"What the hell is it?" I hear you ask. This my dear friends is the 'filling station' of the future. This is my home charging station, located at the side of my house. The ESB sent round an electrical contractor to install it today. With this (and hopefully my car very soon!) I shouldn't have to go near a petrol station ever again, except for bottled water, dodgy breakfast rolls and, of course, next week's winning Lotto ticket!
This is a bit of a mind bender, not having to fill up at a petrol station. This has been part of my life long before I was old enough to drive. I remember being brought to a petrol station as a kid to see how to fill up my Dad's car. I remember my Mam bringing me after my first driving lesson with her. I have been to stations as early as 05:30hrs and as late as 04:30hrs. I have been in stations in France, the UK, Canada and America. It's going to be a bit weird not to have them in my life on a regular basis.
And while I will certainly miss the smell of petrol spilling onto my shoes (ok, not really so much), I won't miss paying €1.51/L at the petrol pump. But I guess I will have to get use to a whole new experience. From time to time (although not on a weekly basis) I will have to charge up at a fast charging station. As I cannot do this within a five minute window (26 mins), I guess I will have plenty of time to reminisce about the expensive but fast-paced filling up days!
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