airflite1

He was raised that way.

I have homes in Bumfuck nowhere and in the Cities, it's nicer in Bumfuck, plus I like electric cars, it's just trying to get to MSP with only one stop that's the problem.

You do realize heat pumps are only effective down to around 40 degrees, also if you look it up, even though Teslas take heat from the batteries and electronics in independent tests they are the least effective of most electric cars, I've got deep down this rabbit hole trying to find a car that works for me.

One of the operators I helped a couple years ago in Illinois, has a contract with the solar farms to spray them once a month with RidX. They contacted in the middle of the corn run so he quoted them a ridiculous price trying to run them off, now it's his gravy job.

That's a fundamentally Mormon view, "Bleeding the Beast" I'll take everything the government will give me, but I'll be damned if I'll pay for what I use. Now your weirdness is making more sense.

But still mooching..

So if you're not paying use tax for driving on the roads, how are you not mooching off the people that are?

So thank all the ICE owners for subsidizing your driving habits. And the federal level will come.

A co-worker bought into the DIY solar setup in Arkansas, After a couple years he doesn't expect to get ahead until 15-20 years, about the only advantage he sees is a hedge against higher rates in the future.

Nice spin, and yes as of now you save on road tax, so you're kinda mooching off everyone else, and there's a reason they're trying to pass legislation to charge a per mile use tax on cars.

Cheaper because of government rebates.

Ya, the Virtue signaling from the EV crowd was a big turnoff for me, but they've advanced where they sell on their own merits now. I still feel like I'd have to dye my hair blue if I bought one.

They aren't about saving the world, that sales pitch has pretty much gone away. Well except for a couple guys..

The Lightning even though it's nice it can't come close to what I use my F350 for, if your wife would try an EV I bet she'd be swayed right away, I was a hard no on EV's until I hung out with the Porsche guy and he talked me into driving his. The legacy car companies have made the driving experience any easy transition to electric and if they fit for like your wife's use, they're kind of a no brainer. The people I've learned the most from are from the mindset, EV's aren't about saving the world, it's their convenience, you can warm (or cool) them up in the garage without needing to start, they're really quite to the point some even have fake ambiance driving sound, you can turn off after you get used to how quiet they are. For shits and giggles take one for a spin, anyone that's a car guy needs to. I live up north, so the charging network is critical, but now it's where I can get to the Cities, a once or twice a month trip for us, but it's not quite convenient yet, especially in the winter.