Especially with those reactive AWD systems, there’s not reason to even bother, just get FWD with a set of proper snow tires on their own rims and swap them and that will go farther than AWD with the usual all seasons people use.

That Rogue is probably on its way to a 3rd transmission. Reliable is not a word I’d use for them. But for $5k and these requirements, he’s scraping the barrel and should take whatever pops up that fits and expect to maybe get a couple years out of it before it will become a toilet.

Yawn.

We had the Ego. Could just do ~1.5 acres of grass on the two larger batteries. No issues with it, but we just changed to paying a landscaper.

Absolutely! I utterly hate them—massive air pollution (even electrics thanks to the dust, as you mention) and noise pollution for the sake of some laziness that serves nothing but aesthetic benefits.

So, we tried a Ego regular sized electric mower (22"?) and got two of the largest batteries offered. I’m guessing, but there’s probably about 1.5-2 acres of lawn to mow and it completely used both of those batteries to do so without using the powered wheels feature. It might be more viable for commercial equipment to…

I never heard of this. Someone else mentioned the Lotus Elite, so I’ll just comment on how this styling is way ahead of its time and really well resolved. The front headlights and the way the fenders fit the wheels, the frameless windshield, the roof line and the hatch, all point to a lost prototype from a…

With the exception of the blue chip cars, prewar values fell as that generation died off. Not sure it will happen as much with postwar, though, as those cars were more often entwined in culture and, being more modern to drive (and more easily upgradable when not modern enough), are likely to hold their appeal. Values…

I’m single, no kids, no debt outside mortgage, and live in an uppity neighborhood. I drive a $23k Focus ST and I had to argue with myself to spend the extra $2k over an SE with a manual. Neighbors probably thought I was a contractor until they got used to seeing me. What people who must make less than me waste money…

I see they even allow for everyone inside to be able to socially distance from each other. They really thought of everything!

Complete disagreement. Seen them in lots of colors and liked all but the yellow better than unimaginative Ferrari red, especially their particular shade. Really, that stands for every Ferrari. If it looks good in that red, it’ll look better in almost any other color and there might not be 10 others just like it at any…

No, stuff his head into the exhaust pipe of his truck while someone revs the shit out of it. After 5 minutes—if he’s alive—pour a gallon of water into the engine and see if any of the parts make it down the exhaust to hit him in the face. Make his parents watch.

They might even be doing something weird where they offer the lower rate on the longer term. They did that when I bought my ST in ‘16 where they had some small rate for the 48-month, but 0% for the 60-month, so I went with the 60 of course.

I just saw a 16' aluminum tub with a 50 hp outboard they wanted $23k for. Should cost me about $16k to build what I want and I’m thinking I might be able to make a business out of it even if I only make a couple a year.

Which is extra stupid because even the 8' bed nobody gets can only hold about 2 yards, which doesn’t go far for any decent job. My Focus ST carried a yard of dirt with plenty of room to spare (if not weight rating!). To fill in the circular depression of shallow depth left by an old 18' above ground pool and the hole…

Or so they think! It would be laughable how stupid they are to think they can control this monster they’ve raised if it weren’t for the consequences to the rest of us.

We tried an electric mower and the battery life still leaves something to be desired (get multiple ones for hot swaps), but the lack of emissions, quiet operation, and lower vibrations makes it almost a joy to use. I started landscaping when I was 13, but had to stop after a few years because even the 4-stroke emission…

It’s 2021 and home storage is dirt cheap. It’s a scam to screw people out of more money plain and simple. Even the updates are usually of minimal functionality and to only a small number of users when they’re not just arbitrarily rearranging stuff to justify the version as different. It’s the university text book model…

That battery hanging down like that looks like it’s going to bottom out on a lot of things and take a lot of blasting from tire kick up.

I don’t have a problem with this for self-driving tech only. For one, I would never use it, so wouldn’t have to pay for it, but also I can understand the argument as the feature would require continuous improvement they’re paying for, which would result in fairly frequent—and likely important—OTA updates for the…