sammyno55
Sammyno55
sammyno55

I know there's a few electric ride on mowers. I saw an electric greens mower on a lawn truck last year, but I'm sure those are very spendy.

20 inch deck. My yard is very flat. I have the self propelled Ryobi 40V with the matching trimmer and blower. I have 3 batteries for 11.5Ah total. Takes me about 2 hours to trim, cut and blow.

You might be disappointed. I was tired of my garage stinking of lawnmower. I haven't been disappointed.

When the light comes on. My biggest tank is just over 9 gallons and that's on a PHEV. The last tank got me almost 1100 miles.

Get an electric mower. You won't be disappointed if you don't have a huge yard.

Have had an electric Ryobi for 2 summers. Have just less than 1/2 acre. Needs 2 batteries to mow. Keep the blade sharp and it works well.

You’re welcome. Testing and documenting tests is my day job. I’d like to get a similar JL diesel and test them back to back. I had a Golf TDI for almost a year then got a Prius. I saw 16% decraese in raw highway fuel mileage (I have spreadsheets somewhere on an old USB stick). The Prius was better in city driving by

@ironic... Ifyou are still reading this thread, I did an experiment during a little road trip yesterday. I did a highway trip around Atlanta with the following conditions and results. Ambient temperature between 68-82 F, starting altitude 1081 feet, roof off, 3 occupants, began with full charge, average speed 68 MPH

Never start with that sticker!

Had a Jimmy briefly with the same issue. Bought it to get from one part of the country to another. I intended to sell it when I arrived. On the way it soaked the underhood with motor juices in a BBQ parking lot. Fixed it with a sending unit that didn’t send. Then, shortly after this fix it decided to make radiator

I ziptied an alternator on in a Walmart parking lot. Pried the belt tight with the jack handle. This was at hour 6 of a 7 hour drive on a Sunday night to start a new job the next day. That car was also my house that week. Oh to be young again!

This is a hard one to calculate. I have another PHEV and a standard hybrid. Doing the MPG on the standard hybrid is easy using the trip meter and a gas pump. The PHEVs both run on electrons first, then switch to gasoline. If I just did the trip meter mileage divided by gallons used, the “gas” mileage would be over 100

3 X car insurance + 3 X smog + 3 X registration + 3 X upkeep + 1 X car payment + 1 X off-site storage is more expensive than 1 insurance + car payment + registration (no smog for 2 years on new car). My SO works in program mana8 and made a spreadsheet with charts. I'm sure it's probably right.

18 each way. So far 26 miles is the longest I’ve driven on battery, all low speed, no A/C.

Have had a Sahara 4xe for about 3 weeks and 1000 miles. It is replacing 3 vehicles. If you work out the $7500 tax break, the cost is a wash.

My SO gets to work and a little way back on a charge. It’s 18 miles of mostly 65+ roads. Her 4xe replaced a CR-V, an old beater Dakota and sometimes a Prius (but that one still sits in the driveway).

My SO has a Sahara 4xe and it's quick. Probably in the 6 second ballpark. Not 4.5 seconds.

I bought a 6 year old Cadillac ELR last year for 24% of the original sticker. 

Ah, you are correct. Unless Hummer is spun off as a sperate entity alá Polestar, I guess we pay full price for the electric crab walking truck.

And you can get a $7500 tax credit on a Wrangler now but not a Tesla. I’m actually wondering if the reason Hummer is coming back is for the tax credit. Can’t get a credit if they are sold as a Cheby.