Wow it looks... the same as it did before!

30k cars a year is a sustainable quantity. I bet there are a bunch of chinese car makers who would gladly fill that niche if given the opportunity.

In terms of raw depreciation in dollars, a new Mirage for $12k has to have the lowest potential depreciation of any car on the market. Even with 100k on the clock 10 years from now, there will be a floor for a running car of at least a few grand. You basically can’t ever lose more than $10k by owning one of these.

The issue is that Honda does not do BoF and RWD (except special cases like S2000 and NSX). Unibody construction makes the most sense up to a point, and that point is the Ridgeline. Go any larger than the Ridgeline and BoF is a better manufacturing process (lighter and much cheaper to build). Of course, the trade-offs…

The result of the Honda / Nissan / Mitsubishi merger will be a simple case of what each one of them does well, and what the others don’t do at all.

I called that for Honda as soon as I heard about the merger.

I see cars like these that are half the new car average selling price, cost virtually nothing to maintain, very little to drive regularly, and have good resale values, and scratch my head at people buying $50K gas guzzlers while complaining about egg prices.  A car is a depreciating asset.  Buy something cheap to own…

This list is practically every hybrid car on the market within the price range. The only ones excluded are listed as “not tested” by CR.

It’s not YOU hitting them, it’s SOMEONE ELSE parking by “braille” into you.

I think spookiness is talking about having to parallel park with the unwashed masses rather than your parking skill. :) I still see some Chicagoans park “by braille” and they don’t even have the courtesy to leave a note behind after leaving a mark on someone else’s bumper.

Finished product isn’t for me, and that’s a project I wouldn’t enjoy doing. Kudos for a good finished project. Looks pretty good if that’s what your into.

On one hand, I appreciate you explaining this, because I genuinely didn’t know.

I thought “Chad” had something to do with Florida presidential elections. That’s how old I am.

A Chad is a good thing? I thought it was a male Karen. I’m so confused with slang today. I miss the tubular, bodacious days.

I think they know there are better places to set money on fire than starting a new car company

2nd: Mazda

We know its pure unadulterated bullshit hes throwing out. Dont give this asshole pocket dictator any rope other than enough to hopefully have him go hang himself with.

As much as I despise Elon, I must admit he’s the greatest failing upward till now, so yeah probably he’s on track to world first trillionaire

a nominee for FBI chief whom Musk vocally supported and who has repeatedly vowed to pursue Trump’s enemies, one current and three former DOJ officials said.

I really hope democracy can survive our impending kleptocracy.