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Topic: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)

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OrangeAfroMan

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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #784 on: June 11, 2022, 01:08:34 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on June 11, 2022, 10:01:47 AM
I saw an unusual number of Ferraris in SD and a few Bentleys/RRs as well.  We did drive through some of the higher rent districts of course.  I think increasingly to survive in CA you need a Big Bank or to be rather poor.  My Step Son in Law told me the minimum salary now is $62,000, not MW, but for salaried workers, which would include Admins etc.  That just edges into the 9.3% state tax bracket for singles.
I felt like every third car was a Tesla last weekend in SoCal.  
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #785 on: June 11, 2022, 01:27:25 PM »
I was somewhat surprised not to see more EVs in CA than I noticed.  I saw a lot of trucks and SUVs in swankyland.

Over the past 10 years, annual sales of plug-in electric vehicles in California have gone from just 7,000 in 2011 to more than a quarter of a million sold in 2021, making up more than 12 percent of all light-duty vehicle sales last year.

Obviously a 12% replacement rate isn't much relative to the whole fleet.  CA has a million "plug ins" (which includes hybrids) but nearly 30 million cars and LTs.  The various articles seem to try and imply 12% of the fleet is EV, which isn't true of course.

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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #786 on: June 11, 2022, 02:37:22 PM »
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #787 on: June 11, 2022, 02:37:58 PM »
They specified SALES LAST YEAR.
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #788 on: June 11, 2022, 02:40:14 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on June 11, 2022, 02:37:58 PM
They specified SALES LAST YEAR.
Sure, I don't think anyone has SALES THIS YEAR.  Maybe this year will be 15%.

That still is a slow replacement rate, for now.
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #789 on: June 11, 2022, 10:09:09 PM »
What was the least sportiest car that was ever made? 
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« Reply #790 on: June 11, 2022, 11:07:45 PM »
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #791 on: June 12, 2022, 05:57:26 AM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on June 11, 2022, 10:09:09 PM
What was the least sportiest car that was ever made?
I'd say AMC Pacer.  There is a long list here of course, Chevy Chevette comes to mind, any minivan ,,,
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #792 on: June 12, 2022, 07:35:27 AM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on June 11, 2022, 10:09:09 PM
What was the least sportiest car that was ever made?
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #793 on: June 12, 2022, 08:06:06 AM »
You'd be safer on a Harley
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« Reply #794 on: June 12, 2022, 08:29:23 AM »
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #795 on: June 12, 2022, 08:31:35 AM »
The Gremlin was more sporty than the Pacer, I think.

I think that's a Gremlin.  I should mention Mustang II here as well, they sort of looked sporty, but weren't, at all.  I test drove one way back.

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« Reply #796 on: June 12, 2022, 09:01:39 AM »
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« Reply #797 on: June 12, 2022, 09:18:52 AM »
The same ‘32 Ford and the same guys - 45 years apart! 😎 Awesome job, guys!

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