Lemme FIFY:

Beat me to it. That sounds far more interesting than the current Indy 500 spec car format.

This exists now. It’s called a Dodge Charger. New base models can be had near $22k. I bought a Scat Pack last month, and the dealer had a no-option V6 model for $22k and no doc fees.

Less. Downforce. 

I want to know why Nascar prefers the Carl Edwards/Brad Keselowski crash (which happened because Brad refused to go below the yellow line, knowing the win would be taken from him if he did, just like Regan Smith’s win was taken from him), to a couple of cars spinning in the grass (which is what would happen if cars…

This. I have a 2nd gen Volt. 60-65 miles of EV driving in the summer. I manage 96% electric driving with a daily commute of 95 miles. If I was rolling around with a 250 mile battery, it would hardly ever get used. People THINK they need some huge amount of battery capacity, but they don’t. 200 miles is plenty for the…

The fact that it doesn’t have liquid cooled batteries is pretty much the only thing keeping the Leaf off my list for consideration. Guess I’ll stick with my Gen 2 Volt for now.

Still don’t understand why VW didn’t electrify the Beetle. Aging hippy demographic and all. 

...because they already bought the car? And quite a few of them ordered the $35k version, of which I haven’t seen any delivered yet (and why would they? Why deliver a low margin car before a high margin one?)

I’ve been touting an Apple buyout of Tesla for years. Why bother building your own car when you can buy an entire manufacturer with the change between your couch cushions?

96 month term is nothing. 144 month loans are available if you go looking for them: https://www.snocope.com/loans-and-credit-cards/auto-loans