I buy a Tesla. I have it drop me off at work. Then it roams the city sitting in 1-hr free parking spots for the next 8 hours - instead of paying $30 to park at the building lot for the day. Now add 1000 people doing the same thing. The Waymo sitting is the tip of the iceberg to the upcoming problem.

No idea, just know its from the data centers, or a data center. One user in our group said it was from a failing cooler, but the noise has persisted even after they said its been fixed (again according to this person on the fb feed, they said after contacting the center it took almost 3 weeks to get it addressed).

I live a few miles from several of these, and I have very good hearing. Imagine hearing a propeller plane like a Cessna far out in the distance. I hear it, but my wife can't. It's gets drowned out, but in the mornings when its quiet it annoys the heck out of me. Our local fb community group has a dozen or so posts about people who hear it too.

Maybe something fresh like AI taking jobs away.

Remind me to buy stock in ONI.

What high maintenance? I have a Prius with 170k miles. I've done nothing but oil changes to it.

I bought a Rav4 Hybrid a month ago. Had to put $2k down on it, it was on it's way from the factory to the dealer. Every other Rav4 Hybrid they had was marked under contract still awaiting to be built. We were told got very lucky one was open.

I think a lot of people are waiting for the next generation of solid state batteries, especially waiting to see what Toyota delivers. It's going to make current stuff obsolete in a hurry.

I was one of the early buyers of the Arc Battlemage. I love it, it's been trouble free and a massive upgrade from my Radeon 6600. Just under $300 shipped.

And that's a failure in education and basic planning. Nothing can be expected to last forever. This is why emergency funds exist, for emergencies like this. It's not unexpected. Same with a funeral. Dave Ramsey has been preaching this very basic concept for decades.

I changed out the battery in my 4a last year, no swelling or anything. Wasn't hard at all. Couple weeks ago I dropped it and broke the digitizer. Have a Pixel 9 now, it's pretty amazing.

Sounds like a job for their new 500 billion dollar AI.

I bought the B580. So far, no problems at all. Way faster than the Radeon 6600 it replaced. It was $280 I think after taxes shipped.

What don't you like about the 6a? I'm still using a Pixel 4a, it's been a perfect phone. No issues, great camera. Replaced the battery myself a few months ago.

When their consumer reports reliability score breaks out of the low 50s into the 70s then let me know about how great their cars are. Until then I'll stick with brands that are serious about what they are for instead of faking it.