I have a gas hog van that I lived in down by the river but transmission is out so I need that fixed. I'm driving my gas guzzler Tahoe until I can get my van fixed. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
For people like me who live in the middle of cities, I'm thinking that driverless cars will eventually obviate my need to own a car at all. I'll just step outside my door, whistle like a cowboy calling his horse, and a car will show up. Driverless cabs will be prowling around everywhere and it'll be cheaper and easier to use them than to own a car.
I drive so much less since living in the city and I really enjoy that. Driverless options would be the dream. Would probably figure out some way to ditch the car or just have a one car household between us instead of two at the very least. My drive to work is 25-40 mins depending on conditions so not possible yet. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
My wife drives a Nissan Leaf. Even for a cheapo EV, it's a hell of a lot of fun to drive. Range is limited, but it's great for just driving around the city. We pretty much use it any time we can. The maintenance is basically nothing but tires, windshield wipers, and air filters, and it's nice to never need gas.
I still don't think I'd recommend an EV as the ONLY car in a household, though - at least not unless you never do road trips. We use my Outback for mountain trips and road trips, and having the EV and the ICE as options works great. I know you can technically stop every couple of hours and charge, but it just seems damn inconvenient - especially since my most common road trip is I-70 in western Kansas.
I am looking into a Toyota RAV4 Prime (plug-in hybrid) as a possible next option. 42 miles of EV range (to cover my daily commute) but a gas engine to make it work on road trips seems like a decent compromise.
just an fyi , there are a ton of new EV models coming out this year. lots of HP, faster charging batteries, and the kind of range you needed to buy a Tesla to get few years ago. also a fair amount of AWD for us snow belters. even a four wheel mustang with about 400 HP. will look in 4-5 years when my beater starts to die [Reply]
With being a two car household I certainly wouldn’t mind one being electric. Just need the right option to come along though I guess, mainly being completely reliable. If I’m getting an electric it’s partly because I expect it to basically never need maintenance but it seems like Teslas for example still have annoying issues to deal with. Maybe I’m wrong on that though. [Reply]
Originally Posted by nicksdad:
even a four wheel mustang with about 400 HP.
I've said it before but when they make an electric Mustang coupe(they are rumored to be working on one) I'll be interested. The Mach E is neat, but just not what I'm into. Still waiting to see one in person though.
idk we'll see. Probably what I will likely do is have an electric car as my main driver, but have a car like my current Mustang as my side car, my toy to have fun in and screw around with. I just know I'm in absolutely no rush to get one. [Reply]
Originally Posted by stevieray:
Which will be rarely used.
It's why we have dragstrips & racetracks.
Eh, I disagree with that pretty strongly. It's fun, sure, but acceleration is VERY nice to have when it comes to merging onto highways, moving around in traffic, passing people, etc. The Leaf (and many other EVs) has one-pedal driving as well (where it brakes slightly when you're not on the accelerator), which makes it even better for moving around in traffic. [Reply]
