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Elviscat posted:I've been limited to 24A for years, and I can count on one hand the number of times I've wanted more. Yeah, but you are A Huge EV Nerd. We need more "man on the street" anecdotes. (Also I didn't realize you only had a 24A install, but I'm not going to admit on an Internet Forum that I didn't know something)
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cruft posted:Yeah, but you are A Huge EV Nerd. We need more "man on the street" anecdotes. Good point, I definitely do weird nerd poo poo that's not representative for normal people. I use my fiancé as a litmus test for that a lot, since she has no interest in cars beyond "it gets me A->B".
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To be totally honest we probably could have continued getting by with just L1 - neither of us commute regularly so we use the car almost entirely for our around-town driving. But it is nice to have the added security of being able to offset a longer drive. Plus, I read that L2 charging is more efficient.
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My wife’s next car she wants: * taller seat height like crossover * remote start/climate * power tailgate * leather/not cloth seats Other than that she could not give a gently caress about anything else lol
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pocket pool posted:Plus, I read that L2 charging is more efficient. It is. There's about a constant 200W draw while the car's awake so shortening your overall charge time will save some juice.
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ID.4 if she tolerates fake leather.
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priznat posted:My wife’s next car she wants: Remove the remote start and you could even make the jeep Avenger fit.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:ID.4 if she tolerates fake leather. Totally fine she just wants something to be able to clean easily (drat kids). Most of the so called leather is fake these days anyway it seems. EV9 is still the main contender but no rush to upgrade these days, my main constraint for it is a 3 row or something with a lot of rear cargo space for fitting decent size dog carriers. Also got 3 kids so the 3 row option is nice. Best option would be a good BEV Minivan but I doubt that will happen outside of that china only Volvo one.
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priznat posted:Totally fine she just wants something to be able to clean easily (drat kids). Most of the so called leather is fake these days anyway it seems. I'm waiting for a ev van too. The R1S is three row, and pretty sizeable.
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Bone Crimes posted:I'm waiting for a ev van too. The R1S is three row, and pretty sizeable. Oh yeah forgot about R1S, those are nice but $$. Ditto the upcoming Volvo EX90. Options under $100k CAD are limited!
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priznat posted:Totally fine she just wants something to be able to clean easily (drat kids). Most of the so called leather is fake these days anyway it seems. Perforated 'leather' is worse to clean than fabric IMO and it's in many cars these days
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Wayne Knight posted:Cadillac Lyriq Have we seen Lyriq pics yet? Wayne, post the Lyriq.
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Someone at my office has a lyriq in the parkade occasionally. Pretty striking design! I haven’t really decided if I like it or not. I was a big fan of the CTS though
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Elviscat posted:As far as I can tell, Washington has never cared about front plate enforcement, I got pulled over for speeding multiple times as a dirtbag teenager, and SPD and WSP didn't even bother to add the missing front plate to the tickets. i've been ticketed for it twice, once while parked in tacoma and another time when i caught a speeding ticket. they've updated the paper temp plate law (as of mid 2023) so you now have to get a temp plate that goes in your normal spot but guess what? cops still dont enforce anything so scumbags are still driving around without plates doing who loving knows what
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dissss posted:Perforated 'leather' is worse to clean than fabric IMO and it's in many cars these days This is why I don't quite like ventilated seats. I'll take the clean-ability over cooled seats any day.
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My sorento has the seat cooling and it doesn’t seem to do much if anything, maybe I don’t go on long enough drives for the cooling to make its way through or something. The Volvo only has heaters and I’m fine with that.
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I have a tendency to overthink and over plan things, but only 2 days after getting the Bolt I ordered an Emporia charger, and I'm out getting supplies to wire it in myself. Since now I'm thinking about it, while I've been out I've seen 5 Teslas, and 4 of them have front plates. One of them (which was very much not a Cyber Truck) had the custom plate CYBERTRK.
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priznat posted:There is an iX parked at my work that has a front license plate sticker on the front side bumper and no way that is legal in this jurisdiction (BC), lol I did not put a front plate on our iX, its ugly enough without the front plate making it worse. So far no tickets. Around here in NY you really only run into issue with towns/villages that have aggressive parking enforcement giving out front plate tickets. Just don't park in public in those plates and you are ok. If we do start getting tickets for it, I will just get a tow hook plate mount.
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kill me now posted:I did not put a front plate on our iX, its ugly enough without the front plate making it worse. So far no tickets. Around here in NY you really only run into issue with towns/villages that have aggressive parking enforcement giving out front plate tickets. Just don't park in public in those plates and you are ok. It’s a shame because bmw like most euro brands used to integrate the plate on the front well because it was a requirement in most if not all European jurisdictions. Now with the new grille it definitely does not lend itself to a front plate, NA or euro style! The new phev 5 series/m5 looks amazing though
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Failson posted:Have we seen Lyriq pics yet? I do not own a lyriq. Will update if this changes.
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Wayne Knight posted:I do not own a lyriq. Will update if this changes. Dang it. I apologize. Coulda sworn someone in this thread had a Lyriq inbound.
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My wifes uncle, the one who wanted to sell us his Mach E last week, has his ordered lyric being delivered anytime now. If I see it I'll take some photos.
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I see Lyriqs regularly, honestly I think it is gorgeous. I've owned by Mach-E for a little over a year now and have less than 6,000 miles on it, I couldn't possibly justify spending more money on a car (Honestly, I spent too much already in the sense is they in any way a justifiable expense) but if I had a long commute or needed to present a certain image career-wise, in a heartbeat. Three Olives fucked around with this message at 01:51 on Jan 9, 2024 |
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Wayne Knight posted:I do not own a lyriq. Will update if this changes. Proposed new thread rule: you must post if your Lyriq ownership status changes.
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Took Baxter to Menards to get supplies for the Emporia install. We named him Baxter for... reasons.
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I took a bolt to me nards!!
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Wayne Knight posted:I took a bolt to me nards!! new thread title imo
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Nfcknblvbl posted:I'm definitely going to be eyeing up the EV9 GT when it comes out next year. I want something that tows and V2L, and the EV9 looks to be perfect at that. Why did Kia come up with a name structure for their trim such as GT-Line and GT? It makes searching for them very annoying. I am driving a new EV9 GT-Line, just got it a few days ago. What's expected to be different on the GT vs. the GT-Line? If you have questions about the EV9, fire away. I am enjoying the car very much. Some questions for the thread: Keeping the battery warm Do most BEVs automatically keep the battery warm if it's plugged in over night? Even if plugged in but not charging (ie, it hit my target % already)? Or, if I park my vehicle somewhere cold (say, in a garage while on a ski trip), should I expect to need to toggle a setting somewhere to make sure the battery is warmed over night? Similarly, what about if the vehicle is NOT plugged in? Say I park at the ski slopes all day. Do most vehicles have a setting to spend charge to keep the battery warm while parked? Would I even want to do this, or is it preferable not to waste the energy and just have a cold battery when I'm done skiing? Efficiency loss from roof boxes I'm a skier and I plan to drive my new EV9 to the slopes. Skis are big, so I will purchase a roof box to hold skis and other cargo so my family doesn't have to Tetris themselves into the vehicle. Anyone here have experience or wisdom re. loss of battery efficiency due to the additional wind resistance from a large cargo box on the roof? I anticipate a significant mileage hit, but I want to hear from other people's real world experience. Should I expect -15%? -30%? -50%? Hopefully nothing that awful, but here's an article by Car And Driver claiming a 12% loss on an ICE vehicle from the roof rack crossbars alone with no box at all, so I'm worried it might be pretty bad.
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Chimp_On_Stilts posted:I am driving a new EV9 GT-Line, just got it a few days ago. I'd love to see a million pictures of this.
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Chimp_On_Stilts posted:I am driving a new EV9 GT-Line, just got it a few days ago. What's expected to be different on the GT vs. the GT-Line? I want it for the speed because having a 700 hp minivan is important obviously. Also getting the top end of a model just seems nice. quote:Do most BEVs automatically keep the battery warm if it's plugged in over night? Even if plugged in but not charging (ie, it hit my target % already)? Or, if I park my vehicle somewhere cold (say, in a garage while on a ski trip), should I expect to need to toggle a setting somewhere to make sure the battery is warmed over night? quote:Efficiency loss from roof boxes Since the EV9 isn't very aerodynamic you won't notice a major hit but it's still best to buy an aerodynamic roof case that will completely enclose your skis. Nfcknblvbl fucked around with this message at 04:20 on Jan 9, 2024 |
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Fall Dog posted:I'd love to see a million pictures of this. It's dark right now so I can't get good pictures, but I'll post some maybe tomorrow if I have time for a photoshoot. Anything in particular you want to see?
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Chimp_On_Stilts posted:I am driving a new EV9 GT-Line, just got it a few days ago. What's expected to be different on the GT vs. the GT-Line? It'll keep it warmed correctly if you set a departure time, otherwise not, and it only works when plugged in. Other than that don't worry about it unless a significant new update comes out. GT should be 95% the same, just horrifyingly fast.
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priznat posted:Best option would be a good BEV Minivan but I doubt that will happen outside of that china only Volvo one. VW ID.Buzz should be out in NA this year. I hope it really takes off.
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FISHMANPET posted:Took Baxter to Menards to get supplies for the Emporia install. Looks great! Congrats!
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Civil posted:VW ID.Buzz should be out in NA this year. I hope it really takes off. It’s good but looks small, like Mazda 5 size. Which is great for a lot of people but I would rather have something odyssey/sienna/carnival sized.
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