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AllRepublicansArePedophiles
I don't pay for gas my work does. They also pay extra hours for me to sit at airports. When asked why I have so many extra hours due to current wait times and delays I just say "The company has exactly as much ability as I do to put pressure on the government to correct these issues".
regicidalveggie
Or revving your engine to roll coal on pedestrians
LinguisticBitch
Why is he parked that far from the tank? Lol
marsilies
I don't even drive a car, but it'd be nice if the cost of everything wasn't about the skyrocket because racist, bigoted dumbass started a war to downplay accusations of pedophilia. Dunking on other dumbasses isn't as fun when so many people who did nothing wrong are going to be hurting too.
Noahbalboa82
I was gassing my little car a couple days ago and saw a couple trucks just flooring it from the stop light, right in front of the gas station. They must love fuel prices right now I can only surmise
Marsupialmessiah
Lol yup. "Why you putting premiun in that import? Like biden much?". Latino accent... "excuse me, unlike your carburated mid 19 century abomination, this marvel of engineering was assembled in north carolina, you know, that state with the nice beaches and sandy wines? Theor pork bbq is vinagry, but i digress, i get 22 mpg and with a 20 gallon tank, you will run out of gas before i make it to dc.... and i dont like your accent, nor yer tone." Crickets
mycatsings
EroticZombiePants
Me, able to afford gas because I drive a sensible car that gets reasonable mileage instead of a "manly" gas guzzling SUV or big truck with a cab that barely ever gets used.
Capum15
I got a hybrid shortly before this particular clusterfuck started, which basically doubled my mileage, so that was nice timing at least.
Smartbutnotreally
I'm in Canada, I took on a huge loan to buy a fancy EV. I was spending Atleast $600 / month on fuel with my previous vehicle. I finally feel like I made a good decision.
509tigerfish
sparesoft
UK here. Average Diesel prices around me are 1.80 £/l, which is 8.80 $/gal for you guys. Cost me nearly £80 to fill my car the other day, so thanks for that.
Shaodyn
They happily buy merch for their favorite politician, and somehow we're the ones who aren't reasonable.
reineseele
"Mein Trump" <- i wait for this in a few years...
daveG620
You forgot to add official trump coin - down 90%
daveG620
And just a happy little note that all the gremlins who voted for trump just to get the crypto boost he bribed them with despite everything else he brought to the table have been wiped the fuck out. Get karmad loser.
CallMeMcGyver
And they will still do it... the guy down the block keeps buying trump 2024 flags because the cheap Temu grade ones he keeps getting last only a couple of months before the fall apart. Pathetic.
kimbozo
Ah, an idiot AND contibuting to the global waste issue, lovely
EroticZombiePants
On my way to work, I sometimes drove through an area that was basically nothing but a row of homes with Trump stuff. All of the stuff is now gone except for a single Trump flag that's been left there to increasingly shred to nothingness by the environment. It's barely there at this point but I know what it once was. It's truly a perfect metaphor for America right now.
Thorketil
Not to forget his digital trading cards.
Huor
One scam after another!
migratingotter
A fool and his money are soon parted.
malachilenomade
trump has digital trading cards?
Thorketil
TI99Kitty
And he did a second series of them, too!
They were AI garbage, putting his face on different bodies, like superheroes, cowboys, and crap like that. They sold for $99 each. It was mostly a money laundering scam, I'm sure, but some really stupid people also threw away their life's savings on them.
MissDeeMeanor
LucianKane
I wish I could get an EV, but my electrical rates are already through the roof. I'm paying something like $300 a month right now.
Noahbalboa82
If you haven't already, do some math for off-peak (over night) rates, and how much driving you do, and be EV efficiency. It may only add some $50-100 to your electricity bill while skating fuel costs by 200-300. Maybe
dashers
I'm slightly pissed at the price of electricity going up which is hitting my car charging. One weekend I paid £3 to charge my car, by the next it was £17. But still a fraction of what it costs in petrol.
Trollsandyoopers
Bought an Equinox EV last April, best investment so far
OptimusPom
A fellow Bolt driver! There are dozens of us!!!
ScootyPuffSr
One of us! One of us! One of us! ... Look, we have nothing better to do while only pulling 40 to 50 kW from a DCFC on a road trip. Kettle on the campstove is almost boiled, want a coffee? Oh. Okay, well ... One of us! One of us! One of us! One of us! One of us! One of us!
(Seriously though, the 2017-2023 Bolt was just an outstanding daily driver)
Junktrunkjunkie
I got tons of solar panels on my roof so I tell people it ‘solar powered’ 😂
squillis
You use your garage for a car? But you can fit so much junk in there!
donorkort
Installing the charging station there forces you to keep it at least clear enough for the car. Kind of smart.
SavageDrums
You underestimate my power to run the charging cable under the door....
shadow351
I can get 2 and a bunch of junk in mine, just gotta pile the junk
TexMexHex
Are you friends with my mother?
squillis
Must... not... make... your... mom... joke...
TexMexHex
Please do, she is a terrible human
supercalifragilisticexpialidociousl
I am in this camp too. My roof PVs feed my LFPs which charges the EVs. Going on 4 years without paying for electricity. Everything runs when grid is down. It’s weird being the only house in the neighborhood lit when an outage happens.
CheeseB0t
What is "PV" and "LFP"?
Sonicschilidogs
And how much did all that cost you up front? This post reeks of privilege because people who are poor suffer by paying for higher fuel costs for not being able to afford these things for being poor.
danimals847
I too would like to know this
TheJuiceLoosener
250 miles on about $6 of electricity in the most expensive electricity market in the continental US. Am I smug? Hell fuckin' yeah!
shorey66
Yup. I'm in the UK and my car does about 250 miles on £3 of electricity. Finding it hard not to be too smug with some of my work colleagues who have been giving me shit. I am changing the car soon though as it's American and I don't like giving musk money.
WorkerLurker
I’m also glad to have an EV right now.
SavageDrums
I've got one of those, and rooftop solar.
I'm smugger!
monkeyontherun4
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Sigh.... I wish I had an EV
LivingDecomposition
I want a Chevy volt so badly. Unfortunately I can't afford a car rn
Noahbalboa82
Bikes are cheap, though. Something to consider.
LivingDecomposition
I need to get on the freeway to get to work. Not really bike-friendly
Noahbalboa82
Well no that won't work, which is too bad.
BrdCdn
Not an option in rural northern Canada unfortunately. I wish I had an electric car.
Noahbalboa82
Ah that's too bad. Just a cheap as possible, efficient small car is likely the best you can do.
ZaphodBbx
When Trump started this war I swapped a 10 year old PHEV for a newer one. Most of my driving is on battery...but electric prices are up too.
walterPPK
My 20 year old Corolla feels pretty awesome to drive around in these days.
Clockworkdancerobot
Thanks datacenters.
Rhythmaster
I can see the writing on the wall, old rich madmen will manipulate the price of oil and gas and fuck us as much as they can, as long as we're dependent on oil and gas, they can fuck us. We just switched from natural gas to an electric heat pump and water heater for our house, our government was giving out big rebate incentives to do so, it's fucking way past time we abandon fossil fuels.
AshesVonDust
Trump being an asshat contributed to Carney signing deals with China, now we're going to pay less to get more, hooray!
SomeDetroitGuy
Here in Michigan, it takes a fair bit of work for the energy companies will raise rates so there's going to be a bit of a delay before we get hit with any hikes. The one thing that concerns me is that this might pressure folks to support the Line 5 natural gas tunnel under the Great Lakes. The potential for a rupture causing a horrific destruction to our largest source of fresh water is just way way way too big of a risk and I'd hate for short-term concerns to push it through.
fartharder
Dunno where you are but rates have been going up in SE MI
Zeddicuszull
I bought a new car a hot minute before Covid hit. Six years later I just breached 20k miles on it, all thanks to work from home and hybrid work schedules.
sbloyd
I lucked out, last Sept my Elantra caught on fire, and I got a VW EV. Same time, my electric company offered me free nights after 9. Why yes I will, thank you very much!
Badprenup
I would love to move to an EV, unfortunately first I need a garage to keep it charged and that's like a 30k+ investment on top of actually buying an EV.
Luckily I work from home so I only fill up my car about once per month, but my partner isn't so lucky lol
ThrowAwayAcct0000
I had an EV we charged at our driveway and my husband's work, and we never had a garage. Just FYI.
SavageDrums
My car charges in my driveway, there are exterior options available
ZaphodBbx
We have two plug-in hybrids, and are set up to charge both in the driveway; one Level 1, and one 20 amp 240v, The chargers are actually inside the garage, near a front corner. I cut a pet-door waist-high on the outside wall, and the cables go through it. Either charger can reach either of the cars parked in front of the garage.
Atomic2
Luckily I have 1 EV already. But we're due to replace our gas car soon and I was going to go EV there too. Sadly our savings are down to barebones as I spent like 8 months unemployed last year. Hopefully in a few months, used evs are still as cheap as they are now but I have some doubts.
astrangehop
How much do they usually run? Ugh, I used to get cars for 800 dollars lol
ThrowAwayAcct0000
I'm a big fan of a moped (when I don't have to get on an interstate highway). They get amazing mileage just because you aren't driving around something that weighs 2 tons.
astrangehop
That would be nice, unfortunately in Maine I have a winter commute 4 months a year.
Atomic2
I mean, the range is quite vast. You can get an early nissan leaf for like $5k if you just need something to get from point to point and don't need lots of range. You can get early model S for like $8-9k for something much more premium and more range, but with a lot more potential for expensive repairs. Low teens for early model 3s. Less potential for failure. If you want something that doesn't have a musk, you're in the mid teens.
astrangehop
There's the rub. I was taught a substantial amount of shady ass auto repair from a man born in 1959. It saves me several grand a year to be able to buy an I.C.E. car for 5k at 100k miles and keep it on the road for five years with like 600 a year in parts and labor I can't do. If I got a used elec/hybrid and take it into the shop and they say "well, you need a new flumpus, your skeejats are worn, and your gromangle has 11 months tops." I'm fucked to the tune of a new car. :/
danimals847
Lol yeah those skeejat repairs are always a sticker shock
Atomic2
As much as musk sucks, the model 3s are pretty rock solid cars. Yea the fit and finish isn't up to par, but mechanically? most the teething issues were worked out with the model S. And they made SO many of them, that there are ample replacement parts available everywhere. Since theres relatively little mechanical linkages, a car totaled due to rear end damage is still going to have a perfectly good rear motor, so even if you have a freak failure of an expensive part, you can find them used.
Base841
A pessimistic way of looking at the situation: I didn't spend on MAGA gear, but now I have to spend what I saved on gas. TANJ☹️
urusername2
Ah, but the MAGAs spent THAT money, and now they're buying very expensive gas for their big trucks, and trying to find a way to think of it without making their god look bad! The justice is only in that they're hurting more. Which is a shit form of justice, but natural in the "I've one-upped you" world they've created.
BenderRodriguz1010
TANJ?
mikeatike
Totally Annihilate New Jersey
BenderRodriguz1010
Ive been there. That makes sense.
mikeatike
BenderRodriguz1010
Been there too. This tracks.
ps238principal
"There Ain't No Justice."
supercalifragilisticexpialidociousl
OISWYDT!
ps238principal
The sci-fi author Larry Niven used it in his Ringworld books as an exclamation of frustration. A lot of authors from that era tried to invent their own slang/swears, and since a ton of them had been in the military, acronyms were a large category. They usually didn't catch on because they were so clunky, like TANSTAFL, which is "There Ain't No Such Thing As a Free Lunch" from Robert Heinlein.
license2kilt
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license2kilt
I take it we are communicating exclusively in acronyms today? I’m not judging, I’m just trying to keep up.
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