Americans complaining about gas prive while driving huge trucks that do 26L/100.
Imagine paying for gas.
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Imagine paying for gas or electricity.
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God I wish. If I didnt live in rural Canada I would ditch my car in a heartbeat.
Imagine having a HP printer for a car.
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We should absolutely regulate the way cars lock down software or obstruct the right to repair.
Is that a common thing? I’ve almost never driven past a Costco station where there wasn’t a pump available (usually several). I know the part about “30 minutes” is hyperbole, but I don’t think a bunch of cars congesting Costco stations instead of spreading out to other ones is an actual problem that’s regularly happening in reality.
No, this is not uncommon. I’ve been to multiple Costcos with very long waits in multiple states. If it’s a hyperbole, it’s only barely.
Interesting. I wonder if that gets more problematic very close to the Interstate or in very large cities.
I’ve never seen one without a line here in Chicago. Doesn’t matter the day or the time of day either.
It’s hyperbole for the most part. Only time I’ve ever seen lines longer than 5 minutes is in cases where pumps are out of order. Also most cars nowadays have stop-start batteries so you’re not idling much of the time.
I bought fuel at Costco yesterday, half the pumps were empty.
very common (well, idk about the wait time of half an hour because I’ve never done this B’s) when prices are higher than usual
at least according to the local facebook groups of people asking which station has the 2c/L cheaper gas, because that singular dollar saved is apparently going to make all the difference in their life
I wish that wasn’t a problem. There are 3 Costcos within about 30 minutes of me. Every time I’ve been, all hours of the day, each pump has about 4-6 cars waiting in line to fill up. People will wait 15 minutes because it’s generally 20-30 cents cheaper per gallon than anywhere else.
30 minutes is not an exaggeration at all
But they complain about auto start stop.
Better than them e-lectric vehicles. If my car ain’t big, loud, inefficient, polluting and running on ancient fossil goo that’s totally nonrenewable and expensive to pump out of the ground and refine, I ain’t interested!
I don’t think people choose has over electric because of a dumb lust for power, I think it’s because many people can’t charge at home (especially with rents going up and cheap landlords unwilling to install chargers), there are more 15+ year old used gas cars, and outdated worries about range (fast charging has gotten better).
You can charge an EV from a regular household 120V outlet. Sure, it will charge slower than molasses but that’s enough for a lot of people. You might only get 30 miles of range from charging overnight, but if you’re driving less than 30 miles everyday, that’s enough. I know I drive less than 30 miles a day, most of the time. But for those days where you’re driving more than 30 miles, yeah you’re going to need to know where there’re some fast chargers near you, but there’s more of those being built all the time.
And there are some good deals on used EVs, too. And the batteries they have now last long enough that there’s really no worry about having to replace the battery on a used EV.
With the amount I drive, the 120v charger would be more than enough. But, I work from home…
