So are bikes. Would you be happy on a 1987 Bridgestone, or do you like your megatroll? Similarly, I don’t want a 1987 Corolla, even though it would get me to work.
Still waiting for a reasonable electric car. The moostange is the closest out there without the Tesla premium, but it’s still wildly expensive and new. Everything else is an econobox or musk fanboy status tool.Stop buying ICE! FFS!
i get what you're saying, but don't knock a car that's pretty clearly utilitarian for not being a sports car. similarly, i don't knock a lotus elise for being uncomfortable when it's clearly a performance sports car and not a luxury car.
Wonder how many years it'll be before you can drive to Alaska with an electric vehicle.atleast it is possible to drive across the US...
Driving Across the Country in an Electric Vehicle Just Got Way Easier
Electrify America opens first cross-country network of EV charging stations along interstates 70 and 15 from Washington, DC, to Los Angeles.matadornetwork.com
shit. You can't drive to SD right now. AK? Never. Is there even a road that goes all the way to Anchorage?
Once again, didn’t experience this at all. Had a 2005 legacy for 10 years in a massive rust zone. Like many here, we do rust treatments (spray veg oil everywhere) annually. They’re quite popular here. Best I’ve used in the snow.Consumer Reports
The early 2000's stuff was ok but they were still plagued with head gaskets going at 60k, non existent window seals and major rust problems with the body and sub frames.
More like Consumer Paid for Reports. Nothing beats real world first hand experience.
Having done it, I can attest that you can definitely drive to Anchorage via the Alaska Highway. Fairbanks too. Granted there are only a couple of roads that'll take you into Alaska, but you can definitely get there by vehicle.
More of a question of infrastructure. Are you rolling with solar panels on the roof? Not sure that Alaska is very EV friendly, but I don't know having never been there.
That's what I mean, are we prepared, as a country (though in this case we'd need a healthy dose of Canadian help) to invest in the infrastructure required to allow electric vehicles to navigate to all the same places as ICE vehicles? Or is this a technology geared towards the 95% of people commuting, but there will always be that need for ICE to reach those places where we don't intend to invest?
I can't do a complete day trip to some places I go in washington without going the loooong way around.
So they are now paving all the remaining gaps of the road up to Deadhorse (there are a few). You can get to Alaska on the AlCan highway. You can’t get to Juneau though. Plenty of people drive Teslas up here.
I can tell you from personal experience that driving an electric car in the exotic and far flung reaches of Southern Colorado can be something of a nerve wracking experience. I love the Leaf, but infrastructure still has a long way to come.
That SW area of Colorado is f-ing barren. That is like road warrior/post apocalypse.
I have not driven through worse than what happens after Southpark (fairplay) when you are heading towards CoSprings. I have driven all over Texas.
Other than making the undercarriage a complete mess after a couple years the veg oil spray works great. I've seen old ass cars here in the rust belt with no rust at all.
Ha. Just went through that exact thing. Dealer estimate for that was a very dumb number, especially the "blow out the air cabin ducts" cost. No thank you.
For my vehicles, I just use Amazon for air filters.
I think I'm at 15+ months since I used Amazon, trying to continue that trend
Toyota tried pulling this stuff the other day. Took the Tacoma in for an oil change and for them to swap out the snow wheels on it. They asked if we wanted to balance the summer wheels.
Damn it, you just gave me a job for as soon as I've finished my next meeting.
Don't like engines?
Dear apprentice DOF:WTF are you on about, you doddering old fool??
If you are paying for the rotation, just go to discount. Le Free'.
So you're telling me the name-brand filters I've been purchasing might not be genuine?
Do you have any evidence for this purported chicanery?
Yeah - that section between Fairplay and Hartsel is pretty desolate (except for the mansions down on the Platte)... but it's super-short. I'd agree that Nebraska and more so Kansas are worse. Although Hwy 50 through western UT and all of Nevada is the winner in my book. Beautiful, unlike NE and KS, but fucking DESOLATE.
Takes me longer to head somewhere to get them to do it and wait, than it takes to just swap in the driveway. Already done.
Lug nut torque on the Sprinter is something like 160 ft-lb; the wrench that comes with the van is something like 10" long... I carry a torque wrench.
I love the deserted, isolated roads in NV, the best highway driving in the US for me. One day I'll do the full Reno - Delta trip.
It's a nice drive - we did it on the way out to a week-long holiday to Aptos, CA. Recommended. Beats the shit out of I-80.
