Why the Lightning hate?

[chriserx]

Nice!

Maybe if you changed it a bit it would not be so obvious, like:

"GAS OLE" for Spanish gas

or "GA SOLE" for a Georgian fisherman

or "GAS OLD" for leaving gas behind with an EV?

Just don't put GAS OLD on your EREV or they might void the warranty.

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[Baja Lightning]

This is what I used to say to ugly ICE drivers who used to harass me about my Nissan Leaf back in the day (not much of them anymore around here - they're all driving Teslas now I guess):

"Don't be such a gas hole!"

Now I just put it in a sticker in my side window:

I have a few others on my Leaf I collected over the years:

This one (above) got a Suburban driver so angry he rolled down his window to yell at me how much he loved burning gasoline...huh? When the light changed I shifted out of ECO mode and left him far behind with that instant torque!

So, get used to it, haters gonna hate....I just tell them this:

If it wasn’t for diesel you wouldn’t be eating….what you going to stick on your car when there’s no food on the table?

 

[RLXXI]

I love that sticker!

My Tesla license plate is UBUY-GA5. I've had this vanity plate since I originally got it for my 2015 Leaf
My Lightning tag is BYBY-GA5

I wonder if FLorida would reject "GAS HOLE" for a personalized vanity Plate?

When you apply for a personalized plate they require that you list the meaning of the plate. For our plates below we just list it as Electric Vehicle propulsion.

List the meaning? No such requirement here but if it was, well, umm, kind of self explanatory lol.

 

[Baja Lightning]

Not when you look up the adverse health effects of diesel exhaust!

Too funny, I think the adverse effects of hunger is worse….!

 

[chriserx]

If it wasn’t for diesel you wouldn’t be eating….what you going to stick on your car when there’s no food on the table?

I can't tell if you are serious or not. Just in case you are, new diesels may not like it but you can literally substitute vegetable oils for diesel fuel, less than ideal in the winter time without additives but that's a whole nother thing. It was the old school solar power.

Too funny, I think the adverse effects of hunger is worse….!

Guess you were.

 

[chl]

If it wasn’t for diesel you wouldn’t be eating….what you going to stick on your car when there’s no food on the table?

Huh?
I guess you mean diesel is used on farms and to bring food to market.
People somehow ate before diesel and cars were invented.
And if those machines were electric, the air would be a lot more breathable, that's just a fact.

Can you say "lung cancer?"
If you look it up you'll see that diesel particulates are a significant factor in lung cancer:

"...Diesel exhaust also contains more than 40 cancer-causing substances, most of which are readily adsorbed onto the soot particles....the National Toxicology Program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, concluded that exposure to diesel exhaust likely causes cancer.... "

There's an EV bumper sticker for that "If I breathe my cars exhaust will you breathe yours?"

 

[Baja Lightning]

Huh?
I guess you mean diesel is used on farms and to bring food to market.
People somehow ate before diesel and cars were invented.
And if those machines were electric, the air would be a lot more breathable, that's just a fact.

Can you say "lung cancer?"
If you look it up you'll see that diesel particulates are a significant factor in lung cancer:

"...Diesel exhaust also contains more than 40 cancer-causing substances, most of which are readily adsorbed onto the soot particles....the National Toxicology Program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, concluded that exposure to diesel exhaust likely causes cancer.... "

There's an EV bumper sticker for that "If I breathe my cars exhaust will you breathe yours?"

Your memes are cute,
However,
There’s almost 8 billion people on earth, before the car the horse did fine bringing food to “local” markets. Your EV’s parts would still sit on a foreign dock if it wasn’t for diesel.

Ridiculous statement,

All ships use DIESEL
Most trains are DIESEL
99% of Semi trucks are DIESEL

If you think global trade can survive without, then I have bad news for you.

My F350 was deleted, if you know what that means you’ll know how I feel about the whole situation….

EV is cool, but you’re not too bright if you think we can just get rid of diesel.

As for your clean air and lung cancer, Ever been to the 3rd world, they’re way way more people than in North America. Guess what, most don’t have any pollution control, millions of trucks (far more than in the U.S.) run big pipes with big black dirty soot spewing out their pipes, pollution blows right around the World, you’re gonna breath it like it or not….

You have a much better chance of getting cancer from your next flu vaks than my diesel truck, besides Trump is rolling back all the BS regulations.

Clueless my friend , you’re absolutely clueless…!

 

[BabyDoc1012]

Had a dude in a ratty early S550 Mustang flip me off. Two days later I see him again, but this time I’m in my 2022 Mach 1. Dude acting like my car was the greatest thing ever.

 

[flyct]

Your memes are cute,
However,
There’s almost 8 billion people on earth, before the car the horse did fine bringing food to “local” markets. Your EV’s parts would still sit on a foreign dock if it wasn’t for diesel.

Ridiculous statement,

All ships use DIESEL
Most trains are DIESEL
99% of Semi trucks are DIESEL

If you think global trade can survive without, then I have bad news for you.

My F350 was deleted, if you know what that means you’ll know how I feel about the whole situation….

EV is cool, but you’re not too bright if you think we can just get rid of diesel.

As for your clean air and lung cancer, Ever been to the 3rd world, they’re way way more people than in North America. Guess what, most don’t have any pollution control, millions of trucks (far more than in the U.S.) run big pipes with big black dirty soot spewing out their pipes, pollution blows right around the World, you’re gonna breath it like it or not….

You have a much better chance of getting cancer from your next flu vaks than my diesel truck, besides Trump is rolling back all the BS regulations.

Clueless my friend , you’re absolutely clueless…!

Willie,

After reading your posting I thought by mistake I was on either FTE or Truth Social.

Anti-vax, rolling coal. big black dirty soot spewing out their pipes, rolling back all the BS regulations, OMG! This is the wrong forum to post that stuff on.

I've owned at least 5 trucks (F-350's, F-450's etc) all with 6.7L Diesels to tow my 5th wheel RV. Every one of them had untouched factory emissions. I would never consider illegally deleting them.

From your previous postings it sounds like your have an intelligent wife who drives her Lightning powered off grid 100% by solar. Don't let our leader know you have solar or you wll get cancelled. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/20/trump-says-us-will-not-approve-solar-or-wind-power-projects.html

 

[Landscaper]

Willie,

After reading your posting I thought by mistake I was on either FTE or Truth Social.

Anti-vax, rolling coal. big black dirty soot spewing out their pipes, rolling back all the BS regulations, OMG! This is the wrong forum to post that stuff on.

I've owned at least 5 trucks (F-350's, F-450's etc) all with 6.7L Diesels to tow my 5th wheel RV. Every one of them had untouched factory emissions. I would never consider illegally deleting them.

From your previous postings it sounds like your have an intelligent wife who drives her Lightning powered off grid 100% by solar. Don't let our leader know you have solar or you wll get cancelled. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/20/trump-says-us-will-not-approve-solar-or-wind-power-projects.html

You took the bait….

 

[flyct]

You took the bait….

Yes I did. Thanks for bring me back to earth.

 

[Tony Burgh]

Your memes are cute,
However,
There’s almost 8 billion people on earth, before the car the horse did fine bringing food to “local” markets. Your EV’s parts would still sit on a foreign dock if it wasn’t for diesel.

Ridiculous statement,

All ships use DIESEL
Most trains are DIESEL
99% of Semi trucks are DIESEL

If you think global trade can survive without, then I have bad news for you.

My F350 was deleted, if you know what that means you’ll know how I feel about the whole situation….

EV is cool, but you’re not too bright if you think we can just get rid of diesel.

As for your clean air and lung cancer, Ever been to the 3rd world, they’re way way more people than in North America. Guess what, most don’t have any pollution control, millions of trucks (far more than in the U.S.) run big pipes with big black dirty soot spewing out their pipes, pollution blows right around the World, you’re gonna breath it like it or not….

You have a much better chance of getting cancer from your next flu vaks than my diesel truck, besides Trump is rolling back all the BS regulations.

Clueless my friend , you’re absolutely clueless…!

Engineers know that Bunker C is not diesel.

 

[Maybe Going EV]

I don't care what anyone else drives, or what I drive, so long as its paid for, and reliable.

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