Does “putting off scheduled maintenance” count when I know I need to do it but wait a few weeks? Because I wanted/needed to do new suspension and just got around to it this past weekend. Still need to do the rear coils though.

OP bought the car in 2004.

It’s now Q2 2023. That’s about 19 years.

OP has put roughly $2,800 into it, based on listed prices in the post.

So they’ve spent, on average, $150 per year.  

Buys the 2nd cheapest Toyota of its time

Sold it today. Cost me about a dollar a mile for 20K miles. I don’t regret it. Lots of fun and lots of heartache and problems. Cost of ownership.

The Bolt was doomed from the moment they recalled every one of them due to a fire causing defect in 2021. When I googled Bolt the first dropdown was “Bolt Recall”. I’m not going to say that it is fair because I’m sure it is a decent car, but public perception on a relatively new model with no cache is everything. It…

It’s almost poetry that Chevy is cancelling this vehicle now that they have the market cornered. It’d be like Ford cancelling the Maverick.

You’re spot on. All the complexity is lost on them.

aaaand California continues to give people great reasons to leave the state.

The issue becomes the cost of installing a transfer switch which I can’t help but wonder if the average lawmaker realizes?

The world isn’t that good to us on a Monday...

The analog, 2 seat, manual gearbox sports car every Jalop says they want....

Beatings* will continue until morale improves.

My grievance is the slideshow format. Airing my grievance provides no satisfaction.

Shouldn’t have to go to another website to get the weight of the car in an article about a new Lotus. “3097 lbs (1405 kgs)“

If you don’t drive a whole lot then you don’t need an (PH)EV either. A gas car that barely ever gets used is just as efficient as no car or an EV. EVs are more efficient the more you drive it.

I switched from an EV (Tesla) which I owned for 7 years to a PHEV for this reason. I’m a single car household and started driving long distance more and while the Tesla wasn’t a bad long-distance driver it wasn’t a good long-distance driver. It obviously has great charging infrastructure but you are still required to…

I think you described most people. When the range of EV’s was super limited the argument was always “well the average commute is X so you don’t need that much range”. People who own plug in hybrid’s could feasibly do most of their driving on full electric and really only use the ICE when going on long trips. IMO plug…

2nd Gear: Plug-Ins

Who are plug in hybrids for? Honestly, they’re for people like me. Every other week I have to drive between 400 and 500 miles to Ohio in pretty much whatever weather god decided to throw at the midwest. The rest of the time, I don’t have to drive that much- I work remote and when I’m at home, aside…

I’m down to write a script for a cruise ship based mystery.  What’s Daniel Craig up to these days?  This has Knives Out all over it.