Sensible cars were never fun.
Like Toyotas/Hondas/etc, they're just point A to B cars.
I currently still own a Chevy SS that I love, but I'd get either a CTS-V, Corvette C7Z, or a truck (probably my next vehicle once I sell the SS.)
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If you had to go back to ICE, what would you choose?
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Like Toyotas/Hondas/etc, they're just point A to B cars.
I currently still own a Chevy SS that I love, but I'd get either a CTS-V, Corvette C7Z, or a truck (probably my next vehicle once I sell the SS.)
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nwdiver
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I took my Tesla in for service a few years ago and Enterprise didn't have any EVs to choose from... so I walked...
I remember when I first started driving was around the time the original IS300 came out. It was one of my favorite cars at the time and I really wanted one. It was the first Lexus to really step outside it's comfort zone design-wise. Although the car was originally a Toyota so not sure if that really counts
I'm not too familiar with the 2008 model but saying there was nothing better for 30-60K is quite a bold claim don't you think?
Do you hate Corvettes or Corvette owners? I used to have a C6 and it was honestly pretty cool to have other Vette owners wave and acknowledge you.
Just the cars themselves. I can't explain it, I don't like the shape, how they look, everything about them.
Speaking of waving, I've found myself waving in traffic at other Tesla owners. Some of them are surprised at first (especially when I'm in my wife's ICE) but when they see me smiling, they wave back
follow.johnny
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I would get a Honda Civic for fuel efficiency and for the cheap price and reliability.
morningstar
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NOOOOOOO...... Don't make us give up our Teslas!
For me, a car is a utilitarian thing. And I want it to be as eco-friendly as it can be. So if I couldn't go with an EV, then it's gonna be whatever gets me the best mpg I can afford.
For me, a car is a utilitarian thing. And I want it to be as eco-friendly as it can be. So if I couldn't go with an EV, then it's gonna be whatever gets me the best mpg I can afford.
CharleyBC
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I used to think that too. Then I bought a Tesla.
morningstar
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Yeah, it's less utilitarian for me as well. I'm still not an enthusiast, but I love my Tesla! I love how it feels to drive it! I love that it's so easy to charge. I love listening to music in it. I love making phone calls from it. I love sitting in the back looking up through the roof while my husband drives. I just love this car. I actually clean it every few weeks. I never did that before. And if a bird poops on it... I get that off there pronto! Never bothered with any of my other cars. LOL Love this car.
Maybe a Gen 2 Volt if I can cheat the "ICE" a bit or even an ELR if I could find one. Loved my Gen 1 Volt.
That's the thing. If I have to give up the Tesla for some reason, all the current cars just seem boring or really annoying and mostly the same, so it's either the utilitarian approach or the Hoovie method.
Chevy Sports Sedan is what I would go back to, drove one for 2 years before the P85.
Knightshade
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No, just a factual one.
I went and test drove then-current (~1.5 years ago now) comparable cars...including the then-current IS which was inferior to the one I already had...hell they were still using the same engine they'd been using since ~2005 and just jacking the price up a bunch... and then I checked the relevant competitors from BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Infiniti, even Hyundai and Chevy... None of them were really significantly quicker or handled significantly better (some were worse) in that price range than the 2008 Lexus I already had... none got especially better mileage (again some worse)... none has especially greater luxury (some worse)... most had inferior reliability.... some infotainment improvements was about it... hardly worth dropping tens of thousands of dollars on vs. just keeping the Lexus.
The Model 3 on the other hand, apart from being quicker than all of the above, having the full tax credit available, and saving me ~2k a year on not buying gas, had EAP/FSD. Competitors systems (what little there was of them) were crap in comparison...and largely still are.
I drive ~70-80 miles a day, 95% highway. It's the reason I bought the car....it was the first thing I'd found in anything newer than my Lexus that was actually worth paying to get.
Thing about that i8 is, with its supercar looks, its actually pretty slow compared to a model 3p. When I was turning in my wife' leased x5, I was waiting for them to do the lease end inspection, and was in the dealership. I was standing next to an i8 advertisement and was astounded at how "slow" it was compared to the model 3p I had just bought:
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With a 0-60-mph time of 4.2 seconds the 2016 i8 will impress most critics, but it's not just the numbers but the unrelenting way the i8 delivers its power that is truly breathtaking.
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Teslas really change your perception on whats "fast" and "slow" comparatively speaking, anyway. The i8 looks awesome, but I certainly would not want to be driving one, and blown away off the line by someone driving their model 3P with (in the words of @Rockster
" while tooling around carrying five Russian weightlifters and a bag of cement.)EDIT:
To answer the question, likely an M3, which is what I was going to buy before I test drove the model 3P, which is saving me not only the potential maintenance, but likely 2.5k a year or so just in gas driving it to work and back.
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