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Did you forget CUE was/is a thing?

Interesting how in two nearly consecutive posts you can feel the brand bias. Cadillac = Luxurious! Mercedes = Worried about cost repairs

You know very little will, just like all of the other riots in the last few years... unfortunately.

At least we've all grown up here, right?

That's just amazing...

Haha I don't think I've had a vehicle with a full size spare, only donuts for me! I'd still take a donut every single day over a can of "fix-a-flat" and an air pump. I can buy and store those in my vehicle if I want, I can't just buy and store a spare wheel/tire unless the vehicle had a space designed to store it.

100% agree. I'm very fortunate that if I did get a flat, I have an actual spare to put on for the time being. I also check the pressure once a year because those lose air as well and most forget about it. You'd be surprised how often somebody gets a flat and go to put on their spare and it's flat as well but it's a negligence issue, not the tire blowing out.

Makes since why there's more volume, when there's no spare tire/jack to account for,

That stuff doesn't take up nearly the space a spare wheel with a jack take up. Nowhere close.

The Escape has a spare tire and the Mach-E does not. That's not an EV advantage, that's just the lack of a spare tire.

Like, say, the millions of people living in densely populated cities that have to use public charging or even if their parking complex has chargers, you'd be on some rotation or hope you get an open one when you need juice.

Supposedly, so we hear from our resident EV pusher, they're so much cheaper and simpler to produce as they're so much simpler. I'd be curious to know what features each one does or doesn't have at those prices.

You don't get on David for his push of EVs onto others.

TWO WEEKS!! That's understandable and we, here in STL, are in the same exact boat with Yadier Molina and Adam Wainwright. They've both been here since 2004 and 2005, respectively, and won multiple World Series and appearances. Now they're free agents and they're just kind of in limbo as apparently nothing has been offered by the team but talks are they'd both like to come back. It would be nice if the team would just come out and say they're trying to re-sign them or they're letting them play elsewhere.

I mean he wasn't cut, like you said. He just wasn't re-signed. Would you have expected them to cut or trade him last year while under contract and having the best record in the NHL? They kept him for another Cup run, and they were on a great pace had COVID not slowed them down(like the Blues).

Are these underpowered then, because they weigh more? https://www.motor1.com/reviews/242383/compare-chevy-camaro-ford-mustang/ https://www.motortrend.com/cars/ford/mustang/2019/2019-chevrolet-camaro-ss-vs-2019-ford-mustang-gt-convertible-comparison-test/

Ehhhh that's not such a significant difference it would be something to complain about. Also, this is what I'm seeing elsewhere for a 2020 RC-F. " The 5.0-liter V-8 carries over essentially unchanged from the 2019 model, but now it makes 472 hp and 395 lb-ft of torque, which is 5 horsepower and 6 lb-ft more than before."

467hp in a 4000lb car is underpowered? It weights ~130-180lb more than a Mustang GT and Camaro SS and I don't think people say those are underpowered.

Hell yeah! Congrats!

That is not what the initial conversation was about. Obviously, we know that already(supposedly but it's yet to be proven). It was about the costs of the engine(batteries) advancing technologically and giving us greater efficiency. Battery A from 2000 costs $10 to fill-up and drive 200 miles. Battery B from 2025 costs $10 to fill-up and drive 200 miles. Engine A from 2000 averages 24mpg Engine B from 2020 averages 33mpg Battery capacities are improving and their density is improving but cost per kw to charge will be the same. I literally already showed you Chevy 5.3's gain in efficiency over the last 20 years. I haven't once compared a turbo 6 to a V8. Everything I've showed you have been n/a engines, including the compact cars. I've kept the comparison as close as possible. In fact, I don't even know why you're comparing to turbo engines. I would actually like for you to prove to me that the internal combustion engine has NOT gotten more efficient over the last 20-70 years. You choose the range.

But does the new battery technology yield you cheaper "fillups"? or a further distance traveled on the same price to "fillup"? I know EVs cost less to drive from A to B but the point was insinuated consumer savings based on improved technological advances.

Thanks! It was Monday the 21st, actually. Boy-o-boy, how time flies.

If you genuinely believe the same technology that's made truck engines more efficient WAS NOT also used to make every other vehicle's engine as efficient as they are, I truly believe you're delusional. Also, how is that showing MPG matches the 21 year old truck? Don't forget how much physically larger they are. It's a much larger chunk of metal busting through air.