There was an article today with a picture of him driving the postal Jeep. If the postal Jeep was defined as safe, no reasonably running car could be defined as unsafe.

(For the record: I’m kidding. I won’t drive an unsafe car).

That V10 diesel Toureg will break the bank many times over before the Merc does.

+1 for Lawrence again

But if you’re buying a big SUV like this, it’s likely to be used on the open road. Or bought to aspire to ...

There should be n0 ICE-only driveetrains because instead the first units should be a Prius-like hybrid drive. The constant stop and go of this vehicle would be a perfect application of a hybrid drive with plug-in capability. They could lift that drivetrain from either Ford or GM existing vehicles, so it doesn’t have…

Mail trucks would be perfect for electrification: predictable routes, short distance, parks at the same location with a place to charge.

Never understood the hate for this one. I have both kinds of cars and would never choose the keyed ignition anymore.

Why? Fun? Like it?

Modern monetary theory is a lot of voodoo. Inflation is inflation. Debt is debt. 

Thank god you are not in any way responsible for the government monetary/fiscal policies with that over-simplified silly view of how money works. 

I don’t want to pile on, but this almost seems a template for why you should research your consumer purchases, and categorize your expenses.

I hope this doesn’t come off as condescending, because I really do want to understand. Why continue to do this?

Yeah, I read this climactic paragraph several times trying to make sense of it:

Tax income does not equal actual income. That 58 cent per mile assumption is going to be way higher than actual expenses for your car because it’s based on averages for work vehicles, most of which are big trucks/vans, not a tiny cheap sonic. Your fuel cost is probably ~7 cents per mile. Your repairs at 6K over 50k…

Why would anyone put up with the city if they can actually work remotely.  I think the opposite is likely to occur and more people will leave the cities.

Throw in remote work and an inevitable shift of population into cities and yeah.

My fear is will it be applied as badly as it has been in CA and regulated, written by and administered, again like CA, by people that have no science and engineering background.

I love reading wrenching stories, even if they are less than successful.

Remote start and code the car to start with the passenger seat heater on. Problem solved!