Where did you get your 45 mph number from?  Many cars are geared to run much higher speeds.  In fact, 45 mph would actually have reduced fuel economy in some of my cars because they would never be able to operate in their highest gear.  You have now made Interstate travel much more dangerous by making driving that…

I think your statement of Time Anxiety is far more realistic than Range Anxiety these days.  Even as charging locations become more plentiful, it still takes more time to charge than to refuel.

In some cases the electricity is more expensive than the fuel. I am seeing reports of Supercharging stations charging upwards of $0.36/kwh. That is the equivalent of $105.51/MMBTU. Standard calculations for gasoline are 114,000 BTU/gallon. Gas at $3/gallon comes out to $26.32/MMBTU. Now gasoline engines are far less…

The CTS and Malibu have nothing in common.  They are on completely different platforms.  Save the XTS which IS a gussied up Impala, and the Camaro which was built on the Alpha platform after the introduction of the ATS and CTS, Cadillac cars have mostly been on brand exclusive platforms.  CUVs/SUVs are a different…

Actually I wasn’t opposed to the idea.  However, my wife was adamant that we would not have a minivan, even though I would be the one driving it everyday.

I sure hope they increase interior volume with this new model. I was in the market for a 3 row SUV a year and a half ago and tested out Explorer Sport. The power delivery was awesome, but the interior was totally cramped, and I did not like the Sync system at all. My wife who is a petite 5'2" felt cramped in the…

Not quite exactly. The engine and supercharger rotate at a fixed ratio to each other. Here is a very simple example assuming full efficiencies and no temperature change factors. Let’s say that the supercharger rotates 5x faster than the engine. That means that for each engine rotation that calls for 6.2L of air the…

Would be more fitting on a CTS.

Nope. Engine displacement and supercharge displacement are calculated by how much air is moved per rotation. For an engine it is calculated by Pi/4*Bore^2*Stroke*# Cylinders. This is basically the difference in volume between top dead center and bottom dead center of the cylinder. Supercharger displacement is…

Precisely. One of my friends moved to a new city a few years ago. When we visited him he was bragging about all the things you can do where he lives. His wife then cuts in to let us know that he has never done a single one of those things and still does the exact same things outside of work that he did before they…

You are comparing apples to oranges. That $90k base 911 is nowhere near the same class of car as the $140k ZR1. The ZR1 is built off the base Corvette which starts around $60k. The ZR1 is a performance package, not an interior appearance package.

20k brake fluid replacement?! My Acadia says every 5 years.  My wife’s CR-V says every 100,000 miles.  My Camaro says every 150,000 miles or 10 years for brake fluid even on the Severe Service schedule.

The main issue that I have seen for the last few years is that for the same money you can get something like a Camry or Accord which will have more interior room, have better fuel economy, be more reliable, have better resale, and have equal if not superior interior quality.  They aren’t necessarily bad cars, they are…

What is there in a 20,000 mile maintenance schedule that could necessarily warrant that much? 20k should be about the second or third oil change, second tire rotation, and a couple of filters.

Memories of my 10 year old self.

Are you really against having manufacturing in the US?  The quickest way to add poverty is to kill manufacturing.

Because obviously nothing has changed in the last 20 years. 

No need for the extra power while driving to the tattoo parlor.

That’s because the toilet is a mechanically simple design that just works with very little external input.  As long as the float can close the valve and the flapper can re-seat you have a self regulating and functioning toilet.

I have no idea how this is considered illegal if you aren’t attempting to break any copy protection mechanisms?  I had an optical drive go out on a PS3 once.  It was a quick $25 purchase of a new drive and a few minutes to remove the PS3 case and swap the drives.  Everything worked out of the box, and no software was…