FlyerInHi, because I’m a cheapskate’s cheapskate. $2500 “down” four years ago. Maybe $25-50 per month in repair costs in a bad year. Besides, I’m blue-collar at heart and actively enjoy grease monkeying. Did I mention that if I buy used, I own the car and can resell it as I please AND only carry liability insurance (no collision, UIM, or comp).
Plus, “driving” a Camry is a sleep-inducing experience. I’d prefer not to fall asleep from boredom, crash into a tree and die.
Screw the idea of paying a few hundred bucks a month for a car, or dropping cash that can be used on another property down payment. And no thanks to your creepy idea of having a car that phones home — will it send my location to DC too so they can tax me by mile and maintain a permanent record of whereabouts?
Maybe you’d feel more at home somewhere like Singapore?
Actually, given adequate charging stations, I wouldn’t mind a 100% electric car. But ideally one that’s simple and skips the Big Bro features. Something like an electric Miata or Tesla Roadster would be perfect.
Electric cars don’t emit smog and don’t have much to break that would reduce efficiency, so why on Earth would they need to phone home to Big Bro unless it’s just another means of controlling the sheeples’ lives?
