This morning, I had a final appointment on my calendar. We took the car in for servicing at Lougheed Hyundai. There's not a hell of a lot that needs to be done on an EV. It was time to rotate the tires and change the cabin filter.
Although we booked a 9:30 appointment, we knew it didn't make a lot of sense to return home just to have to go back. So, we walked around the area, stopping in an enormous T&T Supermarket and checking out a Mark's Warehouse. We walked into a McDonalds to take advantage of $1 coffees and sat around inside for a while. As the fast-food restaurant is near Highway 1, we saw a bus load of school kids on a trip and home contractor guys between jobs.
The weather seemed downright chilly at around 10°C (around 50°F). It was windy and dark with patchy sun. My car wasn't finished until noon so we even waited a bit in the showroom.
My Kona EV is now five years old although it has practically no mileage. The COVID-19 summers prevented much in the way of travel. We have only been over to the Okanagan a few times. So, most of the kilometers were spent just going to get groceries and on appointments around town.
There was a new Kona EV in the showroom and I found them really attractive. I had the first model year of the EV when designers were afraid to make an EV look 'different' than an ordinary car. In place of a front grill, mine has a closed ribbed area where the grill would've been. Finally, the lineup flaunts the fact wind is unnecessary when there's no radiator. All the designs look sleek.
We bought a few things uptown on the way home.