In the land of the twenty dollar sandwich, that seems to be “how it is” from now on. Great.

Nothing says unsustainable more than workers living in their cars.  If you work full time, you should be able to afford a living space.

“OK fine!.  Here’s an electric car for the poors. It wont drive between any two major cities  and takes a while to charge if you can find one. That’s all you get.”

Bought a brand new Chevy Citation in late 1979.  The synchromesh in the gearbox failed around 10 thousand miles.  Fixed under warranty and promptly failed again TWICE more in another 8 thousand miles.  Traded it for an Oldsmobile Omega which was essentially the same car.  I knew what a bad transmission would feel like…

My issue with it is the fact that you can’t even carry a lunch in it.  No luggage space. None.

even with the “rebate” you still have to finance the whole nut.  Hard NO.  No widespread adoption of EV will occur without a sub 30K offering with 300 mile range and a MASSIVE increase in charging infrastructure.  People. Don’t. Have. The. Money.

I’m with you on Cruise Control.  I can get significantly better MPG without it because I have eyes.  By that I mean I can see the upcoming grade and gently increase power instead of matting it like the cruise does the moment I drop below sixty.  

What consumers don’t like is “buying” a car that then reports to the manufacturer/lender every single thing you do with your “purchase” .  Also, the manufacturer retains the ability to brick it at any  moment for some violation real or imagined.

My Mom grew up in Roswell and she always said “Beans with, but never in”.

The compact between employer and employee is more broken than ever.  It used to be “I’ll give you my days, and you give me the means to get  through the night”.  Once employers decided that employees were a consumable, it was simple to just hire ‘em, grind them to dust, and replace them from the bottomless well of…

Any mid nineties Corolla with crank windows and no AC with a manual gearbox.

The ghosts of the Roman Empire smile at this.

The “smarter” your fridge is, the shorter the time it will function normally.  Simple cold boxes work much better, longer, that that stainless butler will.  Google “worst refrigerator”

The “smarter” your fridge is, the shorter the time it will function normally.  Simple cold boxes work much better,…

If the inspectors failed to report a problem because they were told not to and an accident resulted in deaths, the supers would have blamed the inspectors. 

I had to stop and throw up a little from the shakies

Dog ugly, with the performance to match.  I don’t care what sort of a V8 got jammed into that, and objectively perfect malaise example.  Who would be nostalgic over that?

It’s designed that way.  You need a special tool to re glue it to the windshield.  The tool is 700$ /s

My MIL dailed a Starlet from plymouth to bostons’ Emerson College through the eighties.  Drove up 128 in the morning and back at night.  That thing just ran and ran and ran.  She retired and sold it.  I shoulda bought it.

So many orders, not enough production.  On a vehicle a LOT of folks could afford and wanted enough to plunk down a deposit.  Now, the affordable model is done and dusted and you get a pittance towards your new everlasting car payment.  Ford, you’re forever underwater.  Oh, and you GM?  samesies.  It’s almost like they…

The lack of public charge points is why people don’t want them.  Every parking spot gets a charger and widespread adoption of EV may happen.  Absent that, the rate of EV adoption will remain slow.  Ok, maybe not EVERY parking spot but without a LOT more options, I remain convinced widespread adoption of this…