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TomServo92

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  1. On 4/23/2022 at 12:15 PM, silvrsvt said:

     

    What do you consider a "road trip"

    if you can go 300 miles one way on a charge-its about a 5-6 hours drive on the east coast. I had to go to the VA beach area from central NJ and had to stop 3 times for gas (small tank in an Escape) round trip. On the way down I stopped to eat lunch-I could have recharged about 80% in 20-30 minutes. 

     

    My wife and I are taking a vacation trip the last week of October to a destination about 430 miles away.  It would suck to have to stop partway to charge an EV.  We should be able to make it on one tank of gas in our Escape. My only real major complaints about EVs: range and charging time.  If they can get those two solved, I'll consider one.

  2. Yeah - I'm thinking at least $225K but we'll see.

     

    And you have to just shake your head at the "but I wish it had a V8" crowd.

     

    I've always appreciated any engine no matter the cylinder count. I find the GT absolutely amazing. The current EcoBoost 3.5L has a great torque curve and I'm sure the 2nd generation will also. I bet this will pull off the line like a locomotive and power to weight ratio should be excellent. I can't wait for actual performance numbers.

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    Every day new people enter the work force - they're called teenagers. These people fill the entry level jobs as the others move up to better jobs. If you're 50 years old with a degree that nobody wants then you need to either move or find a new career. It may not seem fair but that's life and you have to prepare for it.

     

    North Dakota unemployment is <1%. They're paying $17 at wal-mart. If I was unemployed I'd be moving to North Dakota. But people aren't willing to do any of that. They're not willing to move or retrain themselves. That's what people did before welfare, food stamps, disability and unending unemployment benefits. Amazing that nobody seemed to starve to death back then.

     

    My wife has been working in benefits management for 15 years but a couple of years ago, jobs became hard to find or were contract only. After getting laid off, she made the decision to change careers and went back to college to become a paralegal. She makes me proud how hard she is working in school (on the dean's list every semester). You can't sit still and whine about how the world is unfair or you have to get off your ass and work to improve your situation.

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