2nd Gear: Fiat 500e May Not Be All “e”

Pretty much every new car I’ve bought for myself has had double the MSRP of my previous one. My last personal purchase was a 2018 Model 3 Long Range back when I was one of the first in my state to have one. It was $850/mo, all paid off now and no plans of re-selling. The key is to just not buy beyond your means.

I’m guessing it’s the sunk costs of R&D. They were doing the same headlines for Tesla for years, claiming Tesla was going to go bankrupt, losses on every car sold, etc. That was when they were building the Fremont factory, developing the Model S, X. Then building out Nevada and developing the Model 3. Then with the…

If I’m $0.01 off I’m going mad trying to figure it out, usually ends up being a rounding error in my mortgage so it was a random cent lower one payment.

Since F-150 Lightning came out in early 2022, and Cybertruck came out in late 2023 / early 2024, and is still in the Foundation Series, isn’t it obvious that a commercial company isn’t going to buy marked up limited edition vehicles if they’re just going to use them for normal business activity?

Agreed.

Agreed.

Some even called what happened an obvious malfunction, pointing to the fact that the the windshield wiper and lights suddenly turned on and started flickering

Agreed. $36k for a Model Y is a killer deal

Plenty of Teslas still qualify, including all Model Y variants. Here are all the vehicles that qualify as of 3/18/2024:

I was recently in the trunk of a Tesla Model 3 (lol) and much to my amazement, there was a sky light! The mesh surface behind the second row head rests is actually a pass-through for light from the rear glass, which probably helps to keep the glow-in-the-dark emergency release illuminated.

Good call on some of the Chevy sites being sketchy and listing the $7500 as part of the MSRP discount. But AWSOME find on that used 2020 Bolt

Casting a wide I see as many as 80 new 2023 Bolts remaining that would be under $19k with tax credit. The cheapest is $21,540 ($14,040 after tax credit!) at Evergreen Chevrolet in Issaquah, Washington state

I mean, “Youtuber” isn’t a real job or qualification or anything

Model Y is a steal for $36,490

Chevy Bolt EV is $19,000 for buyers eligible for the federal tax credit. And since it’s 2024, that’s cash on the hood, not a tax return.

He’s runs the YouTube channel “Auto Focus” with 880,000 subscribers, where he’s reviewed around 40 new vehicles in the past year or so, including the Rimac Nevara, Rolls Royce Spectre, Lucid Air, Corvette C8, Lamborghini Sterrato, Ferrari 296GTB, Cybertruck, etc. It’s not like the Fisker Ocean is the first car he’s…

The frosting on the cake was when the Fisker guy said “if you could just let me know who this kid is”

Some other helpful potential knowledge gap info, since misinformation is rampant in the news and on sites like Jalopnik:

I wouldn’t be surprised if she didn’t read the manual, but I would be surprised if she never found the door handle by accident unless the car was only days old