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What kind of car do you drive?

Zurp
BuckBackHome said:
Any EV owners here? May grab a used one at some point in the next year. Tagging @exhawg and @Zurp since they mentioned being EV owners in the Gas Price thread.
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Copying and pasting my post in the Gas Price thread here:

We have an EV. It's great for what we use it for - just in-town driving to drop kids off at school and maybe run a couple errands. We don't have a fancy charging station, so it charges pretty slowly. And we don't charge it to 100% ever. I think we normally keep it at 70% max, and that says we have about 200 miles. But you aren't charging it 200 miles overnight with a Level 1 charger. If we wanted to drive it farther, we'd charge it to 80 or 90%. I guess it's bad to charge it to 100%.
For a week or so our garage lost power over the winter, so we took it to a Level 3 charger. It charged the whole thing (to that 70%) for about $20 in about 30-40 minutes.
If you're doing more driving, you might need a Level 2 charger. I'm not sure how difficult that is to install, but it'd charge faster than just the wall outlet that we use.
Oh - and most importantly, our electric bill really hasn't gone up much. So that's pretty awesome.
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It's a Chevy Bolt. We got it used.
We like it because my wife doesn't drive more than 10 miles per day, normally, and never more than 120 miles in a week. Park the car in the garage, plug it in. Unless someone drove it 50+ miles one day, it's fully charged by the morning, off a Level 1 charger.
I don't know that we'll ever go to having both cars being EV. I drive 40+ miles to work each way 3-5 times a week - the tech would have to improve a bunch to be able to do that with an EV, unless I can find somewhere at the office to plug in. Maybe if I can ever retire we can go to double-EV's.
I think our full plan is to get solar panels on the roof of the garage. It'd be pretty awesome if we could figure out how to charge the vehicle off just solar power.
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Lane Kiffin (HC LSU)

BuckeyeNation27
calibuck said:
Will concede that Kiffin was part of Saban's coach-reclamation-project, and he was the face of the offense at Bama. Rebuilt his worth as a coach, and at Ole Miss, did better than expected. I'm a doubter, to be certain, so we'll see if he has the 'legs' to maintain at LSU. More wealth, better players, = no excuses. Certainly will stay tuned to watch this show.....
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The problem is that functional morons like Les Miles and Ed Orgeron accidentally fell into having enough talent to override their stupidity. LSU somehow can withstand ineptitude that would cripple other programs. I wonder if they could've survived Bill Davis or Tim Beck or Arthur Smith
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2027 FL QB Wonderful Monds IV (Notre Dame Verbal)

calibuck
Still a little hinkey about his visits to UCLA. Hometown school and all that. Plus all the hype about St. Clair, being the 'next big thing' might start to rankle him a tad. It's proven, that being the back-up at tOSU will pay dividends to a player (to be continued when Lincoln K lights it up at Louisville), but being a QB is (and must be) about ego as well, so who knows. To quote Milton (somewhat), 'tis better to be first in hell, rather than second in heaven'.....
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Lane Kiffin (HC LSU)

calibuck
Will concede that Kiffin was part of Saban's coach-reclamation-project, and he was the face of the offense at Bama. Rebuilt his worth as a coach, and at Ole Miss, did better than expected. I'm a doubter, to be certain, so we'll see if he has the 'legs' to maintain at LSU. More wealth, better players, = no excuses. Certainly will stay tuned to watch this show.....
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$4.29 here, how about you?

exhawg
We got a plug-in hybrid for my wife last year, and I'm looking to get a used EV in the near future. I had already installed a 220 outlet in the garage for the generator, so it was easy to get an L2 charger hooked up. This year will actually be good for anyone looking for a used EV. A bunch of 2-3 year old leases are ending, and the residual buyout is much higher than the value so they will end up for sale. Most people are afraid of used EV's so the prices are lower than they probably should be. In actuality, most of the batteries will last for 200-300K miles and only lose 10-20% of the range. If you have the ability to charge it at home and you aren't going to road trip very often, it's pretty much a no-brainer.

The plug-in is kind of a dumb idea, but my wife usually can drive to work and back on battery. I think the first month we had it she filled her tank once rather than once a week and the electric bill went up by a tank of gas. Winter was worse since it relies on the engine to heat the car. For people who need a gas tank, the EREV is probably the future, but batteries are coming along so fast that in 5-10 years, you'll fast charge your battery almost as fast as getting gas. They are also getting cheaper so a new EV will end up costing less than an ICE. I've made the life choice to be done with gas engines outside of the generator.
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$4.29 here, how about you?

CincyInterloper
Zurp said:
We have an EV. It's great for what we use it for - just in-town driving to drop kids off at school and maybe run a couple errands. We don't have a fancy charging station, so it charges pretty slowly. And we don't charge it to 100% ever. I think we normally keep it at 70% max, and that says we have about 200 miles. But you aren't charging it 200 miles overnight with a Level 1 charger. If we wanted to drive it farther, we'd charge it to 80 or 90%. I guess it's bad to charge it to 100%.
For a week or so our garage lost power over the winter, so we took it to a Level 3 charger. It charged the whole thing (to that 70%) for about $20 in about 30-40 minutes.
If you're doing more driving, you might need a Level 2 charger. I'm not sure how difficult that is to install, but it'd charge faster than just the wall outlet that we use.
Oh - and most importantly, our electric bill really hasn't gone up much. So that's pretty awesome.
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I think the cost of charging at home is like a third of charging at one of the public chargers. So, cost per mile for energy is pretty low for an EV. I plan to drive my current car until if falls apart, but if I live long enough to need a new one, I'd like to get an EV next time since I rarely drive more than 100 miles in a day.
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$4.29 here, how about you?

Zurp
BuckBackHome said:
Might be time to look at an EV for my next vehicle. Now if Acura only made one.
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We have an EV. It's great for what we use it for - just in-town driving to drop kids off at school and maybe run a couple errands. We don't have a fancy charging station, so it charges pretty slowly. And we don't charge it to 100% ever. I think we normally keep it at 70% max, and that says we have about 200 miles. But you aren't charging it 200 miles overnight with a Level 1 charger. If we wanted to drive it farther, we'd charge it to 80 or 90%. I guess it's bad to charge it to 100%.
For a week or so our garage lost power over the winter, so we took it to a Level 3 charger. It charged the whole thing (to that 70%) for about $20 in about 30-40 minutes.
If you're doing more driving, you might need a Level 2 charger. I'm not sure how difficult that is to install, but it'd charge faster than just the wall outlet that we use.
Oh - and most importantly, our electric bill really hasn't gone up much. So that's pretty awesome.
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Cincinnati Reds (2026 Season Thread)

JohnnyCockfight
Bestbuck36 said:
Lowe is becoming a hammer. 3 guys at. 280 or better at 3-4-5 is something we haven't had in a while. If Geno can heal up and get hot this Offense coma be lethal.
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On the pitching front, Nick Lodolo should be back soon. Hopefully blister free. Then Hunter Greene will come back mid-July if the projections hold.

Also, Reds suck. Thump thinks they will lose out from here. Fire Francona. Feel like there's something else I'm missing.
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