Chevy Volt a Failure - GM to Layoff 1,300

The mileage thing gets tricky as a replacement for gas tax if you don’t have a way to account for out of state drivers.

 

I've paid $20,000+ for a car one time. And that was in 1989. Melted a cylinder the night of the O.J. chase and missed the whole thing.

 

In 1985, a Ford Crown Victoria cost between 12 and $14,000. That’s gonna be about $35,000 today , and you would’ve been damn lucky to get 100,000 good miles out of that crown Victoria.

A new Acura TLX is going to run you about $50-$55,000, but you’re going to get 200,000 miles out of it very easily. So, the TLX should cost twice as much as the Crown Victoria. I have no problem with cars costing more because they are much better.

in 1985, you never dreamed of owning a car 10-12 years and now it’s common place.

 

If I only got 200k out of an Acura, I’d be pissed.

 

I drove my Civic to the junkyard with 320,000. The electrical system was going funky after 14 years, but the drivetrain would’ve been good for another 50,000.

 

You drive 22,800 miles a year? Dayum.

 

Welcome to the sticks! Where everything takes an hour to get to!

As a reporter right out of college, I once logged 40,000 in a year between reporting, trips back home to my family who lived three hours north and a girlfriend who lived an hour south.

People in cities have no idea how far we have to drive to even get to a Target.

 

This always struck me as odd on their part, because most of the market for an F-150 isn't buying them for utility or practicality. It's different than even, say, the electric Porsche and BMW folks, that want a drive that'll rip.