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    New water heater...

    It must make a big difference having kids. In our 18 years of living in this house, with a 40gal water heater, we've never experienced running out of hot water. Looking back, it was pretty stupid of me to replace it with a 50 gallon.....
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    New water heater...

    Was it a power vent? Instead of running to the side of our house, ours goes to the roof, which requires a fan (power vent) that sits on top of the water heater.
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    New water heater...

    3 years ago. 50 gallon Rheem w/power vent. The power vent adds a lot to the cost.
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    When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

    The thing that scares me a little is what happens on 5/1. Millions of owners will lose FSD and when they hit their right stalk, it will just go to AutoPilot, which is not anything like FSD. There are a lot of drivers that have been using FSD religiously over the last few weeks, and may be...
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    Random Thoughts 18: The Year of Fire

    If the network team says "We see flapping" one more time......How about you stop the flapping?
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    When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

    BTW, they said they are still building a cheaper model, which will be out next year. I highly doubt it will be 25k though.....or next year
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    When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

    They started removing radar on their cars 3 years ago. Well aware of this downgrade, because it makes it harder to park. They must think they can do it with just cameras, I guess we'll see.
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    When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

    It's strange how there are such mixed views on it. Maybe my expectations were low, I thought it killed it in the highway and did decent in the metro. A lot of improvement still needed, but it would be worth $30/month to me in it's current form.
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    When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

    These are old numbers: Tesla’s FSD safety findings were reported as part of the company’s 2022 Impact Report, which among other things, reports the company’s effect on the environment and the world more generally annually. According to this report, the average Tesla equipped with FSD Beta...
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    When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

    There are a ton of reasons Like you said, competition. A lot more great options out there from Kia, Ford, BMW, etc. Over just the last year, all the competition has moved to the Tesla charging standard, which is huge for the competitors. In 2023, Tesla sales increased 38% in one year...
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    When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

    So you didn't get any benefit out of it this month?
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    When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

    Yes, that's a huge hurdle. Also, what if self driving kills 100 people a year but saves 5,000 people?
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    When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

    That's probably why this is the Performance version. If no one cared about performance, they would still make Toyota Camry's with 90hp instead of 301. Yes, they'll sell a lot more Long Range and Standard models. Just like Ford makes more XLT's than Tremors. Damn.... you are a fun hater
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    When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

    New Tesla Model 3 Performance released. Only Model 3 that qualifies for the $7,500 federal tax credit which drops the price down to $45.5k. Starting price: $52,990 0-60mph: 2.9s (vs 3.1s in old version) Range: 296 miles Top Speed: 163 mph Adaptive Suspension: Powered by in-house software...
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    Des Moines-New Taprooms

    Well they said it wouldn't be done until 2025, so I'm not shocked we haven't heard a lot.