Things they don't tell you about owning an EV.

[TyPope]

Repository for advice, tips, jokes, etc.



Gassing up my truck, I always spray some gas on my hands as a good sanitization practice. Burns the eyes a little but, you can't be too safe. My wife can't do this with her Tesla. I'm dreading charging my cybertruck because I'll have to carry cans of gas to clean my hands.

 

[TyPope]

110v charges about 3.8 miles per hour at 15 amps.
Tesla Wall Connection lets you charge at about 40 miles per hour.

Spending just 14 hours at home, you'd get between 52.2 to 560 miles per night
At a cost of $0.12 per KwH, it costs about $0.04 per mile to charge at home.

 

[Dids]

What does a janitor say when he jumps out of a closet?

Supplies!

 

[Cybr on]

Just shared that with my wife as she is finishing up in her classroom for Christmas break. Your timing was perfect Dids. ?

 

[Ogre]

Without the gas stops, you don’t make nearly as many C-Store stops so you have to stock up on Snickers and Bugles when you are at the grocery store.

Then you end up with a big cache of Snickers at home and eat them all in 1 day.

Also, home made Icees made with Hawaiian Ice maker just isn’t as good as the stuff they serve up at the Slushee machines at AM/PM.

When I go to get diesel for my tractor, the gas station attendants ignore me.

It’s been ages since I’ve enjoyed a hot dog that’s been spinning on those little hot rollers for 9 hours solid.

My skill at trying to keep the bathroom stall door closed because the latch is broken has atrophied quite a bit.

 

[madquadbiker]

110v charges about 3.8 miles per hour at 15 amps.
Tesla Wall Connection lets you charge at about 40 miles per hour.

Spending just 14 hours at home, you'd get between 52.2 to 560 miles per night
At a cost of $0.12 per KwH, it costs about $0.04 per mile to charge at home.

There you go rub it in and proving we are being ripped off big time, 40p kWh plus 49p per day standing charge, most fast chargers 60p and up to £1.00 kWh.

 

[kev12345]

after being forced into all these small displacement turbos for years, driving becomes fun again in an EV.

 

[Newton]

u can always carry a tazer and just zap the germs away

 

[John K]

Testing the battery has a charge, similar to putting your tongue on a 9v battery, is an alternative to Cialis.

 

[damnitjim]

What does a janitor say when he jumps out of a closet?

Supplies!

Classic!!

 

[tmeyer3]

Repository for advice, tips, jokes, etc.



Gassing up my truck, I always spray some gas on my hands as a good sanitization practice. Burns the eyes a little but, you can't be too safe. My wife can't do this with her Tesla. I'm dreading charging my cybertruck because I'll have to carry cans of gas to clean my hands.

Wait, is this actually a thing? Does that work? Are you telling me that I could have just bought gas during the COVID hand sanitizer shortage?!?!

 

[Ogre]

Wait, is this actually a thing? Does that work? Are you telling me that I could have just bought gas during the COVID hand sanitizer shortage?!?!

Absolutely.

You can also use it to replace mouthwash. It’s fantastic for killing germs…


…


…


… and whoever drinks it.

 

[SwampNut]

It’s been ages since I’ve enjoyed a hot dog that’s been spinning on those little hot rollers for 9 hours solid.

I'll give you an important tip, leaving a pack of them in a hot frunk for a while will give you that familiar texture and the zing of early botulism.

 

[Ogre]

I'll give you an important tip, leaving a pack of them in a hot frunk for a while will give you that familiar texture and the zing of early botulism.

If you dip them in gasoline you won’t be worried about the botulism at all.

Also, lets talk about saving money on eye drops… do you know how much money people waste on Visene?

 

[SwampNut]

There was a discussion on another forum I use, started by one of the typical anti-EV nutters, titled something like "Another disadvantage for EVs." So I merged things from here and my own thoughts to reply with this.


The title was "another downside," apparently assuming that there are a bunch of them. Not sure what they are, so I went looking. I found a number.

1. Splashing a little gas on your hands at every fill-up is a good way to sanitize the hands. It may burn your eyes, but that tells you it's working. Not having any opportunities to do this naturally, during filling, I now have to carry a gas can in the frunk.

2. In a related problem, no fuel stops means no built-in opportunities to grab a hot dog and a slurpee. My work-around is to keep a pack of dogs in the frunk for a few weeks to give them the same familiar gas station consistency and the zing of early botulism. The fumes from my sanitizing gas keeps it under control. Nature's balance. Some buns rolling around the back floor make it convenient to build a snack whenever the mood strikes, while the car drives for you.

3. Zero chance to whine and bitch about gas prices during normal conversation. Also the shitty looks when you say, "So what IS the price of gas now?" There's no place to put an "I did this" sticker on a Supercharger since it doesn't have a price display.

4. No more free 7 hour old coffee at the shop when you're getting oil changes.

5. When you get extended warranty spam calls, they immediately hang up when you say the word "Tesla." No conversation, no chance to pay $200 a month to get useless coverage on the parts that never break. In fact they even stopped sending me postcards!! Fuckers. I called back on one, curious, and they said they had no idea why they sent me an invitation for a car they can't cover.

6. I've seen people outside their cars chatting in the 20-30 minute lines at the Sam's/Costco gas stations. I don't get to make new friends like that.

7. Suicide by idling in the garage is out of the question.

8. Brake jobs used to be SO much fun.