That’s also a factor.  No bullshit, no argument, just “here’s a solid deal - we good?” and move the hell on.  

They’re surprisingly good, because I think they’re worried that if they act poorly (I’m in CO), people will buy a CR-V or RAV4 instead. Cars like those move so fast, they oddly enough do a “we treat them right, they’ll buy a car NOW, and we can move onto the next sale immediately” rather than the “bite me, someone…

Any of them? Because any of them can bring along an extra 5-10 gallons of gas easily enough... or more. Where’s the aux tank of electrons that I can buy today?

Power density - that would take a revolution in battery design.  

Don’t forget the Texan only has an Outback because his 2WD truck was wrecked in the first snow... and the Californian because his Prius/Tesla with summer only tires was wrecked in the second.  So they bought a base Outback thinking that would solve the problem, with crappy all-seasons (there are good ones), and now…

I spent 30 years with the number 159282 rattling around in my head...

Fair use - it’s transformational. 

Up there, no RV chargers except back at town - so I could drive the 20 miles back to town for trickle charging, but that’s not where I’m staying ... or drive the 50 miles+ back to a fast charger for an hour or two :(

The 911 4 series are known for being the daily supercars though.  Getting snow tires for a ZL1 or 350R or GT500...  sometimes fun, if even possible.  And still not ideal - they complain a LOT about the abuse.  The P car just takes it.  

That’s the point - it’s an offroad vehicle, supposedly - no power out there.  But...  you could cut the power and give way more range instead (or at least the option!).  That’s more useful.  Don’t need 1000HP playing around on the trail, but 500 miles+ of range?  Ayup - that’s handy. 

Jerry can.  No power in the middle of the woods - and this is supposed to be an off road vehicle...  But you can always carry a jerry can. 

I like it... but ... more range plz? 350 miles - if I go to my normal mountain haunt, I’m having to make sure I’ve got at least 100 miles left, because the CLOSEST charging station to town is... well, 30 miles of mountain away, and I’m 20 miles outside of town. So in other words, I’m limited to running the trails…

Except I want all those things, because I’m neither poor nor a cheap bastard, and I spend a lot of time in my car.  You couldn’t get decent headlights on the Mazda6 with the manual - because they didn’t let you.  Or nav.  Or any number of things.  We’re splitting the limited market - I don’t buy cars on the bottom of…

Mazda 6 penalty box trim with the manual.  Accord was the same way.  

You’d be surprised, since that part isn’t tracked (which made it effectively impossible to research; we had to use field personnel and some statistics to guess - it looks like a personal lease or purchase). I do agree with the latter, but those days of my life are gone - no time, no energy to keep maintaining all of…

Again, I literally spent months researching this - it’s incredibly common. 165K employee company, with over 40K in the field all submitting miles, not including execs. Case studies for delivery drivers for Walgreens and other places - all submitting miles. Legal decisions on the same, hence why everyone switched to…

I’m not saying ANYTHING about writing it off. I’m saying submitting it as an expense to the corporation you work for, and there are millions of people that do that - anyone in IT, sales, consulting, etc does. That is all reimbursed at the IRS rate as it is the safest way for the corporation to do so - I literally…

Several legal cases - if you don’t use the IRS rate, there are significant legal liabilities wrt usage / insurance / miles booked that shifts the liability on to the corporation, so it’s easier and safer to count this as an operational expense and just pay the miles. I’ve actually had to do a ton of research on it for…

Mileage expense - you can’t write off the car, but they still price it that way (based on the max allowed).  It’s the safest way to manage the expense.  

The point I make a lot on this is - many leases of BMW/Audi/Benz aren’t paid for by the individual driving them, when you consider the finances. Many of them are paid by mileage expenses and the like from the company that the individual works for - and in that case, the lease (it’s one of the reasons so many come in…