TTAC contributor David Holzman writes:
Sajeev,
My brother Tom’s Prius has been suffering neglect: a scraped door here, a tear in the bumper there, and my heavens, enough dirt to coat all the government buildings in the Washington DC metro area, where Tom lives and works, and pretty soon a two year old Prius is looking like a common beater. He has no plans to fix all this ugliness, but if there’s a logical, cost-benefit case to be made, he will definitely be swayed, as will his wife. (Read More…)


Recent Comments
Signal11 - To me, this is just babble from on off-road “enthusiast” who is into doing extreme obstacles for recreational...
Athos Nobile - “makes this into something like a very large Corolla” I saw my coworker’s 4th gen Camry on a lift while he was doing some CV...
Marcelo de Vasconcellos - it’s a very good moment to be an engineer, geologist. South Africa has also been attracting Brazilian...
jeffzekas - I suppose if you are comparing BMW with Yugo, then said car would be considered “reliable”. BMW CARS ARE EXPENSIVE, HIGH MAINTENANCE, AND...
doctor olds - @HDC- theatrics= “…out billions upon billions of dollars…”, “not buying anything remotely resembling GM”. The shortfall appears...
jeffzekas - If you’re going to recommend an RX-8, why not go all the way, and tell him to buy an Alfa Romeo? “It is not because the truth is too difficult...
jeffzekas - “There is no reason a carefully bought M3 can’t be a reliable daily driver”- more proof that Beemer drivers are delusional. Even the BMW blog...
Whuffo2 - No matter what you buy, it’s a depreciating asset. As its value declines, it’ll want repairs, insurance, taxes, etc. Owning a car is more...
Whuffo2 - You’ve never actually done it, have you? Those older cars need more maintenance more often than modern vehicles. I can guarantee you that if you had this car in...
rpn453 - “Electric cars accelerate faster than ICE cars.” What an absurd statement. Which electric cars accelerate faster than which ICE cars?