A_B wrote: Fri May 17, 2024 1:57 pm
If I lived in your neighborhood and you put in a fucking charging station I might murder you in your sleep.
It's not dead center in the neighborhood and you could wall it off.
But for real, the patch of land is so awkward I don't know what you can put there (outside of a playground or parking lot) and it not be a pain in the ass, honestly.
blundercrush wrote: Fri May 17, 2024 1:09 pmA hybrid car will still likely run into issues…
What’s your evidence on this?
My wife drives a 2010 Hybrid Ford Escape that we bought new. I drive a 2015 Hybrid Ford Fusion that I got new. No significant issues with either vehicle.
Oh...its just Kid Rock starting a concert at JerryWorld for a pro rodeo stop...coming out in a CyberTruck wrapped as the General Lee from "Dukes of Hazzard"..
A_B wrote: Fri May 17, 2024 1:57 pm
If I lived in your neighborhood and you put in a fucking charging station I might murder you in your sleep.
It's not dead center in the neighborhood and you could wall it off.
But for real, the patch of land is so awkward I don't know what you can put there (outside of a playground or parking lot) and it not be a pain in the ass, honestly.
"Del Lago Golf club, AZ" on Google maps. It's directly across the street.
Yeah, but I don't really want to use a charging station stuck in the middle of nowhere or a residential area. If I'm taking a 20-30 min break on a road trip, I want to get some food or drink and have a place to pee.
blundercrush wrote: Fri May 17, 2024 1:09 pmA hybrid car will still likely run into issues…
What’s your evidence on this?
My wife drives a 2010 Hybrid Ford Escape that we bought new. I drive a 2015 Hybrid Ford Fusion that I got new. No significant issues with either vehicle.
I was referring to plugin hybrids, which, while the title to the article makes them seem better, that is referring to non-plugin models, which are mostly internal combustion engines with regenerative braking.
blundercrush wrote: Fri May 17, 2024 1:09 pmAlso full self driving will absolutely kill you/your family, and your neighbors, so if you are stupid enough to use that shit you deserve what's coming to you.
To be fair, so will human drivers.
To equivocate the two would be to say it's acceptable for 16 year olds blitzed out of their minds to drive in a snow storm. They are not remotely the same, even bad drivers in mediocre conditions are significantly better than FSD in perfectly ideal conditions.
I realize I sound like I am being hyperbolic, but in reports to the NHTSA Tesla only claim it is level 2 self driving, which not remotely close to full self driving. Also notice how the company doesn't take responsibility for FSD fucking up. Also, camera only FSD is a straight up scam.
It's so cool to see how electric cars are kicking the auto industry in the nads. I think most people, me included, didn't even realize how much of a shakeup that industry needed.
What she ended up doing was finding a dude in Washington to get into a leasing agreement with so that she could still retain ownership, but not have the thing sit for years on end.
Her story was mocked online by Air Force meme pages.
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Does anybody know who I can call and rizz up at Electrify America or Tesla or whoever to buy that land and develop it?
That's what my wife's company does (well sort of.) They are in energy storage, they buy/lease land near future server farms and the like and put in storage farms to feed energy into the grid at times of high need.
So after too much research and talking about it for ages, we finally pulled the trigger today and ordered an EV. A new 2025 Volvo EX40 suv. Won’t receive it until sometime in May. Pretty excited. We wanted to buy, not lease. But Volvo offers a $7,500 credit on leases but not purchases. So, we plan to lease for a few months, then we can buy the car at a slightly reduced price and we get the credit. The numbers work best that way.
sancarlos wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:02 pm
So after too much research and talking about it for ages, we finally pulled the trigger today and ordered an EV. A new 2025 Volvo EX40 suv. Won’t receive it until sometime in May. Pretty excited. We wanted to buy, not lease. But Volvo offers a $7,500 credit on leases but not purchases. So, we plan to lease for a few months, then we can buy the car at a slightly reduced price and we get the credit. The numbers work best that way.
That’s really cool. Congrats!
Do you need electrical work at your house to set up charging?
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sancarlos wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:02 pm
So after too much research and talking about it for ages, we finally pulled the trigger today and ordered an EV. A new 2025 Volvo EX40 suv. Won’t receive it until sometime in May. Pretty excited. We wanted to buy, not lease. But Volvo offers a $7,500 credit on leases but not purchases. So, we plan to lease for a few months, then we can buy the car at a slightly reduced price and we get the credit. The numbers work best that way.
That’s really cool. Congrats!
Do you need electrical work at your house to set up charging?
sancarlos wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:02 pm
So after too much research and talking about it for ages, we finally pulled the trigger today and ordered an EV. A new 2025 Volvo EX40 suv. Won’t receive it until sometime in May. Pretty excited. We wanted to buy, not lease. But Volvo offers a $7,500 credit on leases but not purchases. So, we plan to lease for a few months, then we can buy the car at a slightly reduced price and we get the credit. The numbers work best that way.
My friend got an electric XC40 a couple years ago and raves about how great it is. Looks like the EV40 is an updated XC40. Enjoy!
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My neighbor has a bright orange cyber truck parked in his driveway. It is the ugliest vehicle I have ever seen. I was putting my trash bins on the curb when I saw him and the vehicle. He had a guest with him, so luckily I didn't have to chat. I would've been tempted to ask him if he lost a bet, because I couldn't think of any other reason to have such an eyesore in his driveway. Hopefully, it belongs to his guest.
It looks like this one (stock photo from the internet).
