I have a 2017 Pacifica with 215000 miles. I bought it new with 8 miles on it. It has needed that stupid auxiliary battery three times, and they are $$$; The starter, a radiator, the rear air conditioner fixed, new struts, new half axles, (brakes are a wear item, so I’m not counting them) the regular battery due to the…

Indeed, which is why I also added “or otherwise ensure that they are clearly not going to start moving when I step in front of them.” Maybe that’s just the fact that there are other pedestrians in the crosswalk that they’ve clearly already seen - perhaps coming the other way. Maybe it’s just their mannerisms that…

I spend 30-50% of the time in ICE mode; the Pacifica isn’t quite as good as the Volt at only using battery. We usually fill up at around 900-1100 miles on the Pacifica, vs. 2400-4200 miles on the Volt.

For the majority of the US, banning right on red is a silly, and impractical idea.

That’s not comforting.  😆

As a pedestrian, I‘ve literally never had an issue with vehicles turning right on red. That's because I'm an intelligent human being who understands that it's important to make eye contact with the driver of that vehicle, or otherwise ensure that they are clearly not going to start moving when I step in front of them.…

If you’re the kind of person who’s going to be oblivious enough to mow someone down in a crosswalk, you’re the kind of person to also ignore a “no turn on red” sign.

People who drive dangerously already ignore traffic laws.  Imposing new laws won’t improve safety in the slightest.

This is, entirely, a problem with selfish idiot drivers who refuse to accept the primacy of safety over all else. It has absolutely nothing to do with “right on red”. The selfish idiots will find a way to get you regardless of the laws on the books. The solution is far more rigorous driver testing and re-testing than…

Nah, leave it up to local municipalities to make their call. I’ve had countless hours of my life wasted yearly due to having to wait at intersections at red lights where absolutely zero cars passed through the intersection for the entirety of the light cylce as I was waiting for green. I’d add ban the bs left turn…

That’s weird.  I have a 2017 Pacifica Hybrid with 42k miles and the only problem I’ve had with it was a broken sensor connector under the driver’s seat.  Guess I’ll have to keep an eye out for the next 40k miles.

100% this. No matter how consistant you think you are going, you are not

I’ll be honest with you, on long trips it’s usually obvious who isn’t using cruise control, and they kind of drive me crazy. Cruise keeps things orderly on the interstate. 

They just did that since $48k is average transaction price for a new non-ev car right now.

The problem is especially bad for EV’s. The government is beating the drums telling people to buy EV’s. But with the Chevy Bolt gone, there is really nothing affordable for regular middle class buyers to buy.

The table you show is for households. You will see in the top they say individuals 18% and then 34.4% of households make over $100K. The table you used is labeled kind of misleadingly as “Americans” when it should read “American households.” If you add up those three you get 34.1% (not sure where the missing .3% went…

The problem is that these are all very cheap, unequipped cars that are underwhelming to drive. I don’t mind small cars but this list is terrible for anyone looking for something other than a cheap transportation. No frills at these prices. Cars that you can actually live with on a day to day basis are closer to $30…

This really is nuts to me. I make multiple times this and the idea of spending $800 or $900 / month on a car loan is insane to me. I’m just not sure who these people buying all these cars are.

No, they’re saying that you need to make almost 100K$ to afford the Average new car which is 48K$

Most Americans cannot afford a car. Most Americans cannot afford not to have a car. Most Americans believe in angels.