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Tesla already uses that loophole, and you have no idea how much time and money the dealers association spent to try and stop them. https://sourcenm.com/2022/10/10/second-tribe-in-new-mexico-set-to-open-tesla-dealership-in-2023/

But that's the attraction of the Slate; its basic transportation at a low(ish) price. It worked well for the original VW bug which still holds the record as the best selling car ever. And on a side note they never produced it in 4 door or AWD. It's the same story for the original mini which sold...

My trucks 0-60 time is measured with a calendar not a stopwatch :giggle:

Could be worse, they could have hired the Jaguar ad agency. :giggle:

Yes and no. You have a choice of the car you can buy, but you are only 'allowed' to buy it from a franchised dealership, so no other choice.

I checked and Autozone will 'recommend' a local repair shop, which for me here in Roswell was this one, which does not inspire confidence especially when they are primarily a used car lot.

They would need to start with a ban on the sale and ownership of some motorcycles. https://nrmotoco.com/fastest-street-legal-motorcycles/

What a wonderful opportunity to have a captive audience who get swamped with more puerile ads that can't be turned off :headbang:

Did you not read the article where New Mexico has mandated that dealerships stock a certain percentage of EV's? So they don't mandate that we can only buy EV's, the mandate is that dealerships have to stock them, giving us the choice of buying EV or ICE. Open up the Advanced Clean cars I...

The only way it could work is to have dedicated lanes on a highway just for autonomous vehicles. No computer can react fast enough to counter human stupidity so they would have to be physically separated. :cool:

We had a recent court case here in New Mexico (Sorry the only links are behind a paywall) https://ruidosonews.com/artesia-group-sues-to-overturn-states-ev-mandate/ But in our new building codes there is a requirement that all new residential and commercial construction has to include EV...

That's well known and one of the reasons that they made the ISA system mandatory on all new cars in the EU. https://roadsafetyfacts.eu/isa-what-is-intelligent-speed-assistance-and-how-does-it-work/ And before anyone says "It'll never happen here"...

There are constant stories of what might be released in the near future. When I can drive one off the dealers lot; then I'll believe them, and only then. https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-is-developing-new-smaller-cheaper-ev-sources-say-2026-04-09/

Ah the quota myth. I used to run traffic enforcement at one of our local schools that had a 20MPH limit when the lights were flashing. Plenty of cars would go through the school zone at around 22 to 25MPH. Could I stop and give them a ticket?; yes, did I?; no, and the reason is simple because...

There seems to be a preoccupation that Ford may be the only competitor. Join the dots and see the potential. https://www.autonews.com/ev/ https://www.autonews.com/china/geely-begins-delivery-electric-pickup/ (Base price of $25,000)...

Someone once said that if you are now old and wise it means that sometime in the past you were young and stupid. ;)

I was also looking at the Bolt and thought OK I'll just decline the On-Star spyware; but there's a problem. " Note that for battery electric vehicles, even if you decline to enroll in OnStar, GM may still collect, use, or disclose certain data as described in the applicable Owner’s Manual and...

Average number of parts in a EV motor and drivetrain; 20 to 40. Average number of parts in an ICE engine and drivetrain; 200 to 2000. https://www.alphamotorinc.com/about/ev-vs-ice-fewer-moving-parts-less-maintenance

But the Ford would be overly complex, have mandatory over the air software 'updates' to brick the electronics and subscription services to make much of it work. And of course the recalls that Ford are famous for. https://www.cars.com/research/ford-mustang_mach_e/recalls/ All the things we won't...

I persuaded the wife to stop driving when she started to park using sound as an indicator of how close she was to other cars. ;)