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Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous

@roadburner
I love that car. Just spec'd out one at 107K... little out of my price range!

Mine came in at $108k.

roadburner

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Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations

It does seem that the newer offerings from Nissan like the Ariya and Leaf are very nice looking and getting good reviews. I think they just relied too long on their third tier vehicles like the Sentra and Altima. Now they are taking a page from Kia and Hyundai successes but it may be too late.

suydam

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Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations

@nyccarguy said:

@tjc78 said:
I'm not following it too closely... but it seems to me Nissan is having a tough time being relevant. Are any of their vehicles class leading at this point?

Definitely not like they used to be! It is a shame too, because they have some decent cars with a lot of potential that compete in very crowded segments. Like you said, they are class leading in nothing (power, efficiency, reliability, acceleration…)

I was ready to buy a new Z until it turned out to be completely underwhelming in reality.
I had an SPL311 as well as a 1993 Pathfinder SE which was very nice. I might have gone with an Xterra over a Wrangler if that SUV was still available, but at this point there’s nothing in the Nissan product line that interests me.
Although that’s also true for around 90% of current automakers.

roadburner

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Re: Postwar Studebakers

Someone on FB posted this pic of their Laguna Blue ‘64 Gran Turismo Hawk yesterday.

The most desirable model year Hawk IMHO.

uplanderguy

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Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations

Availability of charging stations is also an issue, especially on weekends/holidays. That's one of the reasons I seldom drive the Ariya beyond its home-and-back range anymore.

Our office in White River Junction VT used to do a brisk business in renting cars to Hertz customers who waited too long to charge their rented Teslas and couldn’t find one within range. It’s much better now because last time I was through there I noticed a bank of new chargers at a local quickie mart.

In some urban areas there’s also a problem with theft of the copper cables or vandalism of the units themselves. I know last year when one of our drivers had to do a long distance trip with one of our EVs he finally had to go to a dealer along the way because all the chargers were occupied or broken.

If someone wants an EV, more power to them but the few people I know outside of this group who have bought them have switched back to ICE when they bought a new car. As you said new technology always has it’s challenges.

oldfarmer50

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Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous

Paying a little extra for a Prime steak is one of life’s little pleasures.

Since when did Amazon start selling steaks?

corvette

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Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous

Speaking of expensive vehicles, I got off 95 yesterday in Greenwich and saw a Silver Mercedes that I couldn’t make out from until I got right behind it at the light. It was an SLR.