Rio gone retro.

According to the article, only the upper trims have keyless entry. The base trims requires you to stick the key in the door.

Considering you don’t even get a key fob on a Rio in 2023 (per elsewhere on this site)... Gotta pay for the screens somehow.

The reasons you give for a Tesla decline on the horizon are all valid. though they do have one ace in the hole, their charging network. It’s just so freaking simple to use and it works 99% of the time. My experience with my friend’s Leaf and the Electrify America, et. al. networks pushed me into a Tesla. Rolling up to…

Exactly. The fact that my car is ready to tackle the day each morning without me having to take 20 minutes to go to a gas station and fill up is awesome.

Looking forward to these hitting the streets of my neighborhood with FJB flags early next year. Yee haw!

Ram need to come out with a FJB edition. It should be festooned with only the finest decals available at the swap meet. There needs to be no less than 4 flag mounts in the bed. One for displaying a shredded US flag and the other three for a rotation of flags with various expletives on them. It also needs a fake…

Worth noting that with 5 axles in the EU, you’re allowed 40 metric tonnes which works out to about 88,000 lbs.

Read the linked Hagerty article. Had never heard of the car and I thought I was a car enthusiast.  Cool story.

Wondering if the Self-Driving will require will require you to pony up with more cash like Tesla, or will it will be a free OTA update. If free... look out.

“Vice President of the California Trucking Association Chris Shimoda says there’s no infrastructure to support electric medium and heavy-duty trucks.”

Don’t count on it.

What’s your autumn indulgence of choice, alcoholic or otherwise?

Neutral:  Since my wife got COVID the first time, everything tastes like water for the most part.  Some things taste like metal.  Thus she just drinks water now and me being the good husband, I do now as well.

Just so you know:

None of those seem like insurmountable problems.

Good feedback everyone.  I started looking into European dates, and you’re right.  Thank you.

Was looking to take my boys to the Las Vegas F1 race as they’ve recently begun following the sport. Vegas is a 2 hour drive from where we live.

They made a CT6 Plug-in as well.

Galatasaray S.K.