I’ve had no issues with it whatsoever, including updates of any sort.

I still use mine primarily for everything, though I do also have an HP laptop running Linux Mint 19.2 as well.

I’ve had Win10 since 2016 and have had nothing go wrong with it whatsoever for the record? I used the Free Upgrade Period to upgrade to it directly from Windows 7 (which I had also had no issues at all with).

I do agree that their support options are garbage though.

....so....how is this going to have enough battery power to run Transit Stages between rally stages after going flat out and still make it to the Rally Park, etc on time without having to spend a million minutes recharging? They have very tight schedules...?

If I could get a Fiat 500 or Hyundai Accent-sized hatchback with this:

“...achieve a max range of around 400 miles on a single charge...”

...once the charging times come down and infrastructure increases, I would be perfectly happy.

I’m just here to thank you for mentioning the Piaggio Ape, because it’s awesome and I really want to import an Piaggio Ape TM...

Great story! I know they are terrible....but I would much rather have this than that G-Class in the one picture! :)

Because they effectively buy one off the lot because otherwise a Manufacturer could ‘beef up’ a supplied car to the IIHS to give their brand/model inflated ratings compared to the stock production car.

You mean for replacement chip keys if you lose one? Simple solution is don’t lose it. Also, is $300 too high a price to pay when it’s that easy to steal a lot of modern vehicles...? It’s a lot harder to defeat a physical chip key in an ignition because you have to defeat the physical key AND the chip in it. Proximity…

Hate to be that guy, but were these trucks all models with a proximity key? Because if the technology is easy enough to hack that kids that don’t even have a license yet can do it then.....why are we not using chip physical keys again...?

If the Taycan attempt was using stock tires and a stock car, how close to production is this Tesla model that tried for their record? If it’s far off from the production car, it’s not really a fair comparison.

They’re my favorite car, so I’ve researched them a lot! :)

Yup...you pretty much ARE the crumple zone in a 126 :P

Are you from Poland?

For the later EL/ELX (1994-2000) the most common colors were red, teal and a cobalt-ish blue:

I already have the money saved up for one in better nick than that :P

My issue is my living / job situation isn’t conductive to second ‘fun’ car buying at the moment, sigh.

Though that one is in my favorite color for them, which is quite a rare color...would need a little work though! The shipping along would be $1200…

Find a Piaggio Ape TM or FIAT 126p to bring back for me and maybe we’ll talk. :P

Considering they developed a car that could beat much larger and much more powerful contemporary cars of it’s time, I wouldn’t call it lazy engineering at all. Keep It Simple Stupid is a real engineering principle. If you can cool your engine by permanently mounting the rear lid propped open and inadvertently find out…

Wow, never heard of these, that’s crazy!

Yup, they were FIAT 600 based! There were a few, but the Abarth 850TC was one of them!

I love FIAT, but I don’t think I had ever heard of this Abarth variant! That is one awesome little car...and that horsepower to weight ratio is pretty insane for the 1960s!

I have one in Nova Scotia, as does my brother!