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  1. Salamander_King replied to the thread Last call for EVs!.

    Oh, by the way, I canceled my pre-order of SLATE pickup. If they can materialize a sub $20k BEV truck, I wanted it for my in-town only...

    Jul 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
  2. Salamander_King liked Leadfoot J. McCoalroller's post in the thread Last call for EVs!.

    I'm hoping we can get the heat pump water heater in under the deadline. I think battery storage for our solar setup might be a bridge...

    Jul 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
  3. Salamander_King replied to the thread Last call for EVs!.

    The Chevy dealer gave me $7,000 discount on the car separate from other rebates, incentives. This was on top of 0% financing from GM. GM...

    Jul 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
  4. Salamander_King replied to the thread Last call for EVs!.

    Yeah, if there was cash bonus, I would have taken that. But as you guessed right, there was no such offer. In fact, the dealer was not...

    Jul 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
  5. Salamander_King replied to the thread Last call for EVs!.

    Of course it is. It was a "tongue-in-cheek" statement. As your calculation shows, there is no way new BBB's car loan interest tax credit...

    Jul 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
  6. Salamander_King liked Zeromus's post in the thread Last call for EVs!.

    To be fair, 0% financing is better than a tax deduction on interest for taxes. Let's consider that, while there is often a cash...

    Jul 8, 2025 at 10:14 AM
  7. Salamander_King replied to the thread Last call for EVs!.

    Had to read the article to understand how the BBB can 'add' to the soon to end EV tax credit. Trump’s new law offers an annual tax...

    Jul 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
  8. Salamander_King liked cyberpriusII's post in the thread WHAT battery garden tools 2 buy?.

    261 took the place of the 026. 261 has all the updates and is considered a very, very good saw...or so Mike at the saw shop tells me...

    Jul 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
  9. Salamander_King replied to the thread WHAT battery garden tools 2 buy?.

    As for the battery garden tool, only tool I keep using and not going back to a gasser is the weed trimmer. I have a Stihl gas trimmer,...

    Jul 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
  10. Salamander_King replied to the thread WHAT battery garden tools 2 buy?.

    I don't know anything about Stihl 026, but I recently purchased Stihl MS 261CM (pure gasser) to complement my other saw MS 500i which I...

    Jul 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM