No Dice.

I don’t remember these driving very well and not very practical either. Plus, the old BMW factor. Probably, wouldn’t change my mind until it was down around $5-6k.

Here’s a new one

Except that it is not a story and fact.

Okay, that’s fine but you actually haven’t made a compelling argument that proves your point. This seems more like an issue for EVs. If you need need more revenue to cover costs bump up the gas tax and ICE vehicles are covered. You do realize what you proposed is Rube Goldberg. No jurisdiction in world does road…

Businesses have to collect tax and send it to the government. It’s not difficult at all. You basically came up with a Rube Goldberg way to do a similar thing but not as well, efficient or as cheap.

That’s my point though. What you’re proposing is not easier, cheaper or more accurate to implement for current ICE vehicles.

Okay that still doesn’t change the fact that weight of a vehicle changes depending on what it is carrying or towing.  A consumption fuel tax will more accurately account for laden weight because the vehicle will require more energy to move more weight.

No it wouldn’t because weight of a vehicle changes depending on load or passengers. Therefore, a consumption tax on fuel is superior because that difference in energy use is taken into account of.

Not familiar with the gas tax in Texas but is it charged on every gallon or litre of gas like most places?

If that’s the case, that would be a consumption tax and less efficient vehicles(bigger, heavier, thirsty etc) would pay more in tax because they use more fuel. Which means you don’t have to monitor mileage(which…

Trunks are such an inefficient waste of vehicle footprint. CUVs (short, slightly lifted, wagons by a new trendy name) are better in just about every way.

That could be neat.  Give me a +250hp AWD Prius now!

I wish the Subaru of America would replace the Legacy with the Levorg. Like they did in the rest of the world.

The sporty wagon was always the Legacy/Liberty. Until, the SUVification of the Outback killed the sportiness of the Legacy(and the Outback for that matter).

I don’t think it’s been possible in the last 10-15 years to break the 20 mph speed limit in London’s congestion zone. The first couple years in the congestion zone vehicle traffic was down but otherwise it has been as bad as it ever has been. However, the last few years with covid restrictions and more remote work is…

Yes, I should have said the Japanese had started to put big displacement V6s in their family/sporty cars.

Maybe worth it for BMW nerds but nope from me.

I remember driving one of these brand new and it wasn’t better performing(acceleration and handling) than the Infiniti G35 of the same vintage. The ZHP package, felt at the time, as a bit of a performance stop gap because there were was a lot of competition at the time…

Awesome read. I knew most of the high level stuff from Electronic Gaming Monthly from back in the day.  However, it was very interesting to read all the personal anecdotes about the business dealings in the background.  This was really enjoyable to me.

The only thing that dissuades me from the Levorg is the CVT.

M3 touring

I think that it would probably be a more accurate indication of the potential to cause danger rather than speeding tickets.

44 unpaid parking tickets—43 for speeding and one for running a red light