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As another one in his mid-70s, I was not going to wait any longer either. Plus I would never buy the first year or two of a new generation. The possibility of too many kinks to iron out. Buying the last year of a well known S550 generation suited me just fine. It may well turn out the S650 is...

My friends and family are impressed that I finally satisfied a 50+ year itch to own a muscle car that I couldn't justify back in circa 1965-1972, and with the specific choice that I made, but it won't entice them to own one. A Mustang GT (or similar) simply isn't practical or refined enough to...

As suggested, it appears to be within the +/- $1k noise level for this vehicle. Buy it and enjoy it. It has what I call all the key bells and whistles for upgrades. That "noise" will be a distant memory in less than a year. I doubt there will be any material drop in price or value once the...

Battery technology will potentially get us there with different materials and perhaps even solid state batteries. The superchargers are now pretty much limited to 350 kwh due to connector size but may increase over time with an 800V charging standard. At this point, a lot is possible in as...

Therein lies what is 'not said'. While a few companies have 'committed' to go all EV, not everyone has, and even those that have, they won't let go of select ICE lines if substantial demand continues to exist. All those CEOs will be gone by 2035.

Policy mandates won't matter if they cannot be met in a specific jurisdiction. While California is a large auto market, what matters more is the overall global market, or at least the North American market. California may find itself with a whole bunch of residents that go elsewhere to buy their...

I see post #216 as having objectivity. I, too, see EVs as being the future and I think I will like some of them enough someday to potentially buy one (if I am still driving), but that doesn't say I want to buy any of them today. I suspect the 2035 mandates in certain jurisdictions will have...

Dealer markup may be mostly (but not exclusively) limited to the USA. Here in Canada, inventory that I have looked at is listed at MSRP and new orders are at MSRP (as my GT was fall of 2021 and honored). That ADM will damage dealerships over time. The only time I saw an ADM was when the new...

From https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a39998609/electric-car-sales-usa/ 4.6% of new registrations in the USA were electric in early 2022. North America EV sales trail Europe and China significantly https://www.ev-volumes.com/ China and Europe will likely always be ahead of the USA and it may...

There needs to be some public and political consensus on doing just that. Japan is finally going to re-start some of their reactors given they really don't have energy security without them.

About 60% of electrical generation in the USA in 2021 was fossil fueled. https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3 but it is trending in the right direction per Tables 1.4 (2021) and 1.5 (2022) in...

The USA is already a laggard in average mileage per gallon relative to all?most? of the world. It is time to be part of the overall solution.

But why reign in the EPA? Climate change is creating havoc already and progressive countries are already shifting their priorities. Saudi Arabia is looking to spend a ton of money on hydrogen among other things to diversify away from oil they know will only be produced in reduced quantities in...

Stellantis couldn't continue to afford the penalties across the aggregate of their product lines. They had the worst corporate CAFE of all manufacturers selling in America. They've been woefully behind the times in all their lines, e.g. Dodge, Ram, Jeep, and it was killing them. Further, the...

It is a bit of chicken and egg. Developers rightfully wouldn't want the expense to install Level 2 chargers if there is no demand, but there may insufficient demand if tenants don't speak up and demand it. Time will tell but developments with underground garages/parkades which are the most...

Well, the OP kind of thinks it is perfect which it is not. That doesn't mean I don't think it is also good value for a vehicle in its class.

I don't disagree other than it is a Ford with its attendant quality issues that even the CEO acknowledges. Although this forum is a self-selecting bunch reporting problems, a number of common problems that appear in specific threads should never happen in a well engineered and assembled...

My GT will be parked for the winter months and unlikely to put more than about 8000km per year on the vehicle. Once per year will be the plan.

Municipalities can mandate the installation of Level 2 chargers (at least the rough-in) in all new construction if there is no uptake voluntarily. I* would like to see that occur in our municipalities in the BC Interior. Far northern regions already provide 115V 15amp plug-ins in exposed...

There is no lack of oil in the ground to be produced. On average, all the world's oil companies find new reserves to replace those produced, i.e. the reserve replacement ratio exceeds 100%. It is just there are no economics in finding and developing new reserves too far in advance of them being...