We looked at vehicles back in the spring. I know, but you cannot control a person who WANTS a new car, rather than using logic and reason regarding the ability to buy that car when they are plentiful. Living in Scottsdale, there are Teslas EVERYWHERE. The neighbor across the street has TWO. I've said from the beginning, if I'm going to get an EV, it is going to be a true hybrid: ICE and EV combined. The BMW X5 has just such a vehicle and my wife approves the platform, so therefore we bought one. While I would love to have a little more battery power packed into it (24 kWh capacity), it will get us to and from most of our local destinations including church about 10 miles away (uphill). No range anxiety, as the car will flip over to ICE when the battery is low, and you can choose to run electric only if staying local (which we do often). I'm much happier with THIS way of going EV, than full on retard electric only.

If everything goes right, I'll be selling my business in the next few weeks. Then I can be a free agent and work closer to home, work less hours, and play more golf.

I too always look forward to this end-of-year post, and I thank you Karl for sharing it with us.