Columbus resident here too, also been called a fag by drivers while cycling. In the Short North, which too has a high population of gay residents. Really weird, especially in a city like Cbus which is generally pretty progressive and gay-friendly. I always assume it’s dbags from the exurbs driving in for work or…

I’ll be curious to see how this turns out. In general, I think we’ve moved past hybrid’s. EV range and charging times are just too got at this point to bother. BUT, there are still a handful of cases where a range extender might be the move and Mazda, as a small niche manufacturer, might have its best path to success…

When it comes to EVs (or really any modern vehicle), there’s a lot more in software than just the entertainment system. Everything from fast charging to pedestrian detection to vehicle dynamics is software these days. Volvo EVs are very inefficient compared to their competition. Some of this is just aero and weight…

Gfs car was recently hit while parked. 2006 Buick Lucerne with like 160k miles on it. She got paid almost $8k without even negotiating. That was over a year ago and car prices have continued to increase. This guy is going to take home $20k from the GoFundMe plus another $15k from Insurance. It’s a scam.

“Only one of them engaged in behavior that could easily have killed someone.” Yea, have to disagree there. Gunning it to prevent someone from merging in front of you is dangerous no matter how you slice it.

Rude is an understatement. I have no patience for these people who try and police the road with their vehicle. It’s dangerous and can easily turn deadly.

That’s great but it shouldn’t take flying out of state and driving 6 hours home to buy a car without being screwed over.

Tesla honors your order price though. There’s no surprise $10k price adjustment when you go to take delivery because they could turn around and flip that car to someone else for more money. Huge difference vs incremental MSRP adjustments.

What would stop outrageous markups at factory-owned dealers is manufacturer control. Ford cares a lot more about providing a seamless online reservation system and generating lifetime happy buyers than an additional few thousand in profit on a vehicle during a short-term supply shortage. Tesla doesn’t have to honor…

What do you see as a positive about Toyota clinging to their hybrid tech and insisting hydrogen is still a potential solution?

*A non-Tesla EV charging wasteland. I have full confidence in my ability to go pretty much anywhere in the continental united states in my Model 3 on a moments notice.

Or just provide power on the curb. It’s not like there’s not electric lines running above the street anyways. This is a lot of additional inconvenience and battery manufacturing (which produces carbon, uses mined materials, and pulls batteries away from better uses) for a problem that is very simply solved by wiring…

What vehicles required a new engine before 150k? This is exceedingly rare these days. Only time I’ve really seen it happen is when someone lets the car overheat badly enough to do serious damage, which of course has nothing to do with oil.

This is actually a great way to learn proper clutch control. I mean it obviously is really hard on the clutch, so don’t go crazy. But certainly something to practice when you are first learning so you aren’t afraid of hills.

Yea, I feel like I see this in southern areas more than up north. I grew up in Cleveland and never did this. Maybe it’s because they get more ice whereas up north we get more snow?

This thread really has the boomers out today. Only book hotel reservations via land lines. Lol ok.

The range extender was a cool trick back when 200 mile range EVs didn’t exist. But those 2014 REX models have a combined battery+gas range of less than a Chevy Bolt which can be had at similar prices on the used market. With maybe a 5 gallon tank + software tweaks to allow you to charge the battery to a set state of…

I’ve said this before here, and I’ll say it again. The entire concept of a small “city car” short range EV doesn’t make a ton of sense for the vast majority of city dwellers. Suburbanites are the ones with space to store an extra car that needs to be charged every night. But they also don’t have a desire nor need for…

Tesla Model S came out in 2013. BMW wasn’t too early. They just didn’t have the right product at the right price. i3 is cool for a very niche use case. It’s also a great little car at the $15-$20k mark they can go for used. But Tesla launched a true competition for their “real” cars and started stealing 3/5/X3/X5…

Probably depends on whether they have vehicle safety inspections in your state as to whether these rust buckets stick around.