I’m the opposite end here. I can’t see myself buying an EV for a while. I’ve got over 600 miles of range after only 10 min at the pump plus I can fill up near anywhere. This isn’t something that EV will be replacing anytime soon.

Does it? I mean... sorta.

It’d be more responsible if they simply showed an AWD car climbing slowly and deliberately, although unwaveringly, out of a plowed-in parking spot. That’s really where these systems shine. No bombing around in a snow-covered tundra. Just climbing out of 6-8 inches of snow while pushing a bunch out of the way with the…

CP all day every day. Squeak out another $3k and get this:

1. I’ve personally seen CIWS work in real world simulated conditions...back in 1996.

Honest and brutal opinion. Have them all sent to a local junkyard and buy yourself a late model reliable vehicle.

Seriously, David, It sounds like you are slipping down the slope from enthusiast to hoarder. By your own admission, you have too many projects and the Willys and Postal are problematic to use at best. Thin down the herd, care for and fix the ones you keep, and set some boundaries for yourself when it comes to these…

I think a honda fit is more useful than a civic, especially a coupe. Possibly even cheaper!

Patrick nailed it. Straight up. Matrix/Vibe is usually my first recommendation. Since “the kids like Hondas”, Toyotas end up being a bit cheaper used.

One thing I will mention though is to also consider the Pontiac Vibe. Since it’s, “not a Toyota”, they are often a bit cheaper. But both the Matrix and the Vibe were…

Came here to suggest the newest Civic under $5000. Ain’t no way anybody wants a sub-$5000 Element, even an idiot.  

Chrysler build quality, Italian reliability, and French work ethic.  It’s the Holy Trinity.

Rotor tip jets don’t just have a noise problem, they have problems with maintenance and vibration and safety and so on. It’s one of those ideas which seem tempting on tweet or a Powerpoint slide, until you get actual experts to dig into the detail and they discover all the implementation problems down in the details.

Cf…

that’s not the problem. The problem is that making one car with two separate engine/transmission/fuel injection/exhaust systems is going to be incredibly expensive and YOU will lose in the end. the manufacturers don’t care at this point what the standard is, they just want someone to tell them what to do.

Exactly this. Proper engineering of the product, proper engineering of the manufacturing infrastructure, proper management of the whole system, proper management and relationship with the workers (non-adversarial). None of those have been strong suits for GM.

Execs love blaming the workers for everything and using…

My take: Assembly-line workers can only build the vehicle as well as it’s engineered and parts-sourced.

Infrastructure and education? Not sexy enough.

“The plan would be key to reducing the impact of climate change enriching those with influence over the government.”

Actually, holiday travel is when planes are at their most efficient. During holiday travel, they beat half-full cars by almost 2:1 for greenhouse gasses.

It’s gotta be nice being able to solve all the real world’s problems without ever getting up from your Brooklyn laptop.

As usual, the progressive answer to any challenge is class warfare.