G. David Felt

If the octopus is rubbery, they over cooked it. It should have a slight chew but not be rubbery. Properly cooked octopus is good, much like Lobster. Yet with that said, I do agree with you that lately if you're eating at a restaurant, the quality of the cooked food has gone down, and I think that will turn people off from various proteins that can be very delicious.

No matter what, this is a terrible deal and I honestly see no reason for it as while #47 can say it is a great deal as he got 1.8% on U.S. products, the world is turning their back on his Bully approach to others and even if some U.S. manufacturers are able to sell into the U.K., eventually this will become U.K. saying they are being abused by the U.S. as the Tariff is higher to get into the U.S. All a matter of semantics, but no matter what, the U.S. standing has been tarnished, and it will take decades to rebuild the relationship as even this deal will be questioned due to the inconsistent way this administration flip flops on things based on the whim of a child man.

I can see this deal helping Jaguar Land Rover as I would be surprised if they sold 100,000 autos in the US. @drew, do you know if they do or not? As for any mass produced auto that sells well, I cannot see this deal being that great.

Going to College in Japan, the first time I went to the local Kobe Pizza Hut, I was shocked to see Octopus pizza, but WOW was it good!!! As my parents always say, you have to try it before you say you do not like it as you never know. Once you have tried it, then you have every right to say thank you, but no thank you, I will pass.

I find it is important to take into consideration the culture and location. If local seafood is common in local dishes where you are at, then I do not see it as polarizing as they are making what is normal for them even when it might not be something you would eat. Good Hostess usually will ask if there are any allergies or foods that the guest are not comfortable with. Then cook appropriately.

Not surprised that the new pope is from here after he earned his way up to the last pope by doing what that pope did. Hopefully inclusivity will truly continue for this guy and those that believe, follow and want this type of leadership. I just hope we can get rid of all the Fascist idiots that think the 1950's/60's was the golden age of the U.S. and move forward as society will and leave us behind. I believe based on history, the U.S. will see the same downturn in business for the next two decades due to stupidity now and our Auto Industry could become far more reduced for the Legacy OEMs. Europeans seem interested in Rivian and Lucid as well as GM and Ford for EVs, but Tesla, I think is in serious trouble and would not be surprised to see the plant in Germany end up closing or sold off.

Gree, this is an awesome composed photo, nice job Drew!!!

I am excited for this to grow quickly!

Sales will be going down due to the ignorance of a man who has never run a successful business let alone grew one without deception.

Honestly that is a great update on the interior, much better. I am actually shocked, or GM is waking up to the reality that AA / AP is a much-required supported feature for customers. This has both, that is great.

True on the longest, but then if they have not had the money to really R&D new auto's, one has to wonder if they are repackaging old tech in new cloths.

I have to wonder about the quality of tech and components as I have a hard time seeing Nissan delivering anything competitive when they are on deaths door from a funding state.

The graphic images are all from the first link and you can organize the graph by state on regular gas or click the header for Diesel and get it shown by state for that fuel type. The second link show additional info but if you click the link in that second writing by the government, it takes you here where you clearly see the latest taxation per state. fueltaxes.xlsx Taxes have to go up if we are to have functional roads, bridges are coming to end of life and need to be replaced.

Simple the gas prices in Washington had me from 500 to 600 a month in premium fuel. so even at $550 mid-way between the two figures, we spent $6,600 average for gas plus oil changes at Grease monkey where were $100 each so $200 for the year and then other maintenance on the SS. I would say we were right around $8,000 a year in cost to run the SS compared to less than a thousand for the EV9.

I think unless your forced to have to buy something, most people are going to wait and see where prices and availability heads. Recession here we come.

I hate it as it has the same bunker look at the GM auto's and that high belt line with little green house and hard to see out, not a fan.

I do not think the current monitoring websites are current with all the new tax raises. Gas Taxes by State 2025 Average state tax rates for retail gasoline and diesel fuel nearly flat since July 2024 - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) OUCH, Crazy the diesel tax rate of PA Gas taxes are no joke either.

I feel your pain as Washington raised this year the gas tax to 55.4 cents per gallon. So if the Feds rais their gas tax to .511 cents per gallon, then tax's become over $1

I believe this will end in LESS variety and options for the U.S. consumer not more. This will push up prices and reduce variety leaving us behind the world in how we choose what we drive.

FYI - Using this story and my thoughts above, I wrote my House and Senate representatives on this and this is what I sent them: Hello Suzan, Patty, Maria, Sam Graves, Republican for Montana and head of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is proposing a $250 annual charge for electric vehicles as part of an effort to shore up funding for the national highway system and other transportation projects. Graves stated that with the increase in electric, hybrid and just overall efficiency in internal combustion automobiles that the federal tax collected per mile traveled has dropped, making it a challenge to keep the Federal Highway Administration funded. With the new fees, Republicans hope to raise $50 billion in new funding over the next 10 years. The additional money would go to pay for highway repairs and additional funding for air traffic control. Republicans point out that since 2008, more than $275 billion has been shifted from the general fund to pay for road repairs. The federal government has not raised fuel taxes, currently 18.3 cents per gallon, since October of 1993. The latest proposed fee schedule would be $250 per electric vehicle per year and $100 per hybrid-vehicle per year. An earlier proposal had the electric vehicle fee at $200 per year and also included a $20 per year fee for gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles. The Federal fee would be on top of any state fees imposed. Many states have adopted EV fees to replace the loss in gas tax revenue at the local level. The federal fees are tied to inflation and would be recalculated each year and grow over time. The U.S. Energy Information Administration has pointed out that the proposed $250 fee would require the average EV owner to pay the equivalent 1366 gallons gas tax while hybrid owners would pay roughly the equivalent of 547 gallons of fuel tax on top of paying 18.3 cents at the pump. For an EV owner, they would be paying as much tax as someone driving 15,000 miles per year in an 11 mpg vehicle. The average amount of gas used by non-hybrid gasoline vehicles is roughly 489 gallons per year. I do not mind paying an equal share for my EV on the roads. Yet if they are going to charge me $250 then it is time to raise the gas tax equal to what Hybrid and EVs must pay. ICE = 489 gallons of gas X .183 cents per gallon = $89.49 cents per year based on the Governments only numbers. If they are to charge EVs $250, then they need to raise the Federal gas tax to .511 cents per gallon for equality and tie it into inflation so that gas tax goes up just as the Hybrid / EV tax goes up. With having to pull from the General fund $275 Billion to support the Federal Highway Administration, I find it a little odd that the estimated $50 Billion over 10 years really would make a difference compared to increasing the Federal Gas tax having everyone share in the responsibility to fund our inner state highway system. I look forward to hearing from you, Sincerely, G. David Felt FYI 2024 according to statista.com, 134.55 billion gallons of gas were sold for the year. At .183 cents federal gas tax, that was $24,622,650,000 billion dollars collected in gas tax. At .511 center federal gas tax, that would have been $68,755,050,000 Billion collected in gas tax in addition to the Hybrid and EV fee that would be collected for our inner-state highway system.

That is so true, all the shopping malls here have major charging areas that are free to the shoppers, but then pretty much anyone can pull in and plug in for an L2 charge. Most city government locations around here have free L2 chargers and Shell has many Volta free L2 charging at various tourist spots around Washington. Major work campuses have free L2 charging like Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Boeing, Paccar, to name just a few. Fast charging locations are growing as Tesla has signed with the Kroger / QFC / Fred Meyers locations for major charging stations and EVgo / ChargePoint / Electrify America have signed on with Walmart / Safeway / Albertson for stations in their parking lots. Costco has signed on with a private Seattle company to install fast chargers for a fee on their lots. So lots of changes coming for sure. Be interesting to see when the Auto Industry start up gets more places open other than the first one they did on the East coast.

One, EVERYONE needs to write their House and Senate representatives on this and make sure they are aware of this very imbalanced approach to funding a government department. With that said, I do not mind paying an equal share for my EV on the roads. Yet if they are going to charge me $250 then it is time to raise the gas tax equal to what Hybrid and EVs must pay. ICE = 489 gallons of gas X .183 cents per gallon = $89.49 cents per year based on the Governments only numbers. If they are to charge EVs $250, then they need to raise the Federal gas tax to .511 cents per gallon for equality.

Agree, most of the time, when out and about, if I need to charge, I am also in that area for a while, so L2 is fine. I just looked at my Electrify America app and most of the fast chargers are around 39 to 44 cents per kW. ChargePoint and EVgo who my daughter uses are also in the same range for fast chargers.

Yes, we have had it for a year now and we got a new Grand Son, so my wife drives it daily to their house since she watches Kai for half the day. Here is where Washington State pointed back to for average and in this stated site, Seattle / Tacoma average price per L2 charger is 21 cents and Bellingham is 25 cents. I had asked Bing and Google the same question on average price per kW for charging in Washington state and both came back with 25 cents average. Here is the site our state government pointed me at from last year. EV Stats and EV Charging Stations in Washington State | Qmerit QUOTE: How Much Do Public EV Charging Stations in Washington State Cost? With hundreds of free EV charging stations in Washington State offered through municipal programs, public charging can be very affordable. However, a majority of public stations use a per kWh billing model. For instance, Seattle and Tacoma offer Level 2 curbside charging for $0.21 per kWh, while the city of Bellingham charges $0.25 per kWh with additional fees for occupying the spot after charging. FYI - My work has a deal with ChargePoint, if you work in the building, you can charge using the L2 for 15 cents per kW, public is currently 24 cents per kW.

For our first year of the EV9, my wife put on 16,871 miles. Average cost for public charging in the greater Seattle area is 25 cents per kW. Across the state we see rates run from 20 cents to 60 cents in the most remote places. Home charging is 10 cents per kW. 1yr total electrical cost is $632 and this includes 4 public charges for road trips. So my cost per mile unless I did my math wrong is 3.7 cents per mile. No oil changes, no other maintenance.