I mean, people rioting? One (additional) person dead? Sure, those are reasons. But are they *compelling* reasons?

JFC.

One should not leave young children unattended in any car, especially with the windows up. As the kids reach the age where they can handle themselves for a short period, it’s obviously at the discretion of the parent--but, still, not with the windows up.

Sadly, there are annually a number of cases where (especially…

Actually, my takeaway was a V8 iPhone, which might finally last me through the whole day (and wouldn’t get any hotter than my current iPhone does).

-also some of us that could afford it and would buy it, but will instead buy something else.

There was at least one F-150 involved.

Just make sure it’s actually your lawyer before you start confiding in her.

That is because we are old. Presumably.

NB, hearing someone describing driving a V8 M3 “in [their] younger days” makes me feel older than a BMW E10.

Actually, I am older than an E10. Never mind.

Also, trying to evade pursuit in a vehicle that hasn’t yet been offered for sale but that every 10 year old auto enthusiast recognizes is probably not your strongest move.

“Hmm, where can I find the people responsible for these Ford prototypes? Maybe 1 American Rd, Dearborn, MI?”

All true. The Bolt would make a very good 2nd car, and the use cases you list are all areas where the Bolt would make sense.

The thing about Tesla’s Supercharger network, though, is that it makes all of that stuff largely irrelevant. For the vast, vast majority of people, they don’t have to worry about those…

Is this the worst story I will read today? I wish I could believe that it was.

Oh.

I didn’t really think there was anything BMW could do to make me want an E60 M5, but then they built the F10. Touche, BMW. Touche.

That’s my takeaway here. That, and “shit, I better go buy a Chevy SS before they stop selling THOSE, too.”

There is really nothing BMW could do to make me want an F10.

I’d rather they bring back the BMWs from the early 2000s.

Sounds like it only has two pedals. Yawn.

Agree with you on the hybrid point.

The proprietary thing is a non-issue; I’ve put in a Tesla EVSE at home, but it was cheap compared to a similar J1772, and if I do end up buying a different EV at some point I won’t really feel like I wasted that cash.

Otherwise, the Tesla can use all the L2 J1772 plugs out there,…

Because I don’t take a 5000 lb sedan to the track? Ever? The P85D isn’t going to enter limp mode on the street, no matter how aggressively you drive it.

Buy a Miata to take to the track. Or get a 90D instead of a P90 and send the leftover on a Cayman S.

Ha ha no.

OTOH, would I really miss either an i3 or i8? No, I don’t think I would.