1 00:00:05,684 --> 00:00:07,186 Good afternoon Grid connections listeners. 2 00:00:07,186 --> 00:00:12,730 I just wanted to give you a bit of an update here So this is gonna be a little bit different than the normal episodes. 3 00:00:12,770 --> 00:00:16,863 And so if you're here for an interview You can probably skip this week. 4 00:00:16,863 --> 00:00:28,093 We'll have some great things coming next week But I just wanted to give a quick update on just some of the things happening on the podcast recent experience I had I'm just trying 5 00:00:28,093 --> 00:00:34,938 to get some more feedback and share some other exciting updates about what I'm looking to do with the podcast 6 00:00:35,066 --> 00:00:41,951 So if you're just looking for an interview, sorry, it's just gonna be me talking today, but tune back in next week. 7 00:00:41,951 --> 00:00:45,243 So first off, of a life update. 8 00:00:45,384 --> 00:00:55,590 As you may notice, what looks like a kind of nondescript blue room, I have recently moved, and so that kind of threw off this week's scheduling. 9 00:00:56,051 --> 00:01:02,988 So next week, it is going to be the start of a couple new things, and I don't wanna get a... 10 00:01:02,988 --> 00:01:09,192 of myself just yet because I want to make sure we can keep the cadence of doing it that often working. 11 00:01:09,192 --> 00:01:14,115 But I think we'll be able to go up to more episodes per week. 12 00:01:14,296 --> 00:01:26,124 But first, I just wanted to share, yeah, so I recently moved from Central Oregon, Bend, to the Columbia Gorge area, which is about two and a half hours north of Bend, still kind of 13 00:01:26,124 --> 00:01:27,165 Oregon and Washington there. 14 00:01:27,165 --> 00:01:30,377 And coincidentally, it's where both my wife and I grew up. 15 00:01:30,377 --> 00:01:32,598 So we're excited to be back in this area. 16 00:01:32,950 --> 00:01:42,434 It means I'll be a little bit closer to Portland and I think that'll unlock some interesting things coming up in regards to possibly doing partnerships with other teams, 17 00:01:42,434 --> 00:01:46,416 possibly even car reviews and more in -person things. 18 00:01:46,416 --> 00:01:59,501 So speaking of which, if anyone listening is going to be at the Electrify Expo later this month in San Francisco, technically Oakland, but the San Francisco Electrify Expo, I 19 00:01:59,501 --> 00:02:00,671 believe the 24th and 25th, 20 00:02:02,456 --> 00:02:15,023 later this month, I will actually be there and I would love yes 24th 25th and I would love to meet with anyone that does and is able to attend and can speak with in person I'm 21 00:02:15,023 --> 00:02:26,900 actually gonna be there if you remember a couple episodes back we had DJ Burtwell on and he's since asked me to come on as an emcee for one of the Events that they host at the 22 00:02:26,900 --> 00:02:27,841 electrify expo. 23 00:02:27,841 --> 00:02:30,862 So I'm really excited about that and pretty honored to be here 24 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:44,287 Are to be there for that now as you may notice Yeah, everything looks a little Not quite up to the usual Polish and the audio I apologies if it's not quite the same. 25 00:02:44,287 --> 00:02:56,844 I'm still getting my office set up I just I don't even fully move but I just did another run yesterday of stuff up from bend So hopefully by next week will be back and things will 26 00:02:56,844 --> 00:03:00,334 look more situators and we're gonna be back to the normal quality of 27 00:03:00,334 --> 00:03:03,876 audio and video that you guys are usually expecting. 28 00:03:03,876 --> 00:03:11,090 So yeah, there's one personal change of the move, but yeah, I'm hoping to be at more events. 29 00:03:11,090 --> 00:03:22,277 And recently, as I had Francie from the Unrespect podcast on, I'm hoping to do more work actually with not just their team, but others as well to kind of make sure we're 30 00:03:22,277 --> 00:03:24,408 delivering that really engaging content. 31 00:03:24,408 --> 00:03:28,140 So that brings me to one of the questions I have for you guys. 32 00:03:28,230 --> 00:03:38,988 please reach out to us, whether it be on social, on even Twitter X, or on our YouTube and podcast page, some of what you would like to see. 33 00:03:38,988 --> 00:03:48,975 What we're looking to do moving forward will be continue to do our one -on -one episodes where we have a subject matter expert come on and I get to talk with him and we learn 34 00:03:48,975 --> 00:03:57,008 together more about his specific error, his or her specific error of the, whether it be. 35 00:03:57,008 --> 00:04:01,630 the grid, electric vehicles, or that area of their expertise. 36 00:04:02,050 --> 00:04:08,673 But one of the things that have been consistently popular and I really enjoy doing are kind when we do our panel episodes. 37 00:04:08,673 --> 00:04:15,596 I'll continue to have John McElroy and Matt Teske along with Orin McDonald come on pretty regularly. 38 00:04:15,596 --> 00:04:25,920 We're hoping that maybe you'll do it once a month, but given all of our schedules, I think it's realistic to at least expect quarterly to start and maybe we can do more great. 39 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:26,940 But that 40 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:31,313 I'm hoping to do more often with a few different guests. 41 00:04:31,313 --> 00:04:41,480 So please let me know who you would like to have on just even as a normal one -to -one Guess which a lot of you listeners have been awesome at a lot of people have reached out 42 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:49,756 to me either directly the email or on Twitter about people who you'd like to have on and that's been a great way to get some more guests, but I would also welcome 43 00:04:49,926 --> 00:04:58,202 hearing what kind of topics or technologies and specific people you'd like to have on as we start doing more of these panel interviews. 44 00:04:58,263 --> 00:05:00,765 And I think that's gonna be a lot of fun. 45 00:05:00,905 --> 00:05:08,611 So those are kind of the big updates from my side about what I'm looking to do with the podcast, where we're trying to take things. 46 00:05:08,712 --> 00:05:19,024 And then I think one of the things I just really wanted to learn more about, and a lot of people have been great about this in the comments on the YouTube page. 47 00:05:19,024 --> 00:05:22,036 But just learning more about what you guys want to see more of. 48 00:05:22,036 --> 00:05:23,847 Do you want me to start doing car reviews? 49 00:05:23,847 --> 00:05:26,228 I've had some people mention that in the past. 50 00:05:26,508 --> 00:05:33,832 I may be able to partner with others to do that, do kind of electric vehicle focused reviews or kind of unique takes. 51 00:05:33,832 --> 00:05:38,855 mean, obviously the Out of Specs Studios team has been awesome and doing a lot of those. 52 00:05:38,955 --> 00:05:40,826 And I'm hoping it's going to work with them. 53 00:05:40,826 --> 00:05:43,237 Maybe even some road trip testing in the future with them. 54 00:05:43,237 --> 00:05:47,996 But just kind of curious if that different style of content is something that 55 00:05:47,996 --> 00:05:49,996 the listeners would be interested in. 56 00:05:49,996 --> 00:05:54,496 And then also, I just want to share some interesting things that have happened to me. 57 00:05:54,496 --> 00:06:04,456 I had the opportunity to test drive the new Model 3 Performance and I was wildly impressed with it. 58 00:06:04,456 --> 00:06:12,516 Not that I wasn't obviously a fan, I don't want to seem like a total fanboy of the Tesla stuff, but it was just an all around great vehicle and it just reminded me of honestly the 59 00:06:12,516 --> 00:06:15,132 first time I ever got in like a BMW 3 Series. 60 00:06:15,132 --> 00:06:16,772 Everything just felt great. 61 00:06:16,772 --> 00:06:19,332 Everything just sounded good and really solid. 62 00:06:19,332 --> 00:06:22,372 And it just seemed like the car took a step up. 63 00:06:22,372 --> 00:06:24,982 And the performance Model 3, I kind of get it. 64 00:06:24,982 --> 00:06:29,852 Some people think it looks a little simplistic or it's not that big of an evolution. 65 00:06:29,852 --> 00:06:31,542 And I kind of agree with that. 66 00:06:31,542 --> 00:06:34,452 Having said that, I think it finally looks how it should. 67 00:06:34,452 --> 00:06:37,752 It's really clean, simple, but still aggressive. 68 00:06:37,752 --> 00:06:40,632 And was just so much fun to drive. 69 00:06:40,872 --> 00:06:42,012 Obviously, 70 00:06:42,044 --> 00:06:45,334 It's kind of, as they say, happiness on demand. 71 00:06:45,334 --> 00:06:51,004 You just push that pedal and it is just wild how quickly that thing starts moving. 72 00:06:51,004 --> 00:06:55,844 But at the same time, I was really impressed with it. 73 00:06:55,844 --> 00:07:04,404 Had always done the, I think all Teslas obviously had done really well with the acceleration and the Model 3 had been kind of one of their first vehicles to, Model S 74 00:07:04,404 --> 00:07:08,504 obviously had some success with this, but just given its size and affluence. 75 00:07:08,504 --> 00:07:11,816 I really just elevated it to being a really great all -around 76 00:07:12,512 --> 00:07:22,867 car whether that be handling to daily driving, but there was still a little of the refinement things and I think just this recent test drive really impressed upon me how big 77 00:07:22,867 --> 00:07:31,541 of a step up it was and If you are in the space Looking for a car definitely would recommend it would welcome talking with anyone offline about it. 78 00:07:31,541 --> 00:07:38,864 I'm actually even thinking we have a model wise our daily and then we have 79 00:07:39,324 --> 00:07:42,744 1987 Land Rover Defender, which yes, is still a work in progress. 80 00:07:42,744 --> 00:07:44,624 should probably give an update on that soon. 81 00:07:44,624 --> 00:07:46,784 I'm still waiting on some parts. 82 00:07:46,784 --> 00:07:50,004 I'm trying to work with the Felton team. 83 00:07:50,684 --> 00:07:53,944 And it's really, to be honest with you, it's not the end of the world that's taken this long. 84 00:07:53,944 --> 00:08:02,684 There's been so many other things like this, maybe other stuff, and even financial things that we've been working on that delaying this a little bit has not been any means on them 85 00:08:02,684 --> 00:08:03,664 either. 86 00:08:03,664 --> 00:08:06,644 And I wish them so much. 87 00:08:07,034 --> 00:08:11,687 I just want to say congrats them for all the stuff I've been seeing them post with the new factory they're building in the UK. 88 00:08:11,687 --> 00:08:23,153 But needless to say, can't wait till I have the time and resources to properly update the Rover and do some of the conversion like I want to with the technology they're working on. 89 00:08:23,714 --> 00:08:30,077 But it has kind of come to our attention since we're in the gorge and our Model Y has been the daily. 90 00:08:30,077 --> 00:08:35,260 The Rover is still great, drives well, but kind of doing the 91 00:08:35,324 --> 00:08:44,544 trips which are usually at least an hour from where we live into Portland especially with the weather and the gorge it just seems very likely we're going to need to get a second 92 00:08:44,544 --> 00:08:56,124 car anyway and so I'm trying to figure out do I want to do a model 3 performance and have a fun daily or do I want to do something different altogether I'm open to other things but 93 00:08:56,124 --> 00:09:05,030 at the price point and everything that you get I hate to say it but the model 3 is still just a really tempting product 94 00:09:05,052 --> 00:09:11,812 just when it comes to the all -around package and then the performance for what you get for the money, I'm a really big fan of. 95 00:09:12,552 --> 00:09:24,272 For a hot second, I kind of looked at maybe going with the Ionic 5 in or whatever it's called, their track version, but I just love the styling way more, even though you could 96 00:09:24,272 --> 00:09:31,992 say the Ionic's a little more practical day to day because of the, it being a wagon style. 97 00:09:32,072 --> 00:09:33,926 But even then, we already had the model. 98 00:09:33,980 --> 00:09:38,162 I think this is primarily just gonna be a commuter car -ish anyway. 99 00:09:38,162 --> 00:09:40,423 Commuter car slash fun car. 100 00:09:41,024 --> 00:09:45,447 There are some other things still on the horizon that have yet to come out. 101 00:09:45,447 --> 00:09:55,352 That could be fun, like the new Porsche electric Cayman essentially, or Boxster, but TBD on price. 102 00:09:55,452 --> 00:10:02,756 They'll probably be on the higher side, probably worth whatever it comes out as, but might either be still too far out. 103 00:10:03,152 --> 00:10:07,565 And maybe a little too sport oriented, it's definitely something I'm looking for. 104 00:10:07,565 --> 00:10:20,674 I think longer term to get to having just a fun, two seater car in some ways that's what the defender is, technically at C3 right now, but, yeah, I think some, something more 105 00:10:20,674 --> 00:10:31,644 sports car and then, replacing the longer term, the model Y maybe we'll see what the new one's like, but maybe something a little bit bigger, more of an SUV ish or 106 00:10:31,644 --> 00:10:42,944 truck sort of thing but at the moment I think that's the goal is just to get a second car I'm leaning towards something more fun and commuter and maybe more ideal for a road trip 107 00:10:42,944 --> 00:10:53,564 so I'm going a little bit back and forth between either a long -range model 3 or a model 3 performance and then just put on a square wheel setup and different tires to hopefully get 108 00:10:53,564 --> 00:10:58,314 the range to more similar to what the long -range Y is. 109 00:10:58,314 --> 00:10:59,484 I'd love to see 110 00:10:59,484 --> 00:11:03,094 what that actual Delta is in range and see someone do a test on that. 111 00:11:03,094 --> 00:11:07,244 But that's going to lead, been leaning towards just for around town and driving. 112 00:11:07,244 --> 00:11:10,644 It still has plenty of range as it is and how fast it charges. 113 00:11:10,644 --> 00:11:13,004 just seemed like such a fun vehicle. 114 00:11:13,704 --> 00:11:16,624 It's just, I was pretty impressed with it going over bumps. 115 00:11:16,624 --> 00:11:29,108 It's still so much, it's still pretty stiff, but it still handles and rides so much better than not just the previous Model 3, but even our Model 1. 116 00:11:30,588 --> 00:11:40,651 And the sport and non sport modes you can kind of put it for the handling do make a difference But it was kind of funny because it did seem it felt like honestly that 117 00:11:40,651 --> 00:11:51,464 sometimes when I had this It did overall feel good But I've got some bumps and it almost felt like it was smoother of those bumps than when it was in its Normal, it doesn't have 118 00:11:51,464 --> 00:11:52,805 like a specific comfort one. 119 00:11:52,805 --> 00:11:57,276 But the mode that seems to be the more comfortable of the two so 120 00:11:57,724 --> 00:12:01,484 Those are some other personal and kind of podcast related updates. 121 00:12:01,484 --> 00:12:04,644 If there's another car I should look at, please let me know. 122 00:12:04,644 --> 00:12:15,504 But that was kind of why I kind of reached out and I'm looking to maybe talk to a couple of people about it, but at the moment, pretty heavily leaning to the Model 3 performance. 123 00:12:15,504 --> 00:12:18,424 We'll see what happens there and we'll have updates soon. 124 00:12:18,424 --> 00:12:24,154 Otherwise, yes, I think the main message is just please let me know what... 125 00:12:24,154 --> 00:12:31,357 You guys would like to see on the podcast whether that be different types of guests, the topics. 126 00:12:31,357 --> 00:12:39,620 I'm kind of working again with Francie of the Out of Spikes Studios to at least do another episode here pretty shortly on a couple of topics, just following up from some of the 127 00:12:39,620 --> 00:12:42,592 comments and questions you guys had from those episodes. 128 00:12:42,592 --> 00:12:46,333 So really excited to see and get that out there shortly. 129 00:12:46,693 --> 00:12:53,676 And I think this will be kind of a new chapter of just getting more episodes out more frequently and having more of these panel episodes. 130 00:12:53,692 --> 00:12:55,576 Please reach out and let us know. 131 00:12:55,576 --> 00:13:00,363 With that, I will stop rambling and this is the Great Connections Podcast. 132 00:13:00,404 --> 00:13:02,973 Until next week, signing off.