tracer_ca

joined 8 months ago
[–] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, apparently paying for a service you use and enjoy is stupid or something. 🤷‍♂️

[–] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I just pay for YouTube premium family. We all get add free YouTube. Plus music which we all use. It's a great value and no hastle. More money goes to creators this way as well.

[–] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago

Yup. Perfect is the enemy of good. If you wait for everything to be just right, nothing ever happens.

[–] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

My local lumber/hardware store has purchased a bunch of them for deliveries in the city. Ford EVs are everywhere I look now. Second only to Tesla. Anecdotal, but I'm sure not all of them are YouTubers. Most of them look like actual working trucks with gear in the back (for the lightning. Obviously not for the Mach-e which I see more of)

[–] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 20 points 7 months ago (16 children)

Hyundai seems to be the top choice right now. They have the best combination of value, features, technology and reliability.

The Ioniq 5 is, at least where I live in Canada, is on a perpetual waitlist (except for the base 2wd model nobody wants). I'm personally waiting for the Ioniq 7 to replace my rusting Outback.

[–] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

That's not a commute. I don't commute by car at all. I bike or take transit if I have to commute. A cars sole purpose for me is long trips with the family and going to the cottage, which is 320km away.

[–] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago (6 children)

That take only works for families with multiple cars. A car would be pointless for me with a less than a 450km (280m) range.

[–] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Audi: too expensive, poor reliability Subaru/Toyota: released a shit compliance car.

Again, overpriced junk. My point is that it's not that nobody wants EVs. It's that nobody wants the crap these makers are selling.

[–] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It goes hand in hand with the prices. If you're going to spend that much more on a BEV, you want it to be different. And making it look different doesn't cost significantly more.

Also, car shape and style has so much to do with ICE vehicle design necessity.

[–] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I disagree on Tesla. Their minimalist interface is a huge turnoff.

[–] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes, availability in the US is much better. You can find a base ioniq 5 here easily now, but nobody wants those. Everyone wants the long range AWD.

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