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Because markets don't always go up, especially in the timeframe of owning a single car. Paying cash with funds that were already sitting in cash isn't the same as paying with cash you got from selling investments.

At least the Bolt went somewhere more suited, as lots of EVgo are 50kW chargers, and that's all the Bolt takes anyway. :P Sucks EA is still a shitshow, but there are a lot of other companies investing in building chargers. I expect in the long run state regulations in places like CA will make...

I'll still be shocked if they allow the fastest 718 to be faster than the fastest 911, either in a straight line or at the track.

Yes. It's a huge car.

If you have a commission number then you have allocation, and a build slot. Delays are because there aren't parts. Or there aren't people to do something in the supply chain and it backs up. If there's a late delivery, but you have an order lock date, that means your build slot is just way in...

Nobody reports the actual number that matters for that, CdA, they just report Cd, which tells you about nothing, unless you are comparing 2 cars with identical front surface area.

Yeah, that app is for people that don't have AA in the head unit, and nobody uses it, because it restricts what you can do with your phone.

Someone better than me will link the docs from the Good to Know app, but I think the procedure is put in reverse, adjust mirror where you want it, and put back in P. The car will then go to the assigned position when you out it in R.

It's a lot more flexible to install an outlet, because you can plug different EVSE in there later if you want to upgrade. Or if you need to run something else you can unplug the EVSE. Only point of hardwiring is if you want more than a 50A circuit.

I've used the Barstow chargers 4 times on Bay Area to Vegas road trips. I wouldn't use the front ones, because they are 150kW, and more likely to have other cars parked next to the spots.

The Lucid Air (like the Model S) is an EQS (or S-class) competitor. I still don't understand cross shopping a Taycan with either. Fortunately, there will eventually be EV versions of everything, and people can go back to buying a Porsche because it's a Porsche, and not because it's an EV...

You'll want to check out what insurance will be like for a car with a branded title. I can't see spending >$100k on a car with a branded title, unless you were planning on completely modding it anyway.

If you're in Normal mode, and you didn't floor it, the transmission was in 2nd the whole time anyway? Race cars don't have to live through a warranty program. Less weight, but lower expected lifetime is easily a tradeoff a race car would take.

For cars that need to be quick off the line and be able to drive on the autobahn, yes, a few gears is a good idea. If the Taycan had a 3rd gear for like 120mph+, it's have a much higher V-Max.

This is untrue. GM decreased the effective price of the Bolt via a rebate when the incentive ran out, and Tesla has lowered prices similarly.

Tesla has been supply constrained, even after the incentive went away. They would've sold plenty of cars without it. Early Model S buyers weren't buying because of the incentive (especially given the car was still $30k more than anything comparable, given how shitty the interior was and lack...

Yes, if you are under the income limit and buy a car under the MSRP limit. Since Tesla isn't unionized, they wont get the full credit. More importantly, this is FAR from a passed law, so it's likely to change a bunch. I don't see a way that there isn't a new incentive that will help GM and...

Car manufacturers will optimize for the cutoff price. Lower prices mean way more people can afford it. There’s lots of ways to use $7500 to address climate change that are likely much better than giving it to me to buy a car I would’ve anyway. If the rebate gates your decision in the US, then...

The limit should be $40k. Nobody should get a tax break to buy a $200k Porsche. Same should’ve been true for Tesla, Audi, Jaguar, etc.

Wheel color (I went with platinum over black) was probably the hardest choice. My first option out was the rear climate controls. I had to draw the line somewhere, and that was it. No one would ever use it, but I still would like it for the geek factor. :P