I’m a late 30’s bloke and have always had a love for cars. Japanese, European, American, don’t care, I love cars. Recently though, petrol in my country absolutely skyrocketed in price and I had to give up my wonderful dinosaur-juice powered vehicle for an electric car. I thought I’d hate it, I really did, but my word it’s fantastic! Quiet, comfortable, heaps of bells and whistles to keep me occupied, and it’s genuinely quick. There are a few things I miss, but that pales in comparison to the $100 a week I’m saving in gas.

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    Jumping on to this. We’ve gotten into ebikes and they are borderline life changing

    I would recommend giving them a try to almost everyone and they can be a really good alternative to driving your gas guzzling car without needing to drop on an electric one

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    By the way, are there any good ev communities here yet? I haven’t had much luck finding one

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    “no fun” was an argument i thought was valid for a long time about evs but after i got mine i just love how much he can zip as soon as i want him to

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    That’s awesome news! Just goes to show that you don’t need to be loyal to the fuel, you can have a kickass car that runs on anything

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      Eventually I’ll get myself a project car which will be petrol, but for a car to get from point A to point B, I don’t think I’ll ever get another ICE powered car.

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        I think it makes complete sense. We’re a 2 car household. We’re getting an electric for 95% of our trips, commuting, going to town, whatever. It’s just so stupid to be stopped on the highway during rushout literally burning money. Then we’ll have an ICE car just for farther destinations, or when we don’t know if we’ll be able to charge, but honestly expecting that to be <5% of trips

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      Yes! Absolutely! Pair that with paying for shit with my phone and I feel like I’m in Star Trek, except without the uniforms and cool shit.

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    What car did you get? My partner just replaced her beater with a used Prius, and I think I’m falling in love all over again.