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Are we pretending that there have never been lines of cars waiting to fill up with gas?
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Posted by IlliniSax05
on January 15, 2024, 18:18:05, in reply to "
EV cars….
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EV cars….
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harb
January 15, 2024, 17:59:35
Owning a cyber truck seems like it could be a lot of work
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ATL
January 17, 2024, 20:08:55
Just plan on driving my same shitbox Volvo 2007 wagon until as close to the predicted mandate…
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haighter
January 17, 2024, 7:20:58
Still driving my 1999 dodge ram 1500
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TarheelIllini
January 17, 2024, 9:47:55
No way the eventual mandate here in Maryland for 2035 sticks
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Potomac
January 17, 2024, 9:36:48
I'm still driving a 16 year old Jeep Wrangler with almost 180,000 miles.
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illinilosch
January 17, 2024, 9:21:24
I have a 3 year old Subaru that I have 1 year left to pay off
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snipes824
January 17, 2024, 8:29:40
I can believe this. Can totally see you as an almost sixty year old selling a
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ATL
January 17, 2024, 7:46:45
Selling? I plan on driving it until it shits out on the side of the road and sending it directly…
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haighter
January 17, 2024, 7:48:53
my 06 silverado with 207k miles that's prob worth 6k max came back with about 4500 in needed repairs
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lcubed
January 17, 2024, 8:20:32
To me that's a tough call. But I also keep full coverage on a 2011 Altima with 215k miles.
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EffinIllini
January 17, 2024, 9:42:40
What's the $4500 getting you?
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IlliniOllie
January 17, 2024, 9:32:28
$1k was tires. the other stuff is $1k for axle shaft assembly, $2k for ball joints
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lcubed
January 17, 2024, 9:50:41
I've also had the airbag light on for a long time. Mine is a bad sensor somewhere in the front end
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IlliniOllie
January 17, 2024, 10:04:26
You know, I got a guy if you ever want to get a second quote. Let me know.*
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Philo
January 17, 2024, 9:57:19
we def use him. i dont know why but i always feel bad if i ask for a 2nd opinion and
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lcubed
January 17, 2024, 10:28:28
I really hope this subthread will lure smush back to the board*
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ATL
January 17, 2024, 8:23:47
TBF, there's an argument to be made that driving a car until it falls apart is best for the
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ATL
January 17, 2024, 7:54:39
People can feel less guilty if the nice car they get rid of lives a long time with someone else*
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Potomac
January 17, 2024, 9:38:08
That is right and cars are among the most recycled and reused consumer products out there.
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ATL
January 17, 2024, 9:47:02
Oh I like cars too. I aspire to have a cruiser someday…and my wife will get a newer car than I wil…
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haighter
January 17, 2024, 9:13:31
Not a subscriber. Must be all the conservatives refusing to buy EVs
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CubsWonWorldSeries
January 16, 2024, 19:30:19
LOL
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ATL
January 16, 2024, 19:32:25
How many iX’s did you buy, ATL??!*
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DocWalk20
January 16, 2024, 20:17:24
Costco buying service had some quantity requirements *
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ATL
January 16, 2024, 20:19:25
*takes note to read the fine print before purchasing car(s) from Costco*
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DocWalk20
January 16, 2024, 20:20:38
My Costco buying service I used last summer had no such requirements.*
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Stu
January 17, 2024, 8:27:53
Guy on CBS local news had to wait 5 hours in line*
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JeffFrank
January 16, 2024, 16:26:20
Podcast with some explanation of what might have happened
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ATL
January 16, 2024, 19:14:12
Tesla was giving incentives and 6 months free supercharging
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ab75
January 16, 2024, 21:15:11
Good point.*
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ATL
January 17, 2024, 7:11:11
The articles I’ve seen are all about Tesla cars. I wonder if it was a unique issue for them.
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ATL
January 16, 2024, 17:00:12
Maybe something to do with this
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bigbop85
January 16, 2024, 19:21:36
Double *
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ATL
January 16, 2024, 19:25:31
Yes the largest EV company in the western world sells the most EVs in the US.*
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ATL
January 16, 2024, 19:25:30
Today was really the first day I was a little nervous about our EV.
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tvillini
January 16, 2024, 10:30:53
i've found that the battery holds the charge fairly well in the cold. using the heater is a big
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Nobster
January 16, 2024, 15:19:10
The cars with heat pumps do better but if you have a PTC heater it uses a fair
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ATL
January 16, 2024, 16:55:25
I think at some point the battery conditioning kicked in.
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tvillini
January 16, 2024, 15:27:59
The L2 chargers at work today were full at 8 AM. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO FUEL UP MY CAR FOR FREE?
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ATL
January 16, 2024, 13:11:01
I really wish there was an easily accessible 110 outlet at her school.
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tvillini
January 17, 2024, 7:10:15
I really wish the US line voltage was 200-240VAC like most of the rest of the developed world.*
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ATL
January 17, 2024, 7:14:25
It’s so bizarre that people of a certain political stripe are hellbent against EVs. Fukking weird*
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cpsteine
January 15, 2024, 21:51:31
It’s right there, inherently, in their whole description: conservative. They can’t handle change
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illini thunder
January 16, 2024, 19:26:05
While simultaneously being hellbent on simping for Elon*
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opey8
January 16, 2024, 8:17:36
It’s so bizarre that people of a certain political stripe are hellbent for EVs. Fukking weird*
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bigbop85
January 15, 2024, 22:11:13
false equivalency. if somebody wants to buy EV with their money, why does that piss your kind off?
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cpsteine
January 16, 2024, 15:13:32
There definitely aren’t any anti oil types who glue themselves to streets or deface paintings
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bigbop85
January 16, 2024, 16:35:31
False equivalency, again. Were you born with this level of disingenuousness or cultivate it?*
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cpsteine
January 16, 2024, 21:09:23
It's so bizzare that several different scientific discussions have become politically charged
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ISeeDeadHawkeyes
January 16, 2024, 7:20:35
So I don’t think climate change or Covid strictly are political
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bigbop85
January 16, 2024, 7:44:12
It really sucks that this is what society has become*
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illini21
January 16, 2024, 7:41:05
Idk where these are at, but honestly in the Chicago suburbs, I've seen maybe one car at the multiple
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Taz
January 15, 2024, 19:39:48
There are definitely pinch points in both the Tesla and CCS infrastructure
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ATL
January 15, 2024, 21:02:21
i've had a mach e for 2 years and have read dozens of articles about infrastructure improvement
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Nobster
January 16, 2024, 7:01:15
Absolutely. DCFC infrastructure lags both in numbers and in reliability.
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ATL
January 16, 2024, 8:20:39
agreed.*
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Ari Gold
January 15, 2024, 20:30:55
Are we pretending that there have never been lines of cars waiting to fill up with gas?
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IlliniSax05
January 15, 2024, 18:18:05
just remember, things NEVER get better. ever. *
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assassin
January 15, 2024, 18:43:01
Not in the past 40 years, unless you’re at a warehouse
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CubsWonWorldSeries
January 15, 2024, 18:37:26
Wrong. 9-11. People freaked out *
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illini thunder
January 16, 2024, 19:27:24
Which was only 80 or so years after ICE cars started being widely used
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IlliniSax05
January 15, 2024, 18:52:08
Probably the norm in sub 5 degree temps when the EV batteries lose a bunch of range *
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CubsWonWorldSeries
January 15, 2024, 18:57:06
Gasoline engines lose range under cold weather conditions too. And at high altitude.
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ATL
January 15, 2024, 19:21:28
I’m worried about the grid, but that rarely gets discussed. *
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harb
January 15, 2024, 18:53:39
We’ll find out through California over the next few years
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CubsWonWorldSeries
January 16, 2024, 7:37:36
Article on old EV batteries
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CubsWonWorldSeries
January 16, 2024, 7:40:45
Seems like there should be more info on this type of shit coming out. Oh…doesn’t hit the narrative.
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harb
January 16, 2024, 16:20:58
45 years of driving, never sat in a line->*
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Stu
January 15, 2024, 18:45:25
That’s manifestly untrue. I sat in gas lines in 2007. And you can’t fuel your gas car up at your
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ATL
January 15, 2024, 18:40:06
And what am I supposed to do on my 800-1000 mile road trips? I guess twiddle my thumbs or
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harb
January 15, 2024, 18:52:15
you could take the time to cough up all those EVs getting shoved down your throat
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cpsteine
January 16, 2024, 15:29:54
Good to see you finally getting around to responding 21 hours later. Kisses there chief. *
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harb
January 16, 2024, 15:31:55
You got me!! I had other shit to do, boss!*
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cpsteine
January 16, 2024, 21:12:31
Surely there's some natural habitat you could destroy for fun.*
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complainant
January 16, 2024, 7:30:22
cosplay army*
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chorizo
January 15, 2024, 19:21:48
I did a 1500 mile road trip in my EV from 12/26-30. It was fine. You have to plan a bit.
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ATL
January 15, 2024, 19:16:13
Stretch your legs? Use the bathroom? Grab a quick bite to eat? Check your phone?
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IlliniSax05
January 15, 2024, 18:54:05
Yeah…not for me….im off the highway and back on the highway in less than 20 minutes or so.
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harb
January 15, 2024, 18:57:39
I drive an ice car now, and the next one I’m buying is gonna be ice as well
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IlliniSax05
January 15, 2024, 19:04:12
I don’t disagree with any of this
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bigbop85
January 15, 2024, 20:37:40
Yes…drive what you want…but don’t shove the EV shit down my throat all the fuking time. *
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harb
January 15, 2024, 19:11:07
wtf are you talking about*
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cpsteine
January 16, 2024, 15:27:28
I guess you are not privy to the Cali rules. Might need to research that shit bud. Especially look
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harb
January 16, 2024, 15:34:41
You started this thread. *
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ATL
January 15, 2024, 19:16:36
It’s really not*
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CubsWonWorldSeries
January 15, 2024, 18:51:04
My buddies Rivian today went from 300 mile range to 200
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bigbop85
January 15, 2024, 18:04:52
And my IC car didn't start at all. Checkmate!*
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gvibes
January 15, 2024, 18:16:36
Maybe you should buy a new battery*
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CubsWonWorldSeries
January 15, 2024, 18:20:54
Almost certainly*
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gvibes
January 15, 2024, 20:00:59
Mine is 7 years and 3 months old
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CubsWonWorldSeries
January 15, 2024, 21:05:24
That's a really long time.
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EffinIllini
January 16, 2024, 9:17:00
It is. I don’t think I’ve ever had a car that made it 5.25 years before replacing
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CubsWonWorldSeries
January 16, 2024, 21:49:25
He doesn’t have home charging?*
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ATL
January 15, 2024, 18:08:54
He left his home with it at 300 miles of range at 7 am
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bigbop85
January 15, 2024, 18:54:23
Does he have home charging?*
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ATL
January 15, 2024, 19:22:25
so he got home from his normal every day activity with 160 miles to spare?*
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assassin
January 15, 2024, 19:15:14
It’s awesome bopper. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. *
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harb
January 15, 2024, 18:59:10
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