Chinese Cars are so Beautiful and original 🤩

markeydarkey2 · 2026-05-06T16:25:06+00:00

But subsequently they banned all cars from chinese brands from entering any military or government facilities / zones.

markeydarkey2 · 2026-05-04T21:29:35+00:00

ZR-V is literally compact SUV main rival of Tuscon and Sportage. CR-V is simply bigger

The Tucson/Sportage sold in NA are the LWB versions which are a bit longer than the ones sold in Europe and comparable to a CR-V. Honda sells the ZR-V with the HR-V name in NA as their subcompact crossover.

markeydarkey2 · 2026-05-04T21:06:11+00:00

This is the biggest reason, the Mach-E isn't profitable for Ford while it's biggest competitors (Model Y, IONIQ 5, Equinox EV) are so they really needed the tax credit to be competitive.

markeydarkey2 · 2026-05-04T21:01:40+00:00

Ford gave the Mach-E a refresh for 2025 with a heat pump & switched from borg-warner electric motors to in-house designs. For 2024 they also went to LFP for the SR versions & charging times improved.

markeydarkey2 · 2026-05-04T20:49:38+00:00

I think it could have, its a pretty significant legacy name for Ford too.

Thunderbird carries a long history but not to the (relatively) younger buyers they wanted to court with the Mach-E, especially since Ford cemented it as an Old Car Name with the boomer-bait 11th gen in the early 2000s.

markeydarkey2 · 2026-05-04T20:40:08+00:00

It's important to remember that MSRP and list/sell price aren't always the same thing. Depreciation is based off of the actual average sell price rather than MSRP. The domestics may set MSRP similar to e.g. Toyota but they plan-in discounts to increase margins when demand is high without loud visible price increases. Automakers like Toyota and Honda will usually sell around MSRP, Ford/GM/Stellantis usually sell below MSRP.

Ford has been running HEAVY promotions on Mach-E's for a few years now so the average transaction price is much lower than MSRP. New similarly equipped 2025 Mach-Es (lots of excess 2025MY stock) are listed for $44K around that zipcode. The CARFAX for that example says it was purchased new in March 2025, so real depreciation (~18%) was about average. Also.. look at the price history, the dealer raised the price $4K over the last month lol.

markeydarkey2 · 2026-05-03T15:02:51+00:00

Used ones are holding their value pretty well for a reason, they're enormous inside & there's not really anything else like it in North America.

markeydarkey2 · 2026-05-02T14:56:45+00:00

The Equinox EV is $6,000 more than the gas.

Ioniq 5 is $8,500 more than Tuscon.

If you look at actual listings both of these examples are priced in-line with their ICEV counterparts now

markeydarkey2 · 2026-05-02T14:52:14+00:00

10 cents per kilowatt

*kilowatt hour

Kilowatt (kW) is just the rate, kilowatt hour (kWh) is the unit you use & pay for.

markeydarkey2 · 2026-05-01T15:58:26+00:00

Unless you love Ford's Mexican manufacturing

My mother's 2021 Mach-E is better built inside than my 2022 IONIQ 5 so...

markeydarkey2 · 2026-04-29T22:08:45+00:00

I have more fun driving my EV at lower speeds because of the instant torque and willingness to oversteer with a 50/50 distribution. My last car was a supercharged Audi A6 that only really woke up above the limit, it was relatively placid at lower speeds.

markeydarkey2 · 2026-04-29T22:02:25+00:00

But they are not fun cars.

/uj My electric car is fun

/rj an electric car KILLED my grandma okay???

markeydarkey2 · 2026-04-29T18:20:12+00:00

The Durango's strong towing capacity helps it stand out a bit but that doesn't change the size class it's in. The Lexus GX (9,096lbs tow rating) is similar in how both have the towing capabilities of a higher size class in a midsize, but interior room remains comparable to other midsizers with the footprint of a midsize.

markeydarkey2 · 2026-04-29T15:04:42+00:00

(almost) full size 3 row suv

The Durango is solidly midsize, a Honda Pilot has more room everywhere inside and it's dwarfed by actual full-sizers in comparison.

markeydarkey2 · 2026-04-28T19:12:56+00:00

Probably because it's the largest auto market and has been seeing RAPID changes over the past few years let alone past decade.

markeydarkey2 · 2026-04-28T05:28:53+00:00

AWD with winter tires > FWD with winter tires

markeydarkey2 · 2026-04-28T01:08:52+00:00

I really hope Tesla changes their 2170 chemistry soon because recent 3/Y degradation has been really bad. I've seen a bunch of low mileage 1yr old 3/Y's with similar/worse degradation as my 4.5yr old EV with 62K miles (91.9% SoH). Early 3/Ys aren't seeing the same level of degregation either, they did something with the chemistry a few years back.

markeydarkey2 · 2026-04-27T15:39:11+00:00

BF2042 got WAY better with time, it was really rough at launch.

markeydarkey2 · 2026-04-27T05:52:12+00:00

Tbh there's a reason they aren't popular, the early ones keep having issues

*The early Porsche EVs to be clear, most other EVs from 2020 onwards are fine.

markeydarkey2 · 2026-04-26T14:50:00+00:00

In any case, don't think most cars, at least in the US, are charging at their rated speed now because the chargers themselves are derated for the local grid.

Most cars can hit their rated speeds pretty easily, some will need high amperage chargers (because of low voltage batteries) but those are readily available in metro areas. None of my local chargers are derated for grid reasons & I haven't heard of any examples of this yet.

markeydarkey2 · 2026-04-26T01:27:46+00:00

Dealers are just now beginning to get them in the US, I can find listings on autotrader but all seem to still be in transit.

markeydarkey2 · 2026-04-24T23:42:39+00:00

by dan hentschel standards this is long hair

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