Some kind of frog Know what kind of sucks about working all morning and then coming home? It's kind of hard to find the energy to say anything meaningful in Pubski. I kind of wanted to talk about how I hear the Toyota C-HR is kind of disappointing in that its looks are promising something the car can't deliver. I'm kind of hoping Toyota makes a hot-hatch followup to it, like the Focus ST, Mazda Speed3, Golf GTI, etc. I also kind of want to talk about how Buick is coming out with a wagon option for the latest Regal and Dala loves wagons and the boring side of me loves Buicks and I kind of hope we get a used one a few years down the road when her car finally kicks it. I kind of wanted to complain about how I think it's ridiculous that I have to wear flannel shirts in the middle of summer because my roommates want to keep the air conditioning on so high. Something tells me that's definitely a first world problem. I kind of wanted to talk about how Dala got a thundershirt for the dog and that it works really well, but I'm concerned that maybe we should use it sparingly so she doesn't grow dependent on it. What if there's an afternoon storm and no one is home to put it on her? Won't she start to feel worse? Additionally, I feel kind of like a jerk about the whole thing because I want my dog to learn how to tough things out but I also know some things are beyond her control. Speaking of toughing it out, my friend is marveling that I'm sticking with DS9. I'm almost done with Season 2. I'm positive of 4 things. 1) Dax is a wasted character. 2) The filler episodes are awful and there are podcasts and radio shows that go into much deeper philosophical discussions than some of these filler episodes touch on. 3) There totally needs to be a Star Trek series where the protagonists need to navigate around a central theme that in the eyes of a lot of nations, The Federation is an unwanted, even antagonistic presence. 4) This paragraph has too many numerals in it.
Well yeah. I mean, it's all about Babylon Five, really.Speaking of toughing it out, my friend is marveling that I'm sticking with DS9.
Can we talk about how much I want an electric car? Full disclosure: I work for an electric utility. The company has some Chevy Volts we can use for company business, and I'm using them as much as possible to keep miles off my own car. The novelty of driving 40 miles without using gas hasn't worn off. I saw a Bolt on Monday and didn't hate it. I looked up the list price and hated that, though.
$36k isn't too bad. You could see what you could find in terms of rebates, employee discounts, tax deductions, etc. to bring down the price. If all else fails, you could haggle the car sellers and go in knowing you're more than comfortable walking away. If it helps, I've heard good things about the leaf and a lot of other companies are coming out with electric cars in the next few years (I even hear Ford is considering an all electric Mustang, yes please). The additional competition might help drive down prices if you're willing to wait.
My Subaru is only nine months old, and I just rolled over 10,000 miles on Sunday. I'm super happy waiting. I think the timing might be perfect right about the time I'm ready to replace this car. Hyundai has an electric car available in California, and I talked to someone leasing an e-Golf who liked it. There seem to be more options coming, and I'm happy to wait. I do think it's pretty neat, running a car on electric. It might mean renting occasionally for long trips, but that's ok.
I like it! I got the Impreza five door. The AWD is great in snow. It's a really great all around car which is just what I wanted. I really liked my old Honda Civic, but I wanted a small, practical, AWD car, and that's what the Impreza is.
Yeah. Electric cars are pretty cool. I'm a bit worried about whether or not we have the resources to keep making them, such as lithium. There seems to be a bunch of back and forth arguments to that issue. Though, if space mining ever becomes a thing, that issue might get resolved pretty quick.
Yeah, I see the same back and forth, and the debate is such a mess I don't think anyone can make sense of it. I'm worried the prices won't come down enough to be widely adopted.