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Random but recurring thought: A decade ago, and prior to that, I found it hard to decide WHICH vehicle I might want to buy from among the choices available to me. Currently, I find it hard to decide IF there is a vehicle I might want to buy from among the choices available to me.

It's been a long time since I came close to the average for miles driven... IIRC, I drove under 2000 miles in 2020, and only about 3500 miles last year..this year, though, I've done over 3000 miles so far.. The '69 Mustang and '87 Mustang GT once they are road-worthy again would be driven maybe 100-200 miles a year, I wouldn't attempt to drive an old car daily, more as occasional weekend toys. It will be interesting to see how things go w/ old car values when I eventually try and sell some of my brother's vehicles.

The Hits keep coming and Tesla has appealed the verdict, but we knew it was bound to happen. German Court has ordered Tesla to take back and refund the $69,000 Euro's for an owner who has proven that the auto self driving does not work with the existing hardware and is not safe. Court Makes Tesla Buy Back Model 3: Owner Unhappy With Autopilot (insideevs.com) I suspect Tesla is going to find themselves in a very difficult situation as they push forward the crazy self-driving cost of $12,000 and a yearly fee to have something that is still in Beta form and not allowed for most people yet even though you have paid for it.

So true, currently there is NOTHING available for me to choose to buy yet. The local Ford Dealers have no Mach-E in stock to check out and test fit my size in. Rivian Store in Bellevue Washington has no demo unit either. Tesla is a NO GO, too small as I tried all 4 current models and too poor of quality for me to even consider. Not buying any new ICE auto, so I have about 3 years to wait, I think.

At least you can get low mileage auto insurance. Did that when the Pandemic started and saved a ton. Then with my kids and me now permanent work from home people, moved all the autos on our insurance to low mileage as at most maybe 5 to 6 K miles a year. Most we drive is up the highway to the pass to ski.

1: They have the Navigator to get into the 100k range 2: Lincoln doesn't have the brand equity to ask 180k for anything right now. They're taking much-needed steps towards gaining brand recognition and making actually really good products again. BUT, they dug themselves a hole from like the 90's through about 2015, then they started to differentiate themselves from Ford products.

It will be interesting to see where it is in 2025 or 2030. If these investors and industry insiders are right, Tesla could outsell Ford or GM by 2030. The problem with most of the traditional OEM's as they are introducing EV's going into Tesla price territory and leaving their traditional price territory, aka a $50k Kia EV6. This I think is a danger for the legacy OEM's as they kill off their entry level cars and just focus on big SUVs, pick ups and and EV's that are expensive, they could price out some of their customer base. Meanwhile Tesla keeps expanding. But if the OEM's can get their EV's in order and beat Tesla on quality (shouldn't be hard to do) and on price, then maybe they can take them out.

In demand collectibles don’t get driven on the daily like “normal” cars which was his core point. Sure, maybe it doesn’t lose half its value but if you drive that classic car 12-15K a year, it will work that way sooner than you think. Collectible cars, overall, only increase in value because they become garage queens, which was another core point of his. Cherry picking a made up number doesn’t change either of those points.

Categorically false. To wit; the Camaro I posted above- it's 'worth' $54K with no powertrain. Make it drivable, and in a year it's not somehow going to be worth $25K. In-demand collectible valuations don't work that way. - - - - -

Tesla was #2 in profit per unit in 2021, just $14 behind Mercedes-Benz, plus with that market cap, Tesla seems like it will be hard to beat. Here is a video from Outline ranking the car makers in revenue and profits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoF741Lw954