EV's & Tundra's

That’s who we have now. And the last 4 years the rate has only increased like $50 -60 more per renewal period. But out of the blue it just doubled. I might call them and say did yall mess up or what’s the deal. We are a one car family . Of all the cars I’ve owned over the last 3 years this MYP has been the most expensive by far. Hell the raptor and TRD pro was only $93 a month.

I just got my homeowners policy last month for $2500 for the year where everyone else was 3-4.5k. I’m sure next year that will shoot up with them.

 

I'm calling it.

The MS Plaid will beat the new TT Corvette.

0-60 & 1/4 mile.


https://www.autoevolution.com/news/...wcomer-makes-twin-turbo-v8-noises-234874.html

 

we pay
$1k for homeowners. HO-A
$5k for windstorm 2% deduct - we are Tier 2 in Galveston county.

both of these #'s are up 50% in the past 3 yrs.

<The lake house is reasonable ($3k). no windstorm needed. it's up 25%.>


Cars - it's tough to say because of my 2 <25yr old drivers. however, we are up~100% - all things considered. clean driving records for all.

the '34 Ford is $200 a year - full coverage.

It's puzzling to me how the "normal" family afford all these costs.
Electricity up >100% in TX.
Food
Gas
Insurance
Health ins

Disposable income has to be nil.
Credit card debt is slaying this generation.

Kids were in town...4 of us @ Shake Shack. $85 burger/fry/drink



Something is about to pop.

I'll give it till around......say....Sept/Oct of this year.
that's about the time the Gov will step in and shatter ( free shit for low income folks) whatever economy we have left.

all these illegal immigrants need housing. Gov will step in.

as it related to EV's....if Electricity raises much more, it will not be more economical than Gas. or maybe that's the plan.

 

Electricity is also a utility that is super easy to shut off or throttle back from the top. Gasoline is not. Seems if there is a plan, more control is part of it.

But at this point, what a spectacular failure of assimilation EVs have been. The market in general is just not interested. Maybe when we stop pilfering the strategic oil reserves in an election year, gas prices will incentivize people to get an EV.

 

this.

create a mandate and hand EV production to folks that, via sloppy, lazy unions, have only made ICEs, and the results speak for themselves.

the free market is a nasty, unforgiving bitch.


I ponder this one....why did the Ford Lighting fail?
it was the perfect execution of retrofitting Elec to an ICE pkg.
except, it wasn't.

 

https://youtu.be/WVVMnzfIA5A?si=zdnhrTOAIZjDS7Z5

 

for the data lovers.

 

https://www.motor1.com/news/722314/toyota-claims-game-changing-engines/amp/

 

Wife has been having vertigo issues so went to go change pedal settings. Noticed it’s called Dynamics now and steering wheel isn’t comfort, sport, normal anymore. It’s light, standard, and heavy feel.

weird change in terms

 

Lucid does not look good at all^^^

 

Rivain truck thoughts?

I refuse to pay the foundation tax on the cybertruck & thinking about getting the Rivian.

 

have they fixed the tire wear problem?

 

or rivian
or fisker

 

My understanding is when in conserve mode it is front wheel drive only & that is what causes excessive wear.

 

LOL, for some reason i like the look of the Rivian. 420 range is decent

 

Rivian is the most decent EV truck out there. power, utility, etc.

I just think the public is not gonna accept those headlights.

 

If they were out when I bought my Model 3, I would’ve bought one.

It’ll be even better now that it’s on the Tesla charging network.

 

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1799631104389107774?t=ku1JwU-Rnl0tb_GiyNyuNQ&s=19

 

Seems…troubling.

 

Meh, not too surprising

 

298 wh/mi to 310 after two week of triple digits. All lead foot city driving

 

you got me beat

these cars are amazing

 

I just realize the update have “adaptive headlight “ activation option. I have the matrix, is it only for those headlights?

 

https://trc.taboola.com/carscoops-carscoops-amp/log/3/click?pi=/2024/06/2019-toyota-tundra-driver-reportedly-goes-878987-miles-in-under-seven-years&ri=ed228fe9267a3201c5d3b97562014b05&sd=v2_8d139678e463c16b527881fb3c600406_009fb4d9-1c4f-42e1-bc4c-d1079ee64f57-tuctd60d1e1_1718045793_1718045793_CN6xzAgQlfBPGPK6iZyAMiABKAEw4QE4kaQOUABYAGAAaKWr-OKu_dXuLnAB&ui=009fb4d9-1c4f-42e1-bc4c-d1079ee64f57-tuctd60d1e1&it=text&ii=~~V1~~-8618055616485722632~~17Jk7QHcVE8z6qgPmVSRMw&pt=text&li=rbox-t2m&sig=6ddb9a393c3a39ec8fcfb912f89298cdf200e7e738d1&url=https://www.carscoops.com/2024/05/three-dead-in-100-mph-tesla-model-3-crash-that-sent-ev-airborne-for-130-ft/&vi=1718045793650&r=81&tvi2=16301&tvi50=17350&lti=deflated&ppb=CGI&cpb=EhIyMDI0MDYwNC00LVJFTEVBU0UY4rrb0wYgnP__________ASoZbGEudGFib29sYXN5bmRpY2F0aW9uLmNvbTIIdHJjMjAxMjM4gAJAkaQOWABjCNVhEK1_GAJkYwjXFhDVHxgjZGMIuSYQ9zMYJGRjCNIDEOAGGAhkYwjvAxCLBxgJZGMIpCcQijUYL2RjCKZUEMdvGA9kYwjAaBDGhwEYMmRjCOJPEJ1qGDZkYwiWFBCdHBgYZGMInmgQn4cBGD1kYwjFXRDxehg-ZGMI9BQQnh0YH2RyDCoETkEAFxCSAAAAAHgCgAG93AGIAZqlt-wBkAE0mAH_u4mcgDLbARAB3AE&vct=4.97


I do not know why it did this but it does go directly to the story

Triple digit speeds,,, dang kids doing stupid !()!

 

At this point, if I seriously wanted a MY, should I just buy the oldest one I can find? I mean, updates are OTA, right?

It would only be for commuting around town. We’d take the Tundra or 570 on road trips >100 mi.