Back in the 90s I lived a short walk from an Audi dealer so I went there on a Saturday morning in my typical 20-something on a weekend daytime attire - jeans and sweatshirt. I could not get any help. This was early internet days and you couldn’t just check the inventory online so I asked what they had in stock. Guy…

Don’t get me started. Our local mayor is all over EV road taxes based on estimated use, sure enough our state pushed/approved it. EV owners now pay $150ish per year in extra registration, and Hybrid $75. The mayor still pissed about it, thinks it’s not enough, but it’s literally based on 15k miles averaged out over…

Hence, the continued popularity of Harley-Davidson bikes... 

DUMBEST. SYSTEM. EVER.

Really wanted to buy a 20th Anniversary Nissan Maxima. Went to a Nissan dealer to test drive one. After twenty minutes of trying, I finally flag down a sales person. He walks up to me, looks me up and down, says “you can’t afford that car, you’re just here for a joy ride”, and walked away. Haven’t been inside a Nissan…

Even Japan built this same thing better than ‘Murica did.

“and drive good old red white and blue”, that’s a euphemism for “Japanese Cars are better in every single way but Americans are stupid and would rather buy dog shit than something imported”.

That’s not the point. Tesla did well when they were the only realistic EV around. That is going to be challenged in the very near future, and their string of quarterly success will be similarly challenged.  As Musk becomes more unhinged, and their designs continue to age, it’ll be interesting to see what they do when…

I thought I’d hate the auto stop/start on my Crosstrek, after reading so many negative things about the option over the past couple years. First couple months I had my new car I’d turn off the feature as soon as I started the car, but after a couple months I’d forget about turning it off. First time the car turned…

I don’t mind the autostop at all. if it helps the environment in some way then so be it. It’s nice to sit quiet at a stop light soemtimes

The reason people ditch cars that have life left in them, is that it’s easier to make a $500/mo. car payment, for a car that probably has a warranty and likely less to go wrong mechanically, than come up with that $3,500 and be down a vehicle for the duration of the repair.

Modern ICE vehicles are rolling computers as well.

The only places a mortgage is 3 figures is either in some rural hellhole or urban hellhole.

Everything but the drive train is same on an EV, and while the drive train is significantly different it is also much simpler. Maintaining evs tends to be a lot easier. Yes when batteries start going bad that is a more complex repair, but people are already doing it. I would argue it is no more complex than having an…

“What’s more, some places have made reversing into parking spots illegal. Look up your state’s laws around whether or not you can safely use the “pull through” technique.”

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As long as they can fill something like 80% of the seats, they’re still more cost-efficient than 2-3 smaller planes.

Oh fuck off with your virtue signaling.

Heaven forbid children learn about “Evil Dead” or “Female Trouble”.