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Very rarely, daily. But about once a month I'll drive 250ish miles to sight see or visit family. And once a year or so, cross country.

26fingies 3y ago
why not just rent a car instead?
- gottorf 3y ago
  Not the GP, but many people prefer to make long trips in cars that they're used to and personalized to their liking. I've certainly been in rental cars whose seats have contorted my body uncomfortably, if nothing else only because I wasn't used to it.
- nradov 3y ago
  Because most rental cars suck, and if you want an actual good one for a week or more they charge a fortune. And sometimes when you show up at the rental car agency the specific model you reserved isn't even available.
  - dzhiurgis 3y ago
    But you are essentially comparing driving sucky ICE car 365 days a year vs driving amazing EV 364 days a year + 1 day of very sucky ICE car.
    - nradov 3y ago
      No, that's not what I'm comparing. First, my ICE cars are hardly "sucky". They work great and get me, my family, and all of our stuff where we need to go safely, reliably, and affordably. Second, we're talking about road trips here so generally at least 4 days at a time. Any many of us do several such trips per year. Talk to any parent who has children involved in travel club sports.
      - dzhiurgis 3y ago
        You clearly haven't driven EV if you think ICE don't suck. They suck, extremely suck. Especially old ones that lack modern tech.
        nradov 3y ago
        Nah. I've driven EVs. Modern ICE vehicles have all the same tech.
        earthling8118 3y ago
        I only own an ICE and it isn't even remotely a competition. EVs win, hands down.
wolrah 3y ago
> And once a year or so, cross country. The key is to not over-value this. If your daily driver is also good at a rare cross country trip then that's great, but how bad is it really if it's not and you need to rent a vehicle with different capabilities once a year? If you're comparing two vehicles and one of them is a better fit for your daily driving and regular recurring needs while not being the best for rare uses, while the other is better at the rare use cases while being worse every other day, it seems like an easy choice to me but a lot of people will entirely count out the first one because it doesn't do the rare things well. See also: The person who buys a pickup truck as a daily driver they use to commute from the suburbs to an office because they might buy a few 2x4s from time to time.

26fingies 3y ago

why not just rent a car instead?

gottorf 3y ago
Not the GP, but many people prefer to make long trips in cars that they're used to and personalized to their liking. I've certainly been in rental cars whose seats have contorted my body uncomfortably, if nothing else only because I wasn't used to it.
nradov 3y ago
Because most rental cars suck, and if you want an actual good one for a week or more they charge a fortune. And sometimes when you show up at the rental car agency the specific model you reserved isn't even available.
- dzhiurgis 3y ago
  But you are essentially comparing driving sucky ICE car 365 days a year vs driving amazing EV 364 days a year + 1 day of very sucky ICE car.
  - nradov 3y ago
    No, that's not what I'm comparing. First, my ICE cars are hardly "sucky". They work great and get me, my family, and all of our stuff where we need to go safely, reliably, and affordably. Second, we're talking about road trips here so generally at least 4 days at a time. Any many of us do several such trips per year. Talk to any parent who has children involved in travel club sports.
    - dzhiurgis 3y ago
      You clearly haven't driven EV if you think ICE don't suck. They suck, extremely suck. Especially old ones that lack modern tech.
      - nradov 3y ago
        Nah. I've driven EVs. Modern ICE vehicles have all the same tech.
        earthling8118 3y ago
        I only own an ICE and it isn't even remotely a competition. EVs win, hands down.

wolrah 3y ago

> And once a year or so, cross country. The key is to not over-value this. If your daily driver is also good at a rare cross country trip then that's great, but how bad is it really if it's not and you need to rent a vehicle with different capabilities once a year? If you're comparing two vehicles and one of them is a better fit for your daily driving and regular recurring needs while not being the best for rare uses, while the other is better at the rare use cases while being worse every other day, it seems like an easy choice to me but a lot of people will entirely count out the first one because it doesn't do the rare things well. See also: The person who buys a pickup truck as a daily driver they use to commute from the suburbs to an office because they might buy a few 2x4s from time to time.