I went to a dealership to check out a Mach-E last night and they informed me that they were asking $20k over sticker. For reference that would put it at $75k. That’s also $5k more than the Mach-E GT edition that are much more available. I wish this were olden times and I could stand out front yelling “BOO” and…

For me personally, my appetite for those other types is being satisfied by TV right now. The only films I need to see on a big screen are those big spectacle car crash movies. TV is just so good now, that I don’t need the same level of film experience.

The polestar 2 has a 303 mile version so you’re halfway there.

Same here. Honestly, I feel like if they just did an electrick Outback they could go back to printing money. It solves all of the problems that make the outback crappy but keeps the parts that everyone wants. Give it 250-300 mile range and Subaru would own the suburbs.

Nice! I interned in Ecuador that summer and my fiance had a job teaching out in the jungle for the whole school year. I was even in Baños around that time. I wonder if we crossed paths. I definitely have some strong memories of driving underpowered cars with dying transmissions up mountain roads. It is one of those…

It is true. That is done in much of Latin America. Often it isn’t even the first generation that adds on, but when the kids become adults and don’t have enough money to buy some land but do have enough to add on top of the house.

Or occasionally the bottom becomes a business and they add on to make new living quarters…

I’m hoping that a larger number of higher end used cars will eventually lower in price due to extra supply. IF that is the case, then buying new becomes even worse of a deal because depreciation increases.

When they said worm grenade launcher, I 100% thought they were talking about this:

Not letting Musk off the hook on this one, but I think most auto makers were also promising affordable EVs and the average EV still costs over $50k. The new Hyundais and Kias are estimated to be over $50k. They are getting more expensive rather than less.

Ford is going to absolutely run away with the EV truck category. All their potential “disruptor” competitors are dropping like flies. As far as I can tell the only remaining ones are:
1. Silverado (too expensive and non-existent)
2. Rivian (cool, but expensive and can’t make them fast enough)
3. Canoo (neat, but weird…

I have a little BMW i3 which I love, while the cold affects the range noticeably, running the heater/ac full blast affect it more. So if I were going for speed cross country, I would avoid that as much as possible. But all of those cars are light years ahead in tech than my little BMW so it may not matter as much.

I…

Here ya go. Yes there was definitely planning and strategy, but I was expecting maybe weird battery rigs or something like that,  but the first one was a porsche and didn’t even use Tesla chargers:

the EV Cannonball run record was broken twice this year. Both times under 48 hours, the first by a Porsche and the 2nd by a Tesla:

I strongly suspect that I’m going to like this car better with the camo on than without it.

I tried getting a car from the dealer a few months back. I had a slightly shorter wait time, but it was not the trim I wanted and they were adding an $8k upcharge. The supply chain issues are making the dealers even more dealer-y.

Sorry for the tenuous connection but it was another in the list of Subaru repairability quirks and issues.

Or why you have to lower the exhaust system and drill holes in your outback to install a tow hitch on a car that borderline should have every car have one from the factory.

For me, I think it is the used vs new comparison. It is wildly compromised as a $40k+ new vehicle but an incredible bargain as a ~$15k used vehicle. Because of this disparity, no one is going to buy a new vehicle unless there is an all new generation of i3 to entice someone over.

I still think BMW could have made…

The shift to electric yard equipment is probably farther along now than cars. A couple of years ago I bought a mower for the first time. The recommendation sites were all recommending electric mowers over the traditional engines even at lowish-mid price points. That’s what we wound up with and everything about it was…

Honestly, I think marketing these will be easy. Just tell people they are fast. It is basically a law in the south that pickup drivers have to go 20 over the posted limit.