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theLiquorPicked this up for wife’s daily, hated how often the V8 F150 was used as her daily. Came in just a couple days before Biden signed the new bill so was able to get one of the last tax credits—vehicle no longer qualifies under new EV credit cuz made in Germany (they will be made stateside soon though).
NGL, it’s great for a little short distance work daily but EVs kinda suck. It’s like: 280 miles of range—as long as you’re going exactly the speed limit, range loses 70 miles if u go 80MPH. Snow tires? They drop 50 miles of range. Running heat or AC? Yep, subtract 60 miles… Now I get why no Tesla has ever raced me on way to/from mountains. I may only get 250 miles on a tank of e85 in my BMW but at least I could go 100-130 and still make it to the mountain and back on one tank, fuck a speed limit
**This post was edited on Aug 23rd 2022 at 11:49:33am
Have a family friend who ranted about how she lost heat and radio coming back from cheyenne in the winter in her tesla and how it was all their (wyoming's) fault for not having the infrastructure for he to charge. EV's are great but if they're your only car and you're trynna make a 200 mile round trip in the winter you're gonna have a bad time lol
CrunnchyPissFart
This is my fuckin badass 2005 Prius with like 162k miles that I bought back in December. already a more worthy and reliable rig than the van ever was.
also paired with the second whip the 2017 RM Slayer
Never heard Prius and badass used in the same sentence.
Love it. Complaints about the infotainment are blown way out of proportion. If you're using radio stations, navigation, constantly messing with settings, etc, it can get frustrating, but if you use CarPlay like 99% of people will, it's intuitive and easy to adjust to. Power wise, it's basically a stage 1 MK7 from of the factory with better AWD and handling. 6MT is solid and worth getting IMHO.
juneskiLove it. Complaints about the infotainment are blown way out of proportion.
I can't believe this is still a thing; I remember 2016 and older VW cars having the most garbage infotainment system. One of my friends had to reset it multiple times a day lol
Whip 1, the project. 2001 2.5RS. My pride and joy. Just spent 2 years fully restoring it. Japanese EJ207 going in soon!
Whip 2, the daily. 5MT, turbo, heated leather seats… The perfect car. Cobb stage 1 with the intake rn. Super fun little machine and it carries a lot of skis.
Hopefully in the next few weeks I’ll have a whip 3. If anyone is selling a Ducati Monster, lmk :)
skierman_jackWhip 1, the project. 2001 2.5RS. My pride and joy. Just spent 2 years fully restoring it. Japanese EJ207 going in soon!
Whip 2, the daily. 5MT, turbo, heated leather seats… The perfect car. Cobb stage 1 with the intake rn. Super fun little machine and it carries a lot of skis.
Hopefully in the next few weeks I’ll have a whip 3. If anyone is selling a Ducati Monster, lmk :)
Subarus never do much for me but the old 2.5 rs's are sick af. You got a real gem, never get rid of it. Shame we didn't get the fun version in the US.
I bought this fucker with 148k miles back in December after selling the big red van...
Ive put 14k miles on it since then and damn is she a hearty beast, literally has been more loyal than the van ever was. I average 45mpg per tank, I can sleep in the back and carry my bike without even too much of an mpg loss.
We have had some good memories already too. like when I backed into a minivan leaving my resort after a long work day, ripped my bumper off, put it back on. then a month later somebody hit my car in the coffeeshop parking lot, which caused the bumper to fall off on the highway later that day scaring the absolute fuck out of me. But hey I bought a new bumper for $100 and I am excited for many more Prius adventures
.CJ.
Just picked up this toyota altezza about a week ago.
3s-ge mated to a 6spd so it’s super fun to drive. Pairs nicely with my jzx100 😎
Love those things. In Canada they import a few of these from Japan, would love to snag one. Would scratch my fun car itch, while being a solid inconspicuous highway machine.
