So does that mean in the US you usually buy new cars from what they have at the dealer? I have owned two new cars here in Australia and unless they have exactly what you want from the few new cars available, I would have to (and did) order from the factory. The only caveat is that the first one was picked off the line…

I’m not surprised anymore - I am the oldest person in my work team by about 18 months and two of the three others weren’t born when I started my job in 1990.  The other person is the team leader and she is the one who is close to me in age.  It’s fine - when I retire at 55 in about 3 years, they will still have…

I won’t be able to afford a Tesla when I retire in a few years and get (hopefully) an EV, but if they do open up the chargers, there’s one about 5 minutes drive from my house if I ever need a quicker charge than a home wallbox can provide. Since I am looking at the Ioniq 5 right now (this could change as I have at…

It’s always fun when someone says they got something when they were a kid in 1995.

I’m planning to have a home charge point (3 phase if I can, but probably not necessary.  With the amount of driving I do, I might only have to charge twice a month and it won’t matter if it is not quick).  The announcement by Tesla that they will open the Superchargers to other cars would probably take care of any…

I am serious about an EV as my next car, as I don’t drive long distances and my only requirement is that it have decent carrying capacity with seats folded (no, I don’t want a van).  I haven’t seen the Ioniq 5 in reality yet, but I am hoping this kind of car might be it.

Nothing you said will discourage the external view that Americans are insular and don’t know or care about the rest of the world. However, that’s just a crappy generalisation - it’s unfair to judge any individual you might meet based on such a thing. What is ‘wrong’ is assuming that Americans are the only people who…

It probably isn’t true, but it would not shock me if it was. All CEO’s that start successful companies probably think they should/could run everything.

True.

I’m in Australia, and I would have liked to have the opportunity to check out a Bronco, but not for this amount :)

Calling all fools - opportunity to part with your money is here!

I would love the option, but it’s not coming to Australia - otherwise, it’s probably about the same length as my Holden ute, so size not a problem and I live in the country, so city hassles only rarely occur.  I would have really liked to check it out.

I agree. It’s hopefully going to be an interesting future in a way we didn’t expect, car-wise.

Almost every older car is small compared to modern cars, don’t you find?

They have locked away something I would not care about on a car I can’t afford to buy - I am surprisingly okay with this. I hate this paywall crap because who knows where it will end, but if you can buy this car, then you can probably cough up the extra without hurting too much.

Your choice is only practical if you never carry anything. I would like my next car to be an EV, but I also like the carrying capacity of my ute. Since I can’t keep both, my next car has to be a bigger EV than that one so it will allow me to carry something.  At present I’m waiting to see the Hyundai Ioniq 5 which…

You guys got to see a lot, hey. I imagine it would be interesting but hard as a child, because you’re always the ‘new kid’.  I hope it has been good overall for you.

So was artistic painting. The Olympics were.......interesting early on.

No doubt - I did not mean that everybody moves away - just that many people who go to college in the US seem to move away, not to mention getting jobs from your skillset might require it. It just seems that in my home state, most moves from where I live are to the capital, which is 2 hours drive away, not 2 days. I…

My mistake - I forgot that part. Even so, at least one person in every TV series and movie that emanates from the US seems to feature someone moving a ridiculous distance. As I said, I’ve moved 12 times in my life and the biggest distance was about 5 km, the approximate width of my Australian country town. I went…