My iX reliably manages 340+ miles on a charge, regardless of the temperature or driving type, and that seems more than sufficient for 99.9% of my road trips. Fortunately, most hotels have free level two charging these days (free fillup overnight) so I don’t even have to top up when on the road.

I used to think all those things matter but then I started a pretty shitty commute, and my experience with a PHEV lead me to a full EV.  They are so easy to use and the instant torque really helps keep pace in bumper-to-bumper traffic.  

Or an alarm that actually gets activated and security cameras.  Those were the first things I installed after moving to the NJ burbs.  And unlike most suburbanites, I keep my garage free of crap so I can actually store cars in there!

Wow, that Bear seems to open car doors as well as a human with opposable thumbs.

Ok, so flying helicopters with large wheels cars should be right around the corner?

That’s what the dealer gets for not properly inflating the tyres!!

Yeah, how quickly people forget that it will not always be smooth sailing and conditions are constantly changing. While it certainly was a tough time and I was always taught to be frugal, having the recession occur while I was still fairly early in my career and financial independence was the crash course on that…

Or wrapped around a lightpost.

A WELL MAINTAINED GT3 with lighter mileage will only appreciate with value (a 2022 with an MSRP of $180K will now set you back more than $250K), but it certainly is not enough to outpace the crazy amount of interest that will be paid, even if the person sells the car within a year or two.

Unfortunately it’s not only the tiktok and youtube assholes, but pretty much people from all walks of life who are projecting an image of wealth with nothing to back it up. I am in real estate and construction and I remember back before the great recession when things were booming for our industry. Contractors were…

Ok, now I know how my neighbor now has a new Lambo Uris sitting in his driveway.  I live in a nice neighborhood, but it is 5-series and GLS nice, not Bentley and Lambo nice.

I have driven thousands of miles in Florida throughout the years and I can only guess that when a Floridian turns 16, they are handed a pistol and the keys to a pickup truck or midsize domestic SUV and are told to have some fun.

I am 100% on board with this as someone who in the near future will be in a position to begin adding more cars to my collection. I look at all the new Ferraris, Lambos, and whatnot on the market but would much rather find a nice 3.0 CSi to restore or restomod. Driving was nice during the pandemic, when I could let my…

You really hit the nail on the head with your statement about them both having the same daddy issue.

I have done this twice - once to move myself and once to pickup a roll of carpet from the shipping yard to get it to a client’s house.  I hope to never do it again.

I have been admiring German driver education, well since I started driving lessons nearly 30 years ago. Even back then I recall that it took 2 years of real training (and not some basic class, bullshit test, and a learner’s permit period) to earn a license. Having driven in Germany and many other European countries…

Yeah, it blows my mind.  Even full size pickups and SUVs should require advanced licensing but apparently the country is more worried about kids drinking Bud Light and becoming Trans.

Can we all get on the same page that drivers should have some large truck training before being allowed to rent a full-size box truck? These things take significantly more effort, attention, and anticipation to drive than passenger vehicles and it blows my mind that some random average (moron) driver can hop from…

I say this as a parent but I get a real sense of entitlement from other parents out there who act like they can do whatever they want just because they are parents. It rears its ugly face in school pickup and dropoff lines. When I used to do preschool dropoffs it blew my mind how many parents will do inconsiderate…

The early 70's charger was so bad my dad gave up American cars altogether and shifted to a Celica and then Supra when the Mk1 came out. The Supra was great until I came along and he soon realized how shitty it is to get a car seat into the rear of a tiny coupe.