I bought an airplane ticket to go to my uncle's funeral. It will probably be the last time I have to see his wife. I haven't seen most of my cousins in years so it'll be nice to see them. I'm nervous that my father/sperm donor will be there because he and my uncle go way back. It's a $50 Frontier flight so if I decide not to go, I'm not out much.
I'm trying to decide if it's worthwhile to fly in to visit h for a few days. I think he could use the morale boost, but he's been working 16 hour days. He'd see me while zombie stumbling into bed. Or he'd stay awake to detriment of health.
I then thought about planning a quick nearby vacation for somewhere like Vegas or SD early Oct when hopefully he'd be back so he could recharge. Any other suggestions?
The latter seems the better choice to maximize time and results.
I cheated on my hair stylist this weekend and the hair gods are angry. I have been punished and now I don't trust the person who did it to fix it and I'm too ashamed to go to my regular stylist. Luckily a friend is fixing it for me but now I'm probably going to feel obligated to see her from now own.
But seriously, I have highlights circa 1998. I look like a cheap version of Ginger Spice.
we traded in our gas car for another electric, the Chevy Bolt EV.
We're now the proud owners of exactly ZERO gas cars!
...the Bolt is pretty great. The range is 230ish miles per charge, which definitely puts it in reach for the VASTVASTVASTVAST majority of commuters, and will even work for huge road trips. We're already starting to plan a grand tour of western National Parks for next summer!
You don't happen to have a Leaf, do you? MH is interested in getting one.
we traded in our gas car for another electric, the Chevy Bolt EV.
We're now the proud owners of exactly ZERO gas cars!
...the Bolt is pretty great. The range is 230ish miles per charge, which definitely puts it in reach for the VASTVASTVASTVAST majority of commuters, and will even work for huge road trips. We're already starting to plan a grand tour of western National Parks for next summer!
You don't happen to have a Leaf, do you? MH is interested in getting one.
our other EV is a Leaf, we leased it about a year ago. We LOOOOOOOOOOVE it, and still do.
If the newly announced Leaf was going to have this kind of range, my guess is we'd be driving one of them.
They're super fun to drive (well, any EV is) as they have this fantastic pickup and, well, you hit the gas pedal and just fly.
Don't stress about charging infrastructure. You'll do most of your charging at home. We don't have a garage and didn't install a charger. We use the charger that came with the Leaf (we got another, pretty much identical, with the Bolt). It charges into regular household current and will "trickle" charge you. I think the stat is something like 3-4 miles per hour, which for H's commute is just fine.
We've used the Leaf as our family putting around car for the last year, and it's been fine. We live in a fairly urban environment (Seattle) though. We've had to take the gas car out (or charge the Leaf at a rapid charge station) to do things like drive the kids to camp or go to GWL. Most of the time, tho, the 88 mile range we have on it is just fine.
We opted for the Bolt for this vehicle almost entirely for the range. We can take it on all kinds of longer trips and not have to worry at all about being able to get where we want to go, charging up with kids in the back seat, etc. It's equally fun to drive, has equally great pickup. It has better gagetry (although we have the bottom of the line Leaf, while the Bolt has a bunch of options). They have similar interior room, the Leaf's trunk is bigger, but the Bolt's is taller...
i'm a HUGE FAN of electric cars, but I'll admit they have some drawbacks. First, figure out where your power comes from. Ours is almost entirely hydro, so I feel good about using it to power the car, If yours is coal, you might want to consider that in your thoughts.
I haven't suffered real range anxiety, but you do sometimes have to plan your trips... like, we have a friend whose house is juuuuuuust at the there-and-back range of our car. If we don't bring our plug with us to plug in at her house while we're there, we're left having to charge up on the way home. NBD, but sometimes a drag.
also, if you live where it gets cold you can suffer really big range hits from the cold.
Finally, the Leaf has abysmal resale value. Either buy used (and look up how to check the battery status if you do) or lease a new one, making them take the hit at the other end. Deals on the 2017 should be amazing right now with the redesigned 2018 just announced.
Post by alleinesein on Sept 6, 2017 3:50:58 GMT -5
So I go back to school next week and one of my classes is impacted. They are trying to get some of us to switch to next semester (they will add the class for spring) or take the evening class this semester. The evening class is a 4 week course instead of a 12 week course and it meets 2x a week. The evening option has less homework but more in class assignments. My only hesitation is that if I take the evening course I will be on campus from 9 am until 9 pm every Tuesday and Thursday for the first month of school. Not sure if I really want to spend 12 hours on campus. Should I just suck it up and do it??? My October is jam packed with stuff so it would free up some time and relieve some stress by getting it out of the way.
My concert buddy and I decided to go see our favorite band in Vegas at the end of the month. She is having a really stressful month so we decided to say 'eff it' and go. We are crashing with another friend so no hotel costs and we plan on driving so we should be able to do the entire weekend for less than $200 pp (not counting the concert tickets).
You don't happen to have a Leaf, do you? MH is interested in getting one.
our other EV is a Leaf, we leased it about a year ago. We LOOOOOOOOOOVE it, and still do.Â
If the newly announced Leaf was going to have this kind of range, my guess is we'd be driving one of them.Â
They're super fun to drive (well, any EV is) as they have this fantastic pickup and, well, you hit the gas pedal and just fly.
Don't stress about charging infrastructure. You'll do most of your charging at home. We don't have a garage and didn't install a charger. We use the charger that came with the Leaf (we got another, pretty much identical, with the Bolt). It charges into regular household current and will "trickle" charge you. I think the stat is something like 3-4 miles per hour, which for H's commute is just fine.Â
We've used the Leaf as our family putting around car for the last year, and it's been fine. We live in a fairly urban environment (Seattle) though. We've had to take the gas car out (or charge the Leaf at a rapid charge station) to do things like drive the kids to camp or go to GWL. Most of the time, tho, the 88 mile range we have on it is just fine.
We opted for the Bolt for this vehicle almost entirely for the range. We can take it on all kinds of longer trips and not have to worry at all about being able to get where we want to go, charging up with kids in the back seat, etc. It's equally fun to drive, has equally great pickup. It has better gagetry (although we have the bottom of the line Leaf, while the Bolt has a bunch of options). They have similar interior room, the Leaf's trunk is bigger, but the Bolt's is taller...
i'm a HUGE FAN of electric cars, but I'll admit they have some drawbacks. First, figure out where your power comes from. Ours is almost entirely hydro, so I feel good about using it to power the car, If yours is coal, you might want to consider that in your thoughts.Â
I haven't suffered real range anxiety, but you do sometimes have to plan your trips... like, we have a friend whose house is juuuuuuust at the there-and-back range of our car. If we don't bring our plug with us to plug in at her house while we're there, we're left having to charge up on the way home. NBD, but sometimes a drag.
also, if you live where it gets cold you can suffer really big range hits from the cold.
Finally, the Leaf has abysmal resale value. Either buy used (and look up how to check the battery status if you do) or lease a new one, making them take the hit at the other end. Deals on the 2017 should be amazing right now with the redesigned 2018 just announced.
Thanks! I will share with MH.
This would just be his car for commuting to work and local errands. I have a 2015 Ford Focus so we'd use that for longer trips,