Recent content by caddieo

I have my tires (19" Goodyears) rotated during my regular service visits to the SC. For some reason, my front tires had excessive wear at about 18-20K so they were replaced and put at the rear while the original rears became the fronts. At my last service just short of 40K, tread depth on both...

Good to know! My wife uses her card points to get good pricing from Hampton Inns.

Most of the expense will be for labor. My first installation needed a complicated 30 ft. run from the panel, up into the attic and then down the far wall to where I wanted the 14-50 and it came to a little over 1K. And this was in Florida. My last installation was only 10 ft. away from the panel...

Actually, this is not funny. The last time we drove from FL to Chicago using the ICE minivan, we were so tired (non-stop, 18-19 hours) that after unloading and eating, we hurriedly started getting ready for bed. That's when we realized the cosmetics bag was still in the van. So I went to get it...

This reminds me of the time I was exiting my S. A fellow club member smilingly said, "Wow, I really like MY Tesla". Noting the puzzled look on my face, he then said, "Well, some of my money paid for that with government subsidies, etc.. I had to bite my tongue to avoid discussing subsidies in...

Use a local electrician. The main factor affecting cost will be labor time. In my first case, they had to do a tube/cable run of about 30 feet up into the attic from the panel, then down the far wall to where I wanted the outlet. In my second case the panel was only 10 feet away on the adjacent...

I get your point and agree with the spacing relative to the others on the other interstates. I was just wondering what amenities would be available.

Over the last 2 years, I have been patiently watching as the chain of supercharges along my favorite route between FL and Chicago was built up. Not necessarily in this order, we had Chattanooga TN, Brentwood, TN, Country Club Hills, IL, Effingham, IL, Champaign, IL, and now Mt. Vernon IL. THAT...

I believe the methodology is wrong. They are comparing the CO2 out of the tailpipe in ICE cars with the CO2 from electricity production for EV's. A more valid comparison would be to compare the CO2 footprint from the production of the energy source for each type of vehicle - i.e. the footprint...

The stuff my wife and I need to put in the console space varies from day to day and we do not like being constrained by fixed spaces and compartments as to what stuff we can dump there.

^^^^This - particularly the observation that for many, a car is just an appliance. I live in a gated community where just about everybody, with little or no stretching, can get an Tesla. The most enthusiasm I have seen to my MS have come from the guys at the bag-drop area of the golf course...

Based on her storage needs for gardening and similar supplies and equipment (and the associated dirt, etc.) my wife has nixed the idea of an MX or any other SUV to replace our current Honda minivan. Minivan again, it has to be, and this has definitely piqued her interest especially since her...

^^^^THIS. Not surprising. Psychological studies and experiments have confirmed that those who have more are more acquisitive and cheating-prone.

During my last car service visit, I mentioned to the adviser that the loaner had a very sharp rear view camera while mine was blurry all over. When the service work was finished, he told me that a new camera was on order and he would send a ranger over to my house to install if after it arrives...

Based on current attitudes, the Bolt and others from established brands will gain traction (pun intended) only if car dealers' attitudes towards BEVs change. As it is, we keep hearing stories of how Volt or Leaf buyers are either steered towards ICE products of else given misinformation or...