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Originally Posted by dyna mo
I suggest filtering out homes with attached garages in your house search.
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Originally Posted by candyflip
You were gonna buy a Tesla and now you'll settle for an electric Chevy Cruze? Come on now.
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I know. I am a terrible human being. (...and It's a "Volt". They look like a Cruise, though...)
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Originally Posted by Rochard
My goal is to go off the grid completely... I went to a solar power seminar last weekend, so that will happen in the next year or so. After that I'm pretty confident it will be a Tesla.
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Fucking awesome.
:thum bsup
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Originally Posted by michael.kickass
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Thanks! woo!
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Originally Posted by L-Pink
So instead you spend $15,000 to $20,000 extra for an electric option on what is basically a Chevy Cruze?
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Not true. A Fully loaded Cruise in Canada is $30,375. A fully loaded Volt is $42,000. Quebec Pays $8000 tax credit to buy an EV, bringing the price down to $34,000, making the cost difference only $4000.
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Originally Posted by MrBottomTooth
4 hours is for a 240 volt connection. If you plug it into a regular socket it takes 15 hours. I don't know about you, but the only place I regularly see 240 volt connections is behind electric dryers. Of course you can always have one installed, but it's not like you can just grab any power source wherever you are and charge it quickly with a regular extension cord.
Also looks like you can't just use a regular 240 volt outlet, you have to buy one of their charging stations. Check out the price of these:
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220/240 Volt connections are in every home here for washer / dryers. A charger is included with the Volt (and Tesla). An electrician can easily run the 240 lines to your garage.
There are currently Two hundred and Fifty 240 Volt charging stations in Quebec, and 1
0 of them within a few kilometres of me, and 2 of them within 4 blocks of me.
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Originally Posted by Robbie
Mark, when I saw the stats on the Chevy Volt...I wasn't pleased.
The Tesla is of course THE one.
But if you can't afford that at the moment and just really, really want an electric car...the Nissan Leaf appears to be far superior:
http://www.nissanusa.com/electric-ca...cc=0.240189300
But I guess it's a little late for you to change things.
I'm guessing you'll enjoy the Volt. A new car is always fun no matter what. I just think you could have made a better decision on it IF you had consulted with GFY first! lol |
I really did consider the Leaf, but I didn't like the "fit". I'm 6'3" and found the car to be pretty snug, and also I'm not that crazy about the styling. Nice car for sure, but...
And yes, Tesla IS king... but if I have to choose between a Tesla and a house, I'll take a house...
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Originally Posted by PR_Glen
i've never been to a inefficient power source seminar myself.. ;)
off the grid is an overrated fairy tail. People do it, but spend far far too much and are still disappointed. Does anyone ever practice moderation anymore?
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Just because it isn't perfect doesn't mean it should be ignored...
peace