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it does, usually option 10k 12k 15k per year I was referring to buy a used luxury car, use for 3+ years and sell it or lease a new car, use it for 3 years and dump it

Yes I am leaning toward getting another 3 year lease too, this weekend my mental went through this cycle: Can I afford a new car? yes Do I need a new car? no so I looked up what's most reliable used luxury car, the answer is Lexus, But I am the type of people that get bored of car in 2~3 years, is it good idea for me to buy 3 year old Lexus for half MSRP price versus leasing?

@GTAMADDOG thanks for the suggestions, I never paid attention to the cars you mentioned, I will do some researches on them, possibly test drive some after configuring my model 3 and turned out to be 63k, all those luxury cars seems fairly reasonable price, just looked them up a 35k car seem to have better interior than model 3...

It depends the location you draw power from, there are some states runs almost 100% renewable energy, just for the sake of simplicity, on average only 10% of total energy consumption in United States comes burning coal, and this number is getting better and better over the year, it's not like solar and wind and other renewable energy can't provide all energy needed, it is there is no medium to store energy to be used when there is no wind or solar to supply electricity to grid so they had to burn fossil fuels to keep up demand (e.g at night), with improving battery, adoption of energy storing medium, efficiency of energy production, electric cars leave way way less carbon footprint than their gasoline counterpart secondly even if the power comes from burning fossil fuel, factories have way better efficiency of converting energy than the tiny internal combustion engine in a car there are others to take into consideration, you can set timer on when your car draws power, range estimate are fairly accurate, rate of super charging station growth etc..

please no, I don't like hybrid, I don't like hydrogen

What incomplete infrastructure are you referring to, hybrid has internal combustion engine, electric motor, and battery, it's like taking away all the pros from both platform I hate to needing refuel and charge, rather just do one

[quote name='TIMELESS']What about a Lexus? Not full EV but hybrid, excellent interiors, great sound systems (even the standard Lexus ones), and a good range of sizes and car types (ie sportier car, big boat for cruising, SUV, etc). Would make me happy. @Microphone yeah shut up you.[/QUOTE] I do not like hybrid, I think they are gimmick trying to take advantage of incentives, it has disadvantage of many mechanical components cause high maintenance and lower cargo space of gasoline car and disadvantage of weight and charging of electric car either full gasoline or full electric, never hybrid

You haven't specified but am I right in thinking you'd still be interested in a small(ish) car? Would you prefer a hatchback or a small sedan? Sedan, Hatchback, SUV, Crossover works for me, I mostly use to go to work and out with friend, so I don't need to transport a lot of people nor cargo Do you have any general preference with European/Asian/US cars? no preference What is your instant reaction to brands like BMW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Kia, Hyundai, Mazda, Toyota, Honda, Chevrolet? BMW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz: comfy, status symbol, I actually have royalty credit due to owning a mini, high maintenance Toyota, Honda: reliable, lowest depreciation Kia: don't like Hyundai, Mazda, Chevrolet: okay like How important are extra safety features like blind spot monitoring, lane keep assist, high beam assist? I've liked the idea but found a few implementations quite annoying and turned them off. Prefer to have blind spot monitoring, lane keep, I drive on a stop and go traffic everyday, would like Auto Pilot like feature What is more important, features themselves but the interior is a bit plasticky, or a premium interior but with perhaps fewer features (or higher vehicle price for the same features)? I recently saw review of Kona electric, feels good except I am bit disappointed by the interior cheap look and feel, I like high tech, premium interior, not too many buttons, good audio Would you like Android Auto / Apple Car Play? Prefer to have Android auto How much power (BHP) or what 0-60mph time would you like to have? What does your Mini have? Do you want more/less/the same? Power doesn't matter to me much but not too low, I don't race but I easily drive 70MPH on highway, also I like the instant torque of EV, this is my mini spec: https://www.cars.com/research/mini-countryman-2016/specs/ I want something different Honda Leaf I think you meant Nissan Leaf, I actually test drove model 3, model S, leaf, bolt, i3 recently (all have pros and cons) Maybe you have access to an A3 eTron version? I don't know, I have done so much research in EV but I don't know much about internal combustion engine cars, also I don't know how to maintain one either maybe check out the latest Audi A3 or S3 (or RS3 if you've got the cash) I heard german luxury cars cost a lot to maintain, and yes I can afford RS3 but I am hunting more for value + happiness (less value but makes me happy) whats the difference between Audi, BMW, Mercedes

So my mini cooper lease ends at may 2019, placed order for Model 3 but considering cancel right now, some reasons below Reasons for Cancellation: 1, Due to wide delivery window, financing details not unknown until vin is assigned (at which point becomes non-refundable) 2, Interior doesn't live up to the price tag: amount of plastic area, back seats too low for leg rest, arm rest, lack of dash screen, some basic buttons, lack of blind spot detection on side mirror, regen does not come to a complete stop 3, Customer support, took me 10 days of trying to get some respond to my initial request 4, Options too costly compare to similar offerings from other car manufacturers 5, No lease option for the 3, unlike mature gasoline car market, electric vehicle still has a lot of room for growth, in 3 years the landscape will be very different I live in NYC as software engineer (so I am obsessed with tech), I like EV and kind of want to take advantage of US incentives before it wears off, it is based on ownership but some auto makers pass on to lower month payment, tho I am also open to regular gasoline cars, Let me know what you guys recommend, budget is a wide range, just no fancy car like Ferrari

If I actually have free time, I would team up with you guys

Tesla is certainly one major mover for electric cars, but a lot has to say about their build quality, maybe in few years they can step up the game at this point I might stuck with the car with my this "non refundable" order and non reachable customer support

ha, I remember some time ago people were disappointed post-launch due to over hype, not sure how it is right now

I am considering cancel my order, tried to reach Tesla customer support for over a week with no response, this is ridiculous

@DonnieBrasco there might be some difference between countries on how much taxi drivers make, but, why would someone who can afford a Model X (this thing can easily go beyond 100k+) be a taxi driver, I have only seen one guy decided to do cab driver just for the shake of driving the car more.

I am on a mission to save mother planet earth

all thread info will be preserved, so go ahead

@TIMELESS according to their estimate it is between 2~4 months

I gave in

update 4, fixed blog page broken images, maintenance pushed to the end of the month due to my other projects kicked in

update 3, maintenance likely push to sometimes mid of this month, if you want to know exact date please come back and check this post, was planning to work on some testing over the July 4th holiday but I got sick

update 2, I noticed new registration stopped at 16 of last month, checked server log seems email are not sending out, enabled SMTP email tested working (was originally planning to do this after system change) also logo is not displaying, this will be fixed at phrase two.

welcome aboard! Just my personal opinion, I think 92 GTR for 50k is not worth, unless you're into collection, me myself I am still waiting for my Tesla model 3

update, if you access turboduck.net/forum.php you should see correct 404 page now

Yes, totally possible. Did we have redirect before? what was the rules like e.g /forum.php ---> forum.turboduck.net/ /forum.php?anything-xxyy ---> forum.turboduck.net/?anything-xxyy the webserver we are currently on is nginx, which is different from previous apache2, so .htaccess file won't work, either way, backup process don't include . files

you don't have to create new ones, taken from screenshot or promotional game graphics are fine, I haven't start working on the template yet, can't make up one right now because the layout size can be adjusted also I need multiple images because it will be rotating automatically, I will shoot you a ping when I have them defined tho