Like everything, Turbos were once a special thing of pure joy and terror, but as soon as the normies took over and started showing up in everything, it wasn’t special anymore. (Sure it was the manufacturers that pushed it, or rather in the pursuit of efficiency, but the amount of flashbangs I’ve received from SUV…

After reading the list, basically nothing should have a turbo it seems.

Begin rant:

Yes, a hobby, but also there is a push towards getting vehicles that they can easily work on.  An old Camaro isn’t just a hobby, but a vehicle that has parts compatibility with millions of vehicles from the mid-50s to the early 90s.

I really considered trading in my CR-Z for a full EV this summer, but the range I want just isn’t there, especially in the used market where most are the early 150-200mi cars.

Never mind the charger, poor people can’t afford an EV in the first place. Or at least they shouldn’t buy one. But then again, poor financial decisions is why they’re poor to begin with. 

The key is fast charging that works.

I’ll remember to tell my boss that as I get laid off. Add that not every job can be remote and not every place nor every person do with public transportation.

Nice utopian concept but that’s all it is.

Let’s see. Lets’ say you have 100 miles of commuting a day. 5 days a week x 50 weeks a year is 25k miles. I could see someone with a 1 hour each way commute doing good with an EV.

A bigger issue.

So I’m a delivery driver who does around 30k a year. Here’s my issue with electric cars (I drive a hybrid right now and love it.) I need about 225 miles of range every day. I actually generally need about 175 but you never know when a day is going to be busy, and you might go an extra 50 miles. I also live 25 miles…

A have a couple of issues with completely electric vehicles, one of which is people saying zero emissions. Building a single electric vehicle is far harder on the environment then building and ICE vehicle. There is a great Ted Talk on this. I like the idea of a hybrid more but prefer the design where it has a smaller…

The article on the EV Blazer is a perfect example. ICE starts at $38k, EV at $60k (~40% higher) for otherwise the exact same car. Good luck selling that.

People who drive a lot, or long distances, are (a) going be more concerned about range and (b) not going to want to sit around at charging stations when they could fill up a tank in 5 minutes or less. (And before everyone goes apeshit on me - I’m all for PH/EVs for people who want them, but range and charging are…

I’m not anti-ev, but I’m not buying one until I can get the EXACT same vehicle as my gas powered vehicles, for the same price, with the same range. Make a fully electric Jeep Wrangler, Gladiator, or STI, with the range of the gas equivalent, and I’m in, If the price is the same as my base manual jeeps. And I don’t…

Isn’t it funny how others feel the need to question your travel requirements? Is it really any of their business? Like you, I’m not buying an EV until it can get to Detroit from where I am in NoMi on one charge like my ICE vehicles do, and it doesn’t matter how many times I want or need to do it. Not to mention how a…

Let people buy and drive the cars they want and you can buy and drive the car you want.

And people with 5 kids aren’t buying sedans, news at 11.

So many problems with this.

EV cost is certainly a deterrent for many drivers. But lack of range must be a huge barrier for the highest mileage drivers, many of whom presumably are doing long trips in areas without good charging infrastructure (as opposed to huge miles in cities like taxis or delivery vehicles).

The…

They dont have the range, we have been saying it for years but yall keep saying “you dont need more range”.