Most of us ( sounds like probably you too) wont be around when the younger generation realizes EVs can be quite useful. You probably remember the 70' s when gas was in short supply. And there were spot shortages very recently as well. You probably dont like Hybrids as well?I heard this early this morning and had a good laugh. Lets go all electric! Cars, trucks, heating, hot water, and lets make sure to phase out wood and coal pizza ovens too. Sorry guys we're still quite a few decades away, and going about this nonsense all wrong. Maybe Elon can install a small reactor at each of the Supercharger stations.
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I was around in the 70's I got through with no problems. My best friend worked at a gas station, so no odd even lines. He'd take my car to work when I needed gas. I'd use his and he'd bring mine back to me with a full tank. IIRC it was very short lived anyway. Recent shortages had no impact at all. A Hybrid? Maybe if that is my only choice other than an EV.
Overthinking it, but I expected that.
Overthinking, hardly! The reply was quite simple, and based on what I experienced in that brief blip in time.
Interesting logic. “My friend hooked me up so it was not a problem for anyone else either”
Just sharing what happened. Would you have passed on that opportunity if it was presented to you? I doubt it, no one I know, or knew at the time would have. And as stated it was just a tiny blip in time.
Heck no, not at all. Friends and family hookups are part of what makes humans worth dealing with!
But I’m just saying that because you weren’t affected doesn’t mean others weren’t lol.
Gotcha! I had a feeling I was going to be right, doubting you or anyone else in their right mind would pass.
The EV nonsense comment.
LOL
I got a good laugh. It's impressive how people put some wild made up opinion over reality.
Not waiting on lines during the gas crunch. I guess you missed my post about it earlier.
We definitely had issues with gas on long road trips in the gas crisis era. Our station wagon got 10-12 mpg with a 2bbl 350 with points ignition and a 3 speed auto, lugging around 5000 lbs or whatever a 1970 Chevelle station wagon weighed. We took 1250 mile road trips (round trip) through the rural West at that time to visit relatives, 2-3x per year. The SOP around the late 70s/early 80s was that Dad started looking to fill up around half a tank which was around every 100-120 miles.
And then breakdowns. Definitely had a few. And the carb jetting would be off at the higher elevations and the thing didn't want to start. I'm sure partially due to my dad's not so great mechanic ability, he thought he was better than he actually was with his Chilton book. When I started getting a little older I started to argue with him that he needed to put more dwell into the points, after I picked up a book at my school about tuning for high performance. But no, he insisted that he was going to use whatever was in the Chiltons book. I said well at least if you're not going to listen to me, get a feeler gauge, and a vaccum gauge to set the idle mixture, like it says in my book. Dad wasn't impressed. But anyway.
Point of all this being is that we have been spoiled by the more recent cars. People that should probably remember, have forgotten.
EVs are very convenient compared to all that....
And then breakdowns. Definitely had a few. And the carb jetting would be off at the higher elevations and the thing didn't want to start. I'm sure partially due to my dad's not so great mechanic ability, he thought he was better than he actually was with his Chilton book. When I started getting a little older I started to argue with him that he needed to put more dwell into the points, after I picked up a book at my school about tuning for high performance. But no, he insisted that he was going to use whatever was in the Chiltons book. I said well at least if you're not going to listen to me, get a feeler gauge, and a vaccum gauge to set the idle mixture, like it says in my book. Dad wasn't impressed. But anyway.
Point of all this being is that we have been spoiled by the more recent cars. People that should probably remember, have forgotten.
EVs are very convenient compared to all that....