G. David Felt

I honestly have tried a couple times and Seinfeld is just not funny nor interesting to me, I feel like I deserve a refund for my time wasted on that show. That also is why I tend to not watch much TV unless I stream a movie as I would rather be out living life than sitting in front of the tube being programmed at.

I so facepalm this as I totally agree with you, I have come to feel Washington state needs to have yearly vehicle safety inspections. I am seeing so many autos from the South/Southeast that are in terrible condition driving on the roads with same issues or worse, accident damage that has fenders, bumpers, etc. bent way out that could hurt people as well as cause damage to other autos. The number of autos I am seeing on the road with no taillights, single headlight, no markers working, third cyclops brake light not working, time to make people realize driving is a privilege earned and not a right and driving dangerous autos on the road is a danger to all.

Sorry, I just do not get these jokes. ?

Yes that would be true if in the actual city creeping along, but around here having to take a freeway that is one hour to go 15 to 20 miles on the freeway is terrible. Freeway is far less efficient than local driving with regen on. I have not heard or read anything that BMW has very good regen, so freeway creeping is pretty bad on battery power. In the last 5 years the King County area has grown by 1 million folks with no improvement in the freeway system, just more congestion. As such, driving from my house which was a 15 to 20 drive in 2019 if I was not in the commute traffic to downtown Seattle is now 30 to 35 minutes. If I am in the normal commute traffic it takes 1 1/2 to 2 hrs. As such, working from home is the best to no have to deal with 2 to 4 hrs. a day wasted on the freeway commuting. Sadly, EV or ICE, freeway crawl is still worse than city driving especially during the summer here. Thought I get it things are hotter where you live. Hybrids do much better than ICE and plugin are just meh in what owners of them have to say that I hear.

Around here with traffic congestion back to PrePandemic levels, the 30 miles would seem like enough but it seems when you live on the Eastside, then your 20 miles one way is too long to get to work and back and if it is hot where you use the climate control, then 30 miles is more like 25 or so, so I get the drive to work, charge, drive home and charge, but your right, might as well get a full on EV. Still an Ugly Porky Pig of an SUV and I love SUVs, but this one just does not click for me.

The thing is a fat pig that does not fit in the parking stalls and slower than stink on charging. Pretty bad, found out it is a salesperson here at Dell and they have stated they love how fast it is, but the battery is so small for any real pure electric driving and the charging is slower than crap. They charge as they get free parking for less cost charging than the cost of parking in the garage. ?

I agree, never really understood the short-term investment and lack of not willing to benefit from Rivian. Some stupid leadership at Ford for sure.

Bummer to hear you did not get it, but I do believe the right job will find you and life will be even better for you because of it. All the best in your job search.

This should help Rivian greatly, very positive from my view point.

WOW, that SUV could so easily be a Buick too with the headlights / daytime trim lights.

@ccap41 I will say that I actually sat in this and checked it out and I am impressed with the SUV looking Kia Carnival MiniVan. Cool that a Hybrid is available with the 2025 model year. 2025 Kia Carnival: Best-in-Class Cargo & Passenger Room MPV | MSRP & Features | Kia

Are you sure the Hybrid Minivan is a good solution as I keep reading stories on all types of quality issues from the powertrain to interior and now we have this recall with Stellantis telling owners to park outside due to fire risk. Stellantis tells owners of over 24,000 hybrid minivans to park outdoors due to battery fire risk (msn.com)

Leasing looks good on the F150 Lighting

Still not wow'd with the exterior, Interior I like, but I cannot tell if they have physical buttons in addition to the touch screen. The current dash images are clearly computer generated. I like the lack of Chrome on the V edition, the anodized rims I am not sure on yet. Judgement pending...........

Nice if you can find a clean used version. I agree with Drew, put in an AA/AP modern head unit.

Saw my first BMW M series Hybrid plugin SUV at work here today.

I am surprised that GMC is making these owners buy their adapter, but then I guess if you can afford to pay $150,000 for an EV, you can afford the price of the adapter. @Drew Dowdell Does GMC say what the cost of the adapter is?

COST, Apartment owners are very stingy even here in Liberal PNW, there is city mandates now to get apartment owners to install chargers as renters are complaining. Yet up north by my area where I live around Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Edmonds and Mukilteo Apartment owners who have installed L2 chargers rarely have vacancy so yes, it is valuable I believe and of course the Tesla Supercharger stations are packed all the time. Workwise, Seattle has been very progressive in having building owners install chargers and I had at one time posted pictures of all the chargers at my work where 2 years ago, there were 4 and now there is 20 and still they are filled up, so demand is truly there, but resistance to change is still very hard among older folks. With GOP Trump having control of the Rural he has them sold on Toxic Diesel is the life and EVs need to die, so I doubt rural will get chargers without the Feds forcing the install and then we have to deal with the idiots cutting the cables or icing the chargers. I hope there is a future way to have the cables shock the idiots that attempt to cut the cables as it is just stupid.

I find it weird that Ford is willing to tarnish a name with selling AC old tech along with slower charging in the lower end models and you can opt for an HVAC Heat pump system in higher trim and get faster charging if you go awd. I know they want to minimize costs and loses in the early models, but you can also tarnish ones reputation and repeat business. Charging speed is one of the things brought up by the conservative wing nuts all the time about EVs over Gas.

Thank you, appreciate the valuable feedback. Right now working with the architect as we are adding onto the house including a mother-inlaw space that will be on it's own service.

Having a daughter who took advantage of the Subaru EV Lease deal, it is weird how slow the EV charges. Lucky for me, she works from home and pretty much does not go anywhere mon-thur so her 110V outlet in the garage gives her a full battery pack by Friday. Yet with that said, she has her EV-Go free charging and has tried it but asked me why it still takes 30 to 40 min on the fast charge to get to 80%. That compared to 80% in 18 min for my EV is the comparison as to why I feel they suck at fast charging. Auto companies need to not limit the fast charging for best experiences imho.

I thought the update was a notification of the issue, but it is an actual fix then. Got it. my bad.

Yes, I have a 150,000 btu gas furnace, so adding a heat pump is doable for achieving what I want for the whole house. Having grown up with my father in the commercial refrigeration business, I have great respect for what the Heat pump can do for a house. One thing I am considering is in this full remodel, I am wanting to go to a smart panel, if I do that, I will also retire my gas stove replaced with Induction stove / convention oven and the dryer / furnace as that would give me individual heat pump units per room for better zone control. Hot water I would keep natural gas as electric water tanks suck for giving really hot water the way we like it.

Be interesting to see what Toyota / Subaru / Lexus ends up doing as I can tell you right now based on observations, Kia / Hyundai / Genesis are beating them all as they move forward to beat Tesla. Everyone is so slow at charging currently except for Kia / Hyundai / Genesis. Interesting observation is that I posted about how I got faster than the 150-kW charging on the 150 kW chargers at EA and it seems this is pretty common as many others report that on those chargers, they get much faster speeds than EA claims. EV6 150 kW Electrify America DC Fast Charging Test | Kia EV Forum (kiaevforums.com) Hyundai and Genesis forums seem to have the same experience and I read earlier today on Reddit about this too. Have not heard of other EVs charging that way, but I know my wife plugged in when we first got our EV9 to a 150kW charger and got her 80% and left before a standard ID4 that was plugged into a 350kW charger was to 50%. Sadly, one of the problems on this is charging etiquette in that 80% is usually best for most drivers unless you're on a road trip. Most EV buyers are clueless to what their top speed is for EVs charging and so they plug into a charger that they cannot take advantage of due to their slow speed. Example is the Chevrolet Bolt, maximum of 50kW charging rate and yet they plug into 150kW or 350kW chargers blocking those that have faster charging speeds. Another example is the ID4, if you buy the Pro edition you get a maximum of 170kW charging from 10% to 80% but if it is either of the two lower levels, you only get 140kW maximum charging from 10% to 80%. This totally causes backup at charging stations when people plug into a charger they cannot take advantage of. As such, this is the problem with the current Toyota / Lexus / Subaru EVs, all are pathetic fast chargers and yet I see them plug into a 350kW charger when their maximum speed is 100kW for 10% to 80%. Hopefully the dealers would inform the buyers, but I doubt it.