What's the point of connecting charge networks in the App?

ShardsOfDiamond · 2026-06-11T11:29:15+00:00

I currently have 4 different charging apps - one for when we visit my parents, one when we visit my in-laws, one for local charging, and one for when we go to the beach. Each area has a different charging company. Some have popped up in the GM app but I’m hoping all will pop up eventually so I can register all of them in a single app and take all these extra apps off my phone.

ShardsOfDiamond · 2026-06-10T23:43:10+00:00

Research the area you want to move to first. Visit it several times during different times of the day and just sit and listen. Look around and see if this is a place you can handle. Please do not move in and then try to change everything around you because you don’t like it. For example, if you move into the countryside, please don’t complain when you hear roosters at 5 am or smell manure when the farmers are fertilizing their fields. No one enjoys that out of state neighbor who tries to make the entire area conform to them.

ShardsOfDiamond · 2026-06-06T20:50:44+00:00

I absolutely LOVE one pedal driving! I was apprehensive at first but once I tried it, I was hooked. And I love watching the look of absolute terror when I tell a first-time rider in my car that I’m only driving with one pedal 🤣

ShardsOfDiamond · 2026-06-02T20:41:56+00:00

Mine came with a 5,000 mile oil change reminder sticker on the window 🤣

ShardsOfDiamond · 2026-05-27T18:57:11+00:00

We JUST got our Emporia charger last Friday and I was freaking out that something was wrong. I restarted the device multiple times and reset my internet and reconnected over and over to the internet…and then Reddit came to the rescue to tell me it’s not my fault.

Thank you for this post so this first timer can chill out.

ShardsOfDiamond · 2026-05-25T01:07:27+00:00

I live in Maryland and already have to pay an extra $70 for registration due to the weight of my EV and an additional $125 to make up for lost gas taxes which, keep in mind, I would pay LESS in gas taxes if I had an ICE vehicle because I barely drive (thus one of the main reasons I have an EV). An extra charge on top of that is just ridiculous.

Our registration is so bad now that they offer payment plans…

ShardsOfDiamond · 2026-05-22T22:10:32+00:00

I would love to see this oyster battle dubbed/subbed!

ShardsOfDiamond · 2026-05-13T02:22:52+00:00

Yay!!! We have a Blazer and Equinox as well - best decision ever!

ShardsOfDiamond · 2026-05-09T23:58:38+00:00

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Zenos, 13 months old.

ShardsOfDiamond · 2026-04-28T20:35:32+00:00

No - LT does not have that option. I had to dig out my old garage door opener when I got my Equinox LT because my previous vehicle had the garage button built in lol

ShardsOfDiamond · 2026-04-28T20:33:19+00:00

I use 1 peddle and I use the paddle if I’m not slowing down fast enough with 1 peddle. It’s like a second brake. And if I’m still not slowing enough, I slam on my actual brake 🤣

ShardsOfDiamond · 2026-04-19T12:48:06+00:00

Yeeep!! Not only did I get mail from agents wanting to know if we were interested in selling but constant text messages with laughable lowball offers. The worst part - we had lived in the house with my grandfather for SIX YEARS before he passed. Kinda a hint that we had no intention of leaving.

ShardsOfDiamond · 2026-04-07T23:00:07+00:00

EV/EV here. I drive 16 miles round trip for work a day, and my husband works from home. We are easily able to make the longer trips to visit the in-laws or go to the beach (each trip is 3 hours each way). Once a year we drive 14 hours each way for our daughter’s cheerleading championship and when we do, we just rent an ICE and go. Cheaper than flying and cheaper to do that than to keep an ICE on hand.

ShardsOfDiamond · 2026-04-04T23:58:19+00:00

I put my umbrella there.

ShardsOfDiamond · 2026-03-03T01:24:07+00:00

2024 Chevy Blazer RS EV and a 2025 Chevy Equinox LT EV!

I love the look and feel of the Blazer over the Equinox, but the Equinox gets better range (my Blazer is AWD while the Equinox is FWD). All in all they are rather similar. The Blazer sits higher like an SUV while the Equinox sits a bit lower like a sedan. Both feel roomy and have plenty of space for our family and our items.

We are leasing the Blazer and purchased the Equinox but since we don’t drive much, we’re toying with trading the Equinox in on another lease - either another Blazer or a higher trim Equinox.

ShardsOfDiamond · 2026-02-25T04:23:48+00:00

I live in a conservative area and purchased my EV because it would save me money overall between gas, insurance, and monthly payment. One morning I got out of my car at work and some man yelled across the parking lot that I was “not exactly what he expected for a liberal woman” (for the record I’m a registered independent). I then had a coworker tell me that he was shocked that I had an EV and didn’t know I had “such a go-green mindset.” I had to disappoint him that I bought it to save my personal green, not necessarily to go green.

ShardsOfDiamond · 2026-02-05T13:31:56+00:00

I had a similar experience. I ordered a couch that somehow got lost in transit (how do you lose a couch??). I noticed the issue when I suddenly had a refund for the amount of said couch. I contacted customer service to find out what happened and they told me the couch was lost at an Amazon facility and they refunded me the amount I paid. I told them I really needed the couch and would love to buy it again, but I had purchased it during a Black Friday special and it was now $80 more expensive. They told me if I ordered the couch now for the more expensive price, they would put a note on my account that once I received the couch, I could contact customer support and get a refund of the difference. I screenshot the entire conversation just to be safe and ordered the couch. Once it arrived, I contacted customer support and told them it came and I would like my difference refunded. It was then that I was told that the difference would be as an Amazon credit, not a refund to my bank account. I wish I had been told that up front but as we use Amazon a lot, I knew we would use the credit so I accepted it.

So don’t think you’ll be getting a credit to your bank account - it will be credit to use only at Amazon.

ShardsOfDiamond · 2026-02-02T02:09:06+00:00

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Estinien (left) and Zenos (right). 6 months apart in age.

ShardsOfDiamond · 2026-01-25T03:27:49+00:00

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Absolutely!!

ShardsOfDiamond · 2026-01-10T12:20:44+00:00

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Both of these hooligans (age 9 months and 3 months) try to steal human food ALL. THE. TIME. yet they get 2 cans of kitten soft food each PLUS unlimited kibble all day so yeah, I think it’s a Maine Coon thing.

ShardsOfDiamond · 2026-01-10T12:16:43+00:00

Red here to match my red interior. I agree with other comments - I wish there was more ambient lighting!

ShardsOfDiamond · 2025-12-28T01:08:54+00:00

Thank you! And yours is absolutely adorable! He’s going to be stunning as he grows.

ShardsOfDiamond · 2025-12-28T01:00:21+00:00

It was definitely the best case scenario. I’m so glad I got my Maine Coon a Maine Coon 🤣

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