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Yeah, I don't know that I agree with V2H being just a marketing ploy. If you live in an area prone to wildfires caused by powerline failure, you are now living in an area where the power company is going to shut off the power any time there are high winds. There are more and more natural...

Another thing he should do is drape a blanket jacket, or something else similar over the middle of the tow strap in case something does break. The mass in the middle of the strap can slow or stop a broken tow hook before it strikes something. Remind me to never lend him my Rivian. He was going...

I vote for the 8 foot bed. I never thought the R1T bed was a real pickup bed. I'm not a fan of the 6.5 foot bed on my Ford either.

I think the point is that with regen there is less brake dust generated because the brakes are used less, not that the emissions from an EV's brakes are less dangerous than the ICE emissions? If your brake pads last twice or three times as long on an EV compared to an ICE vehicle then it makes...

The best way I've found to reduce road noise in my Rivian is to drive my F150 ICE truck for 30 or 40 miles. It makes the raod noise in my Rivian seem nonexistent.

In economics there is something called present value of money and opportunity costs. So basically the idea is; my money is tied up when I pay the $1000, for the sake of this example, for the next 10 years of road taxes. My money in the last year (year 10), if we spread the $1000 equally over...

The Rivian connection is pretty easy, the challenge is getting a "box" that will work with the myriad of configurations of everyone's house and their use case. The Rivian already "talks" to the chargers, so beyond the comms it is basically send the current in the other direction. If I were...

Maybe you can get Elon to demonstrate the bulletproof windshield? :facepalm:

Reminds me of "4 out of 5 dentists surveyed" which if you think about it is not anything but hype if the 5 dentists surveyed were picked for their positive opinions, possibly influenced by who knows what.

If you are going to spend the money to put a sub panel in the garage, why not size the panel large enough for future expansion? The wire, panel, and breakers may cost a little more but the labor costs won't change. If you have to put holes in walls or the ceiling that will need to be patched...

Why are people surprised to see so many rear enders? All you have to do is drive around and notice that 1/2 the people driving are paying more attention to their phone than driving their vehicle; in these cases brake lights don't matter because the idiot behind you isn't looking at the back of...

And the attorney will take 40% of the settlement! I'd go to YOUR insurance company, they'll be obligated to foot the bill if they can't get the money from the other parties involved.

Well if they put the lights up just after Halloween I don't think they are putting a lot of consideration into when they are celebrating Christmas or what is the "holiday season".

If you look around where I live a bunch of people still have Xmas lights powered on every night. I guess like the Rivian, they think it is still the holiday season so I fit right in (my lights came down the day after New Years).

Dealerships have insurance for just such things. I got hit one time by a guy (he actually wiped out 5 vehicles) who purchased a vehicle and the dealer didn't check insurance or drivers license before turning over the keys. The dealership's insurance ended up covering the costs of the...

Try Dr Colorchip. I needed the black gloss for the front bumper lip, they didn't have it listed, but were able to quickly add it so I could order their product. If you can get the color, the fix is pretty easy, you just paint on some of the touchup paint, let it dry for a minute or two, then...

The Dr Colorchip the system allows you to level the paint, so yes it is very different from the touchup pens. They have a solution that you put on a rag and rub on the touched up area and it slowly dissolves the excess touchup paint away without harming your paint job. Their touchup paint is...

Paintless dent repair shouldn't be that expensive. My wife had a kid lose his balance and crater the door on our last vehicle. I think it cost around $500 and they took out not only the crater but all of the door dings. I polished the paint afterwards and you couldn't tell it was ever...

Please don't take my response wrong. My aim is to enlighten Not to demean. Maybe I didn't fully understand your intent, and I apologize if it came out wrong. I'm sure we all want things done to prevent this from ever happening again.

Actually building a home to be fire resistant would have gone a long way toward saving buildings. The problem with Pacific Palisades and Altadena is the age of the neighborhoods. This has nothing to do with perceived biases regarding who's to blame, and everything to do with homes that were...