DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

If I post in a thread it gets watched. I rarely watch threads I don't post in. Once or twice a week I go through and unwatch things that have run their course.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Similar, but I review what I'm watching almost daily.
I rarely have more than 6-8 that I'm watching.

Blaster34 Loc: Florida Treasure Coast

Don't they make snow tires for EB's?....

Blaster34 Loc: Florida Treasure Coast

Purchased a '23 Ford F-150 Powerboost (Hybrid) and never did or would ever consider an EV. Just took a 5400 mile Christmas trip from FL thru TX, NM, UT up to CO and back and got ~23 mpg. Some bad weather, tall mountains, a lot of snow/ice and was totally comfortable in this land yacht. Nope, never would consider an EV but I do believe hybrid is the current answer, for me at least.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I have 6,576 on my Watch list. I'll have to delete one or two.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Geeze!

At that point I'd select a few I really want to watch, bookmark them or open each in their own window, click on select all in the main list, delete selected, re-watch the desired ones.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

I think I would do that with the most recent 75 or so and delete all the rest since by this time I would have forgotten what the old ones were all about.

radiojohn

Repair costs were too high also.

Ruthlessrider

It’s -8 here in sunny central Wisconsin and I am already in my Nissan Leaf. While it was in my garage I turned on my My Nissan app on my phone and turned the heat on. It was a comfortable 72 degrees when I got in. The steering wheel was still a little chilly so I turned the steering wheel heater on and before I got out of the driveway my hands could feel the heat. I’ll probably put on 50 miles today running around and several places I will stop at will already have parking lot chargers to plug into. I hope that when the rest of you Luddites travel around you eventually find the 21st century.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

(How about that...... )

radiojohn

I'm waiting for the 21st century to reach my small town.

kerry12 Loc: Harrisburg, Pa.

As another Hog posted on here a little while back. " In 10 or 15 years you won't be able to give one away."

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I wouldn't want one even if it was free.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

True. But with Toyota's Hybrid Synergy system, over the course of 207,000+ miles on a 2009 Prius, our cost per mile is the lowest of any vehicle we have ever owned. That cost — currently at 41.3 cents per mile — includes all repairs, maintenance, cost of the car, insurance, taxes, fuel, tires, etc.… everything but carwashes. About the only car that I'm aware of that comes close to that level of economy is a Honda Fit.

HV battery health is still good. Our other Priuses (another 2009, (totaled in 2019), two 2010s (one totaled in 2019), and a 2015 Prius V) have all been similarly economical and reliable. The 2015 V has a horrible OEM radio in it, but that's our only major annoyance with any of them. At this point, they're all paid for and the three we still own run fine.

The amount of worry about hybrids must come from other manufacturers' lackluster efforts. Toyota hybrids are rock solid. Brakes last 90,000 to 125,000 miles, in our experience, because the car uses the electric motor-generator for regenerative braking. It turns kinetic energy into battery charge as you stop, relieving the need for friction braking. Spark plugs last 120,000 miles. The engine runs only to charge the battery, keep itself warm (for efficiency) or to assist with heavy acceleration or high wind resistance at highway speeds. If you change oil every 5000 miles, it just keeps on running. There is NO starter. There is NO alternator. HVAC is electric. The HV battery gets the car rolling, and the engine starts when needed. Most of the time, when the engine is warm, it shuts off at traffic lights, then starts up at 12 MPH or so.

The key to Prius HV battery longevity is to keep the car moving. Don't let it sit undriven for more than a week.

rcarol

Thanks for the info. I wonder how other EVs stack up against the Prius. I'm too lazy to do the research.