karanj, 27 days ago

@atpfm has @siracusa considered the BYD Seal for the car-shaped EV? No idea if it's available in the US, to be fair, but the price of this is just a little below the Accord in Australia https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2024-byd-seal-electric-sedan-first-drive-review/

siracusa, 27 days ago

@karanj https://amp.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/14/joe-biden-tariff-chinese-made-electric-vehicles

karanj, 27 days ago

@siracusa ooof yeah definitely takes them out of the running for affordability. BYDs are super nice and comfy, sorry you don't get the option!

leemoknows, 29 days ago

@atpfm What about a Toyota GR? @siracusa I know it’s not a 4 door, but I believe they are ~$35k and you can get it with a manual tranny.

leemoknows, 29 days ago

@atpfm @siracusa Nearing the end of the episode…I understand you needed enough room for the kiddos. Do they still sell the Subaru WRX (not STI) with a manual tranny?

siracusa, 29 days ago

@leemoknows Maybe, but that’d be a smaller back seat for sure.

MCRascasse, 29 days ago

@atpfm Sigh. Fuck it. You got me. I'm in.

siracusa, 29 days ago

@MCRascasse 🙌 🙏

rconti, 29 days ago

@atpfm auuuugh how many ways can @siracusa be wrong??
“The $168k base price electric G-wagen is basically the same price as an R1S.”
“The insane luxury G-wagen is too rough, like a Wrangler”. Holy hell, the Jeep wrangler is one of the most dumpster fire awful-driving road vehicles I’ve ever set foot in.
“You’ve gotta buy a used Lucid Air to get anywhere near $70k” (base price of a new BASE one is $69,900)
At least we agree on how awesome the Mazda6 drives.

siracusa, 29 days ago

@rconti I did say I didn’t actually know the G’s price. And the base Air recently got a price drop.