I was interested but it’s just a fantasy car like flying cars and affordable trucks

It’s called bankruptcy when all these subprime loans in the auto bubble bursts and people get to where they can’t afford a $40,000 camry because their wages haven’t gone up in equal proportion.

You’re probably a Hillary voter

Is there more tech, yes. Is most of it needed, no. I don’t need nor want infotainment but automakers don’t give you an option because it’s more money for them. My point anyway is if 1970s to 2017 is 17k on inflation that still doesn’t justify over 30k for a new car. 25 average with advancements I can see. Cars are…

Right now i’m hoping to suffer with the lancer for 2 more years and then I’m hoping to cash in on a lease return Volvo XC60, because safety and comfort lol

That’s the problem though. Prices on vehicles has gone up astronomically, and don’t tell me it’s inflation because that’s a lie. Think about it in a decade vehicles have gone up $7000 in price yet wages are stagnant. by 1970's standards the average vehicle cost should be approx $17k. We are at $30k. That’s not…

My fault. I was thinking the $180 was electric i.e. prius prime, and not the car payment haha. Yeah that the dilemma i’m running into for my next vehicle. I really want something with AWD but finding that and good gas mileage is a nightmare, thus my current predicament with a lancer that gets like 28mpg when my…

Does anyone else find it funny that the duck’s melted form is in the shape of an egg?

That was my point but everyone just jumped on the “OMG NOKIA WASN’T A SMARTPHONE” bandwagon. My point is our tech outpaced batteries. until we can get a battery to match smartphone tech we sure as heck are not ready to run cars on it.

I never understood why they had to make the Prius V the way it is. Like i totally get wanting a hybrid with more space, i just don’t know why they couldn’t come up with something well different.

It’s a GM so it’ll start leaking fluids after 10 miles.

I just wish there were more options and affordable ones that. I couldn’t ever do a full EV because it’d never allow me to drive across a neighboring state to see my family, but at least a combo could. That said options right now are like volt and prius and while it’s good that you’ve had luck with volts i can’t do it…

why would you compare a prius to 20mpg? Any modest vehicle gets like 28 combined and if your standards are as low as a prius you’re talking 40 in any focus, civic, corolla

Worth it if the frame is actually in as good as shape as the pics make it looks. I’d offer $2k though and i’d be trashing the motor and basically using the base of it to rebuild it.

exactly which is why i say we only have to look at phones. If you can’t get phone batteries to keep up with phone tech then we sure as hell aren’t ready for larger batteries to power cars.

a standard cigarette lighter kit is like $11

a standard cigarette lighter kit is like $11

GM was thinking they could be Tesla and people would forget that they’re GM, the company who creates disposable cars in an era when consumers won’t buy your car if it can’t last 10+ years. Even if they could come out with a decent car (doubtful) it’d be a pretty cold day in hell before I bought one after my last…

Wasn’t there some meh model that was selling in the 30k range (like 30-38k) a few years ago. That’s the one i’d want. all i remember it was reported as not fast, pretty dull, but it was red and a ferrari and cheap and i wanted one.

Miata, because you’re having a midlife crisis and still couldn’t afford a corvette.

because the batteries were par to the tech. my point wasn’t what all you dipshits say about smart phones. it’s that we advanced the ever living shit out of tech and did nadda about batteries. If we can’t get phones to last a month then trying to build an electric car is pretty fucking pointless