This "coaching" stress is coming out since Ev came into play.
Why nobody was coaching in this way in the ICE era???
There was plenty of coaching in the ICE era. It came from your parents, relatives, friends, driver-education instructor, etc:
- change your oil ever 5,000 miles
- cheaper gas can be found farther from the freeway interchanges or near Costco
- Don't park your car overnight in cold country with less than half a tank or add a gasoline additive
- turn off your A/C when climbing steep grades in the summer
- check your antifreeze to be sure it is ok for cold temperatures
- don't ride the clutch
- shift as late as you can to maximize fuel economy
- feather the throttle to get better mpg
- trade it in after 100,000 miles since, after that, your repair costs will exceed the cost of a new car (these days, this is more like 150,000 miles , but that's what I was taught)
- oil drip on the ground. Put an additive in the oil filler.
- dieseling when you stop? Burn high octane fuel for a couple of tanks to clean out the carbeurator
- running rough? get a tune up
- when it is cold, don't let it idle to heat up as that will damage the engine. Better to just get going.
- don't let it sit for more than a couple of weeks without running it or the starter battery will run down
- slow cranking? need a new battery
- etc
You just take it all that ICE coaching for granted. EV coaching is different and actually, a lot simpler. It's just new to many of us.