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roadburner

There used to be an excellent tire shop located about 5 minutes from my house. Unfortunately the original owner sold out and now it's no longer an option. I trust my BMW dealer and my old Mazda dealer, but in my experience a lot of dealers are pretty hopeless when it comes to tire selection and installation.

stickguy

I have had good luck recently with a couple of local Mavis franchises. Been a few years though since I actually needed new tires. And did use a close by Goodyear store (there were really good) for other stuff like flats and alignments. Did not need tires, but their selection was pretty skimpy I think.

snakeweasel

oldfarmer50 said:

“ Drive cross country in a EV vs and ICE and tell me about which one is superior. And until they can make batteries that can hold a massive charge without using rare earth elements you will never see 100% EV's.”

Better yet, try spending the weekend off roading in the mountains miles from electric outlets.

I was thinking of this and thought of another issue. Light vehicle usage in the U.S. is 3.7 trillion miles a year, with an average of 0.3 kwh per mile an all electric fleet would require 1.1 trillion kwh. The U.S. currently produces just over 4 trillion kwh. If we want to end the production of ICE's we need to build a lot more power plants.

cdnpinhead

snakeweasel said:

. . . we need to build a lot more power plants.

True, but hide and watch.

Since So Cal is in a power bind at the moment due to high ambient temperatures, there have been requests to limit EV charging. That could be another sign of things to come.

stickguy

I thought the plan was to just install a ton more solar. If everyone with a house/garage got solar panels and Tesla wall for storage, could charge their EVs and have volts to spare.

snakeweasel

stickguy said:

I thought the plan was to just install a ton more solar. If everyone with a house/garage got solar panels and Tesla wall for storage, could charge their EVs and have volts to spare.

Oh great increase the cost of getting an EV,

sb55

abacomike said:

@henryn said:
@abacomike, good to see you posting again. Did you ever mention the decision by the surgeon on whether to operate? If you did, I missed it.

Yes - the surgeon recommended a laminectomy at L3-L4. Not an intricate procedure but if it corrects the disc problem, I would seriously consider it. Still recovering at home from a fall I took Saturday - left arm severely bruised - trying to get to doctor’s office by 2:00 PM so they can dress the wound. Will probably need antibiotics to preclude an infection.

Just one more day in the life of…! 🤓

Mike, I had a bulging disc maybe 25 years ago. I tried to wait and also went to a chiropractor. IMHO the chiropractor made it worse. I ended up with a "dropped foot" in addition to the pain, so I went to neurosurgeon. When she saw my MRI she scheduled laminectomy surgery for the same day, because she said that any more bulging/rupturing that I would be lame for life. The surgery was done and the it worked. No more dropped foot and no pain. I'm sure that techniques have improved since mine was done, so I think that you should consider it. I am a believer in that proceedure.

driver100

snakeweasel said:

oldfarmer50 said:

“ Drive cross country in a EV vs and ICE and tell me about which one is superior. And until they can make batteries that can hold a massive charge without using rare earth elements you will never see 100% EV's.”

Better yet, try spending the weekend off roading in the mountains miles from electric outlets.

I was thinking of this and thought of another issue. Light vehicle usage in the U.S. is 3.7 trillion miles a year, with an average of 0.3 kwh per mile an all electric fleet would require 1.1 trillion kwh. The U.S. currently produces just over 4 trillion kwh. If we want to end the production of ICE's we need to build a lot more power plants.

That's what Scotty said!

imidazol97

oldfarmer50 said:

“ Drive cross country in a EV vs and ICE and tell me about which one is superior. And until they can make batteries that can hold a massive charge without using rare earth elements you will never see 100% EV's.”

Better yet, try spending the weekend off roading in the mountains miles from electric outlets.

I saw a Tesla S here a few days ago. In Ohio, with Florida plates. I couldn't see which county.

I wonder how many days it took them to drive here and how many stops and how much time was spent charging?

kyfdx

Most EV charging happens overnight. Plenty of capacity. They can save on all the power to run gas pumps.

imidazol97

snakeweasel said:

oldfarmer50 said:

“ Drive cross country in a EV vs and ICE and tell me about which one is superior. And until they can make batteries that can hold a massive charge without using rare earth elements you will never see 100% EV's.”

Better yet, try spending the weekend off roading in the mountains miles from electric outlets.

I was thinking of this and thought of another issue. Light vehicle usage in the U.S. is 3.7 trillion miles a year, with an average of 0.3 kwh per mile an all electric fleet would require 1.1 trillion kwh. The U.S. currently produces just over 4 trillion kwh. If we want to end the production of ICE's we need to build a lot more power plants.

China is completing 2 coal-fired power plants a week. Lots of pollution there burning coal.

We need to be building nuclear plants along with hydroelectric power of various forms while we can, along with burning our abundant coal, along with whatever solar panel and windmill projects people want to pay extra for. The free market will let people choose their motive power source for their automobiles.

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snakeweasel

kyfdx said:

Most EV charging happens overnight. Plenty of capacity. They can save on all the power to run gas pumps.

Sorry but for that to be feasible we would not have to exceed a certain percentage of EV's on the road. If everyone was driving EV's it would require around 28% of the U.S. electrical production. And that's just passenger cars and light trucks. We defiantly do not have the capacity.

And the electricity saved by not having gas stations is very small compared to the amount needed to run an all EV fleet.

imidazol97

My son has reported no problems with his hybrid Venza. He would like for the battery source to work longer than it does before requiring charging from the engine.

But his gas mileage is great for the size vehicle and driving he does. He'd just like the battery to power longer such as low speed driving through parking areas. I am sure Toyota optimized the cost vs the savings in gasoline on the vehicle.

kyfdx

snakeweasel said:

kyfdx said:

Most EV charging happens overnight. Plenty of capacity. They can save on all the power to run gas pumps.

Sorry but for that to be feasible we would not have to exceed a certain percentage of EV's on the road. If everyone was driving EV's it would require around 28% of the U.S. electrical production. And that's just passenger cars and light trucks. We defiantly do not have the capacity.

And the electricity saved by not having gas stations is very small compared to the amount needed to run an all EV fleet.

There is a big difference between peak capacity, and total capacity. Electricity isn't stored, it has to be used as generated. Power plants run at a very small portion of peak capacity, overnight.

Plus, we could just stop bitcoin mining.

snakeweasel

kyfdx said:

snakeweasel said:

kyfdx said:

Most EV charging happens overnight. Plenty of capacity. They can save on all the power to run gas pumps.

Sorry but for that to be feasible we would not have to exceed a certain percentage of EV's on the road. If everyone was driving EV's it would require around 28% of the U.S. electrical production. And that's just passenger cars and light trucks. We defiantly do not have the capacity.

And the electricity saved by not having gas stations is very small compared to the amount needed to run an all EV fleet.

There is a big difference between peak capacity, and total capacity. Electricity isn't stored, it has to be used as generated. Power plants run at a very small portion of peak capacity, overnight.

Plus, we could just stop bitcoin mining.

I know that power plants don't run at peak capacity overnight. Now consider this if everyone drove an electric car the energy required to charge all those miles driven in one day (overnight charging) would require all the energy production of all 94 nuclear power plants in the U.S. for a day and a half. We simply do not currently have the capacity to support a 100% electric fleet. I read somewhere that the current capacity can support about 25% of the cars on the road being electric.

kyfdx

snakeweasel said:

kyfdx said:

snakeweasel said:

kyfdx said:

Most EV charging happens overnight. Plenty of capacity. They can save on all the power to run gas pumps.

Sorry but for that to be feasible we would not have to exceed a certain percentage of EV's on the road. If everyone was driving EV's it would require around 28% of the U.S. electrical production. And that's just passenger cars and light trucks. We defiantly do not have the capacity.

And the electricity saved by not having gas stations is very small compared to the amount needed to run an all EV fleet.

There is a big difference between peak capacity, and total capacity. Electricity isn't stored, it has to be used as generated. Power plants run at a very small portion of peak capacity, overnight.

Plus, we could just stop bitcoin mining.

I know that power plants don't run at peak capacity overnight. Now consider this if everyone drove an electric car the energy required to charge all those miles driven in one day (overnight charging) would require all the energy production of all 94 nuclear power plants in the U.S. for a day and a half. We simply do not currently have the capacity to support a 100% electric fleet. I read somewhere that the current capacity can support about 25% of the cars on the road being electric.

Do you think everyone will switch next week?

How long does it take to turn over 25% of the cars on the road? 6 years? We'll be fine.

dino001

jmonroe1 said:

snakeweasel said:

Speaking of flats.

Yep that's a bolt, I'm guessing around a 1/4 or so in size. It's on the Sonata so we had the spare to put pn. Getting a new tire.

That looks like it was hand hammered in there.

jmonroe

BTW, almost perfect aim when it comes to centering that into the tire.

bwia

stickguy said:

I thought the plan was to just install a ton more solar. If everyone with a house/garage got solar panels and Tesla wall for storage, could charge their EVs and have volts to spare.

As I look out the upstairs window I see my wife mowing the lawn with her brand new cordless lithium battery, 40V HP 21" self-propelled Ryobi electric lawn mover. And serendipity, it hit me, that this is the same woman who panned electric mowers after receiving a gift model from her sister. Further, I just realize why my neighborhood is so quiet as my my neighbors have gone electric.

So you see my friends, in the not too distant future we will all switch from our golf cart mentality to electrified vehicles, some of us sooner than others. First, the hesitancy to electric cars, claiming that it was not safe and too expensive. Then the lack of willingness came in the form of insufficient power and range anxiety, and now inadequate infrastructure. Well, range anxiety is now addressed with newer models delivering more than 300 miles of range and some into 400 to 500 mile range.

One of the major perceived barriers to adoption was that electric vehicles were too expensive compared to ICE vehicles. True, but we are now at the inflection point of $37,500 (before tax incentives) where entry level EVs are comparable in price to ICE vehicles. Last hurdle -- infrastructure -- and this is addressed by auto makers, (Tesla and Volkswagen) as well the Trillion dollar infrastructure spending bill that congress has designated for transforming the EV industry.

dino001

driver100 said:

ab348 said:

driver100 said:

Now you tell me. I left the E400 at the dealers yesterday and dropped off the keys. They called this morning and gave me two choices, the same Goodyear Eagle Sports or Pirelli P-Zeros. I went with the Pirellis.....one site rated them in the top 3.....not the Goodyears.

Hope you have better luck with Pirellis than Max did:

I don't expect to be going over 200 mph

How about taking curves at 100-150 and accelerating to 12 mph in below 5 seconds? I'm sure these P-Zeros can that that...

dino001

qbrozen said:

ab348 said:

driver100 said:

Now you tell me. I left the E400 at the dealers yesterday and dropped off the keys. They called this morning and gave me two choices, the same Goodyear Eagle Sports or Pirelli P-Zeros. I went with the Pirellis.....one site rated them in the top 3.....not the Goodyears.

Hope you have better luck with Pirellis than Max did:

https://twitter.com/ESPNF1/status/1401536163148701696

Is there a real report on that anywhere? I'm just curious if they determined a tire was at fault. Can't tell in the video (the front tire damage was a result of hitting the wall).

There is no official report yet, I think. Considering Stroll had almost identical failure a few laps before and the festival of tires falling of the cars at last year's Silverstone race, I'd say it's highly likely this was structural failure of the tires. The teams maintain that there was more than sufficient amount of tread, so it was not a wear degradation failure due to driving tire beyond its useful life. Pirelli increased the minimum pressure in rear tires by 2 psi after the race in response, which is not an admission of anything, but an indicator of strong possibility that in some conditions these tires' structures last shorter than their tread. They go through unimaginable stress during a race. All you need to do is watch a slow motion movement where whole pieces of rubber are torn away during a turn. Even kevlar has its limits. It will be interesting to see how the new tires will fare in 2022, when they'll increase the rim sizes to resemble current street car proportions and much less flexibility.

snakeweasel

dino001 said:

driver100 said:

ab348 said:

driver100 said:

Now you tell me. I left the E400 at the dealers yesterday and dropped off the keys. They called this morning and gave me two choices, the same Goodyear Eagle Sports or Pirelli P-Zeros. I went with the Pirellis.....one site rated them in the top 3.....not the Goodyears.

Hope you have better luck with Pirellis than Max did:

I don't expect to be going over 200 mph

How about taking curves at 100-150 and accelerating to 12 mph in below 5 seconds? I'm sure these P-Zeros can that that...

I'm thinking most tires can accelerate to 12 mph in under 5 seconds just fine.

snakeweasel

kyfdx said:

snakeweasel said:

kyfdx said:

snakeweasel said:

kyfdx said:

Most EV charging happens overnight. Plenty of capacity. They can save on all the power to run gas pumps.

Sorry but for that to be feasible we would not have to exceed a certain percentage of EV's on the road. If everyone was driving EV's it would require around 28% of the U.S. electrical production. And that's just passenger cars and light trucks. We defiantly do not have the capacity.

And the electricity saved by not having gas stations is very small compared to the amount needed to run an all EV fleet.

There is a big difference between peak capacity, and total capacity. Electricity isn't stored, it has to be used as generated. Power plants run at a very small portion of peak capacity, overnight.

Plus, we could just stop bitcoin mining.

I know that power plants don't run at peak capacity overnight. Now consider this if everyone drove an electric car the energy required to charge all those miles driven in one day (overnight charging) would require all the energy production of all 94 nuclear power plants in the U.S. for a day and a half. We simply do not currently have the capacity to support a 100% electric fleet. I read somewhere that the current capacity can support about 25% of the cars on the road being electric.

Do you think everyone will switch next week?

How long does it take to turn over 25% of the cars on the road? 6 years? We'll be fine.

I don't think everyone will switch overnight but there are a lot of mandates stating all new vehicles must be EV's by a certain date. CA mandated all new vehicles sold after 2035 must be EV's. That's 13.5 years away. And yes it won't remove ICE cars overnight it will start the process, how long after that will EV's be the majority of cars on the road there? So it's coming and we need to start getting ready for it.

I don't think we'll be fine unless we start getting capacity up very soon. Have you ever built a power plant? People come out of the woodwork opposing those things.

tjc78

@snakeweasel said:
I'm thinking most tires can accelerate to 12 mph in under 5 seconds just fine.

Even my golf cart can do that!!

snakeweasel

bwia said:

stickguy said:

I thought the plan was to just install a ton more solar. If everyone with a house/garage got solar panels and Tesla wall for storage, could charge their EVs and have volts to spare.

As I look out the upstairs window I see my wife mowing the lawn with her brand new cordless lithium battery, 40V HP 21" self-propelled Ryobi electric lawn mover. And serendipity, it hit me, that this is the same woman who panned electric mowers after receiving a gift model from her sister. Further, I just realize why my neighborhood is so quiet as my my neighbors have gone electric.

So you see my friends, in the not too distant future we will all switch from our golf cart mentality to electrified vehicles, some of us sooner than others. First, the hesitancy to electric cars, claiming that it was not safe and too expensive. Then the lack of willingness came in the form of insufficient power and range anxiety, and now inadequate infrastructure. Well, range anxiety is now addressed with newer models delivering more than 300 miles of range and some into 400 to 500 mile range.

One of the major perceived barriers to adoption was that electric vehicles were too expensive compared to ICE vehicles. True, but we are now at the inflection point of $37,500 (before tax incentives) where entry level EVs are comparable in price to ICE vehicles. Last hurdle -- infrastructure -- and this is addressed by auto makers, (Tesla and Volkswagen) as well the Trillion dollar infrastructure spending bill that congress has designated for transforming the EV industry.

Hate to break this to you but electric cars are still to expensive compared to ICE cars. Good luck finding a new EV under $30K as most are priced well over that price point. Yet I can find brand new ICE cars all day long for $25K or less. When you can buy a new EV with a reasonable range in the low $20's without the tax incentive then we can talk about EV's being comparable in price to an ICE.

dino001

snakeweasel said:

dino001 said:

driver100 said:

ab348 said:

driver100 said:

Now you tell me. I left the E400 at the dealers yesterday and dropped off the keys. They called this morning and gave me two choices, the same Goodyear Eagle Sports or Pirelli P-Zeros. I went with the Pirellis.....one site rated them in the top 3.....not the Goodyears.

Hope you have better luck with Pirellis than Max did:

I don't expect to be going over 200 mph

How about taking curves at 100-150 and accelerating to 12 mph in below 5 seconds? I'm sure these P-Zeros can that that...

I'm thinking most tires can accelerate to 12 mph in under 5 seconds just fine.

LOL, I meant 120, of course.

jmonroe1

driver100 said:

jmonroe1 said:

driver100 said:

carnaught said:

@driver100, proceed with caution - I was not crazy about the ride and noise from the Pirellis I had on my GLC plus @oldfarmer50 mentioned their poor lifespan. @jmonroe1 might have something there about your approach to your tire issue.

Carnaught and @jmonroe1 Here is my thinking, I may be right, may be wrong, it won't be the first time.
The tire shops don't carry RFTs, and they could take days to get ones in.....one said 7 days.
My thinking was the dealer will have a way to get the right tires for this particular model.
Also, my dealer has MB technicians who won't screw up....which might mean taking the car back to make corrections......esp with air pressure monitors etc.
I have never had good luck with Goodyears though 30000 miles is actually pretty good.
But, my dealer said, Mercedes only approves of Goodyear Sport and Pirelli Zeros, so I think they have some idea of what should work best.
The MB price includes everything...balance and alignment etc., and I know it will be done right, and if it is more than the Tire shops it isn't by much.
I know it will be done right, I know they are fast and efficient, and I will get a beautiful car wash. Also, I dropped the car off yesterday so they could get started asap......I don't feel like spending hours on the phone trying to line up particular tires and getting them done right away.....life is too short!

Again, if I thought there were better tires out there I’d get them. It’s not like you’re stranded on the road a 12 midnight. Plus you have another car that you can use while you wait a day or two or three.

You might be the only one who doesn’t think dealers screw up. Personally, I’d go with a trusted tire shop that installs tires all day long rather than a dealer who does it occasionally by comparison.

jmonroe

My neighbor said dealers sell parts such as tires for the same price as the chains and indies these days, they know people can go online and compare.
I had tennis this afternoon and I am playing tomorrow morning......but I have to coordinate with MrsD100, I used her GLK this afternoon, but she needs it tomorrow. The GLK rides nice, it has almost the same engine, 330 hp and it is really solid. Great seating position too.
My neighbour had his indie friends garage put on tires for him once, since the tires cost almost the same no savings there, labor was less.....after driving a few 1000 miles he noticed they installed them going the wrong way! No, I trust the dealer.

That doesn’t sound like a good tire shop to me. If your friend knew anything about tires, he’d have checked them before he left the lot not 1000 miles later.

I’d say they are two peas in a pod that deserve each other.

jmonroe

abacomike

Here’s a new one for south Florida and my condo community! There have been numerous sightings of coyotes (animals - not people getting others across the border) within our community of almost 6000 residents. The email I received warned us about what not to do about coming across coyotes on our grounds.

Broward county has reported at least 200 sightings including on many of our beaches. When I lived in Los Angeles, it was not uncommon to have them approach within 50 feet of humans. I encountered them frequently. But no sightings here - as I have been indoors or hospital for 2-3 weeks.

Just another day in the life of abacomike!🤓

imidazol97

My car dealer sells new tires.

But their price, while close to the tire chains in the area and the indpendents' pricing, does not include lifetime rotation and balancing every 8K miles or so. Does not include lifetime road hazard damage replacement as does the tire purchase from my local tire chain.

Tires put on backwards?
How many people here have tires that are directional? I don't see a problem requiring avaoiding tire specialty shops because they might, might install a directional tire backwards. Maybe if Iowned a Corvette? I'd need to worry?

But if I were to replace my Goodyear Eagle LS2 tires on the Malibu, I'd likely do it at my car dealership. They do an excellent job of not scuffing the rims because they aren't in a hurry when rotating and rebalancing. The tire stores tend to add some patina to the rims that shows after a few tire rotations.

AND my dealership's service manager is excellent about the Road Force balancing on tires for folks like myself who want tires to roll smoothly at all speeds. He used to be with the Sweeney dealership stores in Cincinnati area. He's good.

So I'd be buying the lesser value tire package to get quality service. For that I fully understand @driver100 and his choice of his dealership.

abacomike

This is the email I received this AM:

Good morning everyone,
Recently Wynmoor Village has seen an increase in coyote sightings. Coming across a coyote in the community can be concerning but with the tricks, tips and information provided in the link below, we hope to create an environment where our community can feel safe and secure.

Jackie Railey
Coconut Creek City Commissioner

For complete details [ click here ]

abacomike

@imidazol97 said:
My car dealer will replace tires. But their price, while close to the tire chains in the area and the indpendents' pricing, does not include lifetime rotation and balancing every 8K miles or so. Does not include lifetime road hazard damage replacement as does the tire purchase from my local tire chain.

How many people here have tires that are directional? I don't see a problem requiring avaoiding tire specialty shops because they might, might install a directional tire backwards. Maybe if Iowned a Corvette? I'd need to worry?

But if I were to replace my Goodyear Eagle LS2 tires, I'd likely do it at my car dealership. They do an excellent job of not scuffing the rims because they're in a hurry when rotating and rebalancing. The tire stores tend to add some patina to the rims that shows after a few tire rotations.

AND my dealership's service manager is excellent about the Road Force balancing on tires for folks like myself who want tires to roll smoothly at all speeds. He used to be with the Sweeney dealership stores in Cincinnati area. He's good.

So I'd be buying the lesser value tire package to get quality service. For that I fully understand @driver100 and his choice of his dealership.

Luckily my new car has all season tires and not run flats. But it has different sized tires front and back - so I can’t rotate them.

snakeweasel

abacomike said:

Here’s a new one for south Florida and my condo community! There have been numerous sightings of coyotes (animals - not people getting others across the border) within our community of almost 6000 residents. The email I received warned us about what not to do about coming across coyotes on our grounds.

Broward county has reported at least 200 sightings including on many of our beaches. When I lived in Los Angeles, it was not uncommon to have them approach within 50 feet of humans. I encountered them frequently. But no sightings here - as I have been indoors or hospital for 2-3 weeks.

Just another day in the life of abacomike!🤓

Coyotes are nothing new here. I see them all the time. Me and she who must be obeyed were sitting in the backyard a couple of weeks ago enjoying the nice night when one walked across our backyard not more than 30 yards from us. All the while he (she?) was keeping an eye on us.

They are all over the place here.

qbrozen

abacomike said:

The email I received warned us about what not to do about coming across coyotes on our grounds.

Well, that's not terribly helpful.
"Don't try to kiss it.
Don't try to dress it in children's clothing and make it dance.
Don't ... "

Did they give you any info on what TO do? ;b

jmonroe1

dino001 said:

jmonroe1 said:

snakeweasel said:

Speaking of flats.

Yep that's a bolt, I'm guessing around a 1/4 or so in size. It's on the Sonata so we had the spare to put pn. Getting a new tire.

That looks like it was hand hammered in there.

jmonroe

BTW, almost perfect aim when it comes to centering that into the tire.

That proves my point. You could never get it that exact with an air nailer. If you don’t believe me ask @driver100.

jmonroe

snakeweasel

qbrozen said:

abacomike said:

The email I received warned us about what not to do about coming across coyotes on our grounds.

Well, that's not terribly helpful.
"Don't try to kiss it.
Don't try to dress it in children's clothing and make it dance.
Don't ... "

Did they give you any info on what TO do? ;b

Coyotes will do everything coyotely possible to avoid you. About the only way a coyote will go after you is if you chase it down and corner it. In that case I am rooting for the coyote.

dino001

Coyotes learned to live near humans long time ago, they can be quite stealth, but they can get a little more daring and open at times. I haven't seen one near my house, but I can hear them yapping on the regular basis. Distinctive sound, definitely not a dog bark (there is a small preservation area nearby, perfect nesting ground for a family). The only thing you need to worry is your pets. Small ones can be seen as an easy source of nutrition, bigger ones territorial rivals and potential threat to the pups.

roadburner

My Carolina Dog Rooney the Wonder Dog spent about 30 minutes one day chasing a very stupid coyote in and out of the woods before he finally gave up the hunt.

driver100

kyfdx said:

snakeweasel said:

kyfdx said:

Most EV charging happens overnight. Plenty of capacity. They can save on all the power to run gas pumps.

Sorry but for that to be feasible we would not have to exceed a certain percentage of EV's on the road. If everyone was driving EV's it would require around 28% of the U.S. electrical production. And that's just passenger cars and light trucks. We defiantly do not have the capacity.

And the electricity saved by not having gas stations is very small compared to the amount needed to run an all EV fleet.

There is a big difference between peak capacity, and total capacity. Electricity isn't stored, it has to be used as generated. Power plants run at a very small portion of peak capacity, overnight.

Plus, we could just stop bitcoin mining.

So if you own an EV you should not have a job working shifts

driver100

dino001 said:

driver100 said:

ab348 said:

driver100 said:

Now you tell me. I left the E400 at the dealers yesterday and dropped off the keys. They called this morning and gave me two choices, the same Goodyear Eagle Sports or Pirelli P-Zeros. I went with the Pirellis.....one site rated them in the top 3.....not the Goodyears.

Hope you have better luck with Pirellis than Max did:

I don't expect to be going over 200 mph

How about taking curves at 100-150 and accelerating to 120 mph (assume that is what you meant) in below 5 seconds? I'm sure these P-Zeros can that that...

No problem....tried it this morning

driver100

bwia said:

stickguy said:

I thought the plan was to just install a ton more solar. If everyone with a house/garage got solar panels and Tesla wall for storage, could charge their EVs and have volts to spare.

As I look out the upstairs window I see my wife mowing the lawn with her brand new cordless lithium battery, 40V HP 21" self-propelled Ryobi electric lawn mover. And serendipity, it hit me, that this is the same woman who panned electric mowers after receiving a gift model from her sister. Further, I just realize why my neighborhood is so quiet as my my neighbors have gone electric.

So you see my friends, in the not too distant future we will all switch from our golf cart mentality to electrified vehicles, some of us sooner than others. First, the hesitancy to electric cars, claiming that it was not safe and too expensive. Then the lack of willingness came in the form of insufficient power and range anxiety, and now inadequate infrastructure. Well, range anxiety is now addressed with newer models delivering more than 300 miles of range and some into 400 to 500 mile range.

Never mind all that....how did you get your wife to do the grass cutting?

Did you buy it as a birthday or anniversary gift?

driver100

jmonroe1 said:

dino001 said:

jmonroe1 said:

snakeweasel said:

Speaking of flats.

Yep that's a bolt, I'm guessing around a 1/4 or so in size. It's on the Sonata so we had the spare to put pn. Getting a new tire.

That looks like it was hand hammered in there.

jmonroe

BTW, almost perfect aim when it comes to centering that into the tire.

That proves my point. You could never get it that exact with an air nailer. If you don’t believe me ask @driver100.

jmonroe

The air nailer guy missed, the hand hammer guy would have got it right between the tread
Just like Mrs D100s GLK...now that is a perfect job.

henryn

abacomike said:

Still recovering at home from a fall I took Saturday - left arm severely bruised - trying to get to doctor’s office by 2:00 PM so they can dress the wound. Will probably need antibiotics to preclude an infection.

Just one more day in the life of…! 🤓

Mike, are you on Medicare or one of the alternatives? If you're on Medicare and have been in the hospital, Medicare Part A will pay for "home health care". This means a nurse will come to your home and dress the wound. At no cost to you, because it's Part A not Part B. Last year, following my surgery, I had a nurse from home health coming by every day, for quite some time. It cost the government quite a bit of money, but it greatly simplified things for me. Ask your doctor, he can write a prescription for home health just like for drugs.

henryn

I've never owned a car with run flat tires, nor directional tires. I have owned cars with different size tires front and rear, but that was a very long time ago. My '69 Charger 440 had bigger tires on the rear, and so did several other hot rods that I owned when I was young. But that was my doing, not the car manufacturer, and not something I would be likely to do today.

One argument for staying with the plain steel wheels on this work truck is that I don't have to worry about the tire store scuffing the rims, nor even me cutting a corner too close and getting curb rash on a fancy wheel.

bwia

driver100 said:

bwia said:

stickguy said:

I thought the plan was to just install a ton more solar. If everyone with a house/garage got solar panels and Tesla wall for storage, could charge their EVs and have volts to spare.

As I look out the upstairs window I see my wife mowing the lawn with her brand new cordless lithium battery, 40V HP 21" self-propelled Ryobi electric lawn mover. And serendipity, it hit me, that this is the same woman who panned electric mowers after receiving a gift model from her sister. Further, I just realize why my neighborhood is so quiet as my my neighbors have gone electric.

So you see my friends, in the not too distant future we will all switch from our golf cart mentality to electrified vehicles, some of us sooner than others. First, the hesitancy to electric cars, claiming that it was not safe and too expensive. Then the lack of willingness came in the form of insufficient power and range anxiety, and now inadequate infrastructure. Well, range anxiety is now addressed with newer models delivering more than 300 miles of range and some into 400 to 500 mile range.

Never mind all that....how did you get your wife to do the grass cutting?

Did you buy it as a birthday or anniversary gift?

Easy. Two reasons: (1) she fired our landscaper and said she could do a better job than him and (2) my health limits my exposure to any infection causing environments and I'm milking that angle. As to buying the mower she did it with her own money and she bought it on her own time, and she had Home Depot set it up for her. All she has to do is to recharge the battery and she is in grass cutting heaven. Am I complaining, not a chance! Life is good while it lasts.

driver100

snakeweasel

bwia said:

my health limits my exposure to any infection causing environments

And yet you keep coming back here.

oldfarmer50

stickguy said:

I have had good luck recently with a couple of local Mavis franchises. Been a few years though since I actually needed new tires. And did use a close by Goodyear store (there were really good) for other stuff like flats and alignments. Did not need tires, but their selection was pretty skimpy I think.

I wasn’t impressed with Mavis. They bought out a local chain where I had been treated well and raised all the prices while customer service declined. Also they are embroiled in a tragic legal case right now. (Google Schoharie Limo).

oldfarmer50

stickguy said:

I thought the plan was to just install a ton more solar. If everyone with a house/garage got solar panels and Tesla wall for storage, could charge their EVs and have volts to spare.

Will you loan me the $100k that it costs to accomplish that?

imidazol97

@driver100

Did the dealer say what had happened to the tire that "let you down"?
Nail. Gash. Knife attack?

oldfarmer50

abacomike said:

Here’s a new one for south Florida and my condo community! There have been numerous sightings of coyotes (animals - not people getting others across the border) within our community of almost 6000 residents. The email I received warned us about what not to do about coming across coyotes on our grounds.

Broward county has reported at least 200 sightings including on many of our beaches. When I lived in Los Angeles, it was not uncommon to have them approach within 50 feet of humans. I encountered them frequently. But no sightings here - as I have been indoors or hospital for 2-3 weeks.

Just another day in the life of abacomike!🤓

Coyotes are opportunistic and will go where the food is. I’ve got a pack in the woods behind the house. Rarely we’ll hear a commotion at night as they catch a rabbit or something. That’s why we don’t let the cat out at night. When I see one out in the field during the day I chase him off so that they keep their fear of humans.

One was even found in New York City’s Central Park. It had been mugged and was dead.

henryn

oldfarmer50 said:

stickguy said:

I thought the plan was to just install a ton more solar. If everyone with a house/garage got solar panels and Tesla wall for storage, could charge their EVs and have volts to spare.

Will you loan me the $100k that it costs to accomplish that?

Sure. What have you got for collateral? And don't even ask about the interest rate, you won't like it.