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2012 Lexus GX460: Less Bling – But Maybe That’s Better….

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MarkyMark: Back in the day a 240 were barely be BROKEN IN at 100k miles! If Volvo started making cars like the old 240 again,...
eric: Hi Mark, Sure, of course. And a man might one day walk on the surface of the sun… anything is possible. But I’m dealing...
MarkyMark: Oops, I meant to say the Gen III car-duh!
MarkyMark: What’s to say that battery chemistry WON’T change in the future? Sure, Li Ion is the best there is now, but what...
Nunzio: I’ll bet Volvo sold more cars per year here back in the 70’s and 80’s than they do today. When I was a kid...
MarkyMark: That’s how they do it, but there have been some changes since FE changed to the Gen II car for this season. Without...
eric: Hi Anon, I dislike/object to car drivers who behave in that manner as much as you do; so I think we’re getting close to...
eric: Indeed, Farmer… The CVT is another Hidden Cost of Uncle. These transmissions would likely be extremely rare – rather...
MikeC: The software won’t let you fully charge the battery at the Supercharger stations. That’s because you can’t run...
Anonymous: Actually I mostly agree with you. And yeilding to faster traffic is the considerate thing to do. Nobody in cars, RV or trucks...
eric: Hi Mark, The fundamental problem remains battery chemistry; there have been improvements, certainly – but absent something...
MikeC: My brother drives a Tesla Model S sedan. He had someone in a pickup with a tow hitch back into him at a red light at 2 mph. It was...
MarkyMark: Does NYC allow one to live without a car? Yes, but it comes at a cost. Whatever you save in terms of car payment, insurance,...
dread pirate anonymous: She should move to San Francisco or London; she could get paid good money for her behavior there, and her clients...
not left handed either: I’m guessing the EV racing is all deliberately designed within feasible battery range?
MarkyMark: I haven’t been following Volvo since the mid 1970s. Back when they made good cars, I couldn’t drive. After I could...
eric: Thanks, Jeremy! I think you nicely sum up this dilemma, as follows: “…as a cyclist and a driver, I consider it my...
MarkyMark: Ah, Mr. Fusion! I like the allusion to one of my favorite movies, Back to the Future… Do EVs have to be improved? Most...
Jeremy: Hi Eric, Thanks for responding. As I said earlier, I appreciate your comments because I know that they come from a desire to...
eric: Hi Anonymous, Right of way isn’t absolute, either in law or as regards common courtesy. For example, cars are expected...
FarmerChet: Power must be muted for the CVT’s used by Toyota. The last one on the RAV4 could handle up to 180hp, and that was...
Anonymous: “And of yielding right of way.” Except the bicycles have right of way just like any other vehicle in front of you...
eric: Hi Jeremy, I have been thinking this business over – specifically, the reason for the animosity of many drivers toward...
Jeremy: Hey Brent, That is certainly my experience. The “obstruction” I supposedly create exists in the imagination of...
eric: Hi Mark, EVs are capable of phenomenal acceleration – but this is an irrelevant consideration as regards practicality and...
Jeremy: Hi Anon, Psychopaths are quite rare. The problem is that coercive power structures attract and protect them. Thus psychopaths are...
eric: Hi RK, One of the many reasons I object to all of this is the systematic taking away of our control over life and death decisions...
eric: Hi Anonymous, Anyone who grew up before all of this became routine practice – which is anyone who can remember what the...
eric: Hi Brent, Indeed. My fear as well. Both will be declared “too risky” … “… can’t allow people to...
eric: Hi Anonymous, I like a joke as much as most people; but this creature seems to derive enjoyment from humiliating people –...
BrentP: People like Ed and Chuck are offended that a bicyclist is merely there. I encounter similar people on the road and I am sure you...
swamprat: This car is a pig. I don’t know why anyone would consider buying yet another crossover. That car wins the prize for the...
BrentP: So which is it, you have no problem passing or traffic is being obstructed? It can’t be both.
Anonymous: “That’s not malicious, again, like … that’s just who I am, I like joking, I joke all the time.” She has no idea that what she...
BrentP: I find the ‘kids’ on different forums but there’s this cognitive dissonance that prevents them from seeing that...
BrentP: Two wheeled transportation, both bicycle and motorcycle, is likely to be eliminated through the pincers of automation and...
Anonymous: Remember when they used to behave better when the camera was pointed at them? My how brazen these heroes are becoming. Stay...
ReadyKilowatt: Well, I’d rather they figure out how to not hit people on clear dry roads under ideal conditions. Then we’ll ask that...
MarkyMark: Wow, that AGW is a psycho! At what point do we, the American people, PUSH BACK against this?!
Jeremy: Hi Brent, “The political theory is that subsidy gets things going and then the cost reduction process begins.” Ah,...
BrentP: The political theory is that subsidy gets things going and then the cost reduction process begins. However, that means that there...
no one to be trifled with: Well, it’s going to be One Hell of a Fight. The “natives” out west here have been getting...
MarkyMark: You may be on to something. I responded to Jason Flinders and told him about someone you need to check out: Peggy Liu. Look...
MarkyMark: Forgive me for being fascinated with EVs, but my former employer partnered with both Tesla and the Buckeye Bullet. The Buckeye...
MarkyMark: Jason, I’m just getting into researching sustainability, who’s behind it, etc. While I haven’t gotten to the...
Nunzio: This is really a no-win situation- even if the plaintiff wins…. On the one hand: Since goobermint has abrogated to itself...
tom: It depends on what else (if anything) is wrong with your current car. Everyone has their breaking point, and my personality is more...
MarkyMark: I can’t argue that ICEs are better or more convenient. In fact, when I bought a car in November of last year, it was an...
BrentP: Just spelling out that these ‘faults’ are not faults when the various agendas are puzzle pieced into an overall...
Nunzio: The damned thing would probably hit the dog! Machines truly have no feelings!
Tuanorea: Being a little hard on this guy Eric. http://www.cc.com/video-clips/ nq7o3b/uncensored—being- in-love Besides,...
eric: Hi Mark, But they haven’t come farther. They have just gotten much more expensive – for the sake of performance rather...
eric: Hi Mark, Agreed. My critiques of EVs are not of EVs as such but rather what EVs are being used to achieve. I am convinced that the...
having fun storming the castle: Are you one of “them” or just particularly depressed right now?
brazos_bend: What happens when AI vehicles are faced with a double bind situation. A school bus or family car is on your left and a deer...
Nunzio: Good point, MM! But I dunno- only 11K Volvos sold here in a year now….and soon they will be making nothing but...
MarkyMark: Eric, Though I agree with your sentiment, i.e. gov’t bureaucrats overseeing autonomous car technology should be held...
MarkyMark: I’d like to see an end to the EV subsidies. That said, I’m curious as to where and how EV technology will progress, and...
Jason Flinders: Of course the expectation of the people saying that is that THEY will not be among the broken eggs. Many if not most of...
Jeremy: Hi Ed, I manage to ride my bike on the streets without obstructing traffic. Do you think that any use of a bicycle on the streets...
Jason Flinders: Actually given the expectation of technological progress, 40 years ago it would not have been that crazy to predict such...
ken: Never have understood people. If I take a long trip the last thing I want is to turn on autopilot and go to sleep. Personally, even...
MarkyMark: Eric, I can only answer with a few rhetorical questions. One, if you’d asked someone from 40 years ago when EVs were...
Ed: 8, I would have guessed he was offering to shit in his hat. It would fit with the rest of the bullshit he posts.
Ed: I didn’t say shit about having problems passing your slowpoking ass. As usual, you drag up shit you wish I had said so that you...
MarkyMark: I wouldn’t bet on them withdrawing from the American market-not when the Chinese are behind them. Geely, the Chinese car...
Eightsouthman: All the complexity added to big rig diesel engines is a crock…..of bullshit. They have a particulate trap that...
freakNH: When I test drove the Rogue, I found the rear visibility to be terrible. It wasn’t the newest gen, but the profile...
ReadyKilowatt: Funny that someone said that, since the prime reason given for this technology is to reduce the number of fatalities on...
ReadyKilowatt: …Uncle would remain remote – like the demi-urge of Gnosticism. That line alone is worth the $10/month subscription!...
eric: Thanks for the insight on the beef, RK! Makes sense… It’s flabbergasting how heavy modern cars are. My ’76...
ReadyKilowatt: It’s hard to figure out why the Toyota is so much heavier than the HR-V and CX-3, especially without AWD. It should be...
Nasir: I think on the bright side – some kids now are doing amazing stuff on Youtube…. check out some of the offroading or...
eric: Hi Anonymous, I’ve driven the CNG/gas (dual fuel) Impala; the experience is indistinguishable from driving the gasoline...
eric: Good stuff, Crusty – thanks! These engines are very interesting, from a technical perspective. But – like you – I...
eric: Hi No One, I’m similarly situated – out in the Woods – and wonder the same. Speaking just for me: If it...
Anonymous: I agree with Eightsouthman re: cng f150/Silverado. Another thought I had was an engine swap with a dual fuel Impala, which is...
eric: Hi SJ, If this thing only had a heart… some engine! It’s sad to see it made into nothing special by the lack thereof....
eric: Thanks for the kind words, Mark!
eric: Hi Brent, Yup; ends justify the means The ends decided upon by people we never met, who see us as either impediments or grist for...
BrentP: Machines will grow the food for the most part and a lot less food will be required in the desired future.
BrentP: On another site I found people saying “you have to break eggs to make an omelet” with regard to the deaths and...
mark: Very good article. Thanks!
SojournerMoon: Unfortunately it’s ugly as sin. The Aztec comparison is apt. Whoever is in charge of styling at Toyota should be shot....
Nunzio: Same here, No One, but not because of preppers and city-escapees (The latter of which I was)- but rather because there never was...
no one to be trifled with: It’s funny: during the last big housing bust, property values around here actually stayed steady or up a...
Crusty Old TV Tech: Is this the engine in question? http://achatespower.com/our-fo rmula/opposed-piston/ “The engineers and...
eric: Hi Anonymous, I would not welcome a law. And I understand that not everyone can afford a car. And that’s beside the point,...
Anonymous: Please re-read your post here with an eye towards who you burden with more responsibility on a public right of way. PUBLIC....
Eightsouthman: Brent, the fedguv started moving people out of the country in earnest in the Big Depression and has done everything it can...
eric: Hi Ancap, Toyota is a very conservative company. I suspect the reason for the C-HR’s lack of a potent powerplant has to do...
eric: Hi Mark, It’s not bad – the back glass isn’t small; the main visibility obstacle is the second row headrests, but...
no one of consequence: Sure. Who needs farmers and ranchers? We can get our food at the grocery store.
dread pirate anonymous: Anchar. are you replying to me or the thread in general ???? I can’t imagine recommending a really rare...
ancap51: Eric, It’s interesting to me that Toyota can be somewhat dominant in racing and outright dominating in off road racing...
Mark.V.: What is the rear visibility like? The sloping rear window would appear to significantly restrict the view out the back. In short...
eric: Hi Anchar, I dig those, but they’re not for everyone. I recommended the Crosstrek because it’s as comfortable on-road...
eric: Hi Mark, In general I agree; but there is one very important difference: Powering a car that weighs several thousand pounds vs....
eric: Hi Nasir, Yup. I’ve been at this – covering the car business – for going on 30 years now and the changes I have...
eric: Hi Nasir! Good stuff; I hadn’t seen this yet.

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