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Desperation starting to set in with Tesla.
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I don’t camp but worked for a few years at a resort campground so I’ve seen all kinds of campers. This is an amazing look. Vintage airstream-esq with a subtle patina.
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If you value your personal energy independence, you might want to keep an eye on private equity firms buying utility companies. These same firms own large shares of AI data centers. Most utilities are allowed by state laws to pass upgrade costs to consumers.
I’m so very happy to be able to run almost entirely without pulling from the grid.
I’m so very happy to be able to run almost entirely without pulling from the grid.
We are lucky we have an energy company that’s a co-op. The other energy company in town raised rates and people are getting $1000 monthly bills. Ours stayed the same and we even get a dividend every year.
We run our home on Solar as well. Still have to pay $25 dollars a month for being connected to the grid as backup though.
We use the grid as a very inefficient battery backup. We still have to pay the connection fees, but we produce enough during the middle part of the day that the excess solar should cover most of the year’s connection fees. Winter gloom typically reduces what we produce, but we usually have enough credits to make it through most of the year without a (large) $/kWh fee.
Report: Nissan Xterra Will Return in 2028 with a V-6 and Hybrid Power
Always liked the Xterra. Should be interesting. Nissan really went down hill so maybe his can help them come back.
Our low Solar Insolation months are December & January. However, last year we squeaked by those months and only ended up with paying $300 for the the entire year. Couldn't be happier with our decision to go Solar.
Isn't it crazy that they stopped making it right as the overland/off road world blew up? One of many poor decisions by Nissan...
Plus they were having all those issues with their power trains. My son called them hot trash.
. The dealer by us had a sign out for quite a while that you got a 20 year power train warranty with new cars. Crazy.At least the Nissan dealer in Austin was their own worse enimy. Test drove a Xterra and liked it. Agreed on all the details, had financing waiting. Brought over financing paperwork and they changed the numbers by $5k. I called them crooks and told them it would be a cold day in hell before I would ever be buying a Nissan - because if their sales department acted like this, I could not trust ever getting it repaired.
Brother had similar troubles at the same dealer. When he was getting his 2nd, they bumped the price up $5k at closing - had the nerve to say "But your wife really likes it"...
In all honesty, almost had the same happen at the nearby Ford dealer. Monthly payment in the closing docs did not match loan details. Was told I was wrong. When I asked for my keys back, we went through the numbers - they had slid a life insurance policy into the loan. We got that removed, and I got one of the best vehicles I ever owned.
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As for the Airstream. The little one is nothing revolutionary. 600 watts will keep the lights on, but not much more. My 2006 already had solar installed. Someday I will rewire it to Lipo. If I moved the AC, could probably get a decent solar array on top and maybe even manage solar powered AC. The larger self powered one is more interesting.
Brother had similar troubles at the same dealer. When he was getting his 2nd, they bumped the price up $5k at closing - had the nerve to say "But your wife really likes it"...
In all honesty, almost had the same happen at the nearby Ford dealer. Monthly payment in the closing docs did not match loan details. Was told I was wrong. When I asked for my keys back, we went through the numbers - they had slid a life insurance policy into the loan. We got that removed, and I got one of the best vehicles I ever owned.
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As for the Airstream. The little one is nothing revolutionary. 600 watts will keep the lights on, but not much more. My 2006 already had solar installed. Someday I will rewire it to Lipo. If I moved the AC, could probably get a decent solar array on top and maybe even manage solar powered AC. The larger self powered one is more interesting.
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This is very interesting because I actually like Nissans current design language so depending on the final look this could catch my interest. But I really love the traveler A LOT and want to stay connected to the EV process so long as the production vehicles still look good when they release into the wild
If we want to see America take the lead again they need to federalize all utilities and dumping billions into new reactors to bring energy costs down.
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