Actually, I do care at least a little bit, as my other car is a 1980 BMW 320i which still drinks dino juice. (about 30 mpg on the highway.)

In 2003 I was driving a 1985 Volvo 740 wagon that got about 32 mpg on the highway.

Just fine. I have snow tires for it, handles snow nicely. Well planted.

Er, I could be wrong about the regen number, its been a few days since I last drove. 60, 160... I do know the P models do have higher top end numbers than non P. My car is also pre-AP, so it still has the speedo-power disc display in the center.

Technically, EVs can regenerate as fast as they expend charge. It all comes down to battery heat. Discharging fast and charging fast creates heat. If you can keep the battery cool, it will take or give the charge just fine. That’s why when you plug a Tesla in to a Supercharger, you’re probably going to hear the…

I don’t live in MA, but when I did, I lived in Brighton and commuted to a building near the Fan Pier. 5 miles, mostly along Comm Ave, but if I rode my bike, I had a safer and more scenic 10 mile route that took me through Watertown to the Charles, and then to downtown (in order to, you know, not die from getting run…

You can change anything about your house, except its location (and even that can be negotiated...). Trust me, I’m an architect...

So sitting in your own metal box stuck in freeway gridlock isn’t all that awesome either. At least on public trans you can read, listen to music/podcast/etc and you don’t have to wear-and-tear your own vehicle. I got a ton of reading done on a streetcar in Boston for a number of years. I really enjoyed that.

New stuff isn’t created from nothing overnight. This technology is new, and its not perfect, but honestly, its doing pretty damn good, relatively speaking. Tesla doesn’t claim it to be perfect, which is why the use of the system is absolutely covered with warnings, instructions and disclaimers.

I respect the person for admitting their mistake and accepting responsibility for their actions (or inactions).

Ok, I’m used to my Tesla Model S, so I’m coming from a biased standpoint, BUT, the way I turn my Model S on and off is really simple:

My mom had a 94 MX-6 too. It was a blast. She sold it for a Subaru Outback sedan, which she drove until the head gaskets blew, then bought a BMW 328d. Now she’s pining for a Model 3.

My wife and I have camped in our Model S. Despite it being a hatchback (fastback, whatever you want to call it), it has more length and width room than the Jetta Sportwagen we owned previously.

There was a guy in my class in high school (in the early 90s) who drove a ridiculously lifted 1st gen Toyota 4Runner that his parents got him for his birthday. The lift kit was pretty serious, probably cost a lot, and it was finished off with massive tires and wheels. The whole thing must have cost a ton, but…

Here’s how I got it (it had literally been sitting right here for a few years):

Me too, although I’m a few years before you. I was in grade school just becoming car aware when the original 3 series (e21) was popular (in CA) and my aunt had one. When I got to high school in the early 90s, she let me drive it on occasion when I was house sitting for her when she traveled. Over time, the car got…

Ransomnomics only takes you so far. MAD worked pretty well as long as there were two superpowers equally engaged with each other and opposed to each other. Its not really that duality today. Sure, the weapons are real and a real threat to the world, but its the equivalent to the stupid gun hoarder on his remote …

The V70R is not an SUV. Just sayin...

And I’d take the Volvo over this every day of the week.

420 hp out of a 6.2l V8. Yay. 420 hp in a vehicle that weighs 5,800 lbs. Yay. $70-80,000?