t depends on if they send you a tax notice or not. There was an outfit in Ohio that I used to purchase a lot of electronics from. One year I got a note from them listing my purchases, and that I would have to pay taxes on. That was a pain in the ass.

I think they got "caught", or had new accountants or something. But yes - if you can avoid the sales tax, it's a significant discount.

Interesting, I've never received any such notices....but most of my stuff is one off buys...not repeated purchases from a single site...

Believe it or not, I STILL find it pays to compare Amazon to maybe smaller retailers....for shipping vs tax!!!

I find a lot of sellers out there that still do not charge sales tax and some times...that makes it cheaper than Amazon...

Prime has LONG been a good deal for me.....but here recently with them adding commercials to Prime videos/movies....I'm starting to step back and re-evaluate....

Hmm....why in my head am I picturing the dancing Syringes of Mordor.....??

I think this should be one of the RARE times the US takes full advantage of of China's market and economical manufacturing capabitlies.....

We should buy a TON of these things....and set them all up aimed at China.

And if China gets out of line....we find out what their "return policy" is....

;)

That's what you do when you want change.

What if I don't want "change"....?

I mean I do vote for people who want what I want....but the govt isn't there to think for me...they are there to obey the will of their constituents ....

They seem to forget this...

Yes you prefer to use touch screens I guess to distract you and kill people rather than using a simple voice instruction?

No...I prefer physical buttons, dials, switches...that I can operate 99% of the time via muscle memory without having to take my eyes off the road....

Like the OP, I can't stand talking to a fucking machine.

It means when you do a Google search for a restaurant

People do that...?

I mean, by the time I get in my car, I already know what restaurant I'm going to....my research is done LONG before I think of how I'll get there either via my car or an uber, etc....

You talk to your phone / car on a regular basis ?

Ok...sounds weird....

I can't stand talking to machines...especially the auto answer phones businesses have....I just start repeatedly hitting 0 and saying "Agent"....etc.

Yep and the same idiots in the USA drive SUVs and trucks just to get groceries.

Geez, why get your panties in a wad because of what Americans choose to spend their dollars on?

It's really none of your fucking business.....free people are free to buy what they want to own and drive.....nothing wrong with that.

In the EU the SIM in mandatory because of the automatic emergency calling system. If your car ends up upsidedown with you knocked out, you'll be thankful to wake up in a hospital because of it.

Err...my watch and phone both have that capability to auto detect accident and call emergency services.

I don't need nor want connectivity in my car built in...for monitoring, telemetry, spying or a KILL switch.....

I guess I'm just old fashioned, but I have buttons for those features. Physical buttons. My phone connects to the car via bluetooth just fine. I would be perfectly happy with ZERO infortaiment system and zero connection of the car to the Internet.

Thank you...same here.

With physical controls I can easily do most things with muscle memory without having to take my eyes off the road, or if I do...it is absolutely minimal time off road.

I hook my phone up only to stream music....occasionally if I'm going somewhere unfamiliar I'll use map....and that's it.

I do not need, nor do I want internet or any other connectivity built into my car.....especially not for updates or telemetry or the dreaded KILL switch that someone external to me holds.

I enjoy my analog gauges....physical ones or even some that are digital....I don't need a ton of information....I like my tachometer, speed, oil pressure and water temp.....aside from that, I don't need much else staring me in the face (ok fuel levels too).

And ugh...I cannot stand the whole huge sheets of glass like in Teslas......

And yes....no major built in infotainment system....that becomes quickly outdated within a year or two...just let me run my music through my phone which I do tend to update a bit more often than my car.

Clean emissions require few more sensors than the earliest vehicles with modern EFI,

Thankfully with the latest administration....we're not nearly so burdened with all those damned emissions regulations.....let's go back to simpler cars that were cheaper to maintain by your average shade tree mechanic....

A lot of those computers are necessary to squeeze out the required efficiency of the car, both in mileage and in reduced exhaust pollution.

I and most other people just really don't care about all about pollution, etc....

Just give me a car that's fun to drive, simple and RELIABLE.....and doesn't cost arm/leg to repair and hopefully, most back to being able to be repaired by home shade tree mechanics.....

Among private buyers specifically, nearly 1 in 8 electric cars sold in Italy was a T03. So the subsidised â4,900 price is clearly working - the growth is absolutely explosive

If they were not so heavily subsidized....how do you think sales would be there then?

You're lucky then. Because in a lot of jurisdictions in North America, the used market is barely there. Looking for a used car for a college student recently in a western US state and there was nothing under $20k. Cash for Clunkers really destroyed the American used market, honestly.

Must be a regional thing maybe?

I know used cars went $$$ during covid but I tink here in the South/SouthEast of the US, used car prices (except used EVs)...are about normal again and plentiful.....