“Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee”

First Gear: This is a question for the Accountants in the audience. It seems damn near impossible to actually spend $100,000 more than the sale price on these vehicles to actually build them. No one on earth would greenlight something that ridiculous.  What weird accounting wizardry is going on to come up with that…

My 20 mph commute on a clogged interstate isn't impressed.

I’ve never understood the idea that people would want EVs as a rental car.  Going to a location like a hotel or VRBO, not knowing if there’s charging stations nearby (or how to use them, if ICE is all you know)...seems like a nope.  Not a headache I want to deal with while traveling for biz...

They do have low maintenance. Tires are one thing that does cost a bit more on an EV. The high torque also means you’ll tear that rubber off faster with a lead foot. I highly doubt anyone renting an EV is babying it and that cost would eat into Hertz bottom line.

But I thought EVs were supposed to have virtually no maintenance cost?

Same. Most new BMW’s look fantastic in this color. 

I had trouble remembering green being a popular color in the mid 90's until I finally remembered the hoard of totally forgettable soap bar Taurus’s and minivans that were wretched shades of bluish green

it’s hard to call something popular when I can drive through the parking lot at my work and maybe see 2 out of the couple hundred cars in this concrete gray color. It’s kind of like the hate for matte finishes on cars. It’s so few and far between, it’s hard to be annoyed by it. 🤷‍♂️

A lot of people do. Jalopnik and it’s commenters like to be contrarian. If it’s popular it must be bad. But these same people here were droning on and on about how good Nardo was when it was released. If it wasn’t on rav4s and sonatas people here would probably still be talking about how good it is. 

Although I’m a fan of gray cars, my own being of a mineral gray color like this one...

i also like this color.  the bmw x3 M40i looks great with it.

I’m the weirdo that likes this color. It’s a little different than the black, white, & silver that every other car is without being too crazy and putting off, what seems to be, the majority of buyers. But still, bring on the crazy colors too. 

10% down on a lease? That kind of defeats the purpose.

I find it’s better to think of it as how much interest you’re paying over the term of the loan, not based on what you’re paying monthly.

While some brands may “offer” 0% APR usually the terms are for 24-36 months and they know that very few consumers actually take loans for 2-3 years. If someone wants a 60 or 72 month term the APR cranks up. This allows a brand to advertise a 0% offering even though most people can’t take advantage of it. 

That may often be the case, but I have a few crosswalks near me that won’t illuminate the walk sign at all unless you hit the button (and then hold the light longer). And a couple lights that are on sensors that won’t change if there’s no car present, and the button overrides that to change the light and give you a…

While it may not move things along more quickly, it also sounds like there aren’t any negative effects either.

I press it multiple times so I can make the voice guy go “wait wait wait wait wait waitwaitwaitwaitwaitwait”

Lower prices increases sales rather often.