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Or you can probably make it your entire trip without even using the fast chargers. So this is a problem that is understandable for you to be all tense about. But again, I think once you get an EV for the first time, which I think should be soon, I think you're going to be very surprised how little of a problem it really is.

Or you can probably make it your entire trip without even using the fast chargers. So this is a problem that is understandable for you to be all tense about. But again, I think once you get an EV for the first time, which I think should be soon, I think you're going to be very surprised how little of a problem it really is.

Yeah, I think, I mean, first of all, like, I don't think it's quite fair to compare what you paid six years ago to what prices are today because I think prices of everything will be higher today. That's true. But, you know, even setting that aside, of course, yeah, EVs tend to be more expensive because batteries are still very expensive. So, of course, that is a factor to consider. Yeah.

Yeah, I think, I mean, first of all, like, I don't think it's quite fair to compare what you paid six years ago to what prices are today because I think prices of everything will be higher today. That's true. But, you know, even setting that aside, of course, yeah, EVs tend to be more expensive because batteries are still very expensive. So, of course, that is a factor to consider. Yeah.

And, of course, you can do, like, you know, the Tesla configurator style math where you're like, well, I'm going to actually be saving this amount of money here and this amount of money. You can BS your way into it however you want to do it. But, you know, and again, like, if your car is working perfectly fine, you probably shouldn't replace it.

And, of course, you can do, like, you know, the Tesla configurator style math where you're like, well, I'm going to actually be saving this amount of money here and this amount of money. You can BS your way into it however you want to do it. But, you know, and again, like, if your car is working perfectly fine, you probably shouldn't replace it.

But, you know, next time a car ending event occurs, you know, whatever that is for you, whether it's, like, you know, a big expensive repair, you know, or whatever, like, you know, next time...

But, you know, next time a car ending event occurs, you know, whatever that is for you, whether it's, like, you know, a big expensive repair, you know, or whatever, like, you know, next time...

a a motivating event happens that has you you know has you looking i would say look at evs first and because you know there is you know you're going to have some degree of hesitation of like the fear of the range thing i think is going to keep it's going to keep you wanting to stay in your comfort zone and of course you have made a large part of your identity about things like driving stick shift like

a a motivating event happens that has you you know has you looking i would say look at evs first and because you know there is you know you're going to have some degree of hesitation of like the fear of the range thing i think is going to keep it's going to keep you wanting to stay in your comfort zone and of course you have made a large part of your identity about things like driving stick shift like

So that's a hard thing to change, and I get that. And I'm not saying you need to change it, but I think you will benefit from really examining hard when the time comes. Am I talking myself out of an EV for good reasons, or am I talking myself out of an EV for, like, you know, kind of defensive reasons that might not hold up to scrutiny with my own standards down the road?

So that's a hard thing to change, and I get that. And I'm not saying you need to change it, but I think you will benefit from really examining hard when the time comes. Am I talking myself out of an EV for good reasons, or am I talking myself out of an EV for, like, you know, kind of defensive reasons that might not hold up to scrutiny with my own standards down the road?

And, you know, even, like, you know, things like the...

And, you know, even, like, you know, things like the...

you know the range question of like the way you were talking about last episode you were talking about it very much as like a like a prepper dad mentality which was like yeah because you know we well i mean look we all do this sometimes uh but like it's like okay i i'll charge up my house and then when i get to where i'm going i'll be able to plug in to you know to their to their you know regular 110 outlet and like when i when i got my first tesla

you know the range question of like the way you were talking about last episode you were talking about it very much as like a like a prepper dad mentality which was like yeah because you know we well i mean look we all do this sometimes uh but like it's like okay i i'll charge up my house and then when i get to where i'm going i'll be able to plug in to you know to their to their you know regular 110 outlet and like when i when i got my first tesla

In the trunk, or in the frunk, I think, I carried around like a 50-foot extension cord and all these different adapters. And I'm like, someday I'm going to be somewhere where I'm going to need to plug in. And what if the outlet is more than 10 feet away? Well, I'm going to need this. I'm going to need that. And I carried around all these wires and things for the whole lease.

In the trunk, or in the frunk, I think, I carried around like a 50-foot extension cord and all these different adapters. And I'm like, someday I'm going to be somewhere where I'm going to need to plug in. And what if the outlet is more than 10 feet away? Well, I'm going to need this. I'm going to need that. And I carried around all these wires and things for the whole lease.

The next car, carried it over, carried them again for another three years. And I never used any of it. I never had to. So now I just carry, like, the mobile charger, which has, you know, the 220 plug and the 110 plug. I use it only at my in-laws' house in their circular saw outlet. I've never used it anywhere else because there are, you know, there are charges everywhere.

The next car, carried it over, carried them again for another three years. And I never used any of it. I never had to. So now I just carry, like, the mobile charger, which has, you know, the 220 plug and the 110 plug. I use it only at my in-laws' house in their circular saw outlet. I've never used it anywhere else because there are, you know, there are charges everywhere.