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Been nearly 3 years since we went EV and nearly a year since total EV. Range economy, quiet ride, conveniences, etc. all good. I don’t miss the smell of gas in the morning nor the long warm up times, shake, & vibration plus 6 + speed transmissions, frequent maintenance. While small minor...

It has aggressive brake function and after a few thousand miles from day 1 of driving of the LT, muscle memory for braking was non existent. I had two incidents of quick braking where I hit the throttle instead. I’d driven a Mach E nearly 50K miles and had no problem, but the pedal spacing on...

Yes. Happened to me twice. I stopped using 1 pedal for that reason. My read is the accelerator pedal should be 2”+ to the right. I wear 14 D shoes and it’s easy to hit both at once or miss the brake.

This is a real gas gauge from say 62 years ago in a VW Bug. Notice it’s jewel-like presence. You were empty when the indicator dropped below “R”. But how far below R? Ah, grasshopper, you’ve got to earn that knowledge. Once upon time I drove 62 miles on “R” and completely emptied the tank but...

My compatriots complimented the cars stable and excellent ride. Honestly, the Borla exhaust note is extreme at the aggressive & loudest settings. Hilarious for effect but can be turned off with a switch. W/480 hp and 634 ft-lbs it’s plenty fast.

Fabulous mileage & will take me 4 years to get there! At 20K I’m still at 100% state of health and drop 100 miles daily & roll in that 30%-70% S.O.C. sweet spot. 98% charge at home 1 am to 6 am. My high school ‘56 F100 had a 17 gallon tank and when driven sedately on the highway had 340 miles...

His name is on the passenger side dash and w/~500 hp it gets up and scoots. The Borla “exhaust note” is bad boy on steroids!

When in Phoenix do something nutty.. Hilarious fun and we reserved a Tesla (not available), then this was suggested. Has the Borla exhaust sound which has the ability to err.. “wake the dead”. Primarily a Hertz spec appearance package spec’d by Shelby. Really quick & fun to drive down...

So we traded ours off at 160 K miles and it was picked up by a collector in NY who got a hold of me a year later and WOW he really is “restoring it!”. 4.6 3-valve V-8 w/slightly under 300 HP and torque. AWD with auto 6 spd. A really fun useful truck that we drove the pants off. I added driving...

Our Sport Trac Adrenalin was jacked up by the running boards and that was a very expensive fix by the dealer. Those spec running boards were NOS in a Michigan warehouse and one of a few sets remaining.

Practicing being an excavation contractor. Buddy picked up the new mini X at Ritchie Bros a couple months ago for ~$2K and change. Impressive digger and excellent at finding old telecom cables 🙄!

So.. I drive easy. Charge at home at about 9 KW, 1 am to 6 am so battery cools down 4-5 hours before charging. Always precondition. My 45 mile drive takes 55-60 minutes due to winding rural roads. DCFC rare. Couple times a year. Can’t quite charge every other day. Our Mach E has 55K miles and...

15.5K miles at 100% SOH and typically charge to 80% daily (90-100 miles per day commute).

Sweet! Thanks and yes, owe you a ☕️!!

April 2023 build. Late June ‘23 purchase-ER Lariat. One update received : Ford power-up 4.2.1.1 on Feb 29, 2024

I too had a 30amp dryer plug w/8 AWG cooper. Swapped out the 30 amp breaker and went with a new 40 amp and a NEMA 1450 receptacle. Then set the CO HomeFlex to 32 amps. Charges at about 22+ miles per hour so a 1am-6am charge puts my daily ~90 miles back in. In the process discovered the 100 amp...

Here’s what the current charge looks like. A fundamental difference from two weeks ago. I can disconnect the Veepeak OBD sensor in like 5 seconds so that draw is like non-existent. I figure the LTE would eventually go dead. It now appears to draw down to 80%, charge up to 90-100. I’ve seen...

I was surprised it went so low, then it would charge back to 90% in my hour drive home. That daily cycle can’t be good for a battery. Typically it would go 90% to 40% in 4 hours of just sitting, then nearly charge to 100% in one hour of evening driving. The next morning same thing, start low...

My LTE’s BMS started exhibiting some odd behavior 12-2023 that impacted sound system, proximity alarm tone (cold frog), interior lighting, volume control, and a whole gamut of error messages including “accidental unplug”, “low battery-drive car”, “electrical system drain”, etc. The most...

Pretty much what I do. My average is 70-80 MPGE. And I also track miles/% and if I’m rolling at anything over 3.1 Mi/% I’m pretty ok. Some times when rolling at 2.6 Mi/Kwh I’m at 3.42 Mi/%. I track the Mi/% by observing 10% use of the HVB every morning and that’s commonly 2.8-3.2 miles.