Battery power, or if still plugged in while parked, 120v or 240v supply from the mains.

Too bad they limit things to just dealers, I’d love to get in on that. But cutting around people and getting things for less is what I do for work, guess I just want to do the same for myself.

Depends on the car. GM is reporting zero batteries have needed replacement in the Volts. Owners are not reporting any range decrease.

The one in question is even better, 556hp stock!

V2s are starting to sell for mid 20s-low 30s. Not wagons, but sedans with decent number of miles? Sure. They started dropping below $30k in the middle of this year.

Bolt would work, wonder what after lease prices on those will be...

I’ve had better luck with splitting that (cheap dd and a fun car I can do as much or as little in mods as I want).

Yeah... any car/truck that follows the maintenance schedule should last over 200k easy. What matters is how often little things fail (electronics, accessories, HVAC, interior parts, etc). Getting nicked and dimed to death/downtime sucks.

I would run such extended OCIs but I have multiple cars and don’t run up enough miles on a single car in a year. Seems the general consensus is you must change the oil after 12 months. I still put in synthetic for the better protection, cold flow, and wear, but it gets changed out before hitting such high mileage…

Smartphones and electric cars aren’t a perfect comparison, take the Volt for example. It only charges the battery to roughly 80% capacity and only discharges to 20%. This significantly extends the life of the battery as most degradation happens at both ends of that spectrum.

Must be making more selling other trade-ins, have too much inventory, or think they won’t sell quick enough.

Sounds like how to get good fuel economy in pretty much any turbo car.

I’d get one for cheap commuting. Keeps miles off the fun car and more money left monthly for mods!

Purchasing agent for services in a large corp, so years of working with contract lawyers to the point I usually just do my own contracts/redlines and have counsel bless them.

5-10 years I think is very optimistic. I think it all depends on the money: what the oil/gas industry does, and how quickly battery/electric tech prices drop. Right now, electric cars and battery tech is expensive, and an ICE car is cheap. Gasoline is cheap enough it is nearly dead-even with the cost per mile of…

Exactly, because they don’t want him to set precedent for other owners turning their cars in. Too bad VW, you didn’t properly word your agreement. Unless they get the consent order amended, I don’t see a way they can refuse him legally (besides just being a dick and trying to strongarm him with legal fees).

Operable is capitalized in the consent order, which means it was specifically defined in the agreement. The definition in the agreement applies/supersedes a commonly accepted definition or a dictionary definition.

Bad behavior or not, a contract is a contract. If they didn’t like the language in it, they should have negotiated different wording in there. This is 100% the fault of the VW lawyers.

They didn’t tell him to fuck off, they delayed it (to give them time for the attorneys to review). Unless they get the FTC consent order amended, VW may legally not have any right to ever tell him to fuck off. The way their lawyers signed off on the consent order is the fault for this. If they wanted intact cars, they…

They’ve been around for a long time. I probably only know about them because the Buick/GM 3.8L was on the list several times, and for good reason. The 3.8L would likely outlast every other component of the cars they were put in.