https://jalopnik.com/this-kia-costs-34-000-to-repair-and-its-not-alone-1829136318

Same oil?  good luck

https://jalopnik.com/why-a-cadillac-xlr-brake-light-can-cost-more-than-a-use-1840556672

That’s only the battery. That isn’t damaged in the vast bulk of crashes. All the safety tech has to be re-certified regardless of EV or ICE.

The thing is we were sold as capitalism being an entire system.  It’s only half of a ledger.   We need significant regulation and taxes on corps to balance that sheet.  

Except people drive wildly oversized SUVs already so the tire issue is less significant. An EV Bolt will certainly wear tires faster than a Corolla, but not so much more than a Highlander.

What’s not really covered is that *all* modern cars are wildly expensive to repair. All those safety systems have to be re-calibrated, and most importantly, re-insured against future liability. It’s part of the re-calibration cost but even fairly new ICEs get totaled because the cost of re-certifying them for road use…

Just practice that figure eight.  Keep practicing

Much like the Air Marshals. You don’t know but they’re there. Had a friend who was former infantry, 6'4" 220+ and kept in shape. He flew 1st class for free upgrade for a good 5 years after 9/11.

So uh, Jalop - this is why you’ve lost respect.

100%. No muscle car is going to compete with a designed ‘muscle’ EV. Not handling, not power, not accel.  Literal family sedan EVs are better than the muscle cars of yore.

The R2 is plausibly a step in the make it smaller direction. ‘Classic design’ on a brand new mfr that barely anyone’s heard of? Not exactly the words I’d choose.

We have a neighbor up at our cottage in MI that’s in mgmt of a Caddy dealership. This convo is probably 15 years old but there was some particular semi fringe model that most dealers didn’t want to deal with. He absolutely laid out the welcome mat on service and specifically catered to those owners. Earned dozens of…

and a 10 yr old battery.  Replaceable (theoretically anyway) but that’s gonna add some significant cost to the TCO going foward.

Planes would have a significantly less problem with unsprung weight in the wheels too I’d think? (no idea just making that assumption since planes aren’t going offroading or even city streeting in daily use)

Unobtanium is right there next to WouldntBuyItanium

‘All’ of them which was I believe literally ‘seven’.

tbf these stupid prices are a significant part of why they still have 300+ supply available. Who the ever loving hell is paying SIX FIGURES for a pickup or even 70K for a funsy Bronco that’s not that useful?

I would back off and have them agree to pay for any damages caused by the dog.

I can make a case that you keep one or maybe two loaners for such usage. And suck it up if you get hit with 3 service dogs in a day. A quick vacuum might not be enough if the next person is highly allergic etc.