Have you bought a car recently?

[Sean Hayden]

Not so sure the real problem is the vehicles, but the need for a “commute”.


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Aye, they are both problematic.

[JimC]

Both my sons are lucky in their commute. For a start, they can work from home a couple of days a week, and for the actual commute to work, they ride their bikes, with most of the distance being on dedicated bike routes.

[macdoc]

Hmmmph got in early on the work from home gig and was 37 years without a commute tho I had some insane ones early on.. with a 7 mpg car

[rainbow]

Bron is very happy with her recently bought Tesla model 3 (it took 10 months from order to delivery); most of our city and nearby driving is in that. I'm hanging on to my Subaru Forester, it's economical for our trips into the inland...

We just got a Scooby-Doo

[The_Metatron]

Hmmmph got in early on the work from home gig and was 37 years without a commute tho I had some insane ones early on.. with a 7 mpg car

Curious about that car. Was something wrong with it? My three ton service van gets twice that many miles per gallon!


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[macdoc]

Ford Torino - early on for the catalytic converter and running at 80mph the manifold glowed bright orange and the car just drank fuel.
from the owners

Actual MPG from 4 Ford Torino owners

Fuelly
https://www.fuelly.com › car › ford › torino
Ford Torino MPG · 1971 · 8.4 Avg MPG · 1 Vehicle · 4 Fuel-ups · 351 Miles Tracked ...

https://www.fuelly.com/car/ford/gran_torino/1972

Current ride 80+ mpg
https://www.fuelly.com/motorcycle/yamaha/xc155_smax

https://www.bestbeginnermotorcycles.com ... max-xc155/
and freeway capable ...

[Brian Peacock]

Freeway capable, and a boon to those awaiting organ donors.

[macdoc]

You are clearly not a rider.
57 years on motorcycles and the only damage is a rotator cuff from falling off on green moss on a forest trail.
The bike top end is north of 110 kph ...same as my CB300F and the bikes weigh the same.
The 155 has better weather protection. I like dual hand brakes as well like the Burgman 650. Not sure where you get your ideas from

[Brian Peacock]

You missed the smiley macdoc. I wasn't being entirely serious. My brother's ridden all his life and has only come off once, at low speed, when the driver of a parked car opened her door on him - broken collarbone.

That said: A study finds that accidents at large motorcycle rallies lead to increased organ donations.

[Tero]

We only have buses on weekdays to maybe 6PM. So the car is somewhat necessary. With an eBike I could cut some driving. The city is like 10 miles by ten miles so gas is no big deal. Our car is pre pandemic.