My scenerio is that my wife and I each drive an BEV (Chevy Bolts) for 90% of our driving but we also have a late model F-150 SuperCrew that we use for “truck things” like hauling plywood and pulling our camper on vacations. Are we ok or do we need to get rid of the truck because it will not fit in our garage? Not…

My 2019 F-150 came with cloth seats with heaters so I did not have to make that choice. But...Ford made me make the choice between cloth seats and having push button start and auto climate control which is much worse once you come from a vehicle that has these features. My base 2013 Mazda 3 had both with cloth seats…

I’m seeing a 95% CP loss here. Mid-2000s Dodge with 110k needing an engine rebuild. Nope. Look up “Money Pit” in the dictionary and you would see a pic of this car.

One word...undrivable.

Bought a crew cab F150 this year because I use it for towing a camper (7k lbs.). When you need a truck, you need a truck. BUT it is not my daily driver. If I didn’t need to tow, I would never have bought one. Even though I love how comfortable it is, it would not be my choice for a daily driver simply because I…

I really don’t know how electric trucks are going to be able to do “truck stuff” with current battery tech. My Chevy Bolt averages a little over 4 miles per KWH and the battery weighs 1000lbs to move its 3600lbs around 230 miles. Due to its weight and not so aerodynamic body, I would expect a full size pickup to…

My wife and I both have Chevy Bolts and the way that I explain the EV mindset to ICE drivers is that “My house is my gas station.” Plug it in when you get home in the evening and forget about it. The next morning, you have a “full tank.” The only time I ever use fast chargers during the day is on longer road trips…

I have a 2019 F-150 Supercrew 4x4 with the 3.5P Ecoboost motor. I regularly get 22MPG on the highway and 19MPG in my trips around suburbia which lines up exactly with the EPA estimates. Having various trucks and SUVs over the past 30 years, I find it amazing that a 5300lb truck that has an 1800lb payload and a monster…

I just bought a 2019 Ford F150 Supercrew 4x4. I am amazed by this truck having 470ft/lbs of torque, weighing 5200 lbs AND getting 22 MPG on a regular basis. These big vehicles have come a long way and I can’t see people stop buying them until gas hits $5 a gallon or the earth is literally burning outside of their…

The reality is that, at this point, that you can not make a real work/towing truck with today’s battery tech. My Bolt has a 60Kwh battery that can move my car about 240 miles which means I get about 4 miles /Kwh It weighs about 3600lbs of which 1000lbs is battery. A full size truck weighs around 5000lbs with no…

Depends on the car. Last year, I had to let go of my 1991 Special Edition Miata to make room in the garage for a new Chevy Bolt. (Don’t worry, I still have my 2004 Mazdaspeed Miata. I’m not going Miataless.) I had saved it from the junkyard in 2006. I repainted it myself. Replaced the long block myself. And even…

The new NDs are so tempting but I refuse to let go of my 2004 Mazdaspeed that I bought new in 2005 for $19k. It only has 42k on the odometer 14 years later.. I already had to let go of my 1991 SE last year to make room for a Chevy Bolt. If they keep making these leaps in performance, I may have to take the plunge in…

As someone who wants greater EV adoption by the general public, I’m happy that the $35k Model 3 is finally here. I would love to see lots more EVs on the road. BUT (and this is a big BUT), I would rather see a greater mix of low cost EVs being produced by other manufacturers on the road rather than a bazillion Tesla 3s…

Here’s a similar situation...I bought a Chevy Bolt EV in February of this year. By May, it had developed a creak in the suspension on take off and stopping. Turns out that there was a TSB for the problem. There was a issue with some malformed sway bars. The fix was to replace the front sway bar. BUT in order to…

Had to watch the entire race. Spectacular! That Escort 1600 sounded absolutely viscous. 

I just sold my ‘91 BRG this past March. I had to make room in the stable for my new Chevy Bolt. It was tough, but I still have my 2004 Mazdaspeed that has less than 50k on the odometer to keep my need for Miata-ness satisfied.

We bought our first Bolt almost a year and a half ago. My wife had been waiting for an EV that had a range over 200 miles, was reasonably priced, and did not look like it was “trying to make a statement.” The Model 3 was a year off from decent production numbers so we pulled the trigger and we are quite happy with the…