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Forum: The Lounge 03-03-2025, 02:44 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,642
Posted By Phase
I can’t wait to get my 2025 Prius with AWD. Gonna...

I can’t wait to get my 2025 Prius with AWD. Gonna add an air suspension to raise it at the push of a button and also use tires with a bigger sidewalk and aero covers on the wheels and skid plates and...
Forum: The Lounge 02-27-2025, 02:44 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 3,820
Posted By redpoint5
I failed to update this thread. Ended up buying a...

I failed to update this thread. Ended up buying a 2021 Pacifica plug-in hybrid July 2024 for $22,000 and the federal tax credit made the out the door price $18,000.

In the summer, it gets 30 miles...
Forum: General Efficiency Discussion 01-22-2025, 08:45 PM
Replies: 1,021
Views: 93,964
Posted By Isaac Zachary
Never mind. I see I got a raise only 2 weeks...

Never mind. I see I got a raise only 2 weeks after getting hired. At this salary I'm more in the $500/mo for a car, which would translate to more of a $10k car budget. Not that I need another car....
Forum: General Efficiency Discussion 12-25-2024, 06:41 PM
Replies: 1,021
Views: 93,964
Posted By ME_Andy
You can pick up a used Chevy Bolt for as low as...

You can pick up a used Chevy Bolt for as low as $12k, from what I've seen. New Bolt coming soon. New cheap Tesla coming soon (the Model Q). Exciting times.
Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 10-17-2024, 09:20 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 4,977
Posted By Piotrsko
The continental all seasons tires I have on the...

The continental all seasons tires I have on the Golf did about the same fuel reduction per mile. However since they were fiddling with reformulated diesel, it is hard to get a number better than the...
Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 10-03-2024, 12:19 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 3,091
Posted By cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
Due to their sizes, ships are easier to implement...

Due to their sizes, ships are easier to implement such experimental devices. Time will tell if this tech will mature soon enough to fit into a car or motorcycle.
Forum: Motorcycles / Scooters 09-28-2024, 12:54 AM
Replies: 567
Views: 85,419
Posted By cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
The owner of this beauty uses it for leisure, but...

The owner of this beauty uses it for leisure, but so many people still rely on similar ones as a daily commuter... It still has the 100cc engine....
Forum: Aerodynamics 09-23-2024, 10:20 AM
Replies: 247
Views: 16,258
Posted By ennored
NASA got pretty darn good results (on the order...

NASA got pretty darn good results (on the order of .347 to .242 adding a tail to a rounded box) using a square truncated tail. I see no reason to think rounding your tail is going to make it suddenly...
Forum: DIY / How-to 09-03-2024, 08:12 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,594
Posted By ademonrower
Get 34 mpg from an early model Volvo 240 wagon?!

Car: Volvo 245 GL, late 1979, with B21A gasoline motor (carburetor), 107 bhp, manual transmission with ONLY 4 GEARS!

Latest results (long run): US mpg 34, or UK mpg 41... (6.9 liters/100 km) is it...
Forum: Aerodynamics 08-19-2024, 12:10 AM
Replies: 247
Views: 16,258
Posted By JohnForde
Video - before doors became full height

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Z1gMN9wTwVyc5UFY7
Forum: Hybrids 08-12-2024, 01:56 PM
Replies: 418
Views: 39,035
Posted By Phase
During a snow storm at timberline on mount hood,...

During a snow storm at timberline on mount hood, they can plow the parking lot and then you park and go ride for a few hours and then 6-8 new inches of snow has fallen and sometimes you gotta use a...
Forum: Aerodynamics 08-05-2024, 10:34 AM
Replies: 247
Views: 16,258
Posted By JohnForde
Current plan: Cuff using HDPE. Cuff is 11 degrees...

Current plan: Cuff using HDPE. Cuff is 11 degrees and 18"L.
Doors of 55", just reaching 48" behind the bumper (legal). They can adjust the second break angle. Or just stay at 11 deg. I am hoping to...
Forum: Aerodynamics 07-25-2024, 10:27 AM
Replies: 247
Views: 16,258
Posted By aerohead
' 14-degrees '

I located a citation online, from a 2013 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory piece on Semi-trailer boat tails, starting on page-12 from the top of the report.
Of special interest is 'Tail 2' a...
Forum: Aerodynamics 07-22-2024, 04:51 PM
Replies: 247
Views: 16,258
Posted By JohnForde
I might be able to install these and try them...

I might be able to install these and try them Thursday or Friday.
Forum: Aerodynamics 07-18-2024, 06:23 PM
Replies: 247
Views: 16,258
Posted By JohnForde
Thank you Aerohead! Your numbers are very...

Thank you Aerohead! Your numbers are very accurate. The Zevo has been consuming 526 wH/mile, expending 33 kW to maintain 63 mph. (1.9 mile/kWh)

I did my first road test with the new WT yesterday,...
Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 07-12-2024, 08:18 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,065
Posted By freebeard
My Metro felt scary in high speed curves until I...

My Metro felt scary in high speed curves until I did a rear wheel alignment. It's better but I still miss being able to steer with the throttle. With the Notchback at full lock the throttle would...
Forum: General Efficiency Discussion 06-26-2024, 11:23 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 516
Posted By Isaac Zachary
1985 Diesel, here I go again!

So it's been decided, we're going to go get our 1985 VW Diesel N/A Golf and start driving it again. Right now it needs a timing belt, fluid changes, a windshield, and a driver's mirror.
Forum: Aerodynamics 06-21-2024, 10:33 PM
Replies: 247
Views: 16,258
Posted By JohnForde
First Electric van boat tail

By extreme good fortune and a little guile I I got my hands on the first built from the ground up Electric Van in the US. It's a GM/Brightdrop Zevo 600. I have had it since Sept 23. It's pretty...
Forum: General Efficiency Discussion 06-02-2024, 11:00 PM
Replies: 1,021
Views: 93,964
Posted By ME_Andy
This is for Isaac. ...

This is for Isaac.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BoltEV/comments/1cvu31l/joined_the_club_2018_w_74000mi_for_11200_before/
Forum: General Efficiency Discussion 05-20-2024, 10:41 AM
Replies: 1,021
Views: 93,964
Posted By Piotrsko
Not seeing lead deposits on valves for perhaps 20...

Not seeing lead deposits on valves for perhaps 20 years, the faces I have seen black as well as the not moving through guide portions of the stems. The black coating is rather thin.

Egr systems...
Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 04-04-2024, 11:25 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 4,977
Posted By aerohead
more BOLT quanta

As to the recent trip, at the day's pricing:
* using only public charging, the trip would cost $ 83.43.
* an ICE version of the BOLT, at 32-mpg, would have cost $ 76.59.
* the BOLT, at my electric...
Forum: Fossil Fuel Free 04-01-2024, 11:47 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 4,977
Posted By aerohead
Made it home with BOLT

So, I made it in yesterday, late afternoon.
Weather is threatening large hail, so I scrambled to clear enough space in the shop for the car ( originally I had until this coming September to...
Forum: General Efficiency Discussion 03-29-2024, 03:24 PM
Replies: 1,021
Views: 93,964
Posted By redpoint5
You've caused me to add new columns to my vehicle...

You've caused me to add new columns to my vehicle spreadsheet. I'll let the algorithm decide for me!
Forum: General Efficiency Discussion 03-28-2024, 05:41 PM
Replies: 1,021
Views: 93,964
Posted By redpoint5
Get the friggin' Bolt, and thank me and Jason...

Get the friggin' Bolt, and thank me and Jason later. It's a fantastic car, and there's less talk about problems on that forum than any other car forum I've been on.

That will free you from...
Forum: Motorcycles / Scooters 03-20-2024, 04:57 PM
Replies: 1,450
Views: 178,541
Posted By harriska2
I managed to pick up a 2020 Deliverator for $1500...

I managed to pick up a 2020 Deliverator for $1500 from Texas. Actually it was $250 but shipping is $1200. Granted, it has no title, no Manufacturer Origin Certificate, no keys and is not working...
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