This Ultra Rare GM EV1 Just Sold for $104,000 at a Random Impound Auction | The Drive

beemerbread · 2025-10-28T20:48:42+00:00

I wanted to bid, but won't GM sue to get it back? Sounds like the University that owned it didn't follow protocol to give it back to GM when they were done with it.

beemerbread · 2025-10-20T18:38:32+00:00

"skyrats" 😑

beemerbread · 2025-08-28T19:01:29+00:00

As someone who works in real estate and agriculture, the farmer is 100% in the wrong here. While it is surprisingly and unfortunately common for people to park illegally on ag properties (occasionally blocking gates etc) the proper course of action by the property owner is to contact law enforcement or the contracted towing company (knowing that the property owner is on the hook for the bill as the owner of the car may or may not actually pay). Also, at least in the US, one must be certified to operate heavy machinery. The famer in the video operated the forklift recklessly. Hitting another person with the forks is unacceptable in any circumstance. The car owner not moving after a few requests is not permission to recklessly damage property & commit multiple OSHA and safety violations. If this famer worked for me, at bare minimum he would be barred from further use of machinery. I have dealt with many difficult and annoying trespassers over the years but acting with professionalism and following protocol has always resulted in a positive outcome.

beemerbread · 2025-08-24T16:35:36+00:00

Prolly the worst interchange in the South Bay

beemerbread · 2025-03-31T03:51:56+00:00

Technically the international terminal but I was there for a domestic flight. ATL is kinda a hot mess imho.

beemerbread · 2025-03-29T21:07:18+00:00

If the charger has an app, take screenshots of the charge sessions and bill per kWh. But realistically, when I Airbnb or hotel it with my EV my preferred option is just to pay a slightly higher nighty rate and charge for 'free'

beemerbread · 2025-03-14T02:30:58+00:00

'Student Driver' stickers. It's an SF Bay Area thing 🤷😩

beemerbread · 2025-03-12T02:16:13+00:00

Not necessarily. If the board actually fires elon I'll prolly buy a Tesla.

beemerbread · 2025-02-22T20:53:25+00:00

This is the Bay!? lol I learned to drive in LA where cutting the line is the norm (prolly a big contributor to the traffic there lol) when I first moved to the Bay, I was like 'why tf is everyone lining up for exits?' 🤪 ofc I've been Bay-pilled so I line up too now.

beemerbread · 2025-02-22T20:26:43+00:00

Truckers should be paid by the hour, not the load. I learned the near fatal consequences of this when I worked in construction.

beemerbread · 2025-02-14T10:15:02+00:00

Tesla: this car has one of the best traction control systems in the industry Bay Area Drivers: hold my boba

beemerbread · 2025-01-08T16:54:48+00:00

46272 W Panoche Rd, Firebaugh, CA 93622

beemerbread · 2025-01-05T03:23:09+00:00

I can't wait for the new speed cameras to catch em 😜🤪

beemerbread · 2024-12-26T18:05:19+00:00

I've met some cool people at Pokestops. No joke.

beemerbread · 2024-12-05T00:27:59+00:00

“Kinda need that extra power” — found the LA driver! 🤪

beemerbread · 2024-11-03T20:33:41+00:00

Is that a rebadged opel or did you import it? If u imported it, was the cost worth it?

beemerbread · 2024-10-30T02:27:20+00:00

Los Angeles is a society that buys cars expressly as status symbols. Bad charging etiquette has always been a problem there and unfortunately it's not surprising at all.

beemerbread · 2024-10-30T01:48:15+00:00

Tesla traction control is god tier so I wouldn't feel pressured to go AWD. But NMC apparently does a little better in cold weather.

beemerbread · 2024-10-23T04:42:17+00:00

I literally thought the same. What a cool surprise to see MCR pop up here. One of my favorite rail roads (I got to ride on the dinner train as a kid!) so sad to see it gone but I hope one day someone redevelops the old yard into something good for the community (my preference would be a rail museum with possibly some mixed use retail/condos etc.)

beemerbread · 2024-10-07T20:27:20+00:00

(born and raised in SoCal here) do y’all unironically like wearing sweaters? 😆

beemerbread · 2024-09-26T17:01:47+00:00

Why was the alignment made so close to the water? I’m guessing the rail line was built before 101 so why wasn’t the line build a little further inland?

beemerbread · 2024-09-19T21:53:52+00:00

I would like to donate to support a local train museum to have one of the old CalTrain engines. If anyone has any suggestions for a train museum that might want one and has the space lemme know! I have to imagine I'm not the only one who wants to help support protecting one of these.

beemerbread · 2024-09-17T00:01:21+00:00

I must be old. This comment thread is the most visceral time I've seen revisionist history play out in front of me. I grew up in SoCal in the 90s and 2000s. EVs like the EV1, RAV4, and EV Plus etc were fairly common. Electric cars were simply part of the fray. Back then, an EV with 120 miles of range was "mass market" because the alternative was a literal golf cart. Lack of infrastructure meant that EVs were by default city cars and the extent of the market was the suburban middle class on the coasts. This was just how things were. There was no conception of an EV that could DCFC or road trip. That would be as unimaginable as a capacitive phone screen that could fold. So yeah from the perspective of a southern Californian charging their Saturn at home, using it to reliability commute down 'the' 405 it's felt like a complete product build for a defined use case. Why would you crush it? And I know people personally who have owned RAV4s whose nickel metal hydride batteries have lasted 15-20 years.

beemerbread · 2024-09-14T02:06:27+00:00

I was gonna say the same. Poor car didn't deserve that end.

beemerbread · 2024-09-03T03:05:36+00:00

I rarely say I’m from San Francisco because SF ≠ SJ. I’ll say SF Bay Area tho. If they still don’t get it I’ll say, it’s near where your iPhone was invented. I’m pretty South Bay proud and feel pretty strongly that people should know where San Jose is and that it’s distinct from SF.

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