It takes 9 and a half hours to charge for 39 miles?  My bmw can charge from flat to full in that time...from a standard wall outlet...at the slightly reduced charging rate so it doesn’t overload the outlet.  Granted that is only 90 miles of range but that’s quite the difference.

Not nearly as exciting as some of these stories but I bought a 2012 Jetta Sportwagen TDI just after the whole dieselgate thing was announced. Drove it 20k miles or so getting well over 40mpg and then sold it back to VW under the forced buyback for 10k more then I paid for it. If it has been the manual and not the…

Strange.  It looks to be attached to the passenger seat and therefore moves forward and back with it?  Seems like it could cover up part of that low console if all the way forward.  That being said, i really like the way it looks.

The infotainment system was obsolete before you bought it brand new...but the car part of it will still work fine.  My bmw is almost 9 years old and still holds 99% of it’s new rated charge.  It is driven daily.  Just don’t buy any of the early nissans that didnt have climate control for the battery.

This.  Also, my car is considered a full EV according the EPA and all that...except for it’s emergency generator, which allows me to do road trips with only gas stops if I need to.  I could see this being somewhat inconvenient for my (granted, super isolated) situation.

So 200 gets you a dual sense with a screen. It isn’t unreasonable but I drag my steam deck everywhere...including many places without reliable wifi and my phone only has so much hotspot before it is throttled down to sub-dial up speeds.

When my note 20 ultra finally decides to die, can I just use it’s pen with the newer models?  I don’t use it enough to justify the case but as a shutter remote for the camera, it is super handy for family pictures and such.

My original 2600 runs on a modern tv with a $3 adapter from amazon.  Pretty sure it will survive the apocalypse.  

If that is how the dude was talking to the tower, I seriously question his ability to fly the aircraft. It is almost nonsensical and certainly not how they are all taught to request anything from ATC. The rules are very specific. Sure we BS with the pilots a bit when there is time but are we sure he wasn’t having a…

It is basically not. Pay is super unbalanced, especially the DoD controllers that specialize in military aircraft. Busy urban areas like big cities get paid 4% more then rural Alabama and they wonder why they cant find new employees.

To be fair, I’m an air traffic controller and I have no idea what you asked of chatGPT because it made zero sense.

Looks like a Rivian...which is actually for sale. Can I get different state’s names to replace the Alaska on the front as I drive to different places?

Nope, still stock. And of course it’s only on empty pavement and when conditions permit and all that. Big difference between having fun and being an idiot. Also, the plastic motor mounts are a known fail point...

Why though?  I push the little golf cart tires on my electric car to their limits on empty onramps for fun.  Sure it takes a bit of life off but what’s the harm exactly?

Right now the baseline for everyone is 25%. But then places with high cost of living aren’t high enough to actually live there. Hawaii, for example, is 41%. So by the government’s estimation, Hawaii costs about 17% more then rural Alabama.  They need to roll the 25% into everyone’s base pay, since everyone already…

It is not fairly distributed though. Take department of defense civilians that control military and civil aircraft on or around military installations. In Alabama, they get 25% locality. In Seattle, they get 27%. The system needs a complete overhaul.

There are a bunch near us too. Most are CPO and marked up 50 to 70% over new sticker.  We want one but I’ll be cold and in the ground before I pay a dealer markup.

The problem is people take something that’s fairly wide eyed and stupid looking like a jeep and then GIVE it the angry eyes. Granted this is the easiest way to tell that the owner is named kyle and he mainlines monster energy and is the bane of all drywall for 10 miles in any direction...but you give the people…

Good info.  Thanks for the explanation. 

Do any of those vehicles have “standard automotive air conditioners”?  Not a single one has a compressor driven off the engine because...well of course they don’t.  So, while a heat pump is more efficient then...whatever they have (more akin to a house window unit maybe?), calling it a standard automotive AC seems…