On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 08:08:04 -0400, "J. Clarke"
wrote:

In article , says...

On 8/3/2017 7:59 AM, J. Clarke wrote:


It's 13 miles to work and my employer provides preferred
parking with company-paid chargers to people who drive electrics and
hybrids. So it works fine for me. Most of my driving is the daily commute
and it's usually all-electric.

Seems that some electric drivers thing they are special and should get
free fuel. Pay a premium for your car and you can join our elitist club
and get special parking. I'd be afraid the masses of gas drivers would
throw stones at my car parked there.

Anybody who throws stones has to get over a ten foot high fence and past
the security patrols. And if they're an employee they won't be one much
longer--there is full video surveillance and the company does not tolerate
vandalism by its employees.

Seems like your employer expects such problems. It must be a great
place to work.

The person two up the chain of command from me drives a Volt. She's an
actuary, I'm pretty sure she knows how to crunch the numbers on
practicality. She also lives farther from work than I do. Of course the
CEO drives a Tesla.

I'd like to see the numbers if she is justifying it on fuel cost
savings. Many greenies don't care about money as much as saving a tree.

No, they care about showing everyone else how much they care (about
something).

It's not just fuel cost. Plug-in hybrids are very low maintenance. When I
got mine, used, I changed all the fluids and filters on the general
principle that I didn't know with certainty what maintenance had been
performed by the previous owner. That done, the next maintenance item is
going to be an oil change some time in 2019.

The oil system is sealed?

There's also a comfort factor. In a hybrid the loudest noise you hear is
typically tires on the road. And in the winter heat is instant--no waiting
for the engine to warm up.

And then there's coming out to the car on a hot or cold day and finding
that it has run the heater or air conditioner for the past half hour and
was nicely comfortable.

The Tesla is a cool car and yes, if I had an extra 100k I'd get one. No
justification needed other than I want one. I'd still need a second car
for longer trips though, the range is good but not so easy for a 600
mile day. Or staying at hotels with no chargers.

I don't think that's an issue for the CEO. We have two big Sikorskis
hangared on the property and a jet at the airport.

....and you're worried about noise. giggle