In the bay area, Teslas are mostly virtue signaling devices for people who won’t be seen in a Prius (not that I blame them; I wouldn’t, either.)
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Yeah, he’s completely mistaken.
...uh. ‘kay.
Sure. That’s the case with all of the hot hatches. You’re buying a $20k car with $20k in drivetrain and suspension work that stickers for $40k. The rest of the car is still “$20k shitbox” territory.
I would not advise holding your breath, no. Totally agree with you there.
The twinster system has a center diff (I mean, you can’t have full time AWD without the ability to allow varying wheel speeds at one end of the car vs. the other); labeled PTU in this diagram...
Absolutely, sure. You’re getting basically S-Class-or-nicer accommodations (certainly more room to stretch) and in a less ostentatious package to boot. Con someone else into chauffeuring you around in it and you’re all set.
Which is fair enough. They’re just almost unfailingly awful to drive in my experience. I’ll grant you, I haven’t driven the Ford Transit, the Sprinter, or the Fiat in drag from Dod-excuse me, “RAM.” But the old Econolines, the GM vans, the old Dodge vans, the Astro, the Windstar, the Freestar, the Town & Country;…
Nah, I can wait until a local dealer gets one and is willing to allow a test drive without busting out the paperwork first, which I’m sure some of them will want to do. Honestly though, for someone that wants one now, that looks like a solid deal and it’d be easy enough to just handle the transaction by phone, email…
Ehh, depends. If you show up the day before the warranty runs out with like 45k on the clock or whatever then yeah, you’ll likely be told no. If it fails at an abnormally low mileage, you may get it warrantied. As a former service adviser, it’s going to depend on the dealership you take it to, the adviser you’re…
That’s what the warranty’s for!
I can feel my pupils dilating from here. Stuff a coyote and a tr6060 in it and tub the back and I’ll rock it, though!
So, I test drove a 2nd gen. Transit Connect for a delivery vehicle for work. I’ll be damned if that thing wasn’t at least 200% more fun than my JSW TDI. I was all “we can’t get our delivery guys this, this is too good for them. They can’t have fun at work.”
A fiberglass kit that attempted to evoke a ‘49 Ford on an ‘80s-90s Thunderbird donor. It’s even worse in person, believe me.
Oh no question; giving no fucks opens up a world of previously unavailable/ill-advised entertainment options.
Oh I disagree. I can think of plenty of cars that I wouldn’t own except under extreme duress, and which, gun to my head, I’d rather just be forced to stare at than actually, you know, operate. I hesitate to use the word “drive” because none of these heaps merit that kind of praise.
I tend to agree. Their target market notwithstanding, they’re not getting any money out of this millennial for an ugly, jacked up hatchback with a boosted 4 banger that’s mounted the wrong way around under the hood.
With BOP regulations, what you’re seeing isn’t Porsches racing Vettes and Ferraris. It’s a bunch cars racing each other where the ones that would otherwise beat the pants off of everything else have been handicapped in the interest of “fairness.” It’s not representative of the cars’ true capabilities or those of their…