Recent content by Mr. Coffee

I don't think you can draw many conclusions about society or culture from a car that probably is only going to be sold to about 100 people. The Cadillac Celestiq is priced in the low 400s. No matter what they charge for it I'll always see it as just another POS from General Motors. The...

Kind of interesting how someone can argue that EVs are a scam when 98 percent of new vehicles in some countries are EVs. You all need to remember that the Untied States is not the whole world and at this point not even the most advanced part of the world. There were a long list of personal...

It is important to remember that most pickups in the Untied States don't work for a living. The reality is that most of them are about lifestyle and cultural branding. Which when you think about it is bizarre. Kind of like those primitive cultures that elongate their lips, earlobes, or necks.

Yes, we all know how UFC broadens the cultural experience so much.

Yeah, but most Japanese, European, and Korean automakers are also screwing up the transition to electrics. This is ironic because nearly all of the engineering problems that would be a barrier to widespread adoption have been solved. And all of the "issues" the FUD-mongers push are rapidly...

Actually if you are into hyper-miling and ebike the Sweet Spot is 10-12mph. And it isn't a coincidence that long-distance bike tourers converge on an average speed in that range.

Economics 101 teaches us that the only cases where sellers can past 100 percent of a cost increase onto buyers is if (1) there is zero competition, (2) the demand is 100 percent inelastic, or (3) the product is so cheap nobody really cares about a price increase. If there is an otherwise...

This is why the Chinese will destroy every other auto company in the world: The Bestune Pony costs $4800 and has a 200km range. Yes, that might seem small but it is cheaper and has far better range than a lot of e-bikes. And yes, it is kind of cheesy and inadequate and to build one that met...

Somebody is certainly deranged, I agree.

I think a big difference between 2022 and 2026 is that 2026 was self-inflicted by a President didn't go through any of the processes to get the public or Congress on board. So you could argue that this war was unlawful from the get-go and we citizens are paying the price for someone else's...

I am describing how eighty percent of the country by area works and how twenty percent of the population in that area has to live. This didn't happen overnight -- this is what decades of car dependence has done to our society. You can make all of the arguments about moving somewhere else you...

Of course the boneheads in the White House finds this all very inconvenient. Where I live there are quite a few people who commute 100+ miles per day. And it is a 100 mile roundtrip to Wal-Mart and a 200 mile roundtrip to Costco. This is also a very Republican-leaning area, and I suspect...

There is a number for everybody where owning their truck will no longer be worth it or affordable. That number is different for different people, obviously. My own view is that this crisis will reach and wildly surpass that number for many people. I've spoken to people who have some...

Just a historical perspective. Pre-1979 Iran provided about 5 percent of the crude oil the US consumed. After that was cut off gas prices at the pump doubled and didn't really recover (they never recovered completely) until the Oil Glut of 1984. We haven't quite doubled prices at the pump...