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Originally Posted by roastpuff
I take exception to this statement because the GR86/BRZ is actually pretty fucking fast around a track in stock form.  |
That's my point though!
You go to a track day and it's all GR86/BRZ. Are literally any of those people complaining they can't keep up with a Cayman GT4? No! They accept that they own the best value in track performance/$ that has existed in decades.
I'm just saying if you buy the hella bargain-deal Solterra/bZ, you can't complain it doesn't charge like a Taycan lol!
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Originally Posted by underscore
Or just use the $40-60k you save with the city car to rent a gas vehicle for your road trips. Some friends of mine road trip in their Hyundai EV and they say they love it but it sounds like a lot of inconvenience and screwing around to get anywhere.
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Tbh it is just where you are in your life, and the experience you're looking for.
Back in 2021, not long after my wife and I picked up our crazily discounted new $20k i3, we decided to go on a 1800 km road trip: SF -> LA -> Joshua Tree Park -> San Diego -> SF.
The i3 has 250 km of range, and charges at 50 kW. That's 3x
slower than Hobz was dealing with.
Each charge of 200 km would take about 40 minutes. You can do the math on that for 1800 km lol.
We had a great time. This was before kids, and we really took our time to explore California, and take our time to eat and stretch between driving segments. Even better, was that we paid barely anything for fuel/charge: Electrify America was running a promo.
It's really about picking the right tool for the job. If the journey's
not the destination. and you just
really need to get somewhere, you have to choose a different car. At the time I also had my s2k and FJ. We would've had a great time in those too, but for different reasons.
edit: in hindsight, I would've spent the extra $4k for the optional range extender on the i3 though. i wouldn't mind having the extra flexibility.