I read a lot about “why buy a new tercel when you can buy a used corolla” ect. Sometimes a tercel or fit is what you want. And a lot of people don’t want the hassle of buying a used car. They want a basic new car and drive it into the ground for the next 20 years. And for early 20somethings a used tercel or fit is all…

Seems like each tire can handle roughly 100hp on dry pavement.  Cars are getting so powerful now that they “need”  4wd,  otherwise traction control kicks in hard.  And the cult of 4wd in the tahoe area is ridiculous. 

How about a bare bones versuion of this. 2wd, steel wheels, standard four banger and very basic trim. An easily removable rear seat with a rubber floor. Loose, dirty, big or weird shape stuff can go in the bed. Tools, other materials ect can go in the rear ‘seat’ area and not get wet or stolen. For the family trip the…

Good for towing or offroad but if you want space get a van.

Society and culture have pounded into our heads that we have to eat so much. ‘Three square meals a day’ through history was a dream for most, not a reality. A nice dinner with a soup, a main course and desert was something reserved for sundays or holidays.  A cookie or chocolate bar was something special to be had…

The problem is you could tell the buyer of that car for that “quote” price (8 grand over MSRP) and the buyer will say the same thing as the dealer, its “only “ XXX a month.

Increased  frontal area of SUV’s ?

I’m guessing that hybrids work well in racing since they are not gently coasting to a corner but going as fast as possible to the corner then hammering the brakes. (regen)

Any Reno cyclist has to do the run to Verdi.  A good test route.

He says this while piloting a 737. 

Meanwhile Raphael cruises by on his Schwinn, “Ha ha, suckers”.

Unsprung weight.  Why not rip out the engine and transmission and put the electric motor where the transmission is ?

Be prepared to walk at the slightest trickery. Then the salesmen get really helpfull.

One smartass customer challenged my ex-pro hockey player supervisor to a fight. My boss said “ok, meet me across the street so its not on company property and we can go at it” Mr. smartass walked to his car and left.

If you really want to impress us David, when you are done get it to pass the German TUV.

I went recently to a toyota dealer and toyota really botched these.  A honda fit has way more cargo room.

Right now most EV owners have a second ICE car. This is a cost/space issue. Perhaps the solution is very basic ‘cheap’ EV.  The cheap EV can do most of regular driving around, commuting, shopping, ect.

Off tangent but how about a hot water solar tank ?  More than enough hot water for the summer months.   And just for fun, a solar cooker. 

Dreaming of going to Japan, getting/modifying one of these and going on a months long ski trip all over Japan.