Want_1 wrote

I'm in Chicago. Yesterday sucked. Ran my snow blower last night so I wouldn't have to do anything this morning before work. It was cold and windy, so even after clearing the driveway the wind didn't do me any favors. Wish I had a heated driveway.

Fast.F10 wrote

Been a little colder than normal the last few days...perfect excuse to wear sweatshirts.

MKSixer wrote

Chicago sucks in the winter. I mean sucks sweaty herpes balls.

When I worked for a Chicago based company we had a meeting in January and the raw temp was -16F with the windchill being -34. I just killed all senses. I went into the hotel and didn't come out until the meeting was over. Sucks. Balls.

I'll take 100 degree weather with 75% humidity over that at any time!!

Mosaud1998 wrote

I'm planning on moving to Texas after I graduate

MKSixer wrote

I love Texas. Lived in Dallas for 5 years!!

Mosaud1998 wrote

I went to Texas in 2009. My aunt lives in fort worth. She was trying to have us move there. We looked at a few model homes, and I remember walking into this really big house with a theater room and a pool. It was pretty damn cheap compared to house prices here.

The current house I live in we got built-in 2015. 5-bed room 4 bath 4,000 square foot and 3 car garage. I think after builders fees and option we were in the mid $400K. Property tax is close to $14k and all of it goes to the high school. It's not like kids that come out of that high school become scientists, etc. Nobody from our family goes to the high school anymore so we might sell the house. Not 100% sure yet

Now our model(The Emerson) starts at almost $500k

You know wth $400k can buy in texas

Mosaud1998 wrote

That's a thing [heated driveway]?

Humdizzle wrote

cold af here in missouri. its gonna get into the single digits and negatives next week. Got the GT3 tires aired up to 50psi and sitting on a tender ;( and the f80 gets no traction.

Makes me want to get back to an awd platform or get an EV for winter time. buuuut its only really 1-2 months out of the year its consistently below freezing.

Humdizzle wrote

...or get an EV for winter time. buuuut its only really 1-2 months out of the year its consistently below freezing.

Mosaud1998 wrote

Fast.F10 wrote

Been a little colder than normal the last few days...perfect excuse to wear sweatshirts.

A sweatshirt in 74-degree weather? I'd be out with shorts

vreihen16 wrote

One cold (or hot) morning after you discover the i3/i8 programmed departure time feature and plop your butt in a perfectly-conditioned 72F car, and I *guarantee* that you will be driving a BMW EV every single day.

In all seriousness, I don't even have a frost/ice scraper in my i3 because of the automagic pre-conditioning.....

Mosaud1998 wrote

I'm thinking if I should put my car on a battery tender?

Humdizzle wrote

if your car usually sits for over a week between drives i would.

Mosaud1998 wrote

Should I keep it on the tender at all times or take it off the tender ones the battery is fully charged?

vreihen16 wrote

The idea of a tender is to keep the battery charged at all times.

I have gone through several of them on my car in the racecar hauler. Nothing like going out to pull the car out in the spring and find that the tender failed and the battery...and OBD readiness...are stone dead.

I bought one of these (NOCO GENIUS2D on-board charger) on Black Friday sale for $29, but haven't had a chance to install it yet:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07W3QSMF9/

Mosaud1998 wrote

Should I keep it on the tender at all times or take it off the tender ones the battery is fully charged?