So, I've had my Prime for about six weeks now, and all is going well. I use it as my commuting car. It's about 15 miles each way - rolling hills, some 2-lane highway stuff, some city-ish stuff. I typically drop my daughter at school on my way into the office and that adds a mile or two to the commute. The good thing is that I'm able to plug-in/charge at the office (in addition to home). Here's the Prime parked outside the office today... Thus, my standard commute is pure EV. Well, as I was plugging in at the office this morning, out of nowhere it dawns on me that I've done this whole "drive until charge is depleted, then plug-in and recharge" thing before - about 45 years ago. My Hot Wheels Sizzlers + Juice Machine set from my childhood. I stood there dumbfounded - kinda like the Grinch after the true meaning of Christmas hit him while standing on top of Mt. Crumpet. It was profound and life changing.
Wow this is bringing back some great memories. I had the exact toy and you are correct now we can do it with a real car. Only had ours for a week so far, but love the car.
Geez, I wonder: should they "harden" that interface: Even someone brushing by your car in a parking lot, could snap that off.
I suppose there is potential for that. In my case, though, I feel fairly safe. Though it's not evident in the photo, the spot I park in is somewhat isolated. And, in fact, it's not actually a legit parking space, but rather just an area alongside our loading dock area adjacent to the main parking lot. I route the charging cord under the loading dock door to an electrical outlet just inside the door.
The Bolt is similar, it's something I'm not happy about leaving fully open when I'm charging in Public so to speak. My usual solution is to close it on the charging handle to minimize the risk. At work I'm parked near a wall so usually no one will ever walk between my car and the wall.
Yes indeed - some great memories. What other accessories did you have? I had the Tune-Up Tower (my absolute favorite) and the Rod Runner (non-Sizzler stuff; for regular [non-powered] Hot Wheels). My friend had the Super Charger and that was great too.
I have most of the parts for a Lego 1958 ESSO gas station and service garage set. Pretty much all the sets back then were produced with only white bricks with some adornments like pressed colored lettering. It is probably worth thousands if I still had the original box and the little gas pump. Could I be that lucky? Of course not. But at age two, I didn't know much about collectables yet.
