With Blue Origin’s lander the astronauts are 32 feet above the surface.   That will require an elevator considering how bulky the spacesuits are.    Once you require an elevator the difference in heights becomes somewhat immaterial.  

Back in the 1970's Japanese cars rusted out even faster than the American cars.  And small cars were considered to be death traps.

EVs are an American concept.   It gives you freedom - just put in a bunch of solar panels in your yard and you can fill up your EV - you are free of gas stations, oil companies, etc.

120 years ago....

While it’s fun to look at the available colors from different manufacturers the vast majority of cars are black, white, silver, gray.

I could always take my Alltrack, lower it, add in Golf R Variant suspension bits, IS38 turbo, big downpipe and a stage 2 ecu tune.   It would be alot cheaper than a real R Varient and it has a manual.

The NC Miata with the Power Retractable Hard Top (PHRT). The top folds completely out of the way (unlike the RF) and doesn’t take up any more storage space than the soft top.   As a NC PRHT owner I’m very disappointed by the Miata RF.

Bought a 2012 Miata SE back in 2016.   The jump in used car prices make the current price for a 2012 Miata SE the same or more than what I paid.

I feel like I’m living in an automobile nervana right now - at least relative to all of the vehicles I’ve owned over the last 45 years. The other cars I’ve owned I remember them best for their quirks or events in my life that the car played a role.

The big problem for Lucid is that the conventional car manufacturers are getting serious about EVs - they don’t have the “grace” period that Tesla had.   Even Tesla will have a rough time in the future once there is a large enough charging network to compete with Tesla’s supercharger network.

Silvercar - best rental experience ever.....

I’ve driven a Taurus MT-5 wagon.   It was so slow that it was scary.

I’ve joked in the past that the “E” in the future NE Miata will stand for electrification.  And if they get 10 years out of the ND like they did out of the NC that would put the NE coming out in 2026.....

People in their 20's and 30's call CUV/SUVs “mommy mobiles”.

Some call it the Cadavalier.

Bought a 2012 Miata in 2016. Checked the current used prices for 2012 Miatas and it’s about the same as what I paid 5 years ago. And not only are the cars 5 years older but also have around twice the mileage.

Vehicles modified like that cannot see Miatas and other small cars in front of them.  It’s one thing if the driver puts themselves in danger - it’s another when they endanger other drivers.

The Taycan is also a smaller car the the Panamera, with less legroom in the rear seats and less luggage space.

Bought a 2012 Miata in 2016. Because of all the noise about high used car prices I checked to see how my cars value has held up. The current price for a 2012 Miata is the same as what I paid back in 2016.