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BMW iX Reviewers have said the best audio system in any production vehicle are the Cybertruck and the 30 speaker B&W on the iX.

My Lyriq is built (ordered March 2022!) and the incentives/rebates are decent - $7500 Ultium Promise, $5000 for model year transition, $1K Costco. I suspect I will pass. It's both too big and too small if that makes any sense. I will probably test drive it once more before declining it.

Highland being as quiet as i4 is impressive. As I've mentioned elsewhere the i4 was probably the quietest EV I've owned or test drove.... until... If you want scarily quiet... the Q8 e-tron is a step above the i4/iX. It's a coffin. Very impressed.

Have you tried to lease today? MF rates are insane. Nearly 9% APR. A $55K 36/10K car leases around $1K/month. Back when we had zero-interest rates and the money printing machine was running full steam... you could lease cars for almost nothing. Model S is worse IMO. You lose $15-20K the second...

It depends. Leasehckr folks consider Toyotas - buy-only candidates. Expensive luxury cars? Lease them. Never buy. Depreciation is brutal on luxury cars (like EVs).

In general owning an EV is stupid. They are the worst depreciating type of vehicles - traditionally losing 50% value in 3 years. Some as high as 60% loss in 3 years. These days they lose about 30% in the first year. But I do think modern EVs like the Model 3 RWD will last 10+ years and honestly...

Huh? That's the Model S. My friend owned one in June 2022 and I wanted one too but he saw how MMR/auction prices were $20K was under new prices and sold his a few months later and told me to wait for prices to drop and to nobody's surprise the S had $20-30K price cuts...

Correct. They do suck but doesn't mean other carmakers actually have great adaptive suspension. My Rivian R1S with air suspension is a crappy as a Model X or S. BMW, Audi, Porsche do adaptive suspension correctly This loophole is great if you want to lease and not own the Tesla. Until Tesla...

I've always said that a 3 with a liftback would be ideal. See Polestar 2 or i4. The Ys I've owned - were appliances. Quick but not fun to drive. I preferred the much lighter Model 3 RWD and would be sad if Tesla discontinued it and pushed for more fat porkers.

The new M3P needs adaptive suspension like Ms and AMGs now. Folks looking at AMGs have a certain income level and often don't quality for the tax credit (cough). A new i4 M50 with the $7500 lease incentive would be a great value compared to a refreshed Model 3 Performance at $65K+

I disable regen almost completely for track and autoX as I am fighting regen + acceleration in corners like you said. It's much easier to do in an i4 or Ioniq 5 or EV6 than a Tesla where the regen strength is hidden and you need to buy a third party system (SEXY buttons). A little regen just...

Loved my i4 e40 but the lack of passenger and cargo space basically forced my hand as I was NEVER driving it in the last 3 months except going to track days or autoX. I traded it for a 23 Sequoia TRD Pro (worst mistake ever) then moved on to a R1S.... but briefly flirted going back to an i4 (M50...

The current Model 3 is an econobox. Folks who don’t think so have never driven or owned a modern Audi or BMW. The i4 I owned was vastly quieter and with rear air suspension it wasn’t like driving a skateboard (like the Model 3). Sit in an Audi Q8 e-tron. It’s coffin silent. I think too many...

Has WFT been accurate for months now… if not wrong for 6+ months? I see inventory cars on Tesla’s site that’s not on WFT. Also, it’s well known that one car on Tesla’s site doesn’t mean there’s only one car. There could be 10-20 of the same config but Tesla only shows one. It’s how their website...

When the CT launches it might be a good time to buy a used S/3/X/Y as many current Tesla owners seem to hint they will sell/trade in their current Tesla for it. I'd be curious on how large the EV truck market truly is with Rivian R1T and Lightning sales numbers basically plateauing and supply...