Well, China is a bit more dictator-y than the US is. I can imagine the blowback if Biden’s administration made some high percentage of EV sales mandatory. 

Neutral: Furthest I’ve driven an EV is around an 18 hole golf course

1st and 5th seem related to me.

Really cool story David. Looking forward to the rest of your trip’s stories.

This, this is what makes travelling great.

There is probably a deeper lesson there about how we view people in general. So often, we see people as “the other side” of an argument, instead of seeing them as a person, just as complex and just as screwed up as we are. Everyone has a story of how they got to where they are.

I don’t know what more you could expect for $3,000 in this market. It’s clean and interesting in its quirky ways. Easy nice price!

Also, cheap to keep running and generally reliable? This is the perfect car for someone who needs basic transportation on the cheap and can’t afford big repair bills or regular fill ups.

$3000 for a running, manual transmission car with a kinda neat third door and a well kept interior?

It’s a ‘Play Anywhere’ game, so you get both.

I never understood that update. They should only delete the musics for copies of the game sold before the license expiration date. Who bought it before already paid for everything and should had the right of enjoy for what was paid.

It’s funny you mention GTA because a couple years back they pushed an update for GTA4 to remove some songs that had their licenses expire.
I miss when you could just own software.

Right now they wouldn’t be able to make half as many more no matter how hard they wanted to so maybe focusing on profits makes more sense.

Carter VW is a big dealership. Yet they have only 65 cars listed in New Inventory. A couple hours to the north, our dealership is down to 22. As in total cars. I’m guessing it’s not so much that they’re sabotaging sales of EVs by using dealer chicanery (‘call for price’ just makes me go ‘yeah, but that Truecoat’...),…

THIS.. is good jello picnic. Thank you Torch.

“virtually every way”. I don’t disagree given the caveat you provide. One way cars have actually and measurably gotten worse is owner/operator serviceability. Also repair costs. Also privacy issues.

The fact that a modern Camry can outperform the 80s supercars of my childhood supports your theory.

I grumble as much as anyone about trends in auto design and engineering, but there is absolutely zero doubt that cars today are better in virtually every way than they ever have been.

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