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   Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2025 08:56:14 JST Chris Wiegman

   Well, we have a new car. I’m pretty happy with it, though my wife is upset it isn’t a manual.

   This one is a lease for 3 years. We hope that will give our building enough time to get some charging infrastructure so we can get another electric. As little as we drive the lease makes sense anyway so it’s a win all around.

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     Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2025 08:59:13 JST Chris Wiegman

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     • Callalily

     @Callalily Thanks. It’s a Kia Niro. Should be about perfect for us.

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     Callalily (callalily@a2mi.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2025 08:59:14 JST Callalily

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     Congratulations!! What kind of car did you get?

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     Allan Chow (grumpasaurus@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2025 09:09:02 JST Allan Chow

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     @chris mini cooper s stick shifts are so fun to drive just sayin

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     Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2025 09:09:02 JST Chris Wiegman

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     • Allan Chow

     @grumpasaurus Our Fiat 500L was a stick too. This is actually the first automatic she’s ever had and my first since 1997. I love stick but now that we’re back in Chicago with city traffic I’m fine with automatic too.

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     Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2025 09:13:57 JST Chris Wiegman

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     • Callalily

     @Callalily Thank you. For us it should be perfect, even if my wife wishes it had a stick shift

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     Callalily (callalily@a2mi.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2025 09:13:58 JST Callalily

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     @chris
     You're welcome. I hope it will be a good car.

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     Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2025 09:16:13 JST Chris Wiegman

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     • Callalily

     @Callalily yes. Supposed to get over 50mph.

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     Callalily (callalily@a2mi.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2025 09:16:14 JST Callalily

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     Is it a hybrid??

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     Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2025 09:18:34 JST Chris Wiegman

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     • Allan Chow

     @grumpasaurus Ha! Ain’t that the truth. I’m just glad we have a permanent spot in our building.

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     Allan Chow (grumpasaurus@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2025 09:18:35 JST Allan Chow

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     @chris small cars especially like parking is so much easier but pot holes

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     Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2025 09:20:12 JST Chris Wiegman

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     • Callalily

     @Callalily Nice! I had an electric once and a diesel before that so it’s my first hybrid. Will be nice with city gas prices over $4

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     Callalily (callalily@a2mi.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2025 09:20:13 JST Callalily

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     That's awesome. If i get another vehicle, i would like a hybrid next. My son has one & loves it. I think he has a toyota or Honda.

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     Callalily (callalily@a2mi.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2025 09:23:47 JST Callalily

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     I don't want an electric too expensive. But I would like to get a hybrid one day.

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     Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2025 09:23:47 JST Chris Wiegman

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     • Callalily

     @Callalily I get it. The Leaf is, which we had, was about the same price as most cheaper hybrids today but had horrible range. It was a great second car, but couldn’t have been our only car.

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     Harold Jarche (harold@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2025 09:25:03 JST Harold Jarche

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     @chris We have run the gamut. Had several sticks, then went for sub-compact automatics. Got a 2023 Hyundai Kona electric this year. Just put in a level 2 charger at the house and now we can be full in a short time so no range anxiety at all. It helps having a stand-alone house.

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     Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2025 09:25:03 JST Chris Wiegman

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     • Harold Jarche

     @harold Oh nice! We live in a big building so we can’t charge at home yet. They’re talking about changing that so we leased this one. I had a Nissan leaf back in 2013. Would love another electric.

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     Harold Jarche (harold@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2025 11:25:42 JST Harold Jarche

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     @chris Our small town of 6,000 has four level 3 chargers, so it could be feasible to have an EV here even in an apartment building

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     Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2025 11:25:42 JST Chris Wiegman

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     • Harold Jarche

     @harold Nice! Ours is a bit more complicated. The public spots around here are always packed so charging at home is important but it's a condo and our parking spaces are deeded (it even gets its own property tax bill) so trying to get electric chargers is not a simple thing. Really hoping they figure it out though.