Recent content by miasm

I consider there to be lots of posers out there looking for internet cred for their like $60k camp setup. The rest of us just go out there. Here’s a few just from searching my photos for “Rivian”.

Rolling a cover into a rectangular space just requires a two roller configuration.

This is a stupid methodology that's likely intentionally biased to look bad for many EVs. That said, ANYTHING that pushes Rivian to get a better charging curve is welcome in my book. It just tapers off too fast, imho. I've charged at my normal gas stations before, pull in, plug in, and then...

The Lyriq owner I ran into at the charger didn’t need to be asked anything. He stood out in front and was more than willing to tell anyone and everyone to not buy “this piece of shit masquerading as a car”. He might have been an outlier and got a lemon, but it was…definitely something.

Put the odo on the dash, it belongs there. I have a place far from cell service with some complicated turns. Sending multiple “pins“ or GPS cords of “turn left here” and then “right here” versus the old directions of “after 1.4 miles turn right, then 2.2 miles later turn left” has resulted in...

I ran into the same issue. Called my State Farm agent, and they had sent me digitally new insurance cards with my middle initial before I was even off the phone with them. my guess is that the removal of the wife is what keyed them about re issuing everything and then the rest was...

30 minutes to go from 10-70 is pretty bad. They really need to figure out a way to leave it uncorked at 200kW until 50% or more. I honestly thought it held 200kW until 55 or 60 in the past, but can’t really remember. I just always wonder if they’re being conservative, or they just need more /...

Spotify works great for me in areas with zero cell reception. As long as you are currently playing music, when it loses service it’ll just start looping songs that it has cached, which are quite a few. In 8 hour drives with no coverage, I’ve maybe had repeat songs only a couple of times. Now...

Mine are shipping too! Very excited for this.

My electrical rates are close to yours ($0.07/kWh for the first 450kWh in the month, $0.10/kWh for the next 450kWh and then $0.18/kWh for anything above that), and solar still made sense for me and makes sense for many of my neighbors. But you do have to be able to qualify for the credit, and...

Yea, we have low rates here (~$0.13/kWh blended average for the month) and expensive solar install ($4+/W). It generally didn't make sense for me, until it did. Tesla install flat at $2/W with 0-down 0.99%APR alongside federal tax credit for 25%. So, install $40k system go live in November...

Most net metering doesn’t pay out, and if it does pay out it it’s usually at “fuel avoidance rates” which is like a third of a quarter of retail rates. Solar ROI is also variable. In many places it’s sub 10-year ROI, like for me I’m running at about a 5 year ROI, maybe even less depending upon...

If it really does stick out when open, I can only imagine that creating a repair nightmare too. When mine stuck out, and I was loading the bed A LOT of stuff was pushing against the part that was sticking out. That uneven pressure is going to cause it to bind over time. It's one of the...

Get in line behind #2149. I'm really hoping for the next batch...but think it might be two more for me -- there's some #19xx orders I know that are out there for sliders.

Yea, the Genmax works fine. Still big and heavy. I do have to throttle down the charge rate for whatever it can handle (I’m at high altitude). Used it here or there over the last year plus and has been fine. no need for special ground plugs or anything.