I just hate it when people act like these toys are somehow game changers for everyday life.
We've got quite a bit of what I'd consider everyday life on my end and here are some highlights, in priority:
When wife has it:
- Wife refuels at home (100% of the time) vs ever hitting a gas station which is a PITA with our 3 and 5 y/o loaded. Unlike me, she remembers to do the small things and somehow has just mentally unsubscribed from gas station visits by simply ensuring her car is charging while at home/parked all of the time with seat-belt-ish muscle memory.
- Frunk & trunk is epic for pull-up grocery delivery from a space and organization standpoint. Full 3 weeks load while delicate items go in the small frunk instead of interior floor.
- She's pretty into being eco friendly so it just makes sense. Yes, lithium mining is thing, so is the fossil it takes to make an EV but it isn't top of mind so happy wife, happy life. For me it's purely about performance, I could give 2 sh*ts what it runs on. If I can send it, I will.
- Near Zero noise. Wife does not have have an appreciation for any sound any car could make other than what comes out of the speakers.
When I have it:
- Zero trips to a gas station means no media nonsense while fueling and no useless monsters/red-bulls.
- Zero fuel on my clear coat in the event I'm rushing and forget to shake ; o )
- Zero concern for winter fuel blends or just plain sh*t gas.
- Zero concern for beyond 20-ish moving drivetrain parts vs over 2k out of warranty on my R.
- Frunk is a plastic cargo container basically. I use it to take my actual oil to auto-zone for recycling without worrying about a leak. I re-use the 5-liter jugs and typically cycle 4 or 5 at a time.
- Zero nonsense from the big displacement crowd. They know enough to save their gas for another car. This is nice, especially when the little ones are with me.
- Near Zero noise. Going very fast, quietly, has its perks.
I may sound like some fanboy but the reason I'm keeping the R is because it's simply eons more enjoyable to drive. My goal with it is to eventually hunt low to mid spec EVs. The R, in my opinion, is a great platform to do so because of the capability and cost. Anything over 30k is nonsense to start from IMO if struggling with ICE vs EV from an everyday performance standpoint. There will always be an incrementally faster EV for the same price and I'm unwilling to put more into an ICE based car to beat an EV. That's kind of where I've personally drawn my own line. I figure I throw 45k total into my 2016 R, which I picked up for 24,xxx OTD to gap a 3P from a roll and I'll be happy. I'll finally be able to throw a big F U in the air to the actual EV fanboys that assume they are the fastest thing on the planet.
I honestly think if you were to spend a day with any P based model variant they offer, you'll get why the situation is what it is while dispelling a few assumptions.