Rivian.

Easy nice price. Top-down cruiser at the peak of the late 80s, early 90s styling before the mid-90s ruined the way cars looked (looking at you, bean Taurus). No maintenance issues for under $4500 is a good deal.

If you don’t buy the cheapest, shittiest debuilt alternators that Autozone can provide, they don’t need replacing annually.

It’s really not, but you do you.

Not my jam in any way, but that’s a ton and a half of Radwood cred for couch cushion money. Who cares about performance when the top is down and the sun is shining? Kick back and enjoy that smooth old dude ride. NP al day long.

Sure, but 4k? That’s bordering on f-it money. It’s a car. It’s a convertible. It is in good condition. It will probably last 5 years without major issues. I'd say that warrants a NP. Whether you or I actually want it, well, that's another question.

It shouldn’t even do *that.* They should be reporting Cost Of Goods, and they’re not because the truth doesn’t make for a snappy headline. They’re relating the sale price of a single truck to Rivian’s TOTAL EXPENSES. That’s including all the money spent up front developing products before there were products to sell.…

Please stop publishing headlines suggesting a company “loses” money on every sale. In addition to being a gross oversimplification of how R&D spending and actual manufacturing costs work, it’s just wrong on its face.

Worth checking underneath, but presumably it wasn’t driven much or at all in winter. The miles would seem to bear this out. Assuming it checks out, easy NP. Those seats look inviting.

The timing couldn’t have been more perfect for this analogy.

“half a million to over 1 billion”

Alternate headline:

The most ironic part is that all of the major financial metrics are pretty much back to normal. YOY wages have grown 4% while inflation is back to it’s target 2.5%, which means buying power is growing and prices are getting more affordable. Unemployment is also down to it’s normal range. The stock market has been…

LOL, they will not be happy with it, but they will 100% just blame someone else. The democrats, the automakers, the “overpaid” union workers (who they’re supposed to be supporting with the tariffs, right?)

This. I’ve lost my last reserves of empathy for the dipshits who voted for this. I don’t want innocent people hurt, but it’s going to happen. I will feel no sympathy for the red-hats whose daughters die from back-alley abortions. No sympathy for parents who lose children to easily-preventable childhood illnesses. No…

Note to self: “plan on driving the vehicles I already have for another four years".

It’s a little high, but assuming the shell isn’t leaking I could see taking on this project. There aren’t many of these left.

Can we just marvel at the size of this seven passenger vehicle?

Man is there anything more 80s than that Chrysler maroon interior color?

Audi became too expensive for what they are. Every new Audi I’ve looked at in the last two years has felt overpriced for what it is.