000 mile oil changes since new, and my parents’ 2013 and 2017 Sonics (1.4t and 1.8, respectively) also uses nothing between oil changes. So they aren’t all like those 5.3s...

... or the Saturn…

Costco had Bolt EV leases last year for $107 per month, with $107 down.

That is cheaper than one tank of gas for my pickup truck.

Not at all, why would you think that?

The new battery packs don’t cost GM a penny since LG is paying for them. And the 2017-2019 Bolts with the new packs get the increased range of the new 2020 and 2021 cars, along with a brand new 8 year/100,000 mile battery warranty. And since new cars are still in short supply,…

Master tech and former independent shop owner here: when you see service personnel visibly struggling on your car with a task this simple - STOP THEM, get your car off the lift *before they break something* and take it somewhere else. Sometimes you don’t have a choice (like if your car died and was towed in) but if…

GM B/D body (Caprice, Impala, Roadmaster, Fleetwood, Olds Custom Cruiser) - 77-96 all used a one piece front brake rotor/hub casting.

Get real. Half the country is experiencing blistering heatwaves in the summer, and not just while on vacation. You use A/C too.

Where I go, there are no RV parks and thus no hookups. Also, the small engine ban is for emissions control.

That system is great for keeping the typical one or two 12V DC batteries you’d find in a camper trailer topped up, but it will be achingly slow if you’re trying to meaningfully charge the huge battery pack required to run a typical 15000 BTU RV roof air unit, which needs a minimum of 3500W to start and 1,500W to run.…

I don’t see this provision making it into law for several reasons:

Some do, many don’t. And my small 23' trailer self contained trailer needs a generator for the roof A/C, which is pretty vital these days for summer vacations - or just surviving - out west, where a town in Canada hit 116, 118 and then 121 degrees before burning to the ground earlier this year, Portland Oregon hit…

Did I say anything about camping? This is two and a half weeks of physical onsite work in the desert in August, four hours away from hotels. It can (and has) hit 115 degrees in the shade and if you don’t have A/C you can get heatstroke and die. Camping or not, A/C is a necessity for a lot of people, not an option.…

The popular Honda EU2200i small generators - like mine - run at 48 to 57Db, quieter than a normal conversation. The cheaper competition like the Predator inverter generators are also quite quiet.

The construction/jobsite generators are much louder, though.

I have a basic 23' travel trailer with a single standard roof mounted 110V 13,500 BTU A/C unit. The battery bank required to power my A/C unit for a week of average summertime desert use - full blast, 6 hours a day in 100 degree heat - would likely cost more than my camper and weigh 600 lbs plus, or I can use a pair…

Yep, summed it up nicely.

But if you go to a gas station that has a 2009 diesel pump it won’t work on a 2016 diesel car, and a truck diesel pump also won’t work on a diesel car. And your old neighbor is very familiar with all this because they lived through 20+ years of 15/16" leaded fuel nozzles being too big to fit in the 13/16" openings of…

Sure. Most vehicles don’t have a low oil level light though, but nearly every car and truck sold in the US for the last 60+ years has an oil pressure warning light.

No, not everybody, just the people who say idiotic things. Like equating obstructed tags for all the functions of traffic enforcement.

And the PPA has taken over 500,000 cars in Philly from 2002 to 2016 alone under Live Stop.

This thread has wasted enough time. Seeya!