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12-21-2020, 12:02 PM | #1 |
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12-21-2020, 12:14 PM | #2 |
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12-21-2020, 12:32 PM | #3 |
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12-21-2020, 12:34 PM | #4 |
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Almost $40k for a GTI seems like a reason not to get the good blue.
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12-21-2020, 01:31 PM | #5 |
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If you got rid of the Miata and got this, would the next shoe be to get rid of the m3 and get a boxster?
Have you looked at the trade in value on the Miata? Might be worth it for the tax savings on the new GTI + ease of total transaction / not dealing with private sale headaches.
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12-21-2020, 04:32 PM | #7 |
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OK, I read more about the ID.4. I'm gonna say no. I drive >40 miles of hwy a day and thanks to COVID those are >75mph miles. I don't think that use case is EV-friendly.
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VW is advertising a range of 250 miles for the ID.4. Even at 75+, 40 miles on the highway will use up 60ish miles of range. Plug in at 240V overnight and you should replace that in 2-3 hours... You'd have to be pushing 200 miles per day to have an issue with range... The range isn't final yet, but I think manufacturers have learned that they need to be realistic in what they advertise so that when the EPA rating comes out that they it is slightly higher (that's what Ford did on the Mach E)...
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I agree with ZBB. There's no problem here other than whatever you are inventing to make it a problem.
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