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Folks, the chevy bolt is here

Two numbers?238 and 29,995?are why. The first is the number of miles the EPA has certified the Bolt EV will travel on a full charge. The second is the price, in dollars, of the Bolt EV, after allowing for a $7,500 federal tax rebate. By offering that range at that price, the Bolt EV has made just about every other electric vehicle on sale obsolete. ?Simply put, it?s twice the car for half the price of a BMW i3,? guest judge Chris Theodore said. ?A better car, better package, much better handling, with twice the range.

I'll still get the model 3, but wow what a package!
http://www.motortrend.com/news/chevrolet-bolt-ev-2017-car-of-the-year/
 
I like Lexus and Siracha--NOT sure if I like both together. This is just plain weird.
http://autospies.com/news/LAAUTOSHOW-Lexus-Turns-Up-The-Heat-With-Sriracha-IS-Concept-90650/

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irvinehomeowner said:
Too bad the Bolt is too small for me.
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Too small as in... it won't hold all your cargo and passengers? Or too small as in... you can't fit into the driver's seat.

If it's a touchy subject, you don't have to answer.  :-X
 
What I can't get used to seeing are those new weird-looking electric BMWs. The first time I saw one on the road, I though to myself: "What in the world has Kia done now?!" only to realize it was a mutant BMW. I think they're called the i3. So ugly. I haven't read this thread in a long time so I don't know if anybody has one. Not trying to be mean. They're just offensive to my eyes.
 
SoCal said:
What I can't get used to seeing are those new weird-looking electric BMWs. The first time I saw one on the road, I though to myself: "What in the world has Kia done now?!" only to realize it was a mutant BMW. I think they're called the i3. So ugly. I haven't read this thread in a long time so I don't know if anybody has one. Not trying to be mean. They're just offensive to my eyes.
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I agree they are ugly looking. The plus side is you can get very low lease rates from BMW.
 
SoCal said:
What I can't get used to seeing are those new weird-looking electric BMWs. The first time I saw one on the road, I though to myself: "What in the world has Kia done now?!" only to realize it was a mutant BMW. I think they're called the i3. So ugly. I haven't read this thread in a long time so I don't know if anybody has one. Not trying to be mean. They're just offensive to my eyes.
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Work with a guy (a guy I don't like) who worships his i3. #lame
 
SoCal said:
irvinehomeowner said:
Too bad the Bolt is too small for me.
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Too small as in... it won't hold all your cargo and passengers? Or too small as in... you can't fit into the driver's seat.

If it's a touchy subject, you don't have to answer.  :-X
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Too small for *me*.

I'm husky and proud... all you skinny guys are just jelly.
 
Just curious, how many guys here choose a car based only on what their wife allows them to have?

We have some friends. A married couple. Professionals. In their 40s. Make at least $250k+ a year combined. He works FT & she works PT. Very low cost of living  -- own a very modest home in the I.E. Just 1 kid late into their marriage. He needed a new car. She told him he's only allowed to have a Honda FIT! Mr. SoCal and I were both shocked. If that's what he wanted, then fine. But he HATES the car. Oh, well, too bad according to her. Meanwhile, she drives a Pilot - among the most expensive in the line. It's like this with other things, though. For ex., He wants Neflix. She vetoed that. Then, a show debuted on Netflix that she wanted to see. Said she was going to subscribe. Her car is not very high-end but she has expensive taste in many other areas. She splurges on herself and only permits him cheap things. He's not allowed to have mediocre things unless the dictator approves.

I would never make Mr. SoCal buy a car he DOES NOT WANT. This is crazy to me. If anything, it's the opposite with us. In fact, Mr. SoCal recently bought a new car. He asked what I thought about his options. I told him: "You always take good care of me. I want you to have whatever car you want. I trust you."
 
your friends relationship sounds like its heading towards divorce or it will at least cause the husband to cheat on his wife at some point for all the resentment I'm sure that's built up within him. She sounds more like a "mother" than a wife.
Relationships should be 50-50 decision making power unless one person allows the other to make the decision by their own will and choice. When we bought our house that decision was made together but when it came time to go to the design center and choose option my husband didn't care what was chosen for design so I went by myself and picked everything. Most husbands would never allow that but that was his decision. I didn't tell him to stay home because my choices were more important.
As spouses you're one team so major life decisions (buying homes, cars etc) should be a discussion, compromise at times and should be agreed upon by both parties. 
 
There is no 50/50 at casa de qwerty. I make all the important calls. My wife says she wants Asian food, I say no. It's Mexican tonight! I will not let anyone dictate my food choices.
 
Well, I don't need a permission but I usually give my wife a heads up about my next purchase since the car I want to get can get pretty pricey. 

She already know I'm a big car nuts before we got married, so buying a expensive high performance car is given as long as I can afforded it. 
 
Just like QWERTY 50/50 split.  She can whatever car she wants and I can have whatever car I want; as long as we can transport the kids  ;)
 
We all make our own deals, but there's a lot of luck involved in finding someone you find attractive and wanna hang out with a lot, much less can find common ground on complex decisions.
 
qwerty said:
There is no 50/50 at casa de qwerty. I make all the important calls. My wife says she wants Asian food, I say no. It's Mexican tonight! I will not let anyone dictate my food choices.
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I hope you don't consider Taco Bell as Mexican food.  ;)


 
With that salary he must be in some position of power in his company, or he owns his own business but you still can't be a meek, bashful person and have that much success. 

In either case he must manage people well and with authority - strange that he's allowing this to happen to him at home.  Is he scared to stand up for himself or he just wants to avoid conflict?  Maybe there's something else going on that's giving her the upper hand for whatever reason.

This is certainly not normal.  It's one thing deciding with your spouse that you should spend a max $ amount on a car (then let the driving spouse choose themselves), but it's another thing when someone is dictating the brand and model. 
 
qwerty said:
There is no 50/50 at casa de qwerty. I make all the important calls. My wife says she wants Asian food, I say no. It's Mexican tonight! I will not let anyone dictate my food choices.
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I call alternative facts on this!

How many times has qwerdictator posted that his wife wanted some food and he went out to get it? Granted most of those were probably while she was pregnant but I think Asia wears bigger pants over Mexico at Casa De Qwerty.
 
aquabliss said:
With that salary he must be in some position of power in his company, or he owns his own business but you still can't be a meek, bashful person and have that much success. 

In either case he must manage people well and with authority - strange that he's allowing this to happen to him at home.  Is he scared to stand up for himself or he just wants to avoid conflict?  Maybe there's something else going on that's giving her the upper hand for whatever reason.

This is certainly not normal.  It's one thing deciding with your spouse that you should spend a max $ amount on a car (then let the driving spouse choose themselves), but it's another thing when someone is dictating the brand and model. 
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Maybe he's really ugly and she's a supermodel?

I can relate. :)
 
irvinehomeowner said:
aquabliss said:
With that salary he must be in some position of power in his company, or he owns his own business but you still can't be a meek, bashful person and have that much success. 

In either case he must manage people well and with authority - strange that he's allowing this to happen to him at home.  Is he scared to stand up for himself or he just wants to avoid conflict?  Maybe there's something else going on that's giving her the upper hand for whatever reason.

This is certainly not normal.  It's one thing deciding with your spouse that you should spend a max $ amount on a car (then let the driving spouse choose themselves), but it's another thing when someone is dictating the brand and model. 
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Maybe he's really ugly and she's a supermodel?

I can relate. :)
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Yep, you're the supermodel  ;)

PS, not calling IHOWIFEY uglee  :-X
 
aquabliss said:
With that salary he must be in some position of power in his company, or he owns his own business but you still can't be a meek, bashful person and have that much success.
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He's a Prin*cip*al S*oftw*are Eng*in*eer. (<--Trying to make this not Googleable.) Fairly quiet, reserved, enjoys working solo in a dark office, not exactly a social butterfly. A typical computer nerd, I would say. I'm not trying to knock this personality type, btw. I know there are probably plenty of other guys like this on TI.  :P He's actually Mr. SoCal's BFF, met back in high school, grew up together, and now, over 30 years later, they work together at the same company, do the same thing, same team, similar personalities.

We are sad for him. Sometimes I think we're biased because he's the friend and she's just the "wife of the friend". But I have to remember -- like the other comment here said earlier -- he chose this life. Or should I say she chose it and he went along with it? She the one who pursued him. I met them 100 years ago when I met Mr. SoCal. I always felt she came off bossy & high-maintenance even way back then.
 
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