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I don't see Ford offering free gas, so I don't know why people expect Tesla to offer free electricity.

LOL thanks Autoblog, aka Captain Obvious... https://www.autoblog.com/2020/01/22/deloitte-survey-consumer-attitudes-vehicle-technology-cost/

Different views for different people adapting and adopting different hurdles of and for different fuel propulsions. Like I said in another post, its up to the people to decide for themselves how much and how far they are to accept and change for EVs. In my neck of the woods, the citizens, the government, the local businesses and our local economy are on the same page regarding EVs. Its to everybody's benefit in our community for us to adapt and adopt EVs. Ill agree with the "who gives a phoque what Koenigsegg thinks", but Koenigsegg doesnt really build pedestrian family sedans therefore not really slamming his own products. PS: I dont give a phoque what he thinks of the Tesla Model 3 myself if I wasnt clear enough. But...Ill say this about that...HIS attention to detail in his products are second to none in the automotive business. Tesla...not so much. Well....the electronics and software and stuff, Tesla is second to none. The finishing details...are admittedly lacking. The world IS full of small inconveniences and God Bless capitalism for allowing everybody a more or less equal chance of profiting from that. But then again...unchecked capitalism is also responsible for incredulous business practises. Is a 9000 dollar option for AWD one of these incredulous instances? A fool and his money and buyer beware are two of my favorite sayings. I dont know about anybody else though, if they share those thoughts... But then again, capitalism does dictate market value for some of these things some find incredulous. Others find need and pay for it negating the negative feed back... Tesla products are luxury only in price and the luxury in question is the technology. Luxury as in precious metals and excessive comfort is not a Tesla quality. State of the art technology however...

I wonder if anyone actually gives a shit what Koenigsegg thinks about 'the best pedestrian family sedan'. Also, isn't his comment more a slam of his own product?? - - - - - "The world is full of small inconveniences that people simply profit off of." says guy in $57,000 car where AWD cost $9000. BTW, shouldn't a self-proclaimed "luxury" car have more than 5 paint colors (and 4 colors other than white are $1000 more, and the red is $2000 more) and 2 wheels to choose from?? The same basic Red Tintcoat on a 400% larger GMC Sierra is like $500.

There are definitely hurdles to mass adoption of EVs.. will be interesting to see how the reality is in 5 years, 10 years...

Nope, at the beginning the S&X regardless of model and options were all free, but then later on only the top model versions or extended range batteries had charging for free. Later as @balthazar has pointed out, Musk turns the tap on and off depending on sales, models, etc. on the need to keep things going.

I didnt catch the humour. LOL. Words on a screen. Words on a screen..... Yeah... The Expos downfall... Many reasons.... But NONE of them are because the fans let down the team and soured and let them die only for the Expos to leave town just because... MLB economics and politics failed The Expos. Ownership...the original owners, the second owners, the third owners being Jeffrey Loria and his little puppet Samson and finally MLB ownership failed the fans of Montreal, the city of Montreal and the the team. The Quebec government and the city of Montreal also failed the fans and the team. Although I could not expect public funds to help build a stadium....especially when the province of Quebec, the city of Montreal was in deep deep deep economical crisis with a a dilemma of separating from Canada being front and center. The Expos drew more attendance than the Canadiens in the 1980s. Not fair you say because the Olympic statdium sat 50 000 people as compared to 18 000 at the forum and the Expos played 80 home games versus 40 for hockey? Yeah but hockey IS religion in Montreal and when baseball season starts in the Spring is when hockey season really starts in Montreal...but in the 1980s...the Canadiens werent all that hot. They won the Cup in 1986...but the Expos WERE the team of the 1980s...and the team of the 1990s... The Expos drew MORE attendance than the Yankees in those 1980s... https://exposnation.com/en/montreal-expos-attendance-per-year/ You will see in link above that the fans in Montreal...ARE baseball fans. This video...from urinatingtree...sums up the truth with the Expos part. Urinatingtree usually makes fun of sports teams, and usually stretches the truth...as all humour, sarcastic satirical medias do but with the Expos part...the truth is more sarcastic and funny than comedic satire itself... The chronic underachieving of the Expos never really soured the fan base. We always had awesome diamonds in the rough players to root for. Larry Walker being one of those players. It was the constant fire sales and the two strikes/lock-outs and the spiraling payrolls that we couldnt afford that drove us away from MLB.... NOT from our Expos or baseball the sport. But from MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. The Expos left, but parents kept on enrolling their kids in baseball and the kids continued playing baseball. In fact. Baseball grass roots GREW over the time that the Expos left town...

Oh I was just joking about going in in a Cardinals' uniform. I would expect him to go in in a Rockies uniform. That was when he had his best years. He had a pretty good send off here in STL being able to play in a World Series and making another playoff run the following year... he only had one playoff series prior to STL and he got 5 playoff series in STL. in 1.25 seasons. It's a shame what the Expos organization turned into. I have very little personal history of them being in Montreal because of my age but before they moved nobody went there and they were always losing. It seems like they were once a great organization and there had to have been a change in ownership or management that turned them south(both literally and metaphorically).

To be honest, he won more awards and stuff with the Rockies. He spent more years in Colorado. I want him in a s an Expo because his years as an Expo were great too. But maybe not as a Hall of Famer great. But rookie year and young and all. He did have 2 Gold Gloves with the Expos out of the 6 years he spent in Montreal...33%, but he did win 5 in Colorado. 5 out of the 10 years he spent there. 50% of the time he was there. He also had 3 batting titles...in Colorado. MVP of the league while in Colorado. He was supposed to be a hockey goalie, but that never panned out. "Twas the Expos that scouted him...by chance. But the Expos organization always had the knack of finding such talent that no other in the League could ever do. The Cards? I always respected the Cards. In baseball for me though, I HATE all other ball clubs. Especially the Yankees, Red Sox, Braves, the Blue Jays, The A's... But I have the utmost respect for the Yankees and the Red Sox. The Cards, The Cubs, The Pirates, The Phillies, The Reds, The Giants, the Dodgers ... Yeah...teams like these I may not like...hate might be tooo strong of a sentiment, but these are teams that are...dare I say...likeable? The Dodgers and the Giants...I kinda like their New York origins. I may not like their California destination... So...I could see the Rockies as a choice for Walker. I cant see the Cards though. PS: I HATE the Nationals... NO! Not because the Expos moved there. But because they NEVER acknowledged the Montreal tie-in. NO!!! They dont absolutely have to acknowledge Montreal... Rightfully so Ill say!!! BUT!!! In NO WAY should they also acknowledge Raines, Dawson, Carter, Guerrero as part of their history if that is the case. Carter gets inducted...no acknowledgement. Dawson and then Raines...nothing... Finally Guerrero gets in and all of a sudden, the Washington owners and fans want to be tied in with Montreal? Why? Because that ballclub now has 4 inductees? PHOQUE OFF is what I say to them! Im happy for him for that too... I do not know about Colorado...but that statement for Montreal is 100000000000000000000000000% FALSE!!! People in Montreal LOVED him. First of all...CANADIAN.... Second of all...we lOVED our Expos. Every single one of them. Listen to the Lyrics. The refrain...of all the Expos that played in Montreal for close to 40 years..."Larry Walk" is mentioned... Says a lot about how Montreal fans feel for him. Keep in mind that this Montreal song artist made this song in 2010. Waaaaaay before Gary makes the HOF. Waaaaay before the Expos might be returning back to Montreal. This song was made shortly after the Expos left town. "This one’s for the Kid and the Cat and the Hawk And this one’s for Grip, Larry Walk and the Rock This one’s for El Presidente, Mo and O-Cab and this one’s for Spaceman, Crow and Vlad"

I remember watching this game live and his first at-bat in a Cardinals' uniform. He was appreciated more in the 1.5 years here than he ever got in MTL or COL. Check out 2hr, 12 min and 30 seconds in. Welcome to STL big boy!

He should go in with the birds on the bat. I'm very glad to have seen him here and glad he got to make a World Series appearance with us. Also, I have NO CLUE how somebody couldn't vote for Jeter to be voted in. It should have been a 100% vote, hands-down.

Please read this article concerning EV ownership: https://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2020/01/evs-less-expensive-than-you-think-says-aaa/

1 moron did not vote for Derek Jeter!!! How pathetic. Anyway... Another Expo in the hall of fame!!! Colorado or Montreal? I hope its the Montreal Expos jersey he and the League will choose!!! But Ill understand if its the Rockies. The 2nd Canadian in Cooperstown!!! Larry, in my world, you were THE man rather than THAT machine way back when...

Ford Vs Ferrari was Epic... The woodworker in me likes the above video.

How about a Torvair ~

Chevy Boxer...Corvair. I wonder if any one has ever swapped a Subaru boxer into a Corvair...

Musk turns the tap off & on at whim. I read recent info that the performance Model 3 was free, again, at the Superchargers. Piece I read claimed he does it to goose sales.

Last 2 I saw were The Joker and Ford vs. Ferrari.

No electric motor will ever look this good. No electric motor will ever elicit the kind of sustained emotional connection people have had with their vehicles. This is automotive high art. All hail!

Pretty Color, that makes it look good. 2020 color?

https://www.walser.com/inventory/used-1975-buick-lesabre-convertible-4p67j5x111126 1975 Lesabre

^ They have moved off 1%! They're at 2%. EDIT :: Oh that's right; sales declined last year. But don't worry! EVs will still be 50% of the market by 2025! - - - - - Those 2 towns are 120 miles apart. My assumption is they're walking that entire way... with nothing. And look- the guy just dropped his cell phone.