neverspeakawordagain
neverspeakawordagain
neverspeakawordagain

Weird that you would suggest an Apple computer for daily use - most everybody uses Windows; that’s like suggesting to Americans that they read a book in Portuguese. Sure, some Americans might know how to read Portuguese, and some Americans might now how to use a Macintosh computer, but the overwhelming majority don’t. 

Just throwing out there that the 2013-2014 GT500's are a much much much better proposition than the earlier ones. Earlier models used an iron block and were so front heavy that they have genuinely dangerous levels of understeer; for the facelifted models they switched to an aluminum block that made the weight balance

There’s a bathroom RIGHT THERE dude.

Everybody keeps saying “what people really want to buy are cheap cars” and I just point them to the Mirage’s sales numbers to prove that no they don’t.

Man I hope not. Synthetic leather or bonded leather are just nowhere near as comfortable or durable as real leather. And so long as there is a market for beef, there will be a supply of leather.

If you want a hybrid-only AWD rock crawler from Toyota, your options are the Venza, the Sequioa, and the Land Cruiser. I guess if you want something on the smaller side you’re choosing between the Venza and the Sequioa; if you want something on the bigger side you’re choosing between the Sequioa and the Land Cruiser.

Sorry - maybe I’m missing something. The 4Runner is the Lexus GX; the Land Cruiser is the Lexus LX. The Land Cruiser is several classes bigger than the 4Runner, right? Land Cruiser > Sequoia > 4Runner > Grand Highlander > Highlander > Venza > Rav4 > Corolla Cross?

Of course climate change is real. Ten or fifteen years from now, gasoline probably won’t be widely available any more at realistic prices, and nobody will have a choice but to go electric. But considering that it would cost me at least $10k, possibly more, to upgrade my home’s electrical system to install a level 2

I used to take the train. There’s a commuter rail about a 15 minute drive from my house that would then be an hour train ride into Manhattan and another 15 minute subway ride to my office. But since we’re in the middle of a pandemic I don’t feel safe getting on a train full of people, many of whom are unmasked, for

I... don’t have any problems with 100 amp service? 20 amps of that is dedicated to central air conditioning and 20 amps to an exterior outlet that were both installed in the 90's; the rest of the house is still on the 60 amps that were originally installed in the house in 1960. Never had any issues. It’s not a

There is a Tesla Supercharging location about 8 miles from my house; and an Electrify America location about 4 miles from my house. I work in lower Manhattan; parking with electric charging available is non-existent here since parking spots themselves are so scarce.

I drive a Mustang GT, which is comfortable and fun to drive, but certainly not cheap. Most of my commute is through NYC, so an electric car would be great mileage wise, since I can see single- digit gas mileage in typical stop and go traffic where it takes 2 hours to go 10 miles through Queens. 

My house was built in 1960 with a 60 amp panel. In the 90's, the previous owner upgraded that to a 100 amp panel when they installed central air conditioning. But 100 amps isn’t enough to install a level 2 charger with, so I’d need to install a new panel (and run high voltage cable from my basement, up to the attic,

...OK? That doesn't make my commute any shorter. 

I can trickle charge on 10 amps / 120v at home. Installing anything more serious requires rewiring my whole house and getting permits from the town - a whole process that I’m not quite ready for. My commute is 50 miles each way, and the garage I park in does not have chargers. So charging means finding a charging

On average, in the summertime, my house uses about 61 kWH / day in the summer time, and about 15 kWH / day in the winter (air conditioning is rough). So a typical EV battery would be able to power my entire house from 1-several days in the event of a power outage. Seems like a great idea.

A lot of people I know have (gasoline powered) summer cars and winter cars, and just disconnect the battery off-season... don’t know if that would fly with EV’s.

I wonder about the longevity of solid state batteries. Lithium Ion batteries don’t really hold up for very long - if you left a lithium-ion powered car untouched in a barn for ten years where it gets down to 40 below zero in the winter and up to over 100 in the summer, the battery would be all but useless by the end

Because Mitsubishi Mirages sell so well. 

In 2021 I bought an off-lease 2018 RX350, fully loaded, for $32k for my wife. By far the best car value I've ever purchased.