**I am an RX-8 owner and rotary specialist, supporting RX-7/RX-8's in the Colorado Springs area.**

There are two kinds of people in the world – those who get the Wankel, and those who don’t.

Because you’d buy your car without batteries (technically) then get batteries once you signed up for the swap service from the swap service provider.  Providers that doled out 4yo heaps with bad cells wouldn’t last long.  Problem fucking solved.  

How much does a full ev with 300 miles of range cost? You’re looking at a $50k model 3 or an $80k model s for that feature.

Yes, but 300 miles is usually on premium models, not on more basic, affordable vehicles.

Sorry, but I’m not ready to jump on the full electric bandwagon until suitable infrastructure is in place. When I borrowed my dad’s Volt to visit friends and relatives I put a total of 250 miles on the car in a day. I didn’t know how much driving I was going to do that day, and something with even 200 miles of all…

Unless something crazy happens, a straight electric is just not practical for long journeys.  Not enough range, takes too long to recharge.  I have a 650 very rural miles to drive next week.... there's stretches without cell service.  Darn sure no charging stations...

Now do it as a cost-per-passenger and factor in the value of distance over time.

NJ has this lovely bus system. You text or call a given number and it tells you when it will be late. Or not come at all. Infrastructure: wee!

The car I rented recently claimed almost 600 miles range on the tank when I picked it up, and did over 500 by the time I filled it.

So I’ve been a Jalop since 2008 and a car guy for a few years prior to that. Things were different back then, and I’m old now. I want to ask you all, the “new class,” as it were, a question:

Are you excited about the future of cars? I mean, I was, back then. It seemed like cool cars were coming out left and right. Now,…

Never. Unless roads are sealed off from weather and animals, accidents will still happen. No safety system in the world can stop Bambi from running into my car or keep the debris from a storm from hitting me or keep a rock from chipping my windshield. 

Even then, mechanical failures can still happen that result in a collision. Say an object falls in the road, car has to panic break, car behind it also panic brakes, but at the same time car #2's front tire blows, or it was neglected and a control arm snaps, or some other phenomenon happens, and it can’t stop in time.…

When autonomous systems become infallible AND are the only cars allowed on the road, collision should become obsolete. At that point, you’d still need insurance on the car as personal property to protect it from trees, fire, damage, vandalism, etc.

Yep. Give me that for basically Fit prices and I’ll buy that all day long. Won’t even haggle.

My dream: a RWD hatchback in the style of a classic Honda. OH LOOK!

Neutral:

Interesting car.

Man that's Saab.

I'm just old enough to remember this whole mid-late 70's Cutlass phenomenon. The appeal of the car was its styling. Oldsmobile found a way to cleverly integrate the big bumper mandate into a very clean look and entirely avoid the awkward styling goofiness most cars had back then.