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What have I said I "disdain" about EVs?
I still indirectly own my old 2003 ES300!
Last edited by SW17LS; Oct 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM.
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I have a quote from solar panel provider for a Tesla Wall lease, but I went over the numbers, and it just doesn't make financial sense. I would need two Tesla walls to support charging our three EV'S plus other power needs, and at $235 a month and an annual increase of 2.99 percent, it's more expensive than my True-up with PG&E. Sure, I would love to not give or take a single kWh to those thieves, but it has to still make sense financially. So instead I'm going to invest about $1000 in a generator, (probably natural gas) so I can be fully prepared for the oncoming zombie apocalypse 
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How do you stop a jet ski? 👇
Will a Tesla or any EV with 1 pedal driving engaged stop if you let off the gas? In a Tesla with 1pd engaged you’re sitting at a red light, will the car move without your foot being on the brake?
Sounds like he loves them!!
And for the record, I got my money on @AJT123 buying an EV before @SW17LS will once he realize all his beloved V8s are actually slow
🤣😂
interesting analogy. i don’t agree with that. a jetski is crazy abrupt. on my tesla, it’s smooth even if you let your foot off the gas completely. there’s also a setting to have less regen which presumably lets it coast a bit more.
but of course you can modulate the gas pedal… it’s not all or nothing.
the tesla implementation of 1 pedal driving is MUCH better than on my hyundai. still not sure why on hyundai you can’t leave 1 pedal engaged all the time… it turns off every time you turn off the car.
but of course you can modulate the gas pedal… it’s not all or nothing.
the tesla implementation of 1 pedal driving is MUCH better than on my hyundai. still not sure why on hyundai you can’t leave 1 pedal engaged all the time… it turns off every time you turn off the car.
Sounds like he loves them!!
And for the record, I got my money on @AJT123 buying an EV before @SW17LS will once he realize all his beloved V8s are actually slow
🤣😂
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Mine will come to a complete stop if I let off the "gas" and it will hold the brake until I put my foot on the "gas" again. Unless there is an emergency, I could and do make entire trips without ever touching the brake pedal.
In a Tesla with 1pd engaged you’re sitting at a red light, will the car move without your foot being on the brake?
figured you'd know these things since you've rented teslas.
Last edited by bitkahuna; Oct 27, 2025 at 04:31 AM.
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a tesla will. other cars, it varies. my ioniq 5 will in "i-pedal" mode which you can't leave on all the time.
no. it's really perfectly done. and when it does come to a stop with plenty of space to do it, it's as smooth as a chauffeur.
figured you'd know these things since you've rented teslas.
no. it's really perfectly done. and when it does come to a stop with plenty of space to do it, it's as smooth as a chauffeur.
figured you'd know these things since you've rented teslas.
Everyone I’ve rented had it enabled.