I wondered about that but I see people driving lifted/big tire Wranglers all the time which must be even worse.

At least one of them screwed a friend over a Bronco IN THE EXACT SAME MANNER.  Well, except the markup was higher.

Not a huge surprise. The whole thing only weighs 24lbs. A 77aH Interstate is 45lbs.

Maybe the dude backed out because they wouldn’t sell it at MSRP.

Please tell me it’s all white (they may have all been that color - I don’t recall).

The great thing about being old is remembering the car you owned that did a 19.8 quarter because you forgot to turn off the AC and that 7.4 0-60 (same as the RWD ID.4) was quick.

They may have more parts than you initially expect but they are still much simpler than a modern ICE car. That’s where the sudden burst of new vehicle manufacturers is coming from - the barrier of entry into EVs is so much lower.

Sure, but only abstractly. :) Not in actual dollars in my pocket (my leisure activities tend to take money OUT of my pockets).

That’s only strictly true if you’re forgoing paying work though. If (ahem, when) I work on my cars, I’m only missing out on other leisure activities.  

Even at 3.9%, it would still be worth taking. Some of y’all suck at understanding money.

This is good stuff. I have 10k on a 9100 crank. I knew they can fail but I didn’t realize it was systemic.

Search “hambini” on Youtube. He makes (vulgar, hysterical) videos of what total crap tolerances a lot of very expensive frames have around their bottom brackets.

I guess our dictionaries are different. By your definitions, the Tesla Cybertruck, new Roadster, and semi are all “available and being deployed”.

Electric commuter planes are certainly coming but they are not “available and being deployed”. Not even close.

It really looks like a home run, at least until the roof falls off or whatever first-year-Ford gremlins reveal themselves.  Thanks for for all the details.

Another opportunity missed to make a non-ugly car.

Yes, exactly. In a different league.  In all respects.  :)

Those bikes are in a different league.  The only reference to a Britten V1000 for sale I could find had an ask of $250k in 2005. The Vyrus sold for $45k.

Blast from the past. Tony Defeo was a journalist at a NJ-based magazine when I was in high school. He bought a stripper Mustang LX5.0 and got the thing into the high 13s with the stock rear tires still on it. It’s Camry territory now, but it was pretty impressive at the time.

Only one child, so no need to give up anything for us. I’ve had station wagons (E34 Touring, V70R, VW Sportwagen) for years for carting my bicycles around out of the elements. My wife mostly drove the E34 when our daughter was in a bulky rearward-facing seat, then switched back to her E30. Now she has a MINI Cooper S…