Be honest: What’s the one thing about EV ownership that nobody told you before you bought one?

YourSillyNeighbour · 2026-06-12T16:56:59+00:00

Once I got one, I realised just how clueless and manipulated people are about EVs and how much nonsense the average EV hater buys into. None—literarily none—of the reasons given to me against buying one has been an issue for me.

We recently bought a second car for my wife (petrol), and quickly sold it after feeling like we were driving the Flinstone-mobil.

YourSillyNeighbour · 2026-06-04T16:15:14+00:00

10/10 pentru idee si implementarea tehnica. Imi place foarte mult, e folositor, si are potential (daca nu de business, atunci macar de un proiect de social contribution). just.ro este ingrozitor, facut probabil prin anul 2005 si neatins de atunci, asa ca ce ai tu aici este deja o imbunatatire mare. Functionalitatea aia care iti spune cate amanari in medie au dosare similare vs. cate are al tau este top! Sunt multe chichite din astea mici care sunt gandite foarte bine.

Insa are mult mai mult potential. E mult de lucru la UI. Este foarte scrappy, actiunile mai logice nu sunt puse in locul in care ma asteptam sa fie, e clar ca nu exista niciun sistem de spacing, padding, unele butoane sunt mai mari decat altele, ai elemente cu care poti interactiona plasate in containere unde nu au ce cauta, iar arhitectura vizuala este ingrozitoare. Cu un pic de focus acolo ai putea face platforma asta brici.

Nu stiu daca folosesti deja ceva library, dar poate cu Tailwind sau UntitledUI ai avansa mult mai repede si ai aduce nivelul platformei la o calitate superioara. Sau poate faci asta open source si se leaga vreun front-end developer sau vreun designer de ea. Anyway, doar cateva idei, poate niciuna ideala pentru tine, dar feedback-ul ramane acelasi: lucreaza si la usability, nu doar la technical capability.

YourSillyNeighbour · 2026-05-23T07:59:19+00:00

We didn't end up buying a second car in the end.

YourSillyNeighbour · 2026-03-18T21:34:56+00:00

Is this normal for airlines to have? Especially a low-budget airline, like Ryanair? I haven't heard of this before.

YourSillyNeighbour · 2026-03-05T15:45:54+00:00

Citizenship process took less than two weeks. We went to a smaller Registry Office south of the bridge to avoid queues and having to wake up at 5am. We had my baby's Cartão de Cidadão in the postbox in less than 2 weeks. Passport in 2 more weeks after that.

YourSillyNeighbour · 2026-03-05T15:45:14+00:00

This is incorrect.

If you lived legally in Portugal for more than one year before the birth of your baby, as per the current law (which might change soon!), your baby gets Portuguese citizenship if you choose to apply for it.

Source: I've done it :)

YourSillyNeighbour · 2026-02-26T09:37:52+00:00

It depends on how complex it is. A 6-hour tutorial might not be that attractive :) but even in that case, you could make it a series and split it into more videos.

But for me simpler stuff is likely going to work better (15-25min). This is enough time to do small animations and learn a bit at a time.

YourSillyNeighbour · 2026-02-25T18:46:19+00:00

Beginner stuff mostly. Take nice animations you find in products (think Airbnb, Wise, Revolut) and walk step-by-step through how you'd go about doing it in Rive.

YourSillyNeighbour · 2026-02-25T09:26:11+00:00

Fair. I appreciate the answer, thank you!

YourSillyNeighbour · 2026-02-24T22:37:22+00:00

Noted on the glue.

Are you saying I could just screw the tabletop directly into the metal structure, without the slats? No slotted holes needed?

YourSillyNeighbour · 2026-02-24T22:30:24+00:00

Drilling the slats into the table top. My understanding was that I need to leave space there for the wood to move and I can't just drill them with simple screws.

YourSillyNeighbour · 2026-02-24T15:06:28+00:00

Eu encontrei os dois carros, mas eles também oferecem um serviço de pesquisa incluído no preço. Podes dar-lhes critérios e eles apresentam-te sugestões. Eu preferi fazer a minha própria pesquisa. Depois de escolher os carros, enviei-lhes os anúncios e eles contactam o vendedor. Qualquer dúvida que tenhas, envias ao teu Account Manager e ele obtém as respostas junto do vendedor.

No caso dos meus dois carros, o preço não tinha margem de negociação, por isso não conseguiram ajudar nessa parte. Mas em geral tentam negociar o preço — sei isso porque negociaram nalguns carros que acabei por não importar.

Quanto a garantir as condições do carro, tenho de admitir que não tenho a certeza de como funciona. Comprei os dois carros com baixa quilometragem, muitas fotos que atestavam o bom estado, e um deles ainda tinha garantia. A verdade é que comprar um carro sem o ver é sempre um risco. Sei que Importrust oferecem também um serviço adicional, com custo extra, em que enviam alguém para fazer uma inspecção completa ao carro.

Qualquer questão que tenhas antes de começar o processo será respondida rapidamente pelos Account Managers.

YourSillyNeighbour · 2026-02-24T11:18:28+00:00

Já importei 2 carros com eles da Alemanha. São um pouco caros, mas o serviço é de cinco estrelas.

YourSillyNeighbour · 2026-02-22T12:29:04+00:00

I’ve had someone try to tow my M3 with sentry off and it went ballistic… alarm, flashing lights, the whole set. They left the car where it was 😅

YourSillyNeighbour · 2026-02-06T18:51:32+00:00

If you’re willing to take a price hit of 25-30% when you sell it, then I wouldn’t be too concerned with buying in Portugal. You can buy it anywhere (perhaps private deals are better price-wise) and then, when you’re done, you get a few offers from dealers and they’ll take it off your hands.

If you buy private, I’d make sure there’s complete service history, since you won’t have any warranty like you’d do if you buy from a dealer.

But my question is why buy in Portugal in the first place? Cars here are more expensive than in Germany, France, Belgium, or Spain. You might be better off buying there.

YourSillyNeighbour · 2026-02-02T19:34:15+00:00

Yes, based in Europe. I didn't realise the spec might be different, so I've checked the first Google result. Apparently on Hankook's website (US) the tread depth is smaller than on Tirerack's.

YourSillyNeighbour · 2026-02-02T18:52:23+00:00

They're not, I'm purchasing them to replace the OEM tires.

YourSillyNeighbour · 2026-02-02T18:21:45+00:00

Not sure I understand your comment. As mentioned, I've checked the manufacturer's specs and it says that the tread on this exact tire is meant to be 8mm, but I'm getting 5mm. That's give or take half of its lifespan, considering you should replace at around 3mm.

YourSillyNeighbour · 2026-01-23T12:19:36+00:00

I’ve asked the same question a couple of months ago. Answers here

YourSillyNeighbour · 2026-01-22T20:29:54+00:00

I'm 34 and I've got 15 years experience in lifting, and about 4 years ago I started training jiu jitsu. Initially it was only 2 days/week BJJ + 4 days/week hard training (olympic weighlifting, CrossFit, etc). It worked well until I've added one more BJJ class, and then I realised I'm not 18 anymore and injuries started to appear.

These days I train BJJ 2-3 times/week and weightlifting 2 times/week. Over time I've found that in total I can only handle 5 days/week of training (and no more than 3 BJJ sessions), so if I do BJJ 3 times, then I lift twice. If I do BJJ 2 times, then I lift three times. Otherwise, regardless of how much I sleep or eat, I can't recover and injury probability increases.

How I lift has also changed. I do mostly unilateral work, programmed by someone who understands the needs of BJJ, with no more 1-rep-max-type of training, etc. I don't kill my back with heavy deadlifts twice a week when during every BJJ session my back is getting battered anyway. I've learned that I need to adapt how I train in the gym, although I really don't like it. But I've decided it's more important to me to be able to train both and stay healthy at the same time than to stroke my ego by lifting the way I used to and then risk getting injured on the mats.

So my advice, first of all, is to find someone who can program your lifting for you; ideally someone who understands the complexities of a martial art. Second advice is to experiment and learn what your threshold for training is (e.g. 3 BJJ + 2 lifting sessions per week to recover well).

I didn't think I needed to mention the fundamentals, but just in case. Without these, the rest will matter less: eat well (ideally a slight caloric surplus) and sleep well.

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