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To: mrw11g who wrote (23586)	12/15/2025 12:50:50 PM
From: macbolan	2 Recommendations Recommended By jritz0 mrw11g Respond to of 23623

I like the idea that Rivian's CEO expressed in that video the other day...that they are striving for level 4 autonomous driving, plus they have way more instrumentation like LIDAR and such, rather than just video cameras. If they can achieve that then having a vehicle that can drive me to the doctor when I'm ancient appeals to me. I don't pay attention to automobile feature but the autonomous driving does not seem to be one of those things highly touted for ICE vehicles, probably because ICE vehicle drivers like driving. Bleh, if the car would drive for me I'd love to let it.

To: mrw11g who wrote (23586)	12/16/2025 8:22:05 AM
From: jvincen2	Respond to of 23623

Pretty much same idea here though for now even with low annual miles I still like my ICE 4x4 pickup. It's always confusing when the us vs them stats start flying as to which is supposedly far better to own. When the reality as with so many other personal choices is a lot more involved. For instance you can always see presented how a BEV maintenance math "proves" them far superior to owning a ICE vehicle. What's not drilled down into is where and how much use they get. Around here and in other places that use things like road salt some of those BEV stats are anything but accurate and simply ignore things like dealing with rusty underbody issues, brakes come to mind fast. What good is rarely if ever dealing with brake pads when instead you need to deal with them often for other reasons and it's costly. One other idea is oil changes and with the Bosses new Hyundai Hybrid that period is 10,000 miles or once annually so have little doubt it's going to be once annually and that first ones free. For me it's usually once a year also simply because I don't put anything close to "average" miles on now days, maybe 5,000 or less on my truck. I'm not saying the main idea is wrong, just adding as mentioned above a lot more to it but any reasonable conversation usually soon turns right into us vs them. And we have a garage here in the vineyard home with a isolated dedicated panel with four regular 20 amp breakers/lines in it so overnight charging certainly would be cheaper then gas. And our plan at some point is to get down to one vehicle only also, likely a leased one then too. So maybe some day get one, just not in sight yet. Vince No interest in owning TSLA the stock that said I do wish others who do luck with it. To be clear I have no wish to own any Automotive manufacturer directly ICE or otherwise not just because they sell BEVs.