me too. actually. I like the splash of color for an otherwise dull slabsided usually blacked out car.

Yep... I gave up trying to buy one and started looking for two cars that could each focus on one thing (commuter and performance) for the same or less money combined.

Pensions are defined benefit plans. Unless the pension plan manager had all the plans assets in Enron (which is a fiduciary failure by the manager and their fault just as much as Enron’s) how did your dad lose his whole pension? Pensions at worst would have performed poorly but the pension would have survived and…

It should not be the case unequivocally, there needs to be balance.

You sound like the utility companies in their court briefs when taking someone’s land by eminent domain or an easement.

15% premium on a $25,000 used car trade in is 3,750.

New car prices are up too (but not as much as used). Chip shortage and covid manufacturing delays. I think there is a different article on that.

My persona is to be generally disagreeable to COMTNDRVR.

Yes, great time to get out of the market. Sell that second car or second home, invest your cash and get back in once prices settle down.

absolutely, a price premium doesn’t matter much if your trading one thing for another both of which are equally as effected.

I’ve never understood that logic either.

They never said they are going to make fewer, just adjust inventory and production to meet demand... instead of trying to keep one of everything on the showroom floor.

whoops I was looking at property size (lot size) not home Sqf. I stand corrected. Apparent new homes sqf has been shrinking since only 2015.

New home sizes have been shrinking since 1990. And not by a little, by nearly 35%.

BMW is not pursuing a car for every purse. Maybe a car for every Gucci and Prada purse.

The business approaches of the 60s 70s and 80s are long gone. The “good old days” amiright?

I see a lot of comments assuming this means they are eliminating cheaper models. This is NOT what they are saying. They are saying that they will adjust inventories to match consumer demand.

There is enough fender overhanging the tires to shelter a small family. Reminds me of a UPS or Bread Truck. 

PHEV discontinuance is also correlated with not being male, not living in a detached house, being dissatisfied with the purchase price of the PHEV but being satisfied with running costs, shorter commute distances and undertaking more long-distance trips.

“So these owners liked the low running costs, the shorter commute and the longer range that comes with plug-ins, but they still got rid of their EVs?”