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| RE: Ford Focus Electric vs Nissan Leaf | 14Relevance | 4 years ago | MountainManJoe | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| One guy... who put on a really good stunt that happened to promote a special effects company. Most owners seem to really like their cars. They're not going " *sigh!* the government made me do it." It WILL get more popular. It's inevitable. Especially as prices drop and the range goes up. | |||||
| Brand new 2024 Frontier, seems used | 17Relevance | 2 years ago | SketchyGecko | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I've been looking at getting a new midsized truck for a long time and finally bit the bullet and bought a brand new 2024 Frontier and I love it. Drove it home and noticed the engine acting funky going uphill in first and idleing slightly rough. Now this truck has 84 miles on it currently, had 9 this morning when my sales agent picked it up. Here's where it gets a little conspiratorial. The cup holders up front have a bunch of little superficially scaring that looks like use. There's wrinkling in the driver's side seat (leather/plether) that looks like a decent amount of wear. When I pulled up the old floor mats to swap them for the all weather ones there was a decent amount of debris under both sides, more so on the drivers. Seemingly more than having being driven once by the sales agent. There's rust on bolts for the leaf springs, the u joints on the driveshafts in multiple places, and on the leaf springs themselves. When the deal on my new truck was being negotiated the one that I wanted was drawn up and priced out. Pretty last minute the guy says "now this was the GM of x dealerships demo truck, it has about 2300 miles, is that okay or do you want a new one." Of course I freaking said "yeah absolutely a new one" and he went off to the sales office to look up the same truck but new, which is what he came back with. Now where my mind is at right now, which I know would've been breaking about 17 laws for them, is that this is that demo truck. I don't want to believe that, I want to enjoy my brand spanking new truck, but it doesn't feel like a brand spanking new truck. There's scaring in little places and up on the dash as well. Is there a way for me to 100% test for myself if the digital odemeter was tampered with? Or to find some proof that this truck has been driven 2300 miles? Tires are brand new but that's an easy swap. I know I sound like a nut but something just feels off and I want to put my mind 100% at ease over this so I can just enjoy the truck. Any help is much appreciated. | |||||
| Answer to: Toyota Kentucky HOT info | 17Relevance | 3 years ago | Dan | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Modern petrol car drivetrains have gotten much more complex than EVs.A Camry has insane mechanical complexity (for example: 8 injectors in 2 fuel systems, electrically actuated VVT, an oil pump with 5 performance modes, 12 oil sprayer nozzles, shut off valves in the coolant channels, EGR ports inside of the cylinder head - I can go for days with all of the odd super technologically complex features in just a boring Camry)-In an EV, there's just an inverter that handles the battery and electrical current and the drive unit.And these drive train related ones seem to hold up well (they're pretty much the same as you'd find in a HEV or especially a PHEV)On a Toyota / Honda / the absolute majority of cars these held up great (with the once exception of VW GTE models where there were flaws)-And the "body electronics" (everything else except the drivetrain) haven't changed too much, I didn't find a significant difference between a 2011 Volvo coupe I had and Kias most advanced Hybrid.-The battery aging issue is definitely a consideration, but they are getting better at refurbishing battery packs and long term reliability.A lot of the early failed batteries are not thermally managed - that is still the main cause of battery death on early EVs (Leaf, Focus EV, Soul EV, etc.) and there's a good chance that it will change.-Toyota are developing and producing batteries that should last 15-20 years - on the ProACE Electric (jointly developed by Toyota and Citroën) they say it should last 15 years or 1,000,000 km.They have also said that their EV SUV should retain around 90% of its battery capacity after 10 years of use.So yeah, Battery longevity is definitely increasing - a lot(especially when comparing it to older EVs like the leaf)-And with the wide adoption they will have due to the laws passed on the subject in Europe, I think that battery prices will spike and later fall much lower than the $150/kWh that we're currently seeing. I believe that in 5-10 years a battery replacement on a long range EV will only cost a few grand ($45-$50 per kWh would be great) | |||||
| A Truly Efficacious Car Cleaning Tip | 17Relevance | 5 years ago | JRSpe | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Scotty, et al, FWIW: Has the War Department been getting on your case about cleaning the car's interior because she is tired of all of the accumulated dust, dirt, food crumbs, trash, gravel, etc. but you do not want to spend the hour(s) it would take to do all of the wiping down and vacuuming? Have you discovered that the black interior that looked so "bad" when you bought the car is nothing but a dust and dirt magnet that requires constant attention if it is to be kept clean? If so, then I have just two words for you ... leaf blower. Laugh if you will but it works really well and the job is done in just a couple of minutes. leaf blower is also a fast way to "sweep" the garage floor, remove a light dry snow fall on the driveway, and, oh yes, it also works on the fall leaves. | |||||
| RE: Ford Focus Electric vs Nissan Leaf | 14Relevance | 4 years ago | Chuck Tobias | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| That's about all we can do. I do not believe there is any justification in government forcing the market in this direction. Apparently, some are happy with the idea. So, in the immortal words of HAL-9000... | |||||
| RE: Ford Focus Electric vs Nissan Leaf | 14Relevance | 4 years ago | InThrustWeTrust | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Gentlemen, let’s take a deep breath and each agree to disagree on this one. | |||||
| RE: Ford Focus Electric vs Nissan Leaf | 14Relevance | 4 years ago | Chuck Tobias | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| @mmj, the percentage of electric car sales is driven primarily by how hard governments are forcing the issue in their territories. In the U.S. there were nearly 15 million cars sold in 2021, with only about 600,000 being electric. (In the U.S. the politicians have not been able to go full-bore on pushing people into electrics for fear of being booted out of office.) "For now, I think they are mostly just well-to-do people who like the smooth ride, lack of maintenance, and not having to go to the refuelling station." You mean like this guy enjoying the delayed maintenance (new batteries) required by his Tesla: | |||||
| RE: Ford Focus Electric vs Nissan Leaf | 14Relevance | 4 years ago | Chuck Tobias | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Well your argument certainly does not. On the one hand you say no one is forcing this and on the other you say the epa and government are controlling it. You can't have it both ways. | |||||
| RE: Ford Focus Electric vs Nissan Leaf | 14Relevance | 4 years ago | R4nier | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I give up… consumers don’t design the cars consumers don’t control the design of vehicles on the market .. epa and the government legislation control the market not the consumer. On the consumer side you get what they put out like it or not.. your argument makes zero sense | |||||
| Answer to: Best way to level rear | 17Relevance | 6 years ago | Baloney | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Get height adjustable front coil over shocks with proper spring rate on them. rear shocks + proper leaf springs/ coil spring can lift your truck. For the leveling would you eliminate stock rake( front is lower than rear)? for shock absorbers I recommend you get ones with remote reservoirs, more oil in tubes can prevent over heating. The capacity of coil springs / leaf springs depends one how heavy is your truck, any additional weight?(steel bumpers, winch, spare tire mount, side owning, tent on top, full under body amour, rock rails, other overlander builds in/on your truck bed...) | |||||
| Answer to: 2016 Nissan Rogue 97,000km Code P0776 - Pressure control solenoid B. Performance or Stuck Off. | 17Relevance | 5 years ago | MountainManJoe | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| 1. From what I understand, the pressure control solenoid is part of the transmission, so there is no way nissan should be able to say "not covered", am I right? It's not that simple, I'm afraid. You will have to read the fine print on the warranty. There will be several exceptions. 2. How big of a problem is this? I told him not to get a nissan, and if they fix it under warranty, should he trade it in for a Rav4? Maybe a leaf if he's going to go electric? Rav4 is a good car. EV's are very expensive to repair. 3. Assuming it wasn't under warranty, wha ... | |||||
| Answer to: is there still hope for My 2013 Versa? | 15Relevance | 11 months ago | Chuck Tobias | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| The first two codes refer to O2 sensor circuit issues which have nothing to do with the transmission. The remaining codes do refer to issues with the CVT. The surprise is not that your transmission is failing but that you actually managed to get over 200K miles out of it. Usually nissan CVTs crater much sooner than that. Of course if you're lucky it might be circuitry connection problems or solenoid issues that may be repairable but you would need a transmission expert to determine that. Note that transmission problems are far and away the most common prob ... | |||||
| RE: Kia Sorento vs. Honda CR-V | 15Relevance | 4 years ago | Dan | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... cars always do it - as it seems there's just a defect with some units but VW refuses to acknowledge that it's not "just software". - As far as the diesels, although European diesels tend to be better than their petrols - it's still an overly complex motor with lots of emissions tech strapped to it. But generally, similar to the VW DSG, Diesels also aren't for lots of city driving or for sitting in traffic jams. - The Peugeot has issues with the NOx filters, but the engine overall tends to be solid, and so is the transmission. It's not as good as PSA diesels ... | |||||
| Answer to: Ford Focus Electric vs Nissan Leaf | 14Relevance | 4 years ago | Chuck Tobias | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Those who believe they are "saving the planet" by driving an electric car fit into that category, in my opinion. Gadget freaks do not, they simply like being on the bleeding edge of technology, probably in all things. The "point" is that the change to EVs is not market driven, most buyers are not demanding them, it is being forced by governmental edict. That is simply a fact. | |||||
| RE: Ford Focus Electric vs Nissan Leaf | 14Relevance | 4 years ago | R4nier | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| All I gather from your statements above is people who like ev vehicles or have an opinion other than yours are deluded fools? I guess you got your point across . Good to see your capable of a non bias opinion on a very broad based forum.. cudos to you chuck | |||||