Like it or not...

Their exterior designs have never been poster-worthy.

Evans “era”?

I’ll be standing by for the “wrap” article/video...

I’ll qualify this question with: I’m 42.

I’m curious about this. Did you avoid highways?

They are cheap. I bought a 2009 for $2700 with just 4k on the clock.

I just sold mine! I loved it. I bought it for many of the reasons listed: not a Harley. Not a crotch rocket. Fun on road AND casually off road (train tracks, dirt roads, etc)... And in my case, still highway compatible for commuting.

Reality check:

Tesla owners:

It’s a nice car, except for the camber.

If they didn’t... then they aren’t so much as “doing what Tesla did right”, as “creating totally incompatible charging stations that aren’t really like Teslas”

It’s like the pioneering days of the railroad, with hundreds of different proprietary railroad gauges that don’t connect or work with one another!
Because…

Nah... that would make sense. This is America.
Follow Apple’s lead - ignore standards, and then create dongles to adapt.
Everyone loves Apple, they love proprietary nonconformance and they love dongles.
It’s our Idiocracy future. “Brawndo - it’s what plants crave!”

It’s still a dubious ‘Merican car that’s questionably worth $30k without the SRT motor in it (yet still with a motor in it). My Acura and BMW driving friends sure wouldn’t pay $30k for one.

“the expansion of credit is not going to be enough to compensate for the loss of purchasing power”

I almost said “meh, nothing special about this run!”

I’ll take that one.

I had to vote crack pipe.

Well, valid point on “handling” - but as any enthusiast knows, the Prius represents not just a low-bar, but most likely a last-place finish (at least for cars that are available in the USA). True appliance-mobiles, for sure.

“...because the thing has a Chevy badge people stay away.”