I find fascinating the difference between people who think of cars as a tool versus a toy. And certainly for some people it simply depends on which car.

For me, all cars are a tool. I don’t really enjoy driving. Driving is a chore I have to do in order to do things I do like.

I don’t yet own an electric car, but I find them very appealing because they would eliminate a chore from my life: going to the gas station.

I do wonder what it would be like to enjoy driving for its own sake.

Skill issue. Small EVs are the most fun if you know how to handle them.

>>I never got any excitement from driving an electric car, with the exception of the 0-60 of the powerful ones.

I've owned some really powerful cars in the past, and I swear I have never had as much fun as I did when I took our little Volkswagen e-Up to the Lake District for a week, yes it only has 80bhp but only a tonne of weight and instant torque - it was sooooo much fun on these narrow tight roads, you could really push it and just enjoy every second of it. I even drove the Hardknott Pass several times back to back because it was so much fun - I'd take it over my Mercedes AMG any day, yes it was cool to do 160mph past Berlin at 4am in that, but the little 80bhp Volkswagen gives me about 20x more enjoyment in day to day driving.

I don’t miss gear changes and clutch control any more than I miss a manual choke or tuning carburettors. They were fun in a way but they were intermediate goals between me and going fast. EVs skip straight to the fast.

I never got any excitement from driving an electric car, with the exception of the 0-60 of the powerful ones.

Huh? I never got any excitement from driving any car except the powerful ones.

And I gotta say, EV6 GT 0-60 in 3 seconds for $60k with a real suspension (not that Tesla garbage) and active electronic rear differential... get it while you can. Nothing remotely close for even twice the price. Its the NSX of the 2020s.

I'm driving a gas RAV4 while my EV is in the shop, and it's a truly miserable driving experience.

> I would take an electric over the camrys and crv’s any day

I think this completely misunderstands why people are buying a Camry or CRV.

Anyone who can't find fun driving in even econoboxes isn't trying. Nearly everyone will run out of skill before they run out of car on the right kind of road.