Hey everyone.
I just realized how long my "Electro-Metro Build Thread"!
From now on, I am going to have construction and tech info in that thread, and I am starting this one to talk about all the fun adventures I go on with the car.
Starting with the annual bonfire this past Saturday.
My wife and I have been doing a bonfire at my parents house (big back yard, very private) for about the last decade.
My parents live about 10 miles away, so I wanted to take the Metro there and back.
Of course I have to drag along a jacket, chips, a couple cases of soda, booze, flashlights, and everything else with to have a good old time.
We didn't have much wood this year, other than the pallets I have been snagging any time I see them and then drop them off over there. Down the street is a cabinet shop that I have full rights to dumpster dive in.
My brother
Andrew and I zipped down there in the Metro to see what was in the dumpster to burn.
Of course I didn't have the pickup truck with, and there wasn't another good vehicle at my parents house to load up, so we threw a door, 4x4s, and other assorted goods straight into the back of the car.
Back at the ranch, my EVil brother actually ENCOURAGED me to off-road our way back to the bonfire, reasoning that it is "so much easier than getting the wheelbarrow..."
The ground was a little soft, and we did leave some mud on the grass in a place or two. Tire traction was the limiting factor, NOT TORQUE! The car is front wheel drive, and I think there wasn't much weight on them with the batteries and all that wood in the back.
It's a steep, long hill to get back from the bonfire area. I had no problems going up that hill. I did it in second. If I had to, I suppose first gear would run this car like a tractor!
So, anyways, who needs an SUV, when you can have an all-electric, carbon-neutral good time!!!