Don’t worry, you get the awesome soundtrack and an engine that pulls hard all the way to redline. Our ecostangs - on the other hand - die as soon as you hit 5K on the tachometer. Getting the car tuned fixes that, but I’ll have to wait a few more paychecks for that. Also, you guys don’t have to worry about losing power…

Indeed, I don’t know how the rental companies will be OK with this. People are going to rent Mustangs just to do this and leave the cars with bald tires in no time. And tires for Mustangs are not cheap.

The amount of jobs created is unlikely to equal the amount of jobs lost as automation increases. I’m all for automation, but we need to start working on solutions now for how we (as a society) deal with distributing the wealth and decreasing work load among the populace. Ideally, in an egalitarian society this would…

I bought 89 for my 99 e36 323i convertible because that’s what the owner’s manual suggested. The only car I’ve ever owned that called for 89 octane.

...which makes mid-grade.

To be fair, my e36 (a 1999 323i convertible) only recommended 89 octane in the owner’s manual. I don’t know if other e36's are like this (my guess is the M3's have higher compression).

Well, based on what I know (admittedly, I’m not a fuel systems engineer) at least some performance cars will give you more performance based on the octane you’re running. For example, my ecoboost Mustang makes a helluva lot more power running 93 vs. 87 (to be fair, I haven’t seen dyno sheets comparing the two fuels -…

Having an orange Mustang also makes it much easier to find my car in parking lots. :)

I love this color, along witg yellow (on certain cars) and my favorite: orange (the color of my Mustang). Long live bold color choices for cars.

Which is why of I buy a truck it will be a used one from at least two decades ago. I personally don’t care to spend 1/3 the price of my house on a new truck.

Or the price. :D

He knows they’re those things peasants drive him around in.

I hope you slapped your friend on the spot.

Cost is coming down, and we already have relatively cheap cars like the Bolt, with more in the pipeline. As for charging time, I think some of the fast-charging systems are getting closer to the point where you can get 70-80% charge in 20-30 minutes, and again that will only improve with time. Keep in mind that with…

I’m not sure where you’re going with this. There are quite a few EVs already pushing 200-300 miles range, which is on par with most gas vehicles. Charging stations (including high voltage quick charge stations) continue to pop up all over the place and will continue to do so (I would imagine they’re a lot cheaper than…

I’m think we’re see a bit of the opposite. Yes, more people than ever seem to be driving SUVs of some type, but that’s if you include the increasingly omnipresent crossovers. And compared to the large lumbering truck-frame forebearers of the CUV (some of which - as you pointed out - are still in production) crossovers…

I’m glad I’m not the only person who thinks this way. I feel the same way about people with itchy trigger fingers. I have nothing against gun owners, but people who would pull the trigger at the first sign of any trouble (or even worse, the ones who are “just waiting for someone to give me an excuse”) piss me off.

And thank goodness there are free hydrogen molecules in outer space. Other wise we wouldn’t be able to scoop it up with the Bussard Collectors to use on our warp drive!

Sorry, but I think the opposite of your argument is true. If refueling infrastructure is key for remote areas, then it’s waaaaay easier to put up an electrical charger than a hydrogen station (or just use a 120V outlet if you’re desperate).

I used to agree with you, but with the pace of advancement of batteries I don’t think I agree anymore. I don’t know how much farther battery chemistry advances can increase the range of these cars, but with systems such as Porsche’s new 900V charging system we’re getting to a point where charge times will be short…