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https://flip.it/_.lCBk WA looking good! Dakotas & South not so much.

Long post. Most those miles are a consequence of my 5 days a week 90-100 mile commute. Since I drive the same route I mess around with speed, tire pressure, driving style, to find a happy medium. One 7 mile section has 3 dozen curves that love a 50 mph power through but that’s 72 tire rounding...

When in Phoenix do something nutty.. Hilarious fun and we reserved a Tesla (not available), then this was suggested. Has the Borla exhaust sound which has the ability to err.. “wake the dead”. Primarily a Hertz spec appearance package spec’d by Shelby. Really quick & fun to drive down...

My LTE’s BMS started exhibiting some odd behavior 12-2023 that impacted sound system, proximity alarm tone (cold frog), interior lighting, volume control, and a whole gamut of error messages including “accidental unplug”, “low battery-drive car”, “electrical system drain”, etc. The most...

Been living with that failing sensor since T-Day. Some of the weird consequences: 1) No interior lights on door opening 2) Perimeter alarm sound was akin to a strangled duck. 3) No bass on sound.. really became A.M. sound out of sound system. 4) Volume function became unpredictable with rotary...

So he swings by with his XLT ER w/PPOB & Max Tow. Has scales, no bed liner. He’ll put a 3-section tonneau on it. Very nice & great color! Turns out there are 5 LTs in our little county (pop 23,000). His initial comments are on smoothness of ride, quiet, power, ease of use. Currently charging...

We’ve driven the SR MME and Lightning ER a combined 80K+ miles coming up on 3 years. The MME has 52,000 and the LT 18,000. I roll 2K a month so 80K by July!! The mileage would represent 4000 gallons of gas (20 mpg on the former well driven turbo Flex and V8 Adrenalin) so that’s about $18,000...

So he calls me. “J.C.” he says, “That LT is wicked”… “Wicked fast”. “What do you think (as in me!)”. “First class leg space in coach!” “Your boys will love it!”, “Less gas more filling”. “It’s the future and I’ve access to Superchargers Stations now!”. Since he’s a coach and drives...

Well, my county’s LT growth went from 2 to 3 😂. A buddy called me after he took a Lariat test drive. What did I think? Well, I said, “after 16,600 miles in 8 months we’re pretty sold”. Best all rounder ever and a heck of a fuel savings. He loved the quiet ride, pro power, pro trailer, and...

I started testing to see how the Lightning responds to be “on” (no shut down after 30 minutes). Am I missing something in Ford Pass as I can’t tell its status? I can walk out, look in the driver’s side window and see the dash lit up, hear the “system op” sounds. Ford Pass doesn’t tell me a thing.

Daily commute 90-100 miles. 14,700 miles in 7 months. Tuesday morning I noticed a few odd things. Interior lights failed to go on after driver door opened and proximity tone sounded like a dying songbird. I’d been getting electrical drain notices previous week so I began plugging in my Veepeak...

Heading home at 9,999.9 miles! Long post follows First of all, I enjoy this forum. I learn from other’s experiences. My comments are based on my real world experiences. I’m a conservative driver having learned the hard way in a half-century+ of driving that Easy Does It, I’ve had enough near...

So it’s fall and that means elk, elk in rut, and elk just hightailing it across the state highway whenever they please. A year ago two bulls crossed about 200 yards in front of me at full gallop right to left. A full gallop means 35 mph and they are across the highway in the blink of your eyes...

I had the need to make a Pacific Coast run out and back on I90 east on business to Great Falls, Montana: Leaving Thursday at 4:30 am and back by Monday at 3:30 am. 96 hours covering 1700 miles+ another score in local travel. Being in “Rome” I drove some pretty insane speeds 75-80 on quaint...

In all of its 2023 glory and I say SteamPunk or the glory days of Art Deco are more fun and.. interesting.. https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-cybertruck-photos-show-changes-from-elon-musk-early-designs-2023-9

But in it went. Took me three weeks to find two feet. I swear it’s the same size as my ‘99 7.3 Super Duty extended cab. That was a squeeze. Of course there’s 10 bikes+ spare wheels, a freezer.. a few rolly racks, some tools..canoe paddles, a door frame, a clam gun, freezer, two drill presses...

Put 50K in 2 years on the Mach E now I’m rolling heavy in the LT Lariat ER w/3,232 miles in the last 5 weeks. My round trip of 88 miles a day in coastal Washington has had over the past several years all the drama of flat tires (2), hitting critters (2nd deer in 4 years), locked myself out...

I commute about 90 miles a day, rural two lane. Pretty flat, a couple of modest 6% grades. Summer months the MME averaged 4.1 Mi/KW. Pleasantly surprised to see decent range out of the Lt. and that’s an average of about 2.4 Mi/KW.