The Everything Tesla/EV Argument Thread

[Steve_R]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

How do you think he achieved his high net worth? By pinching every single penny of course!! Same reason Warren Buffet still lives in his old tract house and Sam Walton drives an old pickup truck.

And yet he spent $130k on a car because it's quick in a quarter mile. So not quite the same as Warren Buffet or Sam Walton.

At some point pinching pennies instead of enjoying what you've worked hard to attain makes zero sense to me. YMMV.

[Mick]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

How do you think he achieved his high net worth? By pinching every single penny of course!! Same reason Warren Buffet still lives in his old tract house and Sam Walton drives an old pickup truck.

Sam Walton is still driving an old pickup truck? That's quite a trick, since he has been dead since 1992.

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by Mick

Sam Walton is still driving an old pickup truck? That's quite a trick, since he has been dead since 1992.

So I'm not always up on current events - sue me.

[Mick]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

So I'm not always up on current events - sue me.

Yeah, you're not quite a third of a century behind. I guess we can't expect more than that from you.

[Murray]

Originally Posted by Steve_R

Brags about high net worth and income, but uses Nav system to find cheap gas and thinks $.50/gallon is "super expensive."

Right up there with “I have no idea what my daughters wedding cost but saved $64/month when we cut the cord”

[MikeB]

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by Mick

Yeah, you're not quite a third of a century behind. I guess we can't expect more than that from you.

Yeah, it must be because I am "illiterate."

[Steve_R]

Originally Posted by Murray

Right up there with “I have no idea what my daughters wedding cost but saved $64/month when we cut the cord”

*daughter's

$150/month.

And still rent free. Your UD yellow pad lessons appear to be paying off.

[Mick]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

Yeah, it must be because I am "illiterate."

If you say so.

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by GrandSportC3

EVs run short of predicted range in certain conditions and gas cars run short of their predicted range in others. I never had to worry about making it in any of my EVs and I have driven well over 100k EV miles.

Originally Posted by RedLS1GTO

,,,and yet you're talking about how good the Tesla range prediction is. If you've never had to worry, why would it matter?

[GrandSportC3]

Originally Posted by Steve_R

Brags about high net worth and income, but uses Nav system to find cheap gas and thinks $.50/gallon is "super expensive."

I wouldn't have gotten to where I am if I wouldn't have saved on things that have no affect on life quality. It's the same ****ing gas. Why pay more? I don't save money on 2 things.. Cars and food as I enjoy a quick car and good food. On things that make zero difference to my life quality, I look for the best deal. I fly frontier, spirit and allegiant and use discounted hotels via Hotwire because those things make no difference to me.

[GrandSportC3]

Originally Posted by RedLS1GTO

Did you also find the optimal gas mileage speed of your vehicles and stick to that? I'm sure that would save you more than planning around specific gas stations.

I have never even remotely considered spending the time and effort to plan a long trip around saving a couple of dollars on gas. I don't waste money, but I also don't plan my entire life around pennies.

Not really. I drive 10 mph over the speed limit. Not slowing down to gain range. Tickets here in FL for 15+ mph are $$$ and I had my share of those. So, 10 mph over it is.

[GrandSportC3]

Originally Posted by Steve_R

And yet he spent $130k on a car because it's quick in a quarter mile. So not quite the same as Warren Buffet or Sam Walton.

At some point pinching pennies instead of enjoying what you've worked hard to attain makes zero sense to me. YMMV.

I spend money on cars and food and safe on everything else.
Food and fast cars are the main things I enjoy.

[lrobe22]

Originally Posted by GrandSportC3

I spend money on cars and food and safe on everything else.
Food and fast cars are the main things I enjoy.

Fwiw I finally rode in a Tesla last week. I think it was a Model 3, doesn’t really matter since it was a casual ride. The seats were surprising comfortable. And the cabin was quick to warm up in 30deg weather. I didn’t really notice much else.

Fascinating, I know.

[Steve_R]

Originally Posted by GrandSportC3

I spend money on cars and food and safe on everything else.
Food and fast cars are the main things I enjoy.

Fair enough.

[dvarapala]

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

So I'm not always up on current events - sue me.

I can help.

Dead people:

Colonel Sanders
Orville Redenbacher
Mr Whipple
Dave Thomas
Ray Kroc
Chef Boyardee

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by Aerovette

I can help.

Dead people:

Colonel Sanders
Orville Redenbacher
Mr Whipple
Dave Thomas
Ray Kroc
Chef Boyardee

What about Captain Kangaroo?

[Mick]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

What about Captain Kangaroo?

Dead 20 years.

Your Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben are gone too. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

[sublime1996525]

Interesting snippet about towing with a Lightning from the EV nut huggers at Motor Trend.

For me, a good camping weekend often means towing about 150 miles to the middle of nowhere, often over a steep mountain pass. And when it comes to this, the Lightning just can't cut it. Over 101.4 easy towing miles, the truck consumed 119.1 kWh of electricity (including powering the trailer and recharging via a generator), netting us 0.85 miles per kilowatt-hour (or 28.6 mpg-e) at a cost of $74.34. By contrast, our former F-150 Raptor with its high-output 3.5-liter twin-turbo V-6 would average 9.7 mpg towing the same trailer, using about 10 gallons of premium fuel at a cost of about $50 for the same trip. However, with 36 gallons on board, the Raptor could do up to 350 miles of towing before needing to stop.