We’re gonna have to agree to disagree on this one. Being a practical crap hauler doesn’t make a car uncool.

Even better: replace “sport” with “spork”. Endless laughs.

“Station wagons (the big American ones)...were NEVER cool.”

It’s fine.

Whenever I see a car driving sideways, I just assume Jezza is behind the wheel.

“What did he do, buy you a Golf?”

At least the front looks like a truck, and not like the Predator.

Fuck this guy with a cactus. Seriously.

Selling my 1799 Buick le Mercury Sable. False fake leather steering seats and wheel covers. This car has the 380-lighter engine that makes a good amount of powder, as well as velour CD player and side windshield. It is God on gas and I have kept up all the old change. It is more beige than your most beige thing and…

That’s true of pure EVs as well. Regenerative braking is a wonderful thing.

Meh. The ELR was a hilariously overpriced and rather pathetic attempt at a luxury hybrid. 24 grand is still too much for one. Heck, 12 grand would still be too much for one.

I agree, and I say that as someone who likes Ford Mustangs.

“www.boners.com”

I’m not saying it’s impossible for a motor to fail, but look at how often electric cars break down in the real world, compared to how often gas cars break down.

I wasn’t talking about hybrids.

It hardly matters, given how rarely that happens. A simple spinning shaft with some magnets on it is a lot more reliable than a bunch of pistons and valves.

That’ll be interesting, but plug-in hybrids seem to me like a stopgap measure. I’m holding out for a full electric one.

It’s kind of ironic that people are so freaked out by the idea of an electric car, when they use so many other household appliances that use exactly the same technology without a second thought. 

Every new electric car concept is hailed as a “Tesla killer”. It means nothing.

I’d definitely buy a retro-styled EV. Maybe not this one, but something.