Automobile Quiz

I've never looked at the menu, but I've never seen anyone eating one. Great hamburger, but I did the buffet, which is all you can eat. I didn't eat when I got to Grapevine because I had a plate of watermelon (really sweet), CFS, brisket, hush puppies, mashed potatoes, pinto beans, chocolate pie, coconut pie, banana pudding. Did I mention I haven't eaten today?
 
It's in Fairfield - exit 197 on I-45. It's on the northeast corner of the intersection. Best deal in Texas is their breakfast buffet, which closes at 1030. Nothing is frozen or canned. Everything comes fresh from surrounding farms. Pie has about 4" of calf-slobber on top of it. They have a menu which you can order from, but almost everyone gets the buffet, which is all you can eat including multiple meats and multiple desserts. They also make their own bread, which is brought to the table in small loafs for you the cut. I have eaten there for over 40 years.
 
LonghornCatholic said:
Wifey and I went to our first charging station stop. Twelve minutes. From all the horror stories I thought we would be there 17 days, grotesquely disfigured from an explosion, kids would be kidnapped, crash the Texas ERCOT grid, and get herpes from the battery electrolytes (but I’m disfigured so what do I care). By the time we went in and got water and coffee, charging completed :idk:.
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It’s bad when you really need a charge otherwise they are everywhere
 
LonghornCatholic said:
Wifey and I went to our first charging station stop. Twelve minutes. From all the horror stories I thought we would be there 17 days, grotesquely disfigured from an explosion, kids would be kidnapped, crash the Texas ERCOT grid, and get herpes from the battery electrolytes (but I’m disfigured so what do I care). By the time we went in and got water and coffee, charging completed :idk:.
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Was it Tesla supercharger or something else?
 
SabreHorn said:
It's in Fairfield - exit 197 on I-45. It's on the northeast corner of the intersection. Best deal in Texas is their breakfast buffet, which closes at 1030. Nothing is frozen or canned. Everything comes fresh from surrounding farms. Pie has about 4" of calf-slobber on top of it. They have a menu which you can order from, but almost everyone gets the buffet, which is all you can eat including multiple meats and multiple desserts. They also make their own bread, which is brought to the table in small loafs for you the cut. I have eaten there for over 40 years.
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It’s a very non-assuming building as you drive by on the interstate. I understand how folks would look past it.
 
For those who remember "Murray-Go-Round", written and printed in the middle of the night after every Texas football game by Tom Murray, Tom introduced me to Sam's the day after the OU game in either 80 or 81.
 
Damn, uta, I didn't realize that I paid that much for the buffet, but considering menu prices, I still got a bargain. Hell, my three desserts covered the price of the buffet.
 
Saber,

Jill and I will be there at some point. I just need to get back to running beforehand. Reminds me of Bluebonnet Cafe in Marble Falls.

Thanks for the heads-up.
 
Dionysus said:
YOU SIT ON A THRONE OF LIES!
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Yes lol. I said “completed” but actually charged to 85%. I think it was in the 40s before charging. Wifey said she read it’s best to keep charge between 30-80%, but then later read that it’s good to charge to 100% at least once a month :idk:
 
LonghornCatholic said:
Yes lol. I said “completed” but actually charged to 85%. I think it was in the 40s before charging. Wifey said she read it’s best to keep charge between 30-80%, but then later read that it’s good to charge to 100% at least once a month :idk:
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Soooo, you added 40% charge in 17 min means roughly 40-45 minutes if you are down to 5-10% and need a full charge? I think that's what everyone has been saying. I've heard an hour at super chargers to get a full charge, but I prefer first hand accounts.
 
My wife also gets nervous about running out of power (in our case, gasoline instead of battery power). When her car gets to half a tank, she wants me to fill it up for her. For a gasoline-burning car, that takes about 5 minutes at QT (plus whatever time it takes me to go into the store and buy a snack and a Coke).
 
We’ll see how it goes. My wifey loves it so far. I’ve gotten a few positive reviews from friends who drive EVs, but also see the crowd with that special kinda hate.
 
:arrow-up: Not only will your batteries die and lock you inside*, after that the car will catch fire and explode! It happens to me at least twice a week. So annoying.

p.s. I don’t know about other EVs but Teslas have a manual door release in case you ever lose power (which will happen at least twice a week, so annoying, I already told you). Pull the lever and the door will open. But BEWARE because this sinister lever is known to explode and spew toxic EV cooties all over the place! Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

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* The Today show is an excellent resource for facts and unbiased truth, targeted to the most discerning of viewers. Highly recommended.
 
Dion, avoid the weekly drama and sell that Tesla for a trusted and reliable mid-life crisis internal combustion engine red Ferrari !!!
 
WorsterMan said:
Dion, avoid the weekly drama and sell that Tesla for a trusted and reliable mid-life crisis internal combustion engine red Ferrari !!!
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I think a red Ford Focus is more to my budget but I could put some sweet rims on that bad boy
 
Dionysus said:
:arrow-up: Not only will your batteries die and lock you inside*, after that the car will catch fire and explode! It happens to me at least twice a week. So annoying.

p.s. I don’t know about other EVs but Teslas have a manual door release in case you ever lose power (which will happen at least twice a week, so annoying, I already told you). Pull the lever and the door will open. But BEWARE because this sinister lever is known to explode and spew toxic EV cooties all over the place! Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

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* The Today show is an excellent resource for facts and unbiased truth, targeted to the most discerning of viewers. Highly recommended.
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Sure, Dion, but blaming that fire on me and telling people, "he did say to burn his hamburger" was not all that humorous to me.
 
EVs scare women away, reports survey:

1. “I find websites dedicated to cars really quite overwhelming. They are heavy on the information, difficult to read and filled with jargon.”

2. “Women are much more likely to be doing high-dependency journeys, where they’ve got other people such as kids, family and friends in the car,” Faiers says.
“So actually, the fear of running out of charge or the fear of tech not working is really amplified for them in that buying journey.”

3. Meanwhile, the disparity in housework duties translated to another concern: some women felt that buying an EV would simply add more work – such as keeping it charged – to their already-long list, says Auto Trader. “This is just another thing to worry about that I know will fall to me,” one female survey respondent said.

4. “Sometimes charge points are poorly lit or tucked away in the background,” says Palmer
 
With rampant theft at EV charging stations it is a good thing the govt has only built 7 of the what 30,000 stations promised. Or whatever the number was
Don't need to give thieves more targets.
 
Horn6721 said:
With rampant theft at EV charging stations it is a good thing the govt has only built 7 of the what 30,000 stations promised. Or whatever the number was
Don't need to give thieves more targets.
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^^^ remind us of the dollar $$$ Billons Congress approved for that bill. ******** Green, EV, charging station, etc. Think any kickbacks or corruption involved? Naahh.

Very little public evidence where that $$$ went. MSM not curious of course.

Hmmmm.
 
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