Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous

stickguy

@tjc78 said:
The more I drive our electric, the more I like it.

I do agree a home charger is a must. Not sure how we lived without it for almost two years.

Putting aside tradition, and range/recharging fears (a reasonable consideration) functionally EVs seem to offer a lot of benefits. No gas being one, but they are quiet and smooth usually, great for stop and go around town type driving, and have tons of torque and most are obscenely fast. All things which are big pluses for most drivers.

stickguy

Watched this recently. Yes he is in Europe but he relates to US models also. Really good breakdown of the benefits to all the powertrain choices. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JSVAV6_kG3k&pp=ygUZQ29tcGFyZSBldiB0byBpY2UgdG8gbWhldg%3D%3D

tjc78

Haven't been to a car show in 3-4 years now, maybe this year depending how many are participating in Philly

corvette

Even the big auto shows (Chicago, NY, LA, Detroit) seem to have a lot of major brands missing anymore. I think it was Chicago that had a Mazda booth which was very clearly branded "Chicagoland Area Mazda Dealers" or similar, making it very clear that Mazda corporate was not willing to pay for a booth and hadn't planned to have a presence there.

ab348

An EV would be ideal for my use case these days. It’s unfortunate they’re so pricey.

The Motormouth couple in Vancouver recently bought a 3 or 4 y-o Chevy Bolt for their newly licensed son to drive to school or work, not sure. Even with depreciation supposedly being steep on EVs, they still paid about $30K in worthless Canadian dollars. That seems a lot for an electric econobox.

carnaught

@ab348 because of depreciation I personally think it is better to find a good EV leasing deal

roadburner

Lunch stop at Tapoco Lodge:

Next up: My impressions of the Tail of the Dragon. Spoiler alert- my wife and I were underwhelmed.