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My daily commute… heading home.

I think we agree..,modern ICE AWD cars efficiency is tied to effective combustion and heat management critical with higher compression/operating temperatures/exhaust temps and engine/transaxles units means more nearby heat sinks, thus heat damaged gear oils. BEV motor-transaxle units don’t...

On a Lightning tear down (Munro), I recall he “estimated“ final drive transmission ratio from the electric motor at 7:1 and max motor rpm at 14,000. Given the lack of ICE engine heat/waste heat , a gear drive oil change at 160K seems reasonable.

We seriously considered a Maverick Hybrid when they first came out. If we could have lowered gas savings by 50% and last 200K… maybe. But the deal is I’ve hit two deer in the last 5 years and avoided several elk strikes. The S.O. wanted me in a bigger truck. So she wanted to buy me the...

Purchased our ER Lariat summer of ‘23, and 51K miles now. Best vehicle we’ve ever owned. Low maintenance, charge at home… saves thousands $$$ a year over ICE and then there’s ICE maintenance savings. Excellent road tripper. Several 2,000 mile road trips, no issues DCFC charging.

this is a good resource. Our ‘23 loaded Lariat comes in less than 10K. The tonneau, a few tools, loaded frunk, poles & nets, tackle boxes, a couple of 200+ pounders, cooler, and your under 9K at the blink of an eye (then there’s that double axle galvanized boat trailer with the ‘24 fiberglass...

Don‘t use an LED bulb in the door opener. That’ll mess with the radio frequencies. I did that and yikes. Hit and miss. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn’t. Unscrewed the LED bulb and all fine.

inquiring minds want to know where the power goes out… Does it do a power trip? Hit a dive bar till its lights out? Down the Everclear until complete blackout?

Hard cornering will smooth the outer tread to nothing in well less than 30,000 miles. Ease up on the cornering and good for 40K plus. I didn’t ease up.. nearly stacked the truck up crossing an icy bridge with a slight jog left at the end of the bridge 😳😬🙈☠️.

My 12V issue was the the battery monitor sensor, what we used call a voltage regulator. That led to error messages galore, inability to receive over the air updates, status updates on the 12V charge level dropping (the lowest I ever saw was 45.%). I got to where I’d turn the truck on while...

I drive 25K a year and at .064 per kWh about my savings v. driving Flex Limited or 4.6 Adrenalin. I don’t miss gas smell or standing in the rain getting drilled sideways by wind & wet. Or freezing winter days. Or just standing as a mark at a shop & rob.

When wind power appeared in central & eastern Washington, there’s was an initial period of “how to integrate into the grid”. The result was a grid balancing act that took advantage of the hydro dams ability to “store” water and the windmills vagaries with daily & seasonal wind cycles. Turned...

My grandfather led the 100+ crew that installed the windings and armatures of the No. 1 powerhouse of Grand Coulee Dam. Columbia River hydropower is regulated by the Bonneville Power Administration, A federal authority that regulates flow/power of 26+ mainstem dams. BPA was formed by congress...

I charge at home and average about 35 KWh a day 22 days a month at $.064 per kW. I drive 88 miles per day on my commute. $49.28 per month. The S.O. confirmed our electric bill went up $50 a month. Gas card went down over $400 per month. $.064 is dirt cheap. Some areas in central WA pay $.040...

Works great!

if there’s ice-snow on the road I drive slower so it tends to work out lol 🧊 ⛄ ⛸ ❄

I still find the G.O.M. Discussions “insanely nuts” as many of us fondly remember fuel gauges like the one below. One day in the fall of 1973 heading home from college, I drove my ‘62 Bug (w/“big bore kit”) 52+ miles on “R” =‘s “reserve” because I had about a 25 cents in my pocket and no...

Everything looks better in the early fall summer warmth. I’ve recorded several 100 mile commutes in 350+ miles of range (estimate) based on 2.5-2.6 miles/kWh. A 2.7 mi/kWh rare. Usually no-wind morning with 72+ afternoons with… a tailwind and sub 50 mph “traffic”.

I’ll wave as you go by… if headed to Long Beach.

Because a hot air cooled engine in an open bed surrounded by fuel is a bang on idea.