Thankfully I’m too young to be affected by the actual quote (last man to die in Vietnam).

Edited to add: And you SERIOUSLY misjudge how f'n crazy rotorheads are. My online tag is rotarymike; I own rotarymike.com, have been active in the rotary online community since 1992. I have a rotor clock made from a 13B rotor and speedo faceplate; I have rotor cufflinks. I've built more engines than I can recall and owned at one time a total of 16 RX-7s (parts cars for the race car)... and I'm MILD to BORING in the rotary world.

I think of it more like the Tank Girl universe. I may Mad Max my little rotary along in the wasteland until the sentient kangaroos take me out.

 

I would miss combustion engines. Electric cars are cool, but it's a different experience. Same reason why Rotaries are so cool, just unique!

 

Don't misunderstand my sentiment. Obviously I love a rumbly exhaust, and manual transmissions, but not so much that I would deny the obvious. Automotive history is happening right now, in real time, and that's pretty cool, IMO.

Yes, rotaries are cool. To a lesser degree, so are flat 4s and flat 6s.

 

I already had problems getting parts for my M45 and M56. I wonder when I won't be able to get parts for my G37.

 

I still say electric cars are a fad

 

^ no shot. EVs are here to stay. They only continue to get more and more popular.

Although I really think plug in hybrids are the best option right now personally.

 

​​​​​​Unless a new battery is invented or cobalt is no longer mined by slaves, maybe. Plug in hybrids and hydrogen are a better option. Power grid will need serious updates to support EVs too. I don't know, I'm not convinced yet.

 

I would agree as well. I think EVs are just a band-aid and a quick fix scenario that is just getting pushed onto car manufacturers by governments in various countries. I am not saying they do not have their place in the future but I think hydrogen and hybrids are the actual future. Not to mention the thought of seeing junkyards or 'recycling' facilities where these electric vehicles and their batteries end their lives in 10, 15, or 20 years. Gross.

 

I think for light duty cars, battery electric will be the main energy source. h2 can’t really compete there, maybe for heavy-duty EV

 

I would like to submit this data through electricity production + maintenance cost + battery replacement turning the EV into a brick(frustrated owner decided to rot the car due to a bad battery)

On the opposite side I do see the electric revolution start the DIY retro fitment side as well which makes me wonder how regulations will be implemented.

 

As more batteries are disposed of also, it increases the hazard level. Those things can catch fire, and even when put out, they can reignite themselves for like 150 days after the fire was put out. One of my good friends is a firefighter and he hates EVs soooooooo much. it takes like 80 times more water to put out too.

 

Not to harsh on EVs - but we're skipping a step. Diesel or small petrol engine running a generator, with electric motors powering the wheels directly.

You know, like a locomotive...

Then move the small engine to fuel cell power, and you're getting somewhere.

 

Yep, love it or hate it, but the BMW i8 got it 👍 right I think. Little 3 cylinder powering the generator.

Call me a conspiracy theorist, but after what what happened to our Truckers and the discussions held in parliament after, EVs seem like a way to be able to remotely shut off your car and take away your ability to store fuel so you can move freely. The Oakville Ford plant already showed us they're going to be producing a self driving system that lets the car repossess itself...

 

Good point, and same can be said about how the H2 is produced. There are bunch of ways, most are just being commercialized so their efficiencies and related operational costs are not very close to competing with grid power (and the sources of that vary pretty greatly on the area and time of day).

 

Funny I was just talking to my wife yesterday about the value of my 2012 6MT sport sedan that's sitting at around 45,800 miles right now. I told her that there are probably only a handful of G's remaining with that low of mileage and the condition mine is in. I'm hoping I can hold onto it for many more years and if I ever purchase another car, just store it somewhere and not have to sell it. Thankfully I have a company car that I drive the majority of the time (or my wife's car) so the G is a weekend cruiser mostly.

I like to fantasize about owning both the G and an E90 M3 at the same time. Reduntant? Maybe, but they're both such cool cars. I've regretted having to let prior cars go and I just don't want to have to go through that again with the G.