Diesel pickups are for chumps

[hurley842002]

IBTL

[Irving]

Your formed opinion of that guy is probably different than mine. I was surprised that of all the posts in the thread, that was the one that upset you. I'll let you hash it out.

[BushMasterBoy]

"Stop being a fucking dick bag man." What a shame. The forum used to be so civilized. So sad anymore.

[00tec]

At the risk of sounding argumentative I'm not buying that. You stopped for five times for 10 minutes TOTAL over 2,100 miles and didn't stop for a minute longer anywhere else along the way? I have a hard time believing that nobody has blood clots if that's the case.
Your math on the total stop time is a bit off, but you had it right the first time around.


For fun I plugged your location with your destinations into Tesla's trip planner using the smallest capacity (read: shortest range) vehicle they make and it plotted a route to all of your destinations using Superchargers. Not only could you make the trip but you could make it 100% free. This is especially true if you stayed at each destination a day or two as you stated as you can charge at each one overnight or for several days and require even less Supercharger stops between legs. You don't have to just rely on the Supercharger networks to make trips and if you branch out from there there's electricity at far more locations than gas stations. People just need to change their way of thinking of things. This one-ff exercise was also not your daily commute which any Tesla could handle w/o batting an eyelash.

So saying that the EV charging infrastructure isn't there isn't accurate. Not only is the EV infrastructure there for that crazy complex trip you laid out in the sticks but enough Tesla Superchargers exist to make it completely free. This seems like a great place to point out that Tesla announced recently that they will once again double the number of Superchargers across the US in 2019 and they will also increase the speed at which they charge "significantly" so while today's network is more than enough for that incredibly random trip you laid out but it's improving quite literally by the week.

ETA: I have a screen shot of the planned trip for your review but this site caps image uploads at 250kb and I guess this image is above that and I'm too lazy to resize it.

Believe what you want. Doing pretty much the same trip again in a few months. I leave May 17. 2213 miles this time. Probably going to Bandera first to shoot a deer in the face, then up to Kilgore to hopefully bag some hogs. Jacksonville for a graduation, then hitting Haskell on the way back.
I will not have to increase my relatives electric bill to do so, but admittedly I may have to make 1 more stop since I will be pulling a trailer back from Bandera.
Bandera to home is 13hrs, 31 minutes according to google.
I have a photo time stamped as I was leaving my brother's house at 8:27 central time.
He called me as I was pulling up to my house at 8:57 mountain time.

Your math on the total stop time is a bit off, but you had it right the first time around.

[Jer]

Your formed opinion of that guy is probably different than mine. I was surprised that of all the posts in the thread, that was the one that upset you. I'll let you hash it out.

It's not just this thread and it's just the straw that broke the came's back. The guy doesn't have to be a prick 24/7.

[Jer]

"Stop being a fucking dick bag man." What a shame. The forum used to be so civilized. So sad anymore.

Tell me about it. I have no idea why this guy can't act civilized towards me. This isn't normally how I react to others on the forum but if this is what he's trying to get out of me I guess he wins.

[68Charger]

Tell me about it. I have no idea why this guy can't act civilized towards me. This isn't normally how I react to others on the forum but if this is what he's trying to get out of me I guess he wins.

I'm just using logic... but since that's not your native language, I'll bow out of this thread and let it be the "Blow smoke up your ass about what EV's can do, while ignoring the real world of stuff that already exists".

That's my THING.. I care about reality.
And that IS me being civilized- but apparently you don't deal well with reality.

I've had enough, you're going on ignore... good bye, and enjoy your cognitive dissonance. (if you can even figure out what that means)

[BushMasterBoy]

And my point was missed. I give up. You win.

[Jer]

I'm just using logic... but since that's not your native language, I'll bow out of this thread and let it be the "Blow smoke up your ass about what EV's can do, while ignoring the real world of stuff that already exists".

That's my THING.. I care about reality.
And that IS me being civilized- but apparently you don't deal well with reality.

I've had enough, you're going on ignore... good bye, and enjoy your cognitive dissonance. (if you can even figure out what that means)

Now I know you're a troll. I'm the most logical thinker you'd ever hope to meet to the point it's a fault. My wife gives me shit because of how I have to consider every point from both sides applying logic & ignoring emotion. Just yet another parting personal attack from one of the least classiest members of this forum. You say I'm ignoring "real world stuff" when all I've been doing is asking questions. I'm trying to learn what real world limitations exist. I want to know if there's specific examples of something I missed or haven't experienced.

THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE DAMN QUESTIONS.

I wasn't sarcastic & I sure as shit wasn't pushing EVs onto anyone. In fact, I even commented numerous times how it wasn't the end-all be-all & also that they weren't for everyone. I spelled that out in no uncertain terms so how you took anything else from that beyond exactly what I said is beyond me. If I didn't care about reality would I be asking people's real world examples?

You've got something personal against me for a while now. You follow me to various threads like a lost puppy looking for opportunities to personally attack me. Your obsession with me is unhealthy & I've had it with your shit.

Act civil & I'll reply in kind. Act like a spoiled 5-year-old who didn't get his way and guess what...

[68Charger]

And my point was missed. I give up. You win.

I got your point, I'm just tired of having the same kind of discussions I have with my 22 year old daughter who is planning a wedding, but I thought we were talking about truck specifications.

It's just not a hill I feel is worth dying on- and before I really head back to the sewer with my comments, I'll just ignore him.

BTW, I have no idea what Jer said in the post above me, but I don't care- life is too short to listen to what I assume is more drivel.