This is California.  They’ve had a mountain sized burr up their asses for trucks for decades.  I’m a massive EV proponent and see this as little more than an avenue for them to finally bank trucks from their state.  Their freudian slip is how trucks clog up the highways.  They don’t give a damn about the potential…

That being said, Reuters says Tesla is “not aware of any warranty claims, field reports, crashes, injuries, or deaths related to the recall.”

Good article but how about we lower truck heights. They are too damn tall for no good reason.

Would hybrid make sense for a big rig? Then you could tool around town or “idle” in the port in EV mode, and use diesel (or hydrogen?) for the long haul trucking. They could also recapture a bunch of electricity coming down the mountain passes, probably more than they could possibly store.

Maybe I’m just channeling my inner old man but it bothers me a little that new “exciting” features are a button that will rev a car that your not even in - wasting gas and probably annoying the shit out of people - and a special hand brake for e-brake slides and drifting - super safe for idiot drivers (and we know who…

My previous car was a 5 speed manual hot hatch. I loved it until I tried this 10 speed in the Mustang (which I bought last year) and it’s really really impressive, even with the paddle shifting in the sport drive modes.

They went the way of the 400z with a mild refresh. The interior feels like 90% of the parts are reused off the 6th gen with the remaining 10% being the big screen.

It is really hard to convince people to get the M/T when the 10 speed automatic is as good as it is for daily driving.

This honestly seems necessary, given that dealerships are generally a pretty old-school boomer energy type of establishment. Why would they ever change to adapt to an EV-focused marketplace with fair pricing when they can keep selling base model Mavericks with a $30k markup? Something has to make the push, and I’m…

2nd Gear: You know you have a bad reputation when Dodge doesn’t want to have anything to do with you.

Crazy how much weight they were able to shave off. But a full time AWD car coming in at less than 3300 lbs today is impressive. The Core is at least 150-300 lbs less than its current AWD competition and what it would have competed against had it been released 5 years ago.

I think so. I mean, the harsh truth is that it’s still cheaper than the average new car today, and if you go for the Circuit — or whatever the Circuit becomes after ’23 — it feels premium enough. The Core grade definitely has more of an economy car feel to it, but you’re paying for things you won’t see in the interior…

Ummmm, Texas has one of the highest outputs for wind and solar energy in the country.  They are 2nd behind CA for solar, used to be #1 for wind although Iowa might have recently taken that spot.

Cringe snark

and great Autocross cars... basically a Miata with a ton more storage, but you miss the convertible aspect...

No Toyoburu recommendations? You can get one nearly new, with a warranty. They’re decent on gas and a shit-ton of fun to drive. 

So, wait, part of that masssssssive defense budget Republicans are always pushing for is going to China? Sounds un-American to me. Almost like they weren’t making america great again. 

As an enthusiast, I as really hoping EVs would lead to more RWD cars and GM seems hellbent on sticking to FWD and now AWD when it comes to their “affordable” EVs. Maybe I’m dumb, but I didn’t think there was the cost savings in FWD EVs like there is in FWD ICE cars or the packaging benefits.

Not really? This would be fairly antithetical to the AE86 philosophy which was cheap, light and RWD.

Does it “fail” when every one they build is sold quickly?