09-22-2021, 04:46 PM | #11 |
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Agreed, that the whole 718 moniker is stupid.
You mean exciting in a positive way? Don't think I'm with you on that. It's hard for me to imagine personalities for electric engines, whereas gas engines have unique feels to them beyond the sounds they make: the whole starting, breathing in, expiring out, oxygen consuming life analogy. Even ICE cars can be appliance-like but, it's almost guaranteed for an EV to be an appliance. Given that the naturally aspirated 911's, boxsters & caymen are some of the cars furthest from feeling like appliances, yeah, this only makes me sad. If all rav4's became electric, would I care? No. |
09-22-2021, 05:17 PM | #12 | |
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09-22-2021, 05:19 PM | #13 |
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09-22-2021, 05:26 PM | #14 |
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Sounds like this won't come to market until 2024 so there's still plenty of time to let the production get back to normal before you'd have to order one no?
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09-22-2021, 05:42 PM | #15 |
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09-22-2021, 06:37 PM | #17 |
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09-22-2021, 06:49 PM | #18 |
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09-22-2021, 07:03 PM | #19 |
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Totally agree.
If I could ever drive one, I could at least assess if this is a brighter idea than a 2018 GT3 6spd.
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Agree…. The chip shortage will likely impact production at nearly all automakers at least into 2023 and likely longer…
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