I’m a late 30’s bloke and have always had a love for cars. Japanese, European, American, don’t care, I love cars. Recently though, petrol in my country absolutely skyrocketed in price and I had to give up my wonderful dinosaur-juice powered vehicle for an electric car. I thought I’d hate it, I really did, but my word it’s fantastic! Quiet, comfortable, heaps of bells and whistles to keep me occupied, and it’s genuinely quick. There are a few things I miss, but that pales in comparison to the $100 a week I’m saving in gas.

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    1 year ago

    “no fun” was an argument i thought was valid for a long time about evs but after i got mine i just love how much he can zip as soon as i want him to

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    Jumping on to this. We’ve gotten into ebikes and they are borderline life changing

    I would recommend giving them a try to almost everyone and they can be a really good alternative to driving your gas guzzling car without needing to drop on an electric one

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      1 year ago

      I have my eye on those, but I wonder how practical they would be in New England outside of “habitable season”.

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          That’s a really informative video. So basically I’m fucked. We installed a multi-use path in my town a few years ago in the dense part along a very busy, dangerous road. It was a crazy fight to fund it and some people in town are still mad about the cost. Even sidewalks are unicorns around here. There’s a plan to fix all of this but I think I’ll be too old to ride a bike by the time they complete it.

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      Yes! Absolutely! Pair that with paying for shit with my phone and I feel like I’m in Star Trek, except without the uniforms and cool shit.

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    That’s awesome news! Just goes to show that you don’t need to be loyal to the fuel, you can have a kickass car that runs on anything

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      Eventually I’ll get myself a project car which will be petrol, but for a car to get from point A to point B, I don’t think I’ll ever get another ICE powered car.

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    1 year ago

    By the way, are there any good ev communities here yet? I haven’t had much luck finding one

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    What car did you get? My partner just replaced her beater with a used Prius, and I think I’m falling in love all over again.