why don’t you drive an EV?

ignoring them feels a bit like getting rid of nuclear power tbh

dont get me started!

saw a polestar out today pretty cool kinda generic looking but did make me go wait whats that, has very little branding logo on the front is body colored basically cant see it then i figured it out by the slightly more visible logo on the back but thats all theres no text anywhere

they’re cool cars. unfortunately i don’t see them ever making anything i could afford. i think i’ve said before that the interior is a weird shape, like stepping in and out of a bathtub. because they share the same chassis as volvo ICE cars there’s still a quite intrusive ridge down the middle of the interior that ordinarily would house the driveshaft. in this case polestar has filled it up with pieces of battery. theoretically you don’t need it there at all but people are used to that shape i guess so they don’t mind or maybe even notice.

kinda weird volvo decided they needed to make their own tesla, volvo already makes luxury electric cars, wonder if itll last

was considering a volvo polestar t8, since the electric-only mode has enough range to get me to work and back daily, and covers all of my weekly drives as well. then i found out last year’s allotment for the entire usa was like a couple cars each at five dealerships total

this is likely a good thing. i understand there are some next-gen samsung batteries on the way, plus they’re about to get all the lithium out of the salton sea, so probably better to lease something sensible (like an hybrid accord) in the short term

i would much prefer something with a low wheelbase (and an extra pillar, why do americans hate wagons) but the rav4 prime is surprisingly nice. alas it is also one million dollars

rav4 primes also hard af to find iirc

ii don’t mind paying one million dollars for a volvo, it is expected, but for a japanese car seems odd, like those late land cruisers that cost more than rovers

land cruiser at least those ones were pretty lux, and run about three times as far as land rovers

they are hard to find at msrp, that’s for sure. the few i’ve seen hVe been marked up $5-10k, like subaru foresters and mazda 3s

cars cost so much now its bad

yeah plus you can drive up the side of the devils tower in it, idk maybe i am just suck with 1980s ideas about japanese cars and how they should be priced

xp thanks obama

so many xposts, the one about markup was in reference to rav4 prime, the driving up devil’s tower was in ref to land cruiser, although same could be said of my dad’s old 84 4runner with the dashboard inclinometer and locking hubs

I want one of those v60 wagon hybrids

those are nice wish they still made a smaller wagon tho

those are a billion dollars, yall have expensive taste

gold toilets and chandeliers

i drive a honda civic 2011 at the lowest trim level that i inherited from my grandfather nine years ago, when he died. i think a free car is the best car! i’m just talking about cool shit i almost certainly won’t ever buy

i’m just talking about cool shit i almost certainly won’t ever buy

― the late great, Wednesday, November 2, 2022 9:03 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

me thinking abt moving to a city with trains

i find the “engine” noise of EV’s very unsettling— like an incoming UFO in a movie or like suddenly my neighborhood walk has an overdubbed weirdly atonal score

that’s the other thing, there is a trolley stop literally at my job, like the stairs from the platform terminate where i park. i just need to motivate myself to ride the damn thing / reorganize my life

let someone else drive! it’s the best

prius sports car, wild

INTRODUCING the all-new Toyota Prius!

🔥 Significant design upgrades!
🔥 2-litre 4 cyl. with 220hp!
🔥 Available as a PHEV only!
🔥 Travel for 39 miles on EV power alone!

It's recognisable the world over, but can this new design match the popularity of the previous gen? pic.twitter.com/mIMgOT3Ro3

— carwow (@carwowuk) November 16, 2022

bring back the wagon

always bring back the wagon for everything, but tbh was never a prius fan such a tin can, new one looks a lil more planted

my prius prime is the best car i’ve ever driven, glad to see them pivot towards phevs on a bigger scale since all their other models are hybrids now anyway. boosting the EV range from 25 to 39 is p neat, wondering how much extra it’s gonna cost now tho

my dad had one of the earlier ones i did not like that car, that was a long time ago tho

pretty lame that the subaru impreza hatch (not an actual wagon) and acura tsx sport wagon are discontinued

would be great if honda made a civic or accord version of the acura tsx wagon

this seems correct to me: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/americans-dont-station-wagons-heres-205959537.html

This leaves the wagons with perhaps the most narrowcasted demographic in the entire auto industry, made up of practical unwed hipsters, young childless couples, and car writers, who have always been BIG on the wagon thing because they lack other more obscure choices, such as updated El Caminos or a Subaru Baja

oh noooo rumbled

I have kids and all I want is a wagon

wagons used to be synonymous with kids, until the cursed cuv (tall wagon) was discovered

xp, may i draw your attention to the title of the article good sir

Americans don't like station wagons — here's why

oh my mom had one of those when we were in late elementary / early middle school. weirdly tall long nissan sedan with fold down seats in the trunk. sort of a fake minivan

here what i think eurpoe usa japan et al should just form some intl group for auto standards then they can just sell the same cars in all the markets and can easily send us say an m3 touring or whatever for the 10 people who want it everyones happy

oh you want that 30 year old land cruiser model still being sold in australia here u go weirdo knock yourself out

s3 hatchback why not have fun

disagree, that will just make it easier for our class enemies to round us up

1986 4wd stanza wagon!!! astounding car

https://topclassiccarsforsale.com/datsun/99248-1986-nissan-stanza-datsun-prairie-4x4-wagon-5-speed-manual-4wd.html

last time i rented a car in the uk it was an audi wagon and it was in most respects the highlight of my life and it's been downhill from there.

ha i remember those, the true crossover grandaddy is the amg eagle, amazing car tbf xp

https://i.imgur.com/ytuSFTQ.png

u know u can still get an audi wagon xp

my wife (american) won't let me.

tell her i said its ok if you have one as a treat

https://barnfinds.com/side-impact-1987-nissan-stanza-wagon/

this post shows the cool fold-down seats for taking extra kids home from soccer practice

I don't really get this -- so the Subaru Outback is a station wagon and the Forester is a crossover/SUV? I think of those cars as kind of indistinguishable and purchased by the same kind of people. (I drive a Forester.)

imo neither are wagons, since neither have a third pillar (plus they have the clearance of an suv not a sedan)

i think the only brands currently making wagons are audi, bmw, benz and volvo. and as we already discussed they are all crazy expensive, which cuts into the budget for kobe steak and helicopter fuel

the outback is definitely longer in the back than a forester

confusingly, the outback used to be available as a sedan

https://media.ed.edmunds-media.com/subaru/outback/2001/oem/2001_subaru_outback_sedan_limited_fq_oem_1_500.jpg

that car is sick iirc thats from when the outback was a trim level not a car so that was the legacy outback sedan, i know someone who has one

its the ll bean edition too just a bizarre car i love it