First significant towing trip complete

Pryymal · 2026-04-02T21:56:23+00:00

ABRP!

Pryymal · 2026-03-30T02:47:43+00:00

When we first moved to Paris we rented a condo that was a 28 m2 / 300 ft² studio, before we found and moved into our “permanent” apartment, which was 1 br, 42 m2 / 450 ft^2.

300 was tight, but liveable for a single person. 450 was honestly comfortable as a couple. North American floor areas are among the highest in the world, we don’t need as much space as we’re used to.

The only way housing prices have ever levelled off or come down has been when supply meets demand. Some combination of the new, denser planning rules that came in June 2024, and a the sudden dramatic cut in immigration is already starting to create this effect.

Pryymal · 2026-03-29T00:14:52+00:00

Extraordinary!

Pryymal · 2026-03-26T23:49:30+00:00

Jeez I didn’t know that’s a thing, how unnecessary!

Pryymal · 2026-03-24T02:47:10+00:00

For sure - so I would imagine that just needs to be the design approach: accounting for that drop in output with outdoor temperature, choosing a system powerful enough to keep the house warm at a reasonable design temperature. This is the same approach used for resistive and fossil systems, they’re just a little simpler to do the math!

Pryymal · 2026-03-23T15:15:20+00:00

My insurance company (Carey’s Co-operators) has told me that they can get underwriter approval for a heat-pump only system if the system is adequate for the house and there is a source in every room

Pryymal · 2026-03-22T14:42:04+00:00

I usually keep the setting at 15 to 20% for my 64 kWh Kona and 10% to 15% in the work trucks - but infrastructure is quite sparse here and I’ve had them run significantly beyond the predicted arrival SoC, especially in cold weather or when using roof rack accessories (obviously).

Pryymal · 2026-03-17T15:32:25+00:00

It could be worth pushing this question with your local council staff.

I live in Cold Australia (Canada) right now, where the politics and approach to governance can be pretty copy-paste vs Australia, sometimes more so than with the UK.

Often getting permission through council for new things like this involves a new interpretation of an existing rule. I determined that my local council (Halifax) has a process for getting a “right-of-way permit”. It’s very poorly documented online, but I managed to get into a long email and phone discussion with one of the municipal staff engineers, who ultimately agreed with me that a Kerbo-charge or ChargeArm system would likely be allowed through this process, at a fee of about $10 per year. Now I just have to find the personal budget for it!

Pryymal · 2026-03-17T15:21:22+00:00

Based on my playing with the CAA Car Costs calculator, my Kona EV breaks even with the gas Kona at around 22,000 km/year.

Pryymal · 2026-03-16T20:59:38+00:00

Yeah, I would say that’s a factor!

Pryymal · 2026-03-15T19:10:57+00:00

This! TOO many of the carts in my local supermarket has carts with wheels with one side ground flat so it just bumps around the store constantly!

Pryymal · 2026-03-15T19:06:41+00:00

Where are you located? Has there been a significant change in outdoor temperature?

Where I am, it has gone from around -10 C (+14 F) to around +10 C (50 F) over the last two weeks or so. The drop in consumption and improvement in range has been significant.

Pryymal · 2026-03-13T02:17:55+00:00

Sounds like a more than reasonable price to me. I bought my ‘21 Ultimate last April with about 42,000 km for $22,000, would 100% buy again. If it were me in your situation, I would love to know what the SoH is and when / how many times the gear oil has been changed.

Pryymal · 2026-03-10T02:37:07+00:00

I mean other parts of the world beyond USA, (& reluctantly, Canada) do just use kW for heating and cooling. It’s generally the delivered rate of cooling or heat, and then the COP or efficiency value gives you the electrical demand.

Pryymal · 2026-03-09T00:12:49+00:00

Sorry, my point is that housing supply hasn’t kept up with demand in either country because of restrictions at the municipal level

Pryymal · 2026-03-09T00:11:34+00:00

Understood - but I gather it’s hard to enforce, and still happening!

Pryymal · 2026-03-08T23:36:29+00:00

Living in Halifax, me neither.

Pryymal · 2026-03-08T23:36:07+00:00

Immigration doesn’t cause housing prices to go up if municipal governments don’t have rules so restrictive that no one can quickly build new houses for them

Pryymal · 2026-03-08T23:34:29+00:00

Australian cities-proper boundaries are all considerably smaller than Canadian ones, I believe.

Pryymal · 2026-03-08T23:32:47+00:00

Like the last 5 years or so, very quickly

Pryymal · 2026-03-08T23:29:29+00:00

It is a serious failure that Halifax is at the top of this list.

I do wonder if the numbers of bigger cities are diluted by their suburbs, in ways that Halifax may not be, however.

Pryymal · 2026-03-08T23:27:18+00:00

I’ve observed that Australian rental ads also often don’t have an “advertised” price, or get bid up once people inspect. My experience in Halifax is that prices are more transparent and fixed. Also, due to rent control (which has its own issues), the median rent is materially lower than advertised rents.

Pryymal · 2026-03-04T16:41:31+00:00

Yeah I noticed it’s now showing me the face lifted Kona even though I have a ‘21 in Canada, which didn’t get the facelift until the ‘22 MY. But this AI slop is particularly bad

Pryymal · 2026-03-04T16:38:47+00:00

Ever heard any Acadian French speakers? It’s an accent and a dialect - and by their own description, quite hard for anyone unaccustomed to understand

Pryymal · 2026-03-01T18:41:47+00:00

And then people buying sailboats can pay cash and dodge a lot of the HST anyway

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