Calvin27
Eats Squid
Their fault. Pretty much how the model 3 got to be mainstream. By buy a M3 when you can get a plaid for much less?
It absolutely annoyed me how manufacturers deliberately hold out on power.
Electric Vehicles etc
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It absolutely annoyed me how manufacturers deliberately hold out on power.
Oh totally.
I mean you used to pay extra for two main things really, more power and more toys.
Now all these new cars come with all the luxuries and the grunt.
Which leaves the legacy guys with basically badge snobbery, maybe build quality, maybe better handling? But if they do have those last two advantages, it won't be for long.
dancaseyimages
Mountain bike pornographer
I have to say for one thing its great for the people who go into trades, Automotive Trade is being offered as dual certs at the moment Electrical and Mechanical all in 4 years.
In Qld they have the apprenticeship in pure electrical vehicles 3 years.
Calvin27
Eats Squid
99% of folks have no idea when it comes to cars. People don't care about suspension or handling and besides EVs are better due to CoG so that's one to EVs. As for quality, most also have no clue and perceived quality as perceived reliability and/or features. As for EVs, it's realyl a guessing game so that is more or less neutralised - toyota could make an EV tomorrow I don't think the public perception of reliability would be as strong as their ICE cars for example. Badge snobbery is real but I rekon for the mainstream, the recent success of kia/hyundai has softened a bit. So really it comes down to badge snobbery. I guess time will tell if the Chinese can overcome this (lets face it their marketing departments could do with an overhaul), but what they do have going for them is performance. You can be a badge snob, but when that chinese EV is destroying you at the lights each and every time it starts to make you ask questions.
boyracer
Likes Dirt
Our shack is at the end of a 4 km dirt road and the new Atto is absolutely covered in dust after a run. Old (2018) raw 4 didn't notice it half as much and it was black! Is v. quiet though.
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
Even the Tesla boys complain, those sills are dust, mud and road grime magnets.
indica
Serial flasher
TBH after all the procrastinating I'm fucking excited.
Emailed the cunt with the purse strings at work to see about charging infrastructure there. Even a 10amp GPO would be nice for a 12 hour top up.
Stredda
Runs naked through virgin scrub
Yes, the future for the old school mechanic is nearing the end and will go the way of the blacksmith and farrier. Just a specialised niche market.
I wouldn't want a long-term franchise on a Midas muffler shop in the coming years.
Haakon
has an accommodating arse
To be fair they died off since manufacturers started using stainless systems in most mainstream stuff!
Old school mechanics will be around for a long time yet. They will be replaced by dual skill trades and then once ice are dead the best and worst will become niche providers. A few will carve out a living working on first and second gen evs.
Stredda
Runs naked through virgin scrub
Not when flying cars arrive!
dazz
Downhill Dazz
I want my flying suitcase car, dammit! Big oil/batt holding out on us all these years.Not when flying cars arrive!
George was born earlier this year.
downunderdallas
Likes Bikes and Dirt
Volvo ex 30 driving reviews have dropped, pretty much everyone seems to love it.
indica
Serial flasher
Infrastructure is coming, for the department's vehicles.
I have range anxiety btw.
570 WLTP car for a 340 round trip is still freaking me out
beeb
Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
Who would've thought that a notoriously difficult material to work with (stainless steel) could be difficult to work with?