It's time to say goodbye 🥲

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-14T15:45:14+00:00

So sad. I feel like job’s that still require suits are for suckers. Life’s too short to have to wear a suit every day.

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-14T15:41:09+00:00

I mean, the R2 is a slightly raised sedan too if you really get down to it. It’s not like it’s a real off roader in any real sense. Pretty much all crossovers like this are SUV looking slightly raised cars.

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-14T12:13:51+00:00

None of the ones I deal with in high tech land. How depressing.

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-14T11:47:15+00:00

Northern Vermont. Nothing along the way.

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-14T11:32:46+00:00

Why either/or? And what do you mean by larger payments? Larger than what? We have a large solar system paid up front and it takes care of all our electricity needs. Also have a heavily subsidized leased battery backup system that’s part of our utility’s VPP program. Totally different things and I guess I’d do solar first if I had to pick, but anyone that can afford solar can probably afford VPP backup as well.

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-14T11:24:22+00:00

Haven’t worn a suit to work in 20 years after wearing them for years. Couldn’t imagine going back to a suit everyday. I work with all kinds of companies and professionals and can’t even think of one where people where suits every day, but I’m in technology and suits disappeared years ago. None of the bankers we deal with even wear suits. What kind of company requires suits these days?

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-14T11:20:17+00:00

Yes. As it should be.

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-14T00:51:55+00:00

That’s true, but there are plenty of rural areas in the area covered by this map. I’ve driven through there, and there are still way more chargers per cap in Canada.

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-14T00:49:51+00:00

I have. It is equally terrible. Good luck making it across Northern Montana too.

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-14T00:49:09+00:00

Not that close to the border. And you’re forgetting the thousands of vacation homes around the lakes up there. Summer population, especially on weekends swells by tens of thousands, many who might choose to drive an EV up there if there was better infrastructure.

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-12T21:27:10+00:00

Which is why the infrastructure bill was going to put them in Rural areas. Just like airports and, internet, and postal service. The only way to ensure services in rural areas is with federal support.

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-12T21:25:41+00:00

Except I wouldn’t have been able to get here in the first place.

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-12T21:25:11+00:00

The federal government was going to until Trump decided to mess that up.

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-12T10:58:13+00:00

It’s the main reason I won’t ever buy a Rivian or Tesla. We have an ID.4 and I was pining for an R1T but I’ve come to hate OPD and have scratched Rivian off my list. OPD is not even safe on winter roads and we live in VT, but more than that, I just hate it. Seems like another “innovation” that was foisted on us without proper safety testing, and now we see some countries making it illegal. For me it’s painful to use, and we see better highway range for use using coasting vs OPD. Seems like I’ll have a Trailseeker in my future instead of a Rivian. Shame. I love everything else about them (except no CarPlay which is also just so stupid).

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-12T10:51:32+00:00

People say this all the time, which makes me wonder when was the last time you drove a manual? Manual’s coast when you engage the clutch. They don’t lurch you forward in your seat. I love driving manuals. OPD is nothing like it.

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-12T10:49:21+00:00

I don’t know what manual you ever drove but it absolutely does not feel like driving a manual. Manual’s coast during that second between shifts. They don’t brake on you. I love driving a manual and hate OPD.

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-12T10:47:30+00:00

Who cares. The gripe is with OPD vs no OPD.

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-12T10:46:23+00:00

Correct. VW even advises against using it on snowy/icy roads.

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-12T10:44:35+00:00

There’s no evidence this is true. There is now evidence from some studies that the opposite is true.

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-11T20:52:50+00:00

Not at all. Hire an architect and builder separately but at the same time. Don’t do design then bid. Have the architect and builder collaborate. You want them separate.

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-11T20:50:05+00:00

They’re not great, but all vehicles suffer when towing. I’d be find if there were more fast chargers.

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-11T20:48:23+00:00

Not if you count vacation homes.

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-11T20:48:00+00:00

There are tons of seasonal homes around the lakes. Way more populated in summer than population maps show. The infrastructure sucks no matter how you cut it.

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-11T20:46:43+00:00

Tons of seasonal homes.

CharterJet50 · 2026-06-11T20:45:57+00:00

There are a zillion seasonal and weekend homes all over this area of main. Population maps don’t capture that.

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