Also, that 180 miles of range is probably 150 miles of highway range on a good day.

ill rally behind this msg. parenthetically, my android/google map shows gulf of mexico, vs wife and colleagues at works’ gulf of ‘murica, all on iphone...

The rationalization isn’t really that hard. When he bought Tesla he was, relatively, sane and saw EVs as the future with a pretty good payout for whoever got there first on a massive scale. And he was right.

No, you know what? I support this. I think our government should absolutely trust Tesla to build armored cars to protect our most elite politicians. I can think of no company I personally trust more with the lives and limbs of our leadership than the one that keeps suing Chinese people for getting killed. Let’s put…

He only became a conservative when it was advantageous for him.

They know exactly what they’re doing right now, and they know they’re going to need those bulletproof cars soon.

I think we just need to go back to double-din units so that people can do what they want instead of being locked-in to whatever design the OEM came up with.

The reverse camera law was the first thing I though of when I started reading. I have never used one, but I think the best course of action would be to have that screen be integrated into the rearview mirror that some cars have. A basic LCD display would be all that is needed for a radio. Of course, going back to the…

Look pal, it’s “One to Three” or “1 to 3.”  I’m not sure what you’re trying to pull here, but it ain’t right!!

280 here. It's not uncommon away from the cities. 

Indeed. I have never put a two-digit number of gallons into the tank, even when the “PUT GAS IN NOW” light is on.

I think one of the bigger struggles at the moment is truly pinning down EV range as the advertised values come with so many asterisks that you could make a constellation. Driving style makes up a lot of that for any vehicle, but ICE vehicles tend to only waver a couple of mpg between seasons and stay pretty consistent…

Have you ever bashed your shin into the footpeg of your bike in the garage? Remember how much that hurt, then multiply, if you’re to actually crash.

No, but I would like to stress that, unlike oil tankers, this sort of thing is *very typical.*

This is what a lot of people can’t seem to grasp. The cost of fuel really adds up. 

there are dozens of us out there... I stopped when I went electric, also some asshole stole the log out of my truck....

Where do you live that 93 octane has averaged you like $3.10 a gallon?
But anyway, seems like you’d have saved about $10k driving an EV. Averaging about 4 miles/kwh (250wh/mile, very realistic and even conservative for some cars) and paying 15c/kwh (historical national average over the past few years, but its gone up…

for the mere cost of a cup of coffee a day, you can enjoy driving something badass thats not shaped like a computer mouse, like a WRX

Deteriorated my mental state is.

See, that sounded to me like a ringing endorsement!