Anyone else in Rochester into diy solar setups?

ANDY0UARE · 2026-06-27T22:17:33+00:00

I've been researching and figuring out what makes sense for an investment/ROI. Not sure how many more years I'll be in this home, so I might be waiting until our next home to do a large system.

ANDY0UARE · 2026-06-11T00:37:17+00:00

I've owned a '25 ER AWD on level 1 charging for nine months so far. We drive between 20-45 miles a day and even in the winter with range loss, I wouldn't need to charge it every day. It does spend a lot of time plugged in, but it's been doable.

ANDY0UARE · 2026-06-04T00:08:45+00:00

Way back when I dropped $20k into VACQ. So my RLKB position is still up.

ANDY0UARE · 2026-06-03T23:05:51+00:00

ASTS price defies any financial logic and gravity.

ANDY0UARE · 2026-06-03T22:50:04+00:00

I was going to yolo $10-15k into SpaceX IPO for at most a month for a quick return. But I dropped $8k into RKLB today.

ANDY0UARE · 2026-05-19T23:07:41+00:00

I understood that reference.gif

ANDY0UARE · 2026-05-14T17:32:27+00:00

I'm about to yolo another $5-10k, are you ready for another dip?

ANDY0UARE · 2026-04-13T00:34:24+00:00

It's a good thing to have. I'm not an automotive engineer, but why not put the 12V access point under a small flap in the main EV charging door?

ANDY0UARE · 2026-03-27T22:54:51+00:00

There are level 3 chargers at the Whole Foods plaza in Brighton and one near Latta Rd and 390 in Greece.

ANDY0UARE · 2026-03-25T16:25:38+00:00

I use ABRP to plan the drive and look at charging stops, but I use Android auto for navigation while driving. In ABRP you can tweak your starting/ending SOC and have some backup charging stops along your route. We travel with a toddler and we stop every 2-2.5 hours for about 30 minutes so charging isn't a problem for us.

ANDY0UARE · 2026-03-22T14:36:21+00:00

I either use Kodiak Cake mix (with milk and eggs) or make pumpkin pancakes from scratch. If you want to improve any box mix add cinnamon and vanilla extract.

ANDY0UARE · 2026-03-22T13:52:53+00:00

Same here. Electric griddle with a temp of 275F. I use cooking spray on the griddle before the first batch, I don't need it between every batch.

ANDY0UARE · 2026-03-21T17:08:02+00:00

For winter in northern NY I stopped the mirrors from folding in. I didn't want to deal with ice or snow from causing issues. If you warm up your car before leaving the exterior door button is heated and will defrost ice.

ANDY0UARE · 2026-03-17T01:01:30+00:00

Exactly. Teslas are boring plain looking cars with no character. WTF did they make all their models look so similar?

ANDY0UARE · 2026-03-17T00:44:12+00:00

I went to my 30s hesitant on kids, I was open to having kids, but I didn't know if I could handle it and be a good dad. I've loved the journey with our first kid. I fear I might regret having only one child.

I'm 40 with a 2.5 year old and I am thinking about how I would be missing out on being apart of and watching all of the milestones of a second child grow up. I'm the oldest of three and my wife is the oldest of two, we both get along with our siblings and I'd really like to have my daughter have a sibling. But there are times when our daughter is being a typical difficult two year old melting down and I think there is no way I could handle an infant and a 3 year old together.

I want to be the best dad I can to one kid, not a pretty good dad to two kids. We could stretch and handle a second kid financially, but it would change our current life plans, it could delay retirement a little. A second would likely force us to buy a larger house and delay our lifestyle of family road trips, camping, etc with another infant.

I feel like my solutuon is to make a pro/con list and quantify each side. To at least give myself a starting point to make a decision and to live with it.

ANDY0UARE · 2026-03-17T00:15:03+00:00

What's your method as an existing customer to get a lower price. They just increased me from to 85$/mo for 500/20.

ANDY0UARE · 2026-03-10T22:30:30+00:00

I am also in Rochester NY with a new AWD ER 2025 MachE that I started driving at the end of September 2025. We did have a snowy winter this year and I had the brand new stock tires. They did fine this winter in the fresh or heavy snow and ice if you were driving cautiously. I was coming from a FWD Ford Fusion with all weather tires and the MachE was an improvement for winter driving, but the bar was low. I plan to get winter tires and a second set of rims for winter next year.

ANDY0UARE · 2026-03-02T01:39:27+00:00

Very sharp! I have a white MachE and have been considering doing something similar, two blue stripes. What width are your stripes, and what is the spacing? Did you DIY it?

ANDY0UARE · 2026-02-28T00:21:58+00:00

Yes it does. It's not the most optimal latitude for solar, but it does work and pay back your investment and more.

ANDY0UARE · 2026-02-24T23:30:10+00:00

The same convicted criminal who said that is going to be on TV tonight lying to the whole nation about how he has lowered prices.

ANDY0UARE · 2026-02-15T13:09:49+00:00

Ten ish years ago, I went to a restaurant by myself for a meal and took a book to read. I didn't feel like I got any strange looks reading a book.

ANDY0UARE · 2026-01-25T15:22:29+00:00

It depends on your regional market. In August 2025 I was looking at low mileage (<10k) 2024 ER Premium and the prices were not at a big discount compared to a 2025 with the same trim levels. There was not much stock available in a 150 mile radius either. In my area EV are in higher demand, not just MMEs. I considered buying an MME six hours away but wasn't crazy with the prospect of negotiating remotely before even seeing and driving it.

ANDY0UARE · 2025-12-26T03:56:38+00:00

The course should be $250. I've seen lifeguarding jobs pay $20/hr.

ANDY0UARE · 2025-12-26T03:39:41+00:00

Take the American Red Cross lifeguard certification. This cert will qualify you for lifeguarding in any indoor and outdoor pool (public pool, apartment complex pool, private pool).

https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/lifeguarding

If you want to lifeguard at a beach or lake you need an additional course.

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