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I don't mind EVs as a commuter vehicle but right now the infrastructure in Canasda does not support long travel. It's fine it you have a home charges, but even those will take 8 hours to charge a battery from near drained.

Now try traveling long distances, again you will need to charge at some point driving more than 300kms in a single direction, which for me happens nearly every weekend for kids sports in the interior of BC.

I know what you're thinking, just stick it on a super fast charger and it'll get to 90% in 30 minutes. This is true, if one is available. Not only that, if one if charged enough to charge your battery. See most super chargers are themselves larger batteries, so when they are charged they can charge you battery at up to 150kw. So on any given day the first few to use the charger get the fast charing experience, once drained it will take that standard 8 hours to charge as a stage 2 charger. Most fast chargers right now are not directly tied to the power grid!

Not only that but smaller towns in BC and into Alberta have very limited charging capacity, from my experience once you get off the Trans Canada Hwy you can easily go 300-350km without finding a charger period.

The batteries may get better but the infrastructure still need to be advanced as well to accommodate recharging vehicle batteries in a relatively short period of time!

Per most Japanese made gas vehicles last a helluva lot longer than 12-15 years (unless you get suckered into buying American or euro made junk).

Battery powered vehicles are clearly the future but until they solve the charging and range issues in vast countries like Canada it's Hybrids for now

Cousin Strawberry wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2026 10:25 am Per most Japanese made gas vehicles last a helluva lot longer than 12-15 years (unless you get suckered into buying American or euro made junk).

Battery powered vehicles are clearly the future but until they solve the charging and range issues in vast countries like Canada it's Hybrids for now

Yeah, I know. We had an old Toyota Picnic that we used as our second car till it was like 17 years old, then sold it to some guy who was exporting old toyota vans to Africa. It’s probably still running there. But you rarely see cars that old in Europe.*

My previous car was a Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, which I bought when it was two years old and sold when it was ten. There was nothing wrong with it, but the car insurance doesn’t cover everything when the car is more than ten years old, so there’s that, and also I felt like I wanted a new car. I was initially thinking of a two year old Volvo XC60 PHEV, but when I realized I could get a fully electric car for the same money, I got that instead. I’ve gotten over my range anxiety.

But, yeah, I know. Japanese cars last forever. They’re great value for money.

*OK, sure, my cousin drives a gold coloured 1962 Plymouth Valiant converible. But only in the summer. During the winter he’s driving some cheap Korean thing. But those vintage American cars are part of a huge rural Swedish subculture. They have all these car meets allover the place in summer, drinking beer and listening to rockabilly. But other than that.

Wait, Toyota made a vehicle and called it a Picnic?

lever, I think I found your next ride.

Aaronp18 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2026 11:58 am Wait, Toyota made a vehicle and called it a Picnic?

lever, I think I found your next ride.

https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/car-reviews ... 1997-2001/

A small van. Available with six (2+2+2) or seven (2+3+2) seats. We had a six-seater.
The seats in the third row were easily detachable if you wanted more luggage space.

My first imported car. Before that I had had a SAAB 900 and a Volvo 245.

Aaronp18 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2026 11:58 am Wait, Toyota made a vehicle and called it a Picnic?

lever, I think I found your next ride.

Rolling up in one of those will ensure he gets Thin Lizzy May's ankles behind her ears

Cousin Strawberry wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2026 12:13 pm

Aaronp18 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2026 11:58 am Wait, Toyota made a vehicle and called it a Picnic?

lever, I think I found your next ride.

Rolling up in one of those will ensure he gets Thin Lizzy May's ankles behind her ears

And they call gin the panty remover.

Cuz, imagine the Okanagan cougars you could haul if Honda made a vehicle call the Charcuterie!

Aaron I unfortunately know from experience those achin'organ valley girls hunt semen donors during their ovulation cycles the way regular people hunt for careers

How many kids are you supporting now, Cuz?

Cousin Strawberry wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2026 12:38 pm Aaron I unfortunately know from experience those achin'organ valley girls hunt semen donors during their ovulation cycles the way regular people hunt for careers

Through the lottery?

They're all full grown and (mostly) off my wallet thank fuck. Just offloaded the last one recently

*Cousin Strawberry's life hacks #10:

When your overgrown brats won't leave the nest in a timely manner...move to bumfuck Alberta and don't get high-speed starlink. It's the modern day equivalent of souring the milk