Is it possible your perception is changing how you evaluate them? If you covered the badges I think you’d find very few people who would sit in the new Prius and model 3 back to back and find the model 3 interior nicer in fit, finish, materials, ergonomics, or comfort. The model 3 is a different driving experience.…

A Model 3 road noise is on par with most midsize sedans. Most (all?) full size trucks are now quieter. A ram 1500 is significantly quieter for example. Luxury car? - I think you’d have to make your own fart noises.

I think it’s mostly price and marketing. Which is fine. I think the lines are so blurred now that it’s not really a meaningful category. A model S in my view is easy to consider a luxury EV sedan. To me, all of the cost cutting means that the Model 3 doesn’t really fit - it’s a square peg in a round hole. I’m not…

I don’t think you’ve sat in both back to back. Try it. You’ll be surprised. 

Not all BMWs are generally considered luxury cars - outside of the USA at least. A base model 328 with cloth interior and manual seats - not a luxury car. Or an X1, not a luxury car outside of the USA. So I guess I’d say no - many 3 series are not luxury cars. 

It Wikipedia says it - it must be true. 

What is the basis for this? I see it written down. But what’s the substance to that categorization? If the Model 3 were an ICE car - I can’t imagine anyone calling it a luxury car. If not - what about the Model 3 would distinguish it from an electrified Accord or Camry? Or do those become “luxury cars” once they have e…

The fit and finish and material choices are equal or lesser than what is in most mid grade Toyota or Honda cars. It’s not the austerity. Although arguably the austerity is more economy car focus than luxury - it’s obviously done to be as cheap as possible to manufacture. But even so - the materials are just average…

Agreed. Look at the price to rent a car - it’s remarkably cheap. Rental car operations are very efficient to rent cars at such competitive prices. And they exist in a super competitive industry. Eventually something may replace them, but not in the near term. Uber and Lift are not close until they can do it without a…

Does a Model 3 count as a “luxury car”?

A grayhound burns a LOT less in normal operation. A typical OTR bus carries 47 passengers and gets around 6mpg. 282 passenger miles per gallon of fuel. The most efficient commercial airplanes get around 100 passenger miles per gallon. In the best case scenario comparing an old bus to a new high efficient plane - the…

Your not smart enough to understand. I'm sure this isn't the first time you've experienced this.

You’re either very low intelligence or being intentionally dense. In not sure. Do you honestly not understand that professional insurance is always part of the compensation package? If you don’t... Well that’s all we need to know. 

Apparently this is a complex concept to grasp that they’ll pass through the costs. Just like every professional insurance in the history of insurance. Unfortunately, I think you're banging your head against the wall to try to explain this.

Didn’t realize you needed it spelled out in baby steps. This is a zero-sum game. By changing whose name is on the invoice, you won’t change who actually pays for it. And you won’t change the costs. I thought you were smart enough to pick this up, but apparently not. Apologies. I’ll dumb it down for you from here on.

“...their private employers pay the premiums as a perk of the job.” - this is the standard. That’s the point. The city (tax prayers) pay ultimately. It doesn’t matter how you structure it. There’s no world in which the police officers actually pay the insurance premium out of their wages.

Like Breonna Taylor?

Your idea is that you can track criminals because the criminals will properly license and register their vehicles - that they most likely own? I mean, if you’re not being sarcastic, I’m concerned. But it appears that you honestly think that this is a real alternative.

I think we actually agree on this. The proposal from Chicago is to have a standard policy not to pursue. That policy does not work. It’s a spectrum of risk. The worst thing that the police department could probably do is announce that they are not going to pursue cars that run. Then they’re just telling people that…

Wow. You're the idea guy huh?