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Yeah, I think adding an anti-rattle device might help with the jerky feeling you were getting. There's a little slack between the receiver the hitch stinger that can move around when you're accelerating or going over a bump. It used to make an audible 'thunk' in my Ridgeline, so I added the...

Oh, yeah. I've done a lot of breakdowns, mostly to figure out the yearly inflation rate on electricity and see if solar would work and how many panels would be optimum. Now that I have the experience, I would probably try the Time of Day (TOD) schedule and get my own EVSE. The Emporia with...

I went with the first option (renting charger) because this was my first EV and I wasn't sure I was going to be sticking with one (I am now). Realistically, the actual lowest tier rate is between 12 and 13 cents per kWh after all the taxes and fees are added on. I'm saving somewhere in the...

There's so many variables in deciding which RV will work best for you. Generally speaking, the more remote you want to be the smaller the rig should be, unless you have 'helicopter money', meaning you can afford to have someone else deliver the trailer and set it up for you. The second...

Minnesota's ritzy suburbs see a smattering of Rivians and Teslas. I see a couple R1S on the way to work, but R1Ts seem more rare.

The Michelin mascot?

Cost and simplicity. I'd trade the fancy multi-thousands to fix air suspension in the R1T for regular shocks and struts that I can buy from an auto parts store in a second. I wish Rivian would make it an option for those folks who want to off-road.

I had it set to 5%. FWIW the nav wanted me to turn back almost immediately.

Biggest issue I've had is that the Rivian navigation system will panic and beg you to turn around if you've got a route where you wouldn't make it if you went full highway speed. For instance, I had to haul my RV from Billings MT to Maple Grove MN, the first leg was 135 miles. I knew I'd need...

I had to go in to get my 12-volt replaced, and they did the ting washer recall at the same time. They offered me Uber credits, but I had a book so I just hung out. Service writers were friendly and we had a nice chat. I also had mobile service do my 15,000 miles tire rotation, and he was...

Lots of folks are 'stuck' right now, I think. The higher cost of living (no politics, just an observation) has meant there are plenty of people who would love to switch but can't afford to. I'm seeing that the average age of passenger vehicles on the road is 12.3 years, meaning there's lots of...

When I mentioned I was planning to buy and R1T, one of my relatives (early Leaf owerner) gave me a speech about expecting to lose 15%-20% battery capacity right off the bat, and to be prepared for really long charging times, if I could find a charger. I don't think any of my friends has a...

I had a couple friends that bought a first generation Leaf and had all kinds of trouble with it in the Minnesota winter. Since then, EVs have been roundly dismissed as unreliable and having too short a range for cold conditions. My other friend is a big fan of 'Hoovie's Garage', and the...

You sound a lot like me before I bought my R1T. I test drove everything in EV pickup - R1T, Silverado RST, and Ford Lightning. I was really attracted to the Silverado's battery size, mostly because I worried about running out of charge in some deserted area and having to wait hours for a tow...

Thorny topic, obviously. One thing I did notice when I was driving across North Dakota in the dead of winter was that there was gas available on average about every 25 miles or so. I know that that's not the case everywhere in the US, but ND (which is supposed to have relatively low population...

It was my first EV, so I went used to both lessen the cost and the deprecation. Autonomy isn't high on my list of wants, so the 'established' Gen 1 hardware was another issue. I was also lucky in that June of last year was when (I think) a lot of initial lease trucks became available, so there...

We haven't had a chance to do any camping with it yet, but we're having fun getting it outfitted for our first trip, which is in May. So far, we've found a couple minor details that need fixing (missing screw and the plastic on the grab handle by the front door is cracked), but I'm really...

I really wonder what happened to Japan's auto industry. I can remember the invasion of smaller, cheaper Japanese cars in the 1970s and 1980s that had quality as good or better than what came out of Detroit. Did all the innovators who came out of WW2 pass away? There just doesn't seem to be...

First major cyber attack from Iran this morning on Stryker. If your employer (or company) hasn't reviewed their cybersecurity recently, now might be a good time.

I guess I'll have to pay a couple more bucks to fuel up the Vespa. And I'll probably be getting some EV questions from my friends. I'm beginning to regret that fortune cookie that said, "May You Live in Interesting Times!".