Or, if you lease the car and have no intention of buying the car at the end of the lease (like a majority of EV drivers), charge it however you want.

This reminds me of a poor X5M I saw when filling up at the gas station a few years ago. The guy was putting 87 octane fuel and had mismatched, mostly bald tires. I felt so bad for that poor car but not for the guy who can barely afford an M car.

Is this an issue with EVs or that most drivers treat the gas and brake pedals like on-off switches instead of gradually rolling on and off  the pedals?  At racing school, we learned the importance of modulating both pedals and aside from improving performance and stability, it also improves smoothness and reduces wear…

My experience with Subaru’s AWD has been limited to the track and not offroad and I can say that its sportier drivetrain setups are superior to most other manufacturers, aside from maybe Audi.  

I have a mechanical engineering background and while I never practiced it in my career, I was always interested the most in mechanism design and a suspension is one of the purest examples of a bar mechanism.  I recall trying to solve problems that required a certain range of motion while avoiding obstacles in the path…

Air springs are a silver bullet for on-road driving but they are not a great solution for offroading.

This is 100% true.  They tried to rush a vehicle that requires a level of engineering that is essentially creating new technologies/capabilities from scratch and only giving the design teams a few years to accomplish what might require a good part of a decade.

I saw one in the wild last week and was impressed by its proportions and how good it looks in person. It definitely looks more like a squared-off EV6 (IE a moderately lifted hatchback or wagon) than a traditional CUV/SUV and its wide stance gives it very sporty proportions. I am not in the market for a large, 3-row…

I would suspect that aside from software issues, the suspension geometry is not ideal for legit offroading and rock crawling. Air suspensions certainly can work wonders on the road, providing the perfect balance between comfort and sportiness/control. But if maintaining a contact patch while allowing for long…

Precisely.

Yeah, I guess its no different from how I, an executive in my forties, still play video games on evenings when I finish work early and after everyone else is sleeping.

It will surely end in a NJ-style collision which means at least one car will wind up on its roof and/or straddling a guardrail.

My partner is one of the smartest and most successful people I know and I am baffled by how much she loves tiktok. Every night while we are winding down before bedtime, she watches tiktok and youtube videos and 90% of these people giving “advice” are either complete morons who have no idea what they are talking about…

I’m not gonna lie, the cool gauges in my 2014 IS350 F-Sport were one of the reasons that I bought the car.  Sure, it looked good (to me, at least), had an otherwise nice interior, and handled well, especially in RWD form but the gauges were ahead of their time, especially for a sub 6-figure car.

I didn’t know that, thanks for the information.  That seems like a ridiculous upcharge for alternative colors given that even the German luxury manufacturers typically charge around $700 unless it is a specialty color.  Regardless, Teslas will still look boring even in different colors.

I can attest to this. My grandmother has a 2014 ES350 with around 20K miles and it is in “like new” condition. I doubt the engine has ever gone past 4,000 RPM.  

“It’s a 96!”

I couldn’t agree more with that last part. My partner and I went to go look at Audi E-Trons this past weekend and when I showed her a Q8 sportback, she thought it looked incredibly stupid to take a 5-door fastback, add giant 22" wheels, and lift the body up several inches. A total poseur car.

I tend to go for colors that don’t draw attention (from both the police, asshole street racers, and well people in general), especially on performance vehicles. Pretty much all of my cars have been black, dark grey, or dark blue with the exception of my current E39 M5 which is LeMans Blue but that is, of course, the…

This explains why when I drive by dealerships I see seas of white cars.  And for some reason 90% of the Teslas I see on the road are black.