Interesting- I didn’t know that definition, thank you for the insight!

IMHO, we should probably talk about redefining it, because that would mean there’s only eight mainstream SUV platforms on the market.

The comments are FILLED with people calling this thing a “Crossover” and that has me seriously worried.

There are TWO FULL SIZE CLASSES smaller than this before you get to sedans/wagons. The highlander is fucking big, my dudes!

It’s an SUV, full stop!

Please stop calling this thing a crossover. That is a dim future of…

I would spend luxury roadster money on an electric S2000 with modern amenities. Doesn’t even have to break 300 miles of range, but breaking 300 hp would be ideal.

[Laughs in EV]

Charger access for people in cities is improving wildly. Most major apartment complexes with garages are installing chargers. I also charge primarily at work.

That being said, I do actually agree wholeheartedly that BMW is half-assing it. My i3 made sense lightly used for $15k, but why on gods green earth they think a…

Very shortsighted of you to see them as a “novelty”.

I daily drive a 115 mile range BMW i3 and it’s more than enough. It has literally never been a problem.

Theyre just getting closer and closer to xXBOXx, as god intended.

I’m a chronic Taxi-Stander. I’m usually one of the first people standing the SECOND the plane finishes taxiing.

Why?

I DONT KNOW.

I really have no idea why I do it. While I’m standing there with my bag, having gained exactly zero time because most people let everyone get off sequentially anyways, I always think of how…

Wrong.

Lucky you!

And my dad (an Electrical Engineer) has shown more passion for automobiles in the last few years thanks to electric cars than I ever saw in 25 years combined.

He was dead-set on a full EV, but wary of Tesla reliability and servicing. The i3 was (and is) a terrible value proposition when purchased new.…

His jib is exceptionally well cut. You and he both have your priorities straight, if you ask me!

It left a lot of disposable income for his other hobbies, namely home theater systems. I would have personally driven the Honda Accord if it meant still getting to play Life-Size Forza on the projection screen.

Don’t wait on it, the damn things are immortal.

I’m sure he’d still be driving it today, but he got a great deal on a new Bolt and has always wanted an electric car.

It would have been trivial for him to get a Tesla of any variety, but again...

Thirty Four Years of White Honda Accord.

Don’t worry, one or two more major component replacements and it just becomes a chore.

Then you’ll realize you miss the thrill and end up reading forums on building your first liquid-cooled rig.

You think you know fear?
Fear is smelling coolant and feeling a wet floor in the middle of a 5 hours gaming session.

Yikes- that just sounds like Purgatory.

Oh absolutely. Learning to drive stick on the already clapped-out 2001 Accord was Easy-Mode. That thing is actually still running, despite shot piston rings requiring a good two quarts of oil every time you put gas in it.

200,000+ miles and two teenagers learning to drive stick and it’s never needed transmission work.…

.... My dad, a successful and well-paid engineer, bought a 1984 Honda Accord, base trim level, in white.

He drove that car until 2001, at which point he purchased a brand new 2001 Honda Accord, base trim level, in white.

He drove THAT car until LAST YEAR, where he bought a Chevy Bolt.

Thirty Four Consecutive Years of…

Sounds like “The Asian Steve Jobs” is right on the money!

No, the skin is absolutely not a chassis.

Technically speaking, the Mean Value Theorem should hold up legally if any county on their route wants to get them in court for their average speed of 103 MPH.

Quick edit: Actually, no it wouldn’t- because they only have MVT over the whole continuous route. It wouldn’t hold up for a subsection, since theoretically they…