“I don’t like that Elon is a fascist bag of dicks, but I like my Elonmobile”
We have had a bare-bones Model3 since 2018, before Elon fully unfurled his dick flag. Its fine, certainly not fancy, and saved a heap on gas when the missus had a long commute. We’d never buy another one though because of Elon, and there isnt a resale market for it here in Chicagoland. When my truck gives up the ghost I’m hoping to replace with a Rivian if they’re still around, although frankly my need for a truck isn’t anything like what it used to be.
The good news is these days there’s lots of good non-Tesla EV options on many different form factors if that’s what you’re looking for.
I don’t have any EV infrastructure at my condo and was considering a PHEV when I was car shopping since it has the best of both worlds but ultimately decided against it and ended up with a hybrid instead (well… mild hybrid, but hybrid all the same). If I ever moved somewhere that I could have a charger at home, I’d definitely reconsider.
[US Army launches fifth-generation combat vehicle with M1E3 Abrams tank modernization program]
[Future M1E3 Abrams Tanks To Be Army’s First Hybrid-Electric Combat Vehicle, Camarillo Says - Defense Daily]
Interesting that her captain pronounces her name “presk aisle,” while we Michigan residents pronounce her eponymous island as “presk eel,” à la les français.
Love that the bridges reply to ships’ horn blasts - tho it’s gotta suck when one lives nearby and is trying to sleep long enough to awaken w/o a hangover 
holy shit
i knew teslas were bad but “literally twice as deadly as the average vehicle” is something else
That ugly boxy face makes me want to weep.
ETA:
Better dig up something cheerful to stick here.
Found the perfect things.
I watch these periodic’ly since first finding them.
I just fell in love with them. The first one’s a hoot - everyone’s so happy and having such fun. It’s all wonderfully silly. The little bit of music’s good, too. The second’s all cool & artsy (altho better focus [ahem clarity?] @ times’d be nice), and I really like the song to whomst it’s set.
Those are really good!
I hope U find these are too:
Phantom Corsair
The mad Buick from Topper - body by Bohman & Schwartz
Gorgeous.
Have a Jolly
For some reason I always thought it was a Cord without swivel lights.
I quite like it, at least in pink. Looks a lot like Lady Penelope’s Roller.
Behold the Cyber Beetle!
BONUS
A wooden one
It’s about as pretty as summa those Cords, but this Buick’s truly, deeply weird It’s like B&S ate some nice agaric (Fliegenpilz) omelettes the day it was designed.