Extremely strong username/post synergy here.

Tesla is a good choice, but you missed the obvious choice.

I was surprised they weren’t mentioned either lol. I think it was such an obvious choice that everyone just thought someone else would mention it.

The sad thing is, at that level sports is very much a profit center for these big universities. As much money as they spend (and you have to see it to believe it, my company sells IT services to many of them) the amount they bring in via alumni, sponsorships, merchandising, and TV is simply unbelievable. It’s now…

You can actually buy a EV6?   Been told by a dealer sales rep that it’s a 2 year wait on them here in Canada.

What are you even doing on this site if you hate cars so much?

You might think that, but I think there’s no difference between someone who appreciates and loves cars and someone who also acknowledges they’re a terrible transportation solution. Driving a manual sports car through the canyons fast with no traffic ahead of you and tons of road ahead is fun. Using that same car to go…

This is exactly why I advocate for walkable communities, car-free environments, and denser cities. All of it is connected. Car-centric planning pushes things out of realistic range for many to a point where there is a serious and unhealthy dependency on it. In turn, the cost of adapting to this lifestyle is literally…

Considering 80% of our oxygen comes from the ocean (and from plankton at that), The ocean should have always been red taped. I agree, no use in messing with something we know nothing about that is our life support system.

As bullish as I am for the electric future, I suspect Toyota is making the smart move right now with extended range electrics like the Rav4 prime and the Prius Prime, rather than going full-blown electric like Ford’s Mustang Mach-e. These vehicles allow you to run electric day in and day out, but move to gas when a…

I don’t really want to see it either, so that works out.

Hopefully one that has hidey-hide upholstery.

If only if it was that simple...

Couldn’t agree with this more. To me the real genius of the Wrangler is the same as the Mustang: There’s one for everyone. A yellow convertible EB, straight piped bro-mobile GT, or track-ripper Shelby, are driven by people who want totally different things, but all get them from a Mustang.

I try to only fly for trips that are longer than an 8 hour drive; even frequently did DragonCon trips in one day driving from Chi to Atl (about 11 hours or so) up until the last few days when parking costs were $55 a day for 5 days lol.

I rented a Wrangler for a week in 2021, and damn if it didn’t make me feel like I could drive over anything, anywhere, and made me feel good. And this was in urban Charlotte. Popped the roof panels off easily enough, too. While I daily a GTI (which apparently has tons of haters here, I pity them ;-) ) I did really like…

Yup, see my defense in this thread. It’s larger, you can get a stick in ALL the trims, not just the base, a 4 door, a convertible, and it’s fun. There’s no other SUV or truck that offers all that except the crazier priced, hard to get Bronco.

Horrible reliability lead me to trade my V60 for an Outback. You are right about Volvo not wanting to sell wagons in the US. The Outback is a big wagon and does most things better than the Volvo, but looks boring and their are sooo many of them. I’m still holding out hope that America will rediscover wagons.

The Outback is marketed as a crossover/SUV. We gearheads know that it’s a wagon, but that’s not how it’s sold to the lay person.

This sounds about right. A week or so ago I was poking around on websites here in Florida. I could drive 10 minutes and get an Ioniq 5 (maybe 6 too? I forget) from the local Hyundai dealer.