And that’s why they need to stop pushing California BS down the rest of the country’s throat.
Not sure why that’s hard logic, why push something country wide that doesn’t work country wide?

1. It’s WI. Everyone commutes when it’s -30°, that’s called daily life up here.

He’s tried.

The average consumer is also an idiot who buys on image instead of needs, so you’re likely right that EVs will sell in droves no matter how bad they are in reality.

Ah yes, trade gas dependency for electric dependency, how liberating.
Might want to dig into where big oil has invested heavily before commenting again.
I’ll give you a hint, your EV is still padding their pockets.

California is also very much NOT the rest of the country.....

What do you expect from a free vehicle?
I get something for free, I’m expecting to just have to go through the whole thing before I even attempt to drive it. Of course it’s a money pit.

Then again, $5k buys a beater car that will still be a money pit, so I wouldn’t complain.

5 years old IIRC, with 30k miles.

The 1.7 VW engine was utter garbage along with being completely gutless.

BAHAHAHAHAHA!

Yet, that’s exactly what’s happening.... Weird....

EV makers need to come to this realization:

Some of us live in places where it gets cold and snows.

Not really on these, only when they weren’t cared for.
Under proper care, 2-3-400k miles was pretty standard fare.
Problem is NO ONE actually maintained them.

So you bought a cheap ass already clapped K car and that somehow compares to an obviously well cared for example?

Modern Turbos are boring as hell.
Quick, sure, but they lack any character.

The Omni shared the majority of its components with the K cars while using far cheaper components where it could.
The engine was the same 2.2L/2.2L Turbo as the K car. The transmissions were the same. The suspension/steering/brakes were all almost identical. Every mechanical component interchanged, it’s interesting you…

How many other 35-40yo economy cars have you seen regularly?

Or you can just do the 30k mile fluid/filter changes and not have to worry about the transmission....

They’re really not.
Suspension/steering components are pretty stout and generally good for 150-200k miles before they even need looking at.
Convertors don’t generally go bad unless an owner neglects an underlying issue, but even then a factory convertor is $137...
Cooling system needs service around 100k, but is easily…