I’ve seen plenty of evidence to the contrary, especially with European cars. Both my car and my wife’s (and her prior car) all did better MPG at 70 than at 55. They all have 7-8 speeds and the sweet spot is right around 70 where you’re in top gear with minimal throttle input. They’re also all 2.0T engines so it’s in…

I have some suggestions for VW:

They’re ridiculous but the ones I liked most were the Brosnan-era Bond car chases in Tomorrow Never Dies and Die Another Day. The remote control BMW 7-series was so cool to 10 year old me, and the chase between the first modern-looking Aston that not only had retractable studs but disappeared and the amazing BRG Jag…

Ok so it has panel fitment issues, and some paintwork may be needed. But let’s be honest, were the real ones that were also made in Italy in the 70s with plastic panels really much better? Real vintage rally cars are ridiculously priced, a fake in good shape that you can actually drive and not worry so much about…

It would even take forever to hit breakeven compared to a hybrid S-Class. Because the crazy depreciation Lucids have will be even worse once the company is no longer around.

The base model is irrelevant if you’re looking at a specific range number. To get the 500+ mile range it’s $110k.

I know exactly how EVs work, and that they’re most efficient in the city. But it’s also obvious that it won’t take much energy to set the cruise at 70 in the most aerodynamic car on sale today. Most ICE cars won’t be most efficient at 70 either because of gearing and aero, but some more aerodynamic ICE vehicles will…

Well a Lucid is the only one that’s rated over 500 miles range, that’s why it’s part of the article. But my response was a legitimate reason why a lot of people don’t have EVs.

Come to the midwest, every other home around me has either snowmobiles, side by sides, a boat, camper trailer, or multiple. And they’re going somewhere every free weekend with one of them. And I’m not even in the middle of nowhere, it’s a suburb of the metro area.

Not a truck, small SUV but it does get about 500 miles highway range on a tank, and ~330-375 with a small trailer regardless of the temp.

I’m not a denialist but I don’t like EVs and don’t plan to have one for at least another 20+ years. This is most definitely not a bad thing, I would just say it’s not all that groundbreaking. It’s got a big battery with a low CoD, and he put it on cruise with no traffic and no other big battery-using electronics, so…

I’ve said for a long time that these are decent looking cars and I miss the days of the cheap sporty coupe. Now everything has to be either truly sporty or practical, but there used to be a time that if you were a single 20-something this was a legit option to have a car that had some personality. They didn’t have to…

IDK about this one, yeah it’s a Biturbo but weren’t the later ones much more reliable? I know it’s still an old Maserati but original Biturbo to normal old Italian reliability is still an improvement. The convertibles are also pretty rare, even more rare with a manual. With how many of these are scrapped, high…

Other than that last one which is just a knockoff of Maybach, they’re trying everything and going weird because they don’t have a heritage to fall back on. Whether that’s a good thing or not is up to you, but I personally like the modernized versions of classic designs. BMW’s got the M-Sport 5-spokes, AMG Monoblocks,…

Porsche 944/928

So noise aside, the batteries are $350 each!? Having gas around isn’t a concern when you have a gas lawnmower and snowblower, there’s always enough to fill a tiny tank in a minibike. And a gas minibike costs like $500, so you could have two of them for less than the battery-less option with enough savings to buy enough…

I would recommend looking at American cars, since Japanese and Korean average heights are lower they don’t necessarily have the same requirements for their markets.

Whether an HOA is a good or bad thing is completely dependent on the residents and board. I live in an HOA and it’s been great, we only have like 2 old couples in the neighborhood and they’re super chill (usually it’s the old retirees that have nothing better to do that cause the issues), and every other house is…

For the normal person that could afford the purchase price of a new entry level sports car like a Miata, there’s still a few hurdles to overcome. First, if you have a family it can’t replace your daily driver, so it’s $30k in addition to whatever you already have, not instead of. And you gotta have the space for…

I don’t see where it said she tried to make payments, just that she refused to sign the new document. Which not signing the new document is her right but it sounds like they tried to repo the car before she even had a chance to make her first payment.