Scout by... Volkswagen ?!?!?!? Electric, no less.

[MossRoad]

Yeah, ok I understand, but when International Harvester is owned by Volkswagen? That is like Remington Firearms owned by a French perfume company.

There’s just nothing sacred anymore. It’s like the pregnant man BS

It's just a brand name, like Westinghouse.

 

[5030]

I sure miss the VW Beetle, the old air cooled ones that went about anywhere and got good fuel mileage and had no heat in the winter.

 

[EddieWalker]

One of my clients has a Tesla that he commutes about an hour each way to work. He has a 30 amp outlet to charge it when he gets home. Once he gets home, he drives his gasoline powered truck to go everywhere because he wants a full charge on his Tesla for his commute. While working on his house, he drove his truck every single day that I was there after parking his Tesla.

I'm not for or against electric vehicles, but I think the Market should decide on them, and Manufactures should supply a product that people want. Currently, the cost of oil is forcing people to buy vehicles that they wouldn't buy if our government wasn't causing the price of oil to increase.

 

[Hay Dude]

One of my clients has a Tesla that he commutes about an hour each way to work. He has a 30 amp outlet to charge it when he gets home. Once he gets home, he drives his gasoline powered truck to go everywhere because he wants a full charge on his Tesla for his commute. While working on his house, he drove his truck every single day that I was there after parking his Tesla.

I'm not for or against electric vehicles, but I think the Market should decide on them, and Manufactures should supply a product that people want. Currently, the cost of oil is forcing people to buy vehicles that they wouldn't buy if our government wasn't causing the price of oil to increase.

^^^Amen^^^

 

[5030]

My cousin also has a Tesla and a Ram 4x4 pickup truck and he drives the RAM more than the Tesla. I believe the Tesla is for show as he's in the software business and the Tesla makes for a good 'woke' show. Nice vehicle, I've driven it more than once but I'd never buy one. Besides, I don't drive all that much and my buggy gets 40 mpg anyway. Glad I bought it when I did, little did I know back then that fuel would cost what it does today. I was at the gas station filling up my buggy and the guy next to me was filling up his gas powered newish GMC pickup truck. I topped of my tank at 35 bucks and he was still at it and I glanced at the pump and he was north of 100 bucks and still pumping (his wallet dry). I asked him what kind of mileage it got and he said, not bad at 22 mpg. I said nothing, replaced my locking fuel cap and went about my business. I find 35 bucks to be excessive. Last year I could fill my buggy for about half that.

Gas prices today (and diesel) are shameful. Only going to get worse too. The issue with fuel is, it directly impacts everything else like food for instance. The more it costs, the more we pay for transportation of the goods and services we need to survive.

 

[tacticalturnip]

Not worried about it much. I probably won't be here anyway.

Well, how does that help me any?

 

[5030]

Well, how does that help me any?

It don't actually other than my 40 mpg buggy will be for sale...

 

[tacticalturnip]

It don't actually other than my 40 mpg buggy will be for sale...

You've yet to say what the buggy is; two door Civic from the late 80's early 90's?

I'd already have a fun little econo-box if I could fit in one. When I bought my truck is was an easy $60 to fill, and given how close I stay to home that wasn't bad. It's doubled now, and I'm just thankful I don't need more than a tank a week.

I feel for the folks that purchased diesel vehicles as a daily driver, they must be getting raked over the coals.

I can't see how people don't see this as the social engineering it is.

 

[tacticalturnip]

I wish I had the photo of me jammed into a Ford Festiva years back, it was pretty amusing.

 

[Torvy]

Dad and uncle drove nearly identical Scout II's when I was just learning to drive. (They co-owned an IH dealership). I had many of my first driving experiences in it. Oddly enough, we had a few VWs over the years, too.

I have less of a problem with VW resurrecting the brand. Remember, VW is also Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini, Bentley and Ducati among others.

I don't even have a problem with an EV model. My issue is making them solely EV. Purely EV vehicles are just a stopgap measure. Once we reach the tipping point, the intelligentsia will finally see that you cannot charge all of the electric vehicles and power everything else with renewable energy. There are too many problems that will not be fixed by wishes and dreams. Imho, fuel cells and hybrids will outlast pure EV as the mainstream vehicles in the next 10-50 years. It would help if more people saw the both-and rather than the either-or.