Fuck self-driving tech that doesn’t work. Pay your fucking drivers, you greedy fucks.

My dad was a truck driver, and a Teamster, from the mid-1950's to mid 1970's. His attitude was that he didn’t much care how corrupt Jimmy Hoffa was as long as he took care of the union members, and Hoffa did that. OTOH, John L. Lewis was head of the UMWA, and while he got contracts for the union members that included…

The big thing that I take away from this is two things:

I was implying that an 81-year old man can be fit and limber enough to do far more than just get in and out of a Corvette. Hell, William Shatner is 93 and still rides and jumps horses.

Blue on tan automatic convertible is the most boomer C5 a C5 could ever be. Of course one of the coolest dudes on the planet still drives one when its 20 years old, even though he’s not a boomer. This is still perfection regardless. 

How about just making the driving school mandatory in order to receive the car?

Does Ford understand the only way to stop Mustang owner from acting like Mustang owners is for Mustang owners to not own Mustangs. Now repeat that five times quickly.

Never said it did. Not sure why on their part. Other companies can and do have a liquid seal on their batteries with no problem. An EV should be able to ford water just as well as any standard commuter car of the same market segment. My etron can handle floods like a champ.

Again: This doesn’t explain the wholesale voiding of warranty, nor the water ingress they now don’t cover.

Doesn’t explain the “warranty void” and the water ingress.

Sheesh! You have to put it in a special mode for it to cope with a fucking car wash? And if not, warranty is voided! What a fucking shitshow of a design and company.

I was talking about if you pull up to a charger and there are 4 people in front of you. You don’t know how long each of them will be there, where as for a gas car 5-10 min per car is easy to assume. When, once you start throwing non-tesla’s into the Tesla charger mix, you have even more variables.

Now how do you do that for the 4 people in front of you waiting to charge too? That is what I am talking about, not for your own use. But with gas cars you can easily assume that each car will take 5-10 min to refuel, so if there are 4 people in front of you 20-40 min wait time. With 4 EV’s in front of you it could be…

I think they meant that you don’t know how long the person in front of you is going to take to charge.

Yea I’ve told a few people this. A 40amp charger is certainly a nice-to-have, but unless you’re a traveling salesman putting a few hundred miles in per day, it’s hardly needed. Average commuters in smaller evs can get-by on 120v outlets just fine, and any kind of 240v means you’ve got plenty of wiggle room.

The parking…

I think we have to take those milage numbers on the EVs, practically. The 237mile you provided is with 100% charged battery. Since it is recommended to only charge to 80%, that drops the mileage to ~190 miles. It is also recommended that we do not drive with battery below 20% charge. That further brings down the real…

I meant if you pull up to a charger with others waiting. You have no idea how long the people in front of you are going to take. Could be 10 min or 30 or more or less since different cars charge at different rates and could need more or less charge to get to their destination. Where with most ICE or gas-powered…

IMO it does not make sense to buy an EV if you are planning to rely on a charging network for anything outside of the occasional longer trip. If it is your commuter car, you’d better have a 40Amp+ charger in your garage or dedicated parking space. Anything else and you’re better off with a PHEV, HEV, or just regular…

My wife and I went to the Carlsbad Outlet Mall 2 Saturdays ago and we got there right as t Mall opened at 10am. There is a very large Tesla Super Charger and another non-tesla charging station.