Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous

ab348

corvette said:

The Big Dig was used as an example of the sunk cost fallacy in my undergrad macroeconomics course. No idea how I remember that all these years later, but my first time visiting Boston, it was long since completed.

Referring to an underground project as a sunk cost is economics prof humor at its best.

The NPR station in Boston, WGBH, did a lengthy podcast series looking back on the entire project a year or two ago. it's available on YouTube. It certainly had its share of mismanagement and poor planning, but once they got into it, it was kind of hard to get out of it. Thank goodness for federal money.

suydam

stickguy said:

got to ride in my friend's BMW i4 (we spent the night with them). my 2nd time ever riding in an EV (first was 2.5 years ago in a Mach E). very impressive overall. A bit lower than we are used to being a sedan (well, 5 door) but nothing like a sports car!

loved the interior. great seats, and seeing the big dash screen in action was impressive. And the surround view cameras and heads up display were addictive. Ride was comfortable. And typical quiet and operation. Even as an ICE version (so, a 3 series?) an impressive car. and the wife liked it (just would prefer it sits a bit higher).

I got to drive it too (first experience). That thing is quick, and you get going much faster than you should be without realizing it. The lack of engine roar feedback does not help.

the other difference was the regen braking. Took a while to get used to that. letting off the accelerator pedal felt like slamming on the brakes. after 10 minutes it was a bit better but still not really smooth. Probably something you quickly get adjusted to. At least for me, no clue how my wife will react to it. But will find out when we finally hit up the dealer for some test drives.

You don’t have to use regenerative braking if you don’t like it. My spouse never does. I have it set to very mild on the steering wheel and have gotten used to that.

stickguy

If I could get a tacoma lease for close to that without putting a bunch of money up front, I would take one and sell both current cars and buy outright something nice.

au1994

sda said:

I saw this when browsing this morning. Was this an optional paint finish?

Wrap?

au1994

ab348 said:

Watching the NFL today, I see Toyota is advertising (I believe nationally) $289/mo leases on base RAV4 penalty boxes (the old style, clearing out what inventory they still have) and $259/mo leases on Tacoma pickups. Don't remember seeing them promote like this in recent years.

Would have to see what the fine print on the Tacoma is but I wouldn’t think an SR 2WD would bee too far off that.