Well if you had a 2000 Arc, you’d have the 3.0t, which didn’t have the sludge issue. I had one, and it was actually a pretty decent motor, aside from the turbo being relatively tiny and worthless.

But if you had the Aero or Linear, yeah, you had potential sludge, but it was an easy fix if you hadn’t gotten to it yet,…

OK, OK, I will work. Can I have some shoes?

Haha. Lets be real.

What this car would get is the 1.6t from the Nissan Juke. 188hp and 177ft lbs of torque.

If you think it would get some sort of special engine, you’re crazy. And people would whine just the same as they are about the GT86.

said no one ever. I’ll be so sad when the Juke goes, too.

I don’t understand the love/desire for this car. If you want one, go buy a GT86? That is essentially what this car is. A lightweight-ish (its modern, so it has to be somewhat heavy), underpowered (enthusiasts will cry), rear-wheel drive, good handling vehicle thats fun to drive.

That is what the GT86 is, and it’s sales…

I’m saying it is not a critical factor in most peoples’ purchasing criteria, because few people take trips that are that far regularly. It wouldn’t be one in mine. I didn’t like taking long road trips in my Honda S2000 either.

I can’t speak for everyone in the electric car market, but that “amenity” is pretty low on my…

If that’s what you want to tell yourself; the reality is that the Bolt is seen as a Blackberry and nobody is excited about it, despite it being a fine vehicle and legitimate competitor.

The charging network is relatively a farce. If you’re going on a long trip, just rent a gas car? Doesn’t happen often for most people.

Even if they actually do.. if the Bolt doesn’t have wildly successful sales against Tesla, what makes you think another brand will?

When you buy a Tesla, you’re buying a brand—hip, cool, something perceived as technologically advanced. Other automakers are going to have a major struggle trying to overcome this.

Except that we’ve heard for years now that VW is going to get serious about electric cars and produce something competitive against Tesla. And we’re going to hear it for a few more years before anything is actually produced.

My last car, a Honda s2000, I got with 28k mi on it. Never had an issue, selling it at 78k, 11 years old, preventive maintenance only, no CEL ever, owning it for 5 years.

Bought a 2012 Audi TT RS last year—within five months the CEL is on. That was sort of my expectation for reliability of the two brands.

But so many people have promised me it’ll be any day now!

Lol @ the Leaf being less ugly. Yeah right, buddy.

I’ve got a lovely blue one.

I’m guessing you’ve never driven a SAAB.

Because the code for HW1 was done by MobileEye—which Tesla is no longer a partner with.

I’m also not sure whether the different hardware would require different code as well. (or if for now they’re just using the same cameras.)

Ummm... are you familiar with the Jeep Compass? Next question..

Can every time someone posts an “electric anything” people stop with parroting the solar panel stuff?

They cannot provide enough energy to do anything useful in the situation, and just add unnecessary cost/weight/complexity.

Leave solar to stationary items with large fixed spaces.

Not sure if you’re joking. The I-Pace? Really?

Who’s talking about 40k?

S4 MSRP: 49,200
SS MSRP: 46,625
340i MSRP: 47,800

Not that big of a difference. You might also be cross-shopping the CLA45 AMG in that territory as well.

No, it’s really not. More efficient batteries are. Even with massive usage of CF, you’re not going to see a dramatic increase in range. The most weight is going to come from a battery itself, and you can’t simply make that out of CF. The actual body being made out of CF is going to yield a few hundred lbs savings at…