That higher mileage number is for the larger BEV users. Guys who buy a lightning instead of a gas F150 and use that truck as a business vehicle and have to DC fast charge more often because they’re towing and can’t wait around at level 2 charger. They’re also in a grid that still heavily relies on fossil fuels. I will…

Yeah this should surprise exactly nobody who’s ever priced out a 4runner new or used. 

This sure seems like another case of you can play with the data and make it come to any conclusion you want. The real answer here is it depends... It depends on how much of your grid comes from renewable resources, it depends on what vehicle you’re buying and what you’re comparing it to. I had to pull a bunch of this…

4Runner prices are wild. My wife had a 2017 she bought more or less new, it was what the dealership GM drove for a couple months so we got it for a little under sticker. She drove that for 5 years and decided to trade it in for something that got a little better gas mileage in 2022. We ended up getting more for it on…

I’ve been on a few cruises and I’d look at it like this. It’s basically like being in a resort that moves to a different location every night. There are spots on the ship where it’s crowded but there are just as many places where you can find some quiet out of your room. I’ve enjoyed the ones I’ve been on for the most…

You’re correct your insurance probably doesn’t cover you in the EU because health insurance isn’t a thing that exists outside of the US. However if you do end up sick (assuming you’re not on a cruise) going to the doctor won’t result in your bankruptcy. My wife ended up in a German ER a couple years ago because of…

That’s exactly what’s happening here. It’s not like I can go down to my local Toyota dealer and do a factory order either. We’re stuck with what they want to build and they don’t want to build manuals. 

Don’t give me any ideas. 

In college I would keep a few Frozen pizzas in the bed of my truck during January. Made a great place to keep those totinos party pizzas when you could get them for a buck a piece. 

I bought my son a 2014 Focus with just a touch over 100k on it. I knew about the CVT issues but I hadn’t read up on the DC6 problems. It ran fine for a year no issues and then we had the transmission controller go out on it which whatever was under warranty because of the class action lawsuit. The bigger problem with…

I don’t know but spell check didn’t seem to care about that extra O in there.

For the North American market they need to go all in on the mini-van. Make the effing Rolls Royce of mini-vans but make them reliable as a Japanese mini-van. 

As hard as that would be a zombie Lee Iaococca is probably their only hope at this point. 

Seriously if the damn things keep crashing is that tech actually worth reverse engineering?

Realistically most people could get by for well over 300 days a year with a 200 mile range. I fall into that category but.... For the 2-3 weekends a year when I want to take a road trip to see my parents in EV charging no-mans-land I’d want closer to 350. That would get me down there and far enough back to find a…

Casey’s appeal, at least for me is the breakfast pizza and the taco pizza. Also when I had a job with a whole bunch of windshield time there were a lot of small towns where Casey’s was the only game in town to find food for lunch. 

If you don’t sample a Casey’s pizza or anything at a Kwik Trip you’re not doing a proper gas station food survey. 

I’d look for a 4door Taco. They’re pretty much bomb proof and I hauled my kids around in the back seat of one for close to 8 years. Finally got something bigger once they got to high school. 

I missed this but and while it wasn’t moving when I was in it I used to pretend I was driving in the car Buddy Baker broke 200 mph in at Talladega. That car sat in the weeds behind Don Whites shop for years and my dad worked for Don when I was a kid. He’d drag me to work with him on Saturdays and playing in that car…