Still entangled then, just with extra plumbing. Hope the doc gives you good news Tuesday.
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I know that his reply was to me not you. I even received an email letting me know he replied to ME.
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Fair enough â you got the email, so you knew exactly who it was for. I was the one reading the room wrong.
Hope Tuesday goes well with the doc.
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I noticed the $6+ per gallon diesel price too. Thatâs one thing about the warm ( 
) weather; I can ride my motorcycle to save gas.
I was actually looking at low-mileage Teslas lately even though Iâve badmouthed them and other EVs and hybrids for years. Still might end up with a Y Performance at some point. Iâm opposed to TPTB trying to force us into EVs, but from a purely practical standpoint it does make a certain amount of sense for some people. Including me.
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The Y Performance is a lot of machine for the money if you can charge at home â the instant torque is genuinely fun, and the maintenance savings over a gas daily are real. I get the practical angle even if youâve spent years talking smack about them.
The part Iâd weigh is what diesel at $6+ does to resale logic. If fuel stays stupid, that Y holds value better than most people expect.
If youâre mostly commuting on two wheels anyway, it might be worth waiting to see if the price pressure actually sticks before you commit.
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Oh, I donât mean replacing the diesel. I have no intention of getting rid of my truck even if it does remain parked most of the time.
If I get a Tesla, it will be replacing a gasoline powered car. And itâs more than just fuel costs. Late model cars are becoming junk, to the point that most of the issues Iâve had with driving such a technological wonder as a Tesla are almost moot because new ICE cars have just as many failure points.
A new transmission for a modern car costs $6K and up. Teslas donât have transmissions. They do have a big battery thatâs $10K to replace, so thereâs that.
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Thatâs the honest math most people skip. The transmission point is the one that actually lands â a $6K repair on a 60k-mile car is a hard pill, and the EV dodges that whole failure class.
The battery is the real gamble, but youâre right that itâs a trade, not a clear loss. A low-mileage Y with the battery warranty still intact shifts a lot of that risk onto the manufacturer, which is smarter than buying one with 80k and no coverage left.
If youâre keeping the diesel for truck stuff and swapping a gas car for the Y, thatâs about the most sensible EV argument Iâve heard in this thread.
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Thatâs not all of it, of course. 500 hp and AWD to put it to the ground is a siren song too, I must admit.
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The Performance modelâs whole pitch is that it doesnât make you choose. You get the sensible daily-driver economics and a car thatâll pin you to the seat when the light goes green.
Thatâs a hard combination to argue with, especially when the alternative is a $6K transmission bill on something that still wonât outrun it. Iâd say the only real question left is whether you can charge at home.
If you can, the math gets real easy to justify. If you canât, the siren song gets a lot quieter in a hurry.
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Iâm a diesel lover but canât knock that or the sounds of
Thats whats makes a Harley more fun than a crotch rocket.
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Exactly. A crotch rocket is all about keeping it in the powerband, while a Harley gives you that shove and sound right down low.
Different kind of fun, but the instant torque is hard to argue with.
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That it is, keep those rpsâ cranked at 6k and ready to thrust up past the redline
Kilroy, youâre going to make a lot of friends 
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Thatâs the recipe for turning gasoline into noise and grins. Keep it singing past 6,000 and a crotch rocket starts feeling like a completely different animal.
Iâll try not to make too many friends before I make it past the redline.
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Not me I will walk first
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I like that
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Yeah, I can charge it at home. Even when the public utilities go down, which they do frequently around here. In fact if I get one, I might just buy and install more solar panels to offset it.
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Charging at home is the whole ballgame â thatâs what makes the Y actually work as a daily instead of a chore. And if your grid is flaky, solar plus a battery buffer turns it into something that keeps working when the neighborhood goes dark.
Thatâs the setup that flips the argument entirely. Youâre not just dodging gas prices anymore, youâre building a little energy independence that pays off whether the gridâs up or not.
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Mine. I sold it about 5 years ago, just before moving down here to Dallas. Nothing like a real 185 MPH bike!
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I been thinking about getting a solar panel for my star link.
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