I’m going to buy something “fun” this year. I’ve been looking around and driving a few things I’m interested in. One I have yet to sample is the Emira. It’s certainly not cheap, but maybe it’s all the 3/4 supercar I need (and still available with a manual). They’ve finally released the hold for US customer deliveries,…

Ford also hopes that this time it will get the initial build quality for a new model launch right…

when was the last time you saw a car without a V12 that lost $20,000 to depreciation over just 2,000 miles?

Absolutely true. I’ve been asking myself more and more: “why not just buy the Miata/FRS and save $80k?”

I’m a bit of a hypocrite for making that statement… as I am an addict for the howl of a V12, V10, or flat crank V8. But I am fully willing to acknowledge that a Miata/FRS is way more daily fun on the street than any supercar.

I’m somewhere right in the middle of being an “old dude” and wearing a “flat brim”, and I’m seriously debating whether I should just buy an Austin Sprite or something to similar effect; rather than never being able to put my foot all the way down. Modern cars have too much power. Yeah, I said it.

Those Costco perks are legit though.

Same. Above 820 credit score, and offer was just a hair under 8% for 48 months. Financing a new car is not advisable at the moment, unless you really need to have a new car.

“due to some paperwork issues…”

Isn’t the average round trip commute in the U.S. something like 40 miles? Even with 80 miles of range, that shouldn’t pose too much of a problem to get to and from work and still run an errand in between, no?

specifically created a task force with a responsibility to examine operational safety issues with model X teslas involving their use in Hyperloops.

Your example related to hyperloop using a modified Model X, designed to carry 16 passengers, somehow would have prevented this accident from happening 3 years later?

At this point I don’t think buying any expensive EV makes much financial sense. Batteries and charging technologies are still evolving and what we have now will likely be obsolete in the next decade. Manufacturers also stuff those cars full of gimmicks and options to try and justify the high prices. They will all…

There are deals to be had at the top of the market, especially with EVs. Plenty of low mileage Taycans, Model S, etc. out there. I tested a brand new RS eTron ($160k+ MSRP), but couldn’t stomach the $60k+ depreciation in one year, better off looking used.

I think there is some “acclimation” necessary when moving from ICE to EV. Not only can the instant torque be a bit jarring for unsuspecting drivers/passengers, but the lack of sound can also mask the speed of travel. Normally as a driver there have been multiple stimuli that provide us a sense of the rate of speed.…

Yes, our nation is flawed (because people are flawed), and our way of life is under threat by adversaries both foreign and domestic; when has that not been the case?

I’m not defending Tesla, and I’m also not defending Elaine Chao. I agree that many of Tesla’s design decisions and their ethos of “disruption for the sake of disruption” are flawed and dangerous. I agree that Elaine Chao was not a good Secretary of Transportation, and that it was a political appointment rife with…

It’s fine and well to criticize Elaine Chao for the decisions made and policies implemented during her tenure as our Secretary of Transportation; but to suggest that she could have somehow prevented this specific incident involving her sister seems like quite a stretch, and quite frankly in poor taste. Let’s make sure…

Drove an RS eTron GT once… I was scared of who I became.