balthazar

I didnt mean literally custom; more like extra-cost/special.

When you buy custom paint & different wheels, you get custom paint & different wheels for your 7 grand. And if you bought 7 repaints & 28 (7 sets) of different design wheels for $47,000, you have all that. You almost literally get nothing when you move from a Taycan 4S to a 'Turbo', except you paid another $47,000.

The issue is 5 km of range and 0.8 secs improvement to 60 costs the buyer $47,000.

Porsche has released the Taycan 4S pricing; as the so-called entry-level trim it starts at $103,800. The wanted to have a EV sports car under $100,000 (such humanitarians!) but Just. Couldn't. Do. It. The 4S is followed up the ladder by the so-called 'Turbo' and the so-called 'Turbo' S. The 'Turbo' starts at $150,900 and get you a 0-60 in 3.0 seconds, whereas the 4S does the same in 3.8 secs. Not a huge difference unless you're going head-to-head at the drag strip. The 4S has 2 power levels; the awkwardly named Performance Battery and the Performance Battery Plus. The PB gives you a range of 407 km and the PBP; 463 km. However, the 'Turbo's range is 412, a scant 5 km more. So for spending $47,000 more, you can get 5 km more range and drag race to 60 in 0.8 sec quicker (and have a 6 MPH higher top speed). What am I missing here? This has to be the worst 'upgrade' in the history of automotive marketing.

That explains the disjointed design.

What is that?

^ There's a similar model in the Lancaster railroad/steam museum but I don't think they were running it. But in looking at it up close, it has quite small drivers and gearing... I can totally believe 15 MPH. IIRC, they were used in commercial ventures where greater traction was beneficial (steeper grades). Really neat design tho.

Aren't 'S', 'SE' and 'SEL' old Ford trim levels?

Customer has a '91 300ZX, garaged all it's life, no winter driving, 73K. Super clean, mint interior... but tweed (!!). Non-turbo 6 / 5-spd. For sale in central NJ if anyone interested.

Me also- I had a '57 F-250 for a while.

And most merceds drivers don't rack up 300K+ either. Point was, any car, most any vintage (well maintained) can do it. It's not a selling point of one brand over another.

'63 Coupe deVille, black vinyl top over white, solid unrestored shape, at the Midas assumedly for pipes.

Ford sells like 6 times the volume of Transits than mb does in the US; companies have already moved on from the freightliner vans. Then theres the Transit Connect. MB is playing catch up and it’s not working. As far as high mileage goes, A woman drove her ‘64 Merc Comet to about 600,000 and a taxi driver took his early ‘60s Plymouth to 1,600,000 miles.

No car COSTS you more money per segment than a mercedes- higher service cost, higher parts cost, higher depreciation cost (out of pocket) - it's throwing money away in order to try and impress people you'll never talk to or deal with.

^ People think too much and assume too much. When prices in general on classics take a marked downturn, only then, perhaps, is future interest waning. My eyes were opened w my recent posting that ‘57 Chevys have sold as high as $380K; that could drop by 50% and the segment would still be totally secure. ’Petrol’ isn't going away because; plastics. #1. I don’t get the ‘doom & gloomers’ continually predicting a tremendous & imminent overturn to electrics. Do they not, ever, look at sales data?? No way in hell was that a current shot of London swirling in pollution. Mist; I could believe. How ridiculous- am I still supposed to take the video seriously with that falsehood in there?

Saved!

^ It's the #4 vehicle market globally, but the median prices are so low it's a wonder anyone makes money there. OEMs might consider selling their own off-lease / pre-owned there insterad of new.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/india-150-million-drivers-only-000001260.html As is primarily the case in the U.S., EVs are generally far too expensive. Almost 70% of consumers in India pay UNDER $10K to buy a car and the Kona EV is $35,000. Dealer only stocked 130 units thru August this year. The India vehicle market has only seen 8,000 EVs sell there in SIX years, despite strong gov't support & incentives. And despite the far different standard of living in the U.S., price competitiveness is still the tallest hurdle EVs have to get over.

I've only noticed a couple of the toyoters around me, and they are quite bloated, so I don't think many are escaping my eye. I'm surprised with the glut in this segment anyone is willing choosing this small disaster, but; people. Go figure.

Whubba lubba dub dub - she runs again!! cleaned everything in dizzie and the plugs. Gas is old- may drain & replace. Need to take out / run regularly.