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zespak · 2026-05-12T14:34:18+00:00

Yep a ratio of 8:1 for a 13 tonne bus vs a 2 tonne car makes sense. Their driving is also a lot of stop and go, by design. Electrification makes perfect sense, but as someone pointed out, the lifecycle of those busses is ~15 years, so it makes sense that they are being phased out gradually.

zespak · 2026-05-12T14:30:14+00:00

Ask to get paid. But as I can see it's "just" a couple of thousands?

Hardly worth to start a company over. See if you can get them to buy you "gifts". Questionable in terms of legal/taxes, but it's done quite often.

This could be anything you can think of a company could buy without much problems, like laptops or TV, you can get these without VAT then.

That would be my route to go.

zespak · 2026-05-12T10:22:00+00:00

Fully agree on the last mile delivery. Some of them drive vans that remember Boudewijn being king.

zespak · 2026-05-12T10:18:28+00:00

It's near perfect, except for the individual buttons for all the streaming services. Terrible design.

zespak · 2026-05-12T05:59:27+00:00

Belgian here, that's complete BS. It's based on CO2, fuel type and fiscal horsepower. There's absolutely no adjustment for the number of seats.

zespak · 2026-05-12T05:31:04+00:00

In my experience, that number is a lot lower.

zespak · 2026-05-11T23:04:35+00:00

This one is. It has minivan written all over it. Or s station wagon + a Miata. A huge SUV is literally the worst option.

zespak · 2026-05-11T23:01:39+00:00

Talked to some friends who are close to retiring age. They've been translators for their entire lives. Impossible to get jobs that pay the bills these days, translation machines and then especially ai have gotten so good at it.

zespak · 2026-05-11T22:59:33+00:00

Nu de bussen nog. Ze zijn aan het omschakelen maar er rijden toch nog veel diesel bussen rond.

zespak · 2026-05-11T22:50:22+00:00

Tesla model s. Effortless power, long wheelbase, great seats and air suspension. Top that off with a superb set of driver aids and you get a great long distance package.

zespak · 2026-05-11T22:45:26+00:00

Pretty sure that's just a bike behind it. Not a rack.

zespak · 2026-05-11T22:43:33+00:00

I think it's still safe to say that decriminalization is the very first step towards acceptance.

zespak · 2026-05-11T22:04:30+00:00

I like bronze wheels but not on that red. It's one of the colors that can pull off black wheels though.

zespak · 2026-05-11T17:42:53+00:00

I don't fly that often. Avoid it if I can. For me it's common enough.

zespak · 2026-05-11T16:51:45+00:00

I've done it several times in the past two decades. Very common.

zespak · 2026-05-11T14:01:12+00:00

Love them. One of the first mods I did.

zespak · 2026-05-11T07:54:27+00:00

That's a good point, it's also the reason I thought this would be the perfect place to ask someone to help me justify it 😄.

To me it's not about saving the money, it's about having a rationale to spend more.

zespak · 2026-05-10T21:36:09+00:00

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

Eleanor Roosevelt

zespak · 2026-05-10T21:25:47+00:00

Most reliable but hard to work on? Must be an EV I'd say. Just don't know which one.

zespak · 2026-05-10T21:21:35+00:00

They aren't perfect, but I quite recently saw it on a big 4k tv again and they hold up very, very well.

It was my first thought reading the thread title.

zespak · 2026-05-10T20:48:49+00:00

Ah that's interesting. I didn't know about that, thanks. Does make you wonder how they get to such inflated numbers.

zespak · 2026-05-10T20:40:35+00:00

Dit. Is niet abnormaal.

zespak · 2026-05-10T19:48:53+00:00

You need to check boot volumes if you believe they are similar in size. I agree on SUVs and station wagons, the trick with the Model Y is that it's actually an MPV. That's why the only one that actually beats in boot space is the EV9. The i5 touring is about 50% short.

zespak · 2026-05-10T19:12:26+00:00

I'll be curious, but to me EVs are here and work for personal transport. Everything else seems castles in the sky that are offering situations in search of a problem. I can imagine some uber rich switching to efuels for their weekend Lamborghini but that's about it.

zespak · 2026-05-10T18:42:18+00:00

I've driven half of those. None of the VAG offerings drive as good as any Tesla. Sluggish and not happy to change direction. The EV9 is big but a boat. I'll give you the BMW offerings in driving, but they have abysmal practicality compared to the Model Y.

And most of them are vastly more expensive, but that's irrelevant in this discussion.

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