Here is a random question. Just looking for some opinions. In which color should I wrap the Alto Works?
As a reminder, this is what it looks like and this is the current color scheme (dark green over silver). And, if you'll recall, the paint is shot over about 50% of it. I could leave the 2-tone, but I'm thinking that will just be tougher to wrap and I should do the whole thing one solid color.
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Agree the teal would look good if it weren't for the sills. I don't think I'd have the patience to learn how to do a decent job applying vinyl wrap, so kudos to you.
y'all (except xwesx ;b ) are mentioning the same things I considered, so at least I know I'm on the right track: teal, smurf blue, and even red. I actually have a bunch of smurf blue sitting here awaiting application to the clownmobile (our Wagon R). But not sure about that with the green sills. Same with the red. I think the copper (or any kind of orange) is the best bet. Teal would work, but I'm a bit concerned about it looking too 1980s in the end. I also pondered metallic dark green. Just not sure I want to stick with green.
@explorerx4 , maaco does a pretty awful job, and it is quite a bit more expensive than wrapping yourself.
@oldfarmer50 , I asked myself the same question. I looked into factory colors and they are all surprisingly bland. You have this green, a dark metallic blue, white, red, and black. I've seen a couple others, like yellow and orange, but they aren't factory I don't think. I think I'm leaning towards fun toy without being terribly polarizing (so no viper lime).
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
y'all (except xwesx ;b ) are mentioning the same things I considered, so at least I know I'm on the right track: teal, smurf blue, and even red. I actually have a bunch of smurf blue sitting here awaiting application to the clownmobile (our Wagon R). But not sure about that with the green sills. Same with the red. I think the copper (or any kind of orange) is the best bet. Teal would work, but I'm a bit concerned about it looking too 1980s in the end. I also pondered metallic dark green. Just not sure I want to stick with green.
@explorerx4 , maaco does a pretty awful job, and it is quite a bit more expensive than wrapping yourself.
@oldfarmer50 , I asked myself the same question. I looked into factory colors and they are all surprisingly bland. You have this green, a dark metallic blue, white, red, and black. I've seen a couple others, like yellow and orange, but they aren't factory I don't think. I think I'm leaning towards fun toy without being terribly polarizing (so no viper lime).
———————————————— So you’re afraid of Old Man’s Gray.
jmonroe
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Q, just wait till we get our first nor'easter (probably in November!), he'll be back throwing $ at you...
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I COULD do it for less, but I don't want to. That's a LONG day of driving. I calculated a little while back that, if anybody wants delivery, I'd have to charge $2.50/mi for it to make sense. (that's 2.50 one way, so actually 1.25/mi if you calculate by round-trip.) That's taking fuel, time, wear and tear, etc. Tolls would have to come out of that, too. This guy is 250 miles from me. So transport is damned near cost of the tractor. Obviously, I was discounting a little already to get to the 1450. It is not like I WANT to spend a day driving, so him turning it down was kind of my intention.
But then he comes back asking what engine it has. huh?
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@jmonroe1 said:
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So you’re afraid of Old Man’s Gray.
jmonroe
I think I am more put off by Old Man White, but on a sunny day I could have a discussion on Toyota’s blizzard pearl metallic. The wife is definitely put off by Old Man’s White, and she picked Old Man’s Grey for her Jetta.
forgot to mention another one. Someone texts me and says "$800." So I said "OK." Then he comes back saying he'll need to come check it out this weekend. So... you didn't actually mean you were offering $800. I'll enjoy messing with him if he shows up. I fully expect "oh, well, would you take 700?" and then I'll get to say "$850." And he'll cry how I agreed to 800. Yes, yes, I did, but then you offered less, so we've squashed that original deal evidently.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
I think I am more put off by Old Man White, but on a sunny day I could have a discussion on Toyota’s blizzard pearl metallic. The wife is definitely put off by Old Man’s White, and she picked Old Man’s Grey for her Jetta.
———————————————— I agree that plain white isn’t much better but in a pinch I could do a pearl white metallic. However, a real color is still my preference.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis Ultimate just like jmonroe's. '18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
forgot to mention another one. Someone texts me and says "$800." So I said "OK." Then he comes back saying he'll need to come check it out this weekend. So... you didn't actually mean you were offering $800. I'll enjoy messing with him if he shows up. I fully expect "oh, well, would you take 700?" and then I'll get to say "$850." And he'll cry how I agreed to 800. Yes, yes, I did, but then you offered less, so we've squashed that original deal evidently.
———————————————— Now you’re learnin.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis Ultimate just like jmonroe's. '18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
So, in the past month the following have adopted the NACS standard- -Ford -GM -Rivian -Volvo -Polestar And, ironically- Which makes you wonder about VW.
Anyhow, Hyundai/Kia is rumored to be next. Things are moving fast.
I'm not sure that I've yet found a functional EA charging station.
'21 Dark Blue/Black Audi A7 PHEV (mine); '22 White/Beige BMW X3 (hers); '20 Estoril Blue/Oyster BMW M240xi 'Vert (Ours, read: hers in 'vert weather; mine during Nor'easters...)
So, in the past month the following have adopted the NACS standard- -Ford -GM -Rivian -Volvo -Polestar And, ironically- Which makes you wonder about VW.
Anyhow, Hyundai/Kia is rumored to be next. Things are moving fast.
This is all well and good, but as I understand it, not every Tesla Supercharger will be made available to non-Tesla automobiles. I thought I saw something like only 2/3 of them will be available.
Will Tesla then get the lion's share of the federal money to expand the network? We have about 25% of the chargers we really need in this country.
My 16 year old had an interesting thought about the electrification of automobiles. He suggested they make more PHEV like my Jeep that can run on Battery or ICE. Over the next X number of years, increase the size (or capacity) of the battery as the technology allows and shrink the size of the gas tank.
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I got my Insurance company to admit they were embarrassed and offered god-awful communication on my wife's Tiguan claim from being rear ended by an apparently uninsured "at the time of the loss." They paid me lip service apologizing on the phone, but stopped short of offering to pay for the rental car losses or DV stating that I don't have rental coverage on my policy and DV is excluded on my policy. Of course this was a 3rd party claim since the at fault driver is the other party. A little communication would have gone a long way.
'18 Porsche Macan Turbo, '16 Audi TTS, Wife's '19 VW Tiguan SEL 4-Motion
Good morning everyone. I have a completely non-car related question for the board. Has anybody switched from an iPhone to a Samsung and been happy with it? If you went to Samsung and then switched back, why? If the mods don't want us to clog up the board, please feel free to PM me. I've been dropping my iPhone XR without a case on a regular basis for at least the past year. Last night I sat on it while in my back pocket. There are 2 small black blotches on the screen now. It is time for a new phone. Thanks in advance.
Android phones like Samsung's shouldn't even be allowed to call themselves "Smart" phones. There is nothing smart about them. They should call themselves "Dumb" phones, and donate $5 to the Steve Jobs family for every single dumbphone they sell to some sucker out there like my former employer. Thank god my new employer dishes out Smartphones ala Iphones.
Streaming TV services suck too, from what I've seen they are all lightyears behind even a "beta" test model program for software, and this includes Paramount+ and FireStick. Netflix has its own issues too, but likely the best of the best (sound cut out issues though; anyone else have that problem?) Sound will just randomly go out for 5 seconds or so. How can they sell services and software that is entirely non-functional? How many months of subscription should you pay for IT to resolve a technical problem?
Verizon's "CUBE" Internet service provider and router all in one device started off really shaky. Doing better lately. AT&T's DSL might be slow but at least it was reliable. Verizon better figure it out. I hate being a Beta tester at $50/mo.
'18 Porsche Macan Turbo, '16 Audi TTS, Wife's '19 VW Tiguan SEL 4-Motion
Speaking of Android tech, today I had my cable TV setup here changed out by the cable co for their latest and greatest - an Android-powered TiVo box about the size of a cigarette pack, which gets its signal wirelessly from Amazon’s eero mesh routers scattered around the house. They are very clunky in operation and the interface is not well-designed. But my TV sort of works. I imagine they have a ton of capabilities if you can ever figure out how to use them.
@andres3 said:
I got my Insurance company to admit they were embarrassed and offered god-awful communication on my wife's Tiguan claim from being rear ended by an apparently uninsured "at the time of the loss." They paid me lip service apologizing on the phone, but stopped short of offering to pay for the rental car losses or DV stating that I don't have rental coverage on my policy and DV is excluded on my policy. Of course this was a 3rd party claim since the at fault driver is the other party. A little communication would have gone a long way.
I must have missed this. Was anybody hurt? What are you going to replace the Tiguan with?
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
Will Tesla then get the lion's share of the federal money to expand the network? We have about 25% of the chargers we really need in this country.
I'd say we only have about 25% of the *infrastructure* we really need to support electric vehicle charging in this country, and it isn't the charger stations themselves that are the biggest bottleneck (of course, it would be great if the ones that are installed actually worked!). We need grid infrastructure that can actually support widespread charging. If we're having major issues with something like 5% of the vehicle fleet electric.... Well, there's a big problem if we're looking at ten-year horizon until all new vehicle sales are electric.
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We’ve heard the stories about the minerals that go into the batteries for EV’s. Some of them might even be true.
What I am growing concerned about is the disposal of the batteries when these EV’s are wrecked or it just becomes time to scrap. The latter is happening quicker as these things are so sophisticated and expensive to repair.
Do we have the ability to properly dispose of these batteries before the carcass goes to Pete’s Pull Yer Own Part?
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@au1994 said:
We’ve heard the stories about the minerals that go into the batteries for EV’s. Some of them might even be true.
What I am growing concerned about is the disposal of the batteries when these EV’s are wrecked or it just becomes time to scrap. The latter is happening quicker as these things are so sophisticated and expensive to repair.
Do we have the ability to properly dispose of these batteries before the carcass goes to Pete’s Pull Yer Own Part?
Look at what @corvette is going through with his Prius.
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
We’ve heard the stories about the minerals that go into the batteries for EV’s. Some of them might even be true.
What I am growing concerned about is the disposal of the batteries when these EV’s are wrecked or it just becomes time to scrap. The latter is happening quicker as these things are so sophisticated and expensive to repair.
Do we have the ability to properly dispose of these batteries before the carcass goes to Pete’s Pull Yer Own Part?
Look at what @corvette is going through with his Prius.
I thought of him and his travails when I was typing the post. Good on you @corvette, otherwise your Prius would probably be scrapped by now.
2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee L Limited Velvet Red over Wicker Beige
2024 Audi Q5 Premium Plus Daytona Gray over Beige
2017 BMW X1 Jet Black over Mocha
We’ve heard the stories about the minerals that go into the batteries for EV’s. Some of them might even be true.
What I am growing concerned about is the disposal of the batteries when these EV’s are wrecked or it just becomes time to scrap. The latter is happening quicker as these things are so sophisticated and expensive to repair.
Do we have the ability to properly dispose of these batteries before the carcass goes to Pete’s Pull Yer Own Part?
———————————————— Short answer…NO. Why? I ain’t got enough time and neither does anyone else in here.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis Ultimate just like jmonroe's. '18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
The nice thing about batteries is that they can be fully recycled into new batteries. The problem, I think, is that these massive car batteries are built into a huge matrix of extremely tough materials, usually molded into a plastic resin of some sort. The last thing the manufacturers want is for a crash to puncture a cell, as we have all seen the ramifications of that! Accessing and remanufacture of the batteries is, I'm sure, hugely expensive. It's not like recycling Duracells or even starting batteries from ICE vehicles.
I doubt such recycling operations will result in more cost-effective batteries, but at least we won't be filling up landfills with them.
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I got my Insurance company to admit they were embarrassed and offered god-awful communication on my wife's Tiguan claim from being rear ended by an apparently uninsured "at the time of the loss." They paid me lip service apologizing on the phone, but stopped short of offering to pay for the rental car losses or DV stating that I don't have rental coverage on my policy and DV is excluded on my policy. Of course this was a 3rd party claim since the at fault driver is the other party. A little communication would have gone a long way.
I must have missed this. Was anybody hurt? What are you going to replace the Tiguan with?
No one was hurt thank goodness. My wife and daughter were in the car. It was a minor fender bender in heavy/just about bumper to bumper traffic on the freeway while it was raining in San Diego - hence slow speeds and lots of wrecks.
He managed to somehow damage the tailgate and rear side fender though (couldn't really tell). Visually, it looked like a back bumper job. Went from less than $2k to over $5K after the supplemental which Geico stalled a week on. That drove up the rental another week. Which in turn made the news that the presented insurance by the at-fault 18 year old "not being in effect" at the time of loss all the more frustrating.
They really should pass a law that "uninsurance" not only waive your deductible (if you have that coverage) but also force the insurance company to pay for the rental (since your not at fault). Uninsurance coverage has more holes than coverage IMHO.
They should also make not having insurance a felony if you cause a wreck causing damages that you don't pay for.
'18 Porsche Macan Turbo, '16 Audi TTS, Wife's '19 VW Tiguan SEL 4-Motion
So, in the past month the following have adopted the NACS standard- -Ford -GM -Rivian -Volvo -Polestar And, ironically- Which makes you wonder about VW.
Anyhow, Hyundai/Kia is rumored to be next. Things are moving fast.
I wonder if MB will jump on board, given the use of MB switchgear in some Teslas, there must be at least a superficial relationship.
This 2007 Acura TSX caught my eye. What also caught my eye is the fine print. $999 Doc Fee, $228 Electronic Titling Fee, & (here's the best one) Vehicle must be financed through the dealership financing institutions or a $2,995 market adjustment cost will be applied.
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
This 2007 Acura TSX caught my eye. What also caught my eye is the fine print. $999 Doc Fee, $228 Electronic Titling Fee, & (here's the best one) Vehicle must be financed through the dealership financing institutions or a $2,995 market adjustment cost will be applied.
Incredible. Hard to swallow the extremely over priced market and obscene dealer requirements/add ons.
2021 VW Arteon SEL 4-motion, 2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech
My wife and I were talking about the car market yesterday - I told her I don't know what we'd do if we had to buy/lease another car, given how expensive everything is at the moment.
No way would I be able to get an Elantra/Jetta lease for $225/mo like I did in the past - those are probably $300-350/mo these days. And the used market is just as crazy.
Very happy to have a paid off Outback with only 57,000 miles on it - and only adding 6-7K per year.
Straightforward deal on the M240, no geegaws or additional fees. $499 doc fee, that was it. Offered "Protection Pkg," declined. Decent price, for these times. Oh, going back to dealer, wheel bearings/hub fixed, but now right rear blinker flaking out. It's a long drive, but a beautiful day and a 2er convertible!
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"Special advertised price is for financing ONLY and does not include the minimum 10% down payment... All other and cash buyers must add 10% to the advertised price to get the total sale price!!!!
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@nyccarguy said:
This 2007 Acura TSX caught my eye. What also caught my eye is the fine print. $999 Doc Fee, $228 Electronic Titling Fee, & (here's the best one) Vehicle must be financed through the dealership financing institutions or a $2,995 market adjustment cost will be applied.
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And even being a Honda it’s still half used up with 90K plus miles. Easy pass for me with half the add ons.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis Ultimate just like jmonroe's. '18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
Girlfriend got her windshield replaced yesterday, at the shop that has put in at least five windshields for me over the years. Had to drop it off so they could recalibrate the ADAS--I guess mobile windshield replacements are becoming a thing of the past. She wasn't happy because there was a whistling noise afterwards. I found loose trim pieces on both sides and pressed them in, so we'll see whether that fixes it, but one of them is bulging slightly, like the windshield adhesive is globbed up underneath (I didn't try to pull it off to check).
To top it all off, there was tree sap at the top of the A-pillar, which we removed with some rubbing alcohol.
This 2007 Acura TSX caught my eye. What also caught my eye is the fine print. $999 Doc Fee, $228 Electronic Titling Fee, & (here's the best one) Vehicle must be financed through the dealership financing institutions or a $2,995 market adjustment cost will be applied.
OK, I thought the doc fee was for the time and effort to do the paperwork and registration? Why a separate electronic titling fee? I can imagine what the finance rate is if they slap a $3k market adjustment on there if you don’t take their financing. Sounds like a BHPH operation.
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Straightforward deal on the M240, no geegaws or additional fees. $499 doc fee, that was it. Offered "Protection Pkg," declined. Decent price, for these times. Oh, going back to dealer, wheel bearings/hub fixed, but now right rear blinker flaking out. It's a long drive, but a beautiful day and a 2er convertible!
BMWs are notorious for running out of blinker fluid.
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@laurasdada said:
Straightforward deal on the M240, no geegaws or additional fees. $499 doc fee, that was it. Offered "Protection Pkg," declined.
Decent price, for these times.
Oh, going back to dealer, wheel bearings/hub fixed, but now right rear blinker flaking out. It's a long drive, but a beautiful day and a 2er convertible!
Are you getting the occasional “right rear turn signal malfunction” warning? Read that it’s a fairly common thing - I haven’t seen it on mine yet, but I assume I will.
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As a reminder, this is what it looks like and this is the current color scheme (dark green over silver). And, if you'll recall, the paint is shot over about 50% of it. I could leave the 2-tone, but I'm thinking that will just be tougher to wrap and I should do the whole thing one solid color.
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I'm thinking maybe that metallic copper. Would look Ok with the green door sills and maybe even I can keep the silver bottom.
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Personally I think the teal would fit this car really well… and would look good with the silver, but would look awful with the green sills.
So, I’d agree the copper is probably best
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How about Maaco?
I think it would look good wrapped in 1 color. The metallic copper, the teal, or even Smurf blue would look sharp
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I think it was Terry that called it ‘no sale green’?
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Definitely the Gloss Muscular Magenta!
@explorerx4 , maaco does a pretty awful job, and it is quite a bit more expensive than wrapping yourself.
@oldfarmer50 , I asked myself the same question. I looked into factory colors and they are all surprisingly bland. You have this green, a dark metallic blue, white, red, and black. I've seen a couple others, like yellow and orange, but they aren't factory I don't think. I think I'm leaning towards fun toy without being terribly polarizing (so no viper lime).
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Bright yellow.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
So you’re afraid of Old Man’s Gray.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
Although I did consider it for a second.
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'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
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This board is becoming more humorous than the comics section of a Sunday newspaper.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
You’d think he’d know that by now, huh?
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
'21 Dark Blue/Black Audi A7 PHEV (mine); '22 White/Beige BMW X3 (hers); '20 Estoril Blue/Oyster BMW M240xi 'Vert (Ours, read: hers in 'vert weather; mine during Nor'easters...)
But then he comes back asking what engine it has. huh?
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
I think I am more put off by Old Man White, but on a sunny day I could have a discussion on Toyota’s blizzard pearl metallic. The wife is definitely put off by Old Man’s White, and she picked Old Man’s Grey for her Jetta.
Then he comes back saying he'll need to come check it out this weekend. So... you didn't actually mean you were offering $800. I'll enjoy messing with him if he shows up. I fully expect "oh, well, would you take 700?" and then I'll get to say "$850." And he'll cry how I agreed to 800. Yes, yes, I did, but then you offered less, so we've squashed that original deal evidently.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
I think I am more put off by Old Man White, but on a sunny day I could have a discussion on Toyota’s blizzard pearl metallic. The wife is definitely put off by Old Man’s White, and she picked Old Man’s Grey for her Jetta.
————————————————I agree that plain white isn’t much better but in a pinch I could do a pearl white metallic. However, a real color is still my preference.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
Now you’re learnin.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
So, in the past month the following have adopted the NACS standard-
-Ford
-GM
-Rivian
-Volvo
-Polestar
And, ironically-
Which makes you wonder about VW.
Anyhow, Hyundai/Kia is rumored to be next. Things are moving fast.
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'21 Dark Blue/Black Audi A7 PHEV (mine); '22 White/Beige BMW X3 (hers); '20 Estoril Blue/Oyster BMW M240xi 'Vert (Ours, read: hers in 'vert weather; mine during Nor'easters...)
Will Tesla then get the lion's share of the federal money to expand the network? We have about 25% of the chargers we really need in this country.
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My 16 year old had an interesting thought about the electrification of automobiles. He suggested they make more PHEV like my Jeep that can run on Battery or ICE. Over the next X number of years, increase the size (or capacity) of the battery as the technology allows and shrink the size of the gas tank.
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
Streaming TV services suck too, from what I've seen they are all lightyears behind even a "beta" test model program for software, and this includes Paramount+ and FireStick. Netflix has its own issues too, but likely the best of the best (sound cut out issues though; anyone else have that problem?) Sound will just randomly go out for 5 seconds or so. How can they sell services and software that is entirely non-functional? How many months of subscription should you pay for IT to resolve a technical problem?
Verizon's "CUBE" Internet service provider and router all in one device started off really shaky. Doing better lately. AT&T's DSL might be slow but at least it was reliable. Verizon better figure it out. I hate being a Beta tester at $50/mo.
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I must have missed this. Was anybody hurt? What are you going to replace the Tiguan with?
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
What I am growing concerned about is the disposal of the batteries when these EV’s are wrecked or it just becomes time to scrap. The latter is happening quicker as these things are so sophisticated and expensive to repair.
Do we have the ability to properly dispose of these batteries before the carcass goes to Pete’s Pull Yer Own Part?
2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee L Limited Velvet Red over Wicker Beige
2024 Audi Q5 Premium Plus Daytona Gray over Beige
2017 BMW X1 Jet Black over Mocha
Look at what @corvette is going through with his Prius.
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
Look at what @corvette is going through with his Prius.
I thought of him and his travails when I was typing the post. Good on you @corvette, otherwise your Prius would probably be scrapped by now.
2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee L Limited Velvet Red over Wicker Beige
2024 Audi Q5 Premium Plus Daytona Gray over Beige
2017 BMW X1 Jet Black over Mocha
Short answer…NO. Why? I ain’t got enough time and neither does anyone else in here.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
I doubt such recycling operations will result in more cost-effective batteries, but at least we won't be filling up landfills with them.
I must have missed this. Was anybody hurt? What are you going to replace the Tiguan with?
No one was hurt thank goodness. My wife and daughter were in the car. It was a minor fender bender in heavy/just about bumper to bumper traffic on the freeway while it was raining in San Diego - hence slow speeds and lots of wrecks.
He managed to somehow damage the tailgate and rear side fender though (couldn't really tell). Visually, it looked like a back bumper job. Went from less than $2k to over $5K after the supplemental which Geico stalled a week on. That drove up the rental another week. Which in turn made the news that the presented insurance by the at-fault 18 year old "not being in effect" at the time of loss all the more frustrating.
They really should pass a law that "uninsurance" not only waive your deductible (if you have that coverage) but also force the insurance company to pay for the rental (since your not at fault). Uninsurance coverage has more holes than coverage IMHO.
They should also make not having insurance a felony if you cause a wreck causing damages that you don't pay for.
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
2021 VW Arteon SEL 4-motion, 2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech
No way would I be able to get an Elantra/Jetta lease for $225/mo like I did in the past - those are probably $300-350/mo these days. And the used market is just as crazy.
Very happy to have a paid off Outback with only 57,000 miles on it - and only adding 6-7K per year.
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2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R / 2024 Kia Sportage Hybrid SX Prestige
Decent price, for these times.
Oh, going back to dealer, wheel bearings/hub fixed, but now right rear blinker flaking out. It's a long drive, but a beautiful day and a 2er convertible!
'21 Dark Blue/Black Audi A7 PHEV (mine); '22 White/Beige BMW X3 (hers); '20 Estoril Blue/Oyster BMW M240xi 'Vert (Ours, read: hers in 'vert weather; mine during Nor'easters...)
"Special advertised price is for financing ONLY and does not include the minimum 10% down payment... All other and cash buyers must add 10% to the advertised price to get the total sale price!!!!
'21 Dark Blue/Black Audi A7 PHEV (mine); '22 White/Beige BMW X3 (hers); '20 Estoril Blue/Oyster BMW M240xi 'Vert (Ours, read: hers in 'vert weather; mine during Nor'easters...)
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And even being a Honda it’s still half used up with 90K plus miles. Easy pass for me with half the add ons.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
To top it all off, there was tree sap at the top of the A-pillar, which we removed with some rubbing alcohol.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
Are you getting the occasional “right rear turn signal malfunction” warning? Read that it’s a fairly common thing - I haven’t seen it on mine yet, but I assume I will.