OT - What are you doing right now? Mk2

YukonRon

I share the same concerns as Cap on this. Most of those I know using as a daily driver is typically less than 125 miles/day.

JohnInCarolina

YukonRon said:

I share the same concerns as Cap on this. Most of those I know using as a daily driver is typically less than 125 miles/day.

The times I’ve heard for recharging these things really aren’t terrible.  You can apparently get most of the way there over a lunch break or a coffee stop.  Not as quick as a gas station for sure, but it’s not prohibitive either.  You just have to plan.

Botch

Gulfcoastguy said:

Botch said:

I'm assuming every EV manufacturer has their own proprietary recharging plug design?
Dumb, dumb, dumb.  

In the US there are currently three. Chademo for the Nissan Leaf , CCS for US nonTesla built cars and European and Korean cars, and Tesla for only Tesla’s. Chademo will disappear over thee next few years. Then it will be Tesla and everyone else.

@Gulfcoastguy, thank you for that info; things aren't as bad as I was thinking.  Once Chademo disappears it sounds more like a "Mac OS vs. all the Wintel machines" type fight.  It will be a challenge to keep a "standard" as charging rates/current/voltages advance (it's a relatively new field).  
I was very familiar of a similar situation during the development of MIDI, or "Musical Instrument Digital Interface", around '80-'83.  A couple of visionary business leaders convinced many companies (Yamaha, Korg, Roland, Oberheim) to abandon their proprietary systems and adopt a new standard.  It was a miracle (from what I've read) but in short order, the computer-controlled music business exploded, and all parties benefitted.  I jumped in about '84, got a Yamaha sequencer and synth, a Korg synth, Roland drum machine, and Atari computer, and they all played well together with a single cable!  My later acquisitions from E-mu, Kurzweil, Oberheim and others worked just as well, and its something the music industry takes for granted nowadays (MIDI cables are being phased out, but the same protocol is now going over USB and even Wifi).  

lousubcap

I am back to the forum thread original regarding WAYDRN thanks to the magnanimous move by @The_Buffalo.  Life is better this evening.

frazzdaddy

JohnInCarolina said:

YukonRon said:

I share the same concerns as Cap on this. Most of those I know using as a daily driver is typically less than 125 miles/day.

The times I’ve heard for recharging these things really aren’t terrible.  You can apparently get most of the way there over a lunch break or a coffee stop.  Not as quick as a gas station for sure, but it’s not prohibitive either.  You just have to plan.

The charging tech is moving fairly rapidly. I think we put this concern away in the next 5 years.

lousubcap

When I'm on the road, I am impeded by stopping.  Thus anything that reduces  time with wheels turning is a big negative.  SWMBO and kids knew that a pit stop for fuel around meal time meant I would find a station with an attached fast-food choice.  Point A to point B as fast as you can get there is the mantra.  
No doubt the technology will catch up.  

Botch

lousubcap said:

When I'm on the road, I am impeded by stopping.  Thus anything that reduces  time with wheels turning is a big negative.  SWMBO and kids knew that a pit stop for fuel around meal time meant I would find a station with an attached fast-food choice.  Point A to point B as fast as you can get there is the mantra.  

This continued into retirement?  

Eoin

YukonRon said:

I recently read a reference, where Tesla achieved 400 miles from a single charge. Anybody else get the info on that...?

Curious.

I use an App called A Better Route Planner here in the UK. It gives you a realistic route plan with recommended charging stops. If I use this latest Tesla and enter a trip to Cardiff, 217 miles, I get 30% battery remaining. That means a real 310 mile range in summer weather. BUT that takes you to 0% battery, and nobody does that, so allowing 10% buffer, the real range is nearer 280 miles. You and drop another 10 - 15 % in winter conditions. 280 miles is good, but it's not 400 miles.

As a comparison, my i3 has a rated range of 180 miles, but real winter range allowing 10% remaining charge is more like 125 miles, and that's driving carefully.

Ozzie_Isaac

lousubcap said:

There's not a better automotive sound going then firing up a naturally aspirated V-8 engine. 
Fortunately I am old enough that the battery/charging technology will not be robust enough in my life-time to eliminate the internal combustion power plant.  

Disagree.  Jay Leno has a car with a 27 liter V12 Merlin.  That my friend is the best sounding engine going, and it is in a car. (Didn't want to bump this thread, but the car is just to cool).

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/buying-maintenance/a27310212/jay-lenos-rolls-royce-packs-a-27-liter-v-12-from-a-wwii-fighter-plane/

Eoin

Ozzie_Isaac said:

lousubcap said:

There's not a better automotive sound going then firing up a naturally aspirated V-8 engine. 
Fortunately I am old enough that the battery/charging technology will not be robust enough in my life-time to eliminate the internal combustion power plant.  

Disagree.  Jay Leno has a car with a 27 liter V12 Merlin.  That my friend is the best sounding engine going, and it is in a car. (Didn't want to bump this thread, but the car is just to cool).

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/buying-maintenance/a27310212/jay-lenos-rolls-royce-packs-a-27-liter-v-12-from-a-wwii-fighter-plane/

Guy Martin

a) Mad as a box of frogs

b) ex TT motorbike racer https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OmNXCJt7K3Q and c) Owns a Merlin engine https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ9aO5yvT3k

lousubcap

I offer this- a NA V-8 Ferrari engine in a Maserati as I couldn't find a crisp straight-up Ferrari sound track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7lz1O7fC2U  

Eoin

lousubcap said:

I offer this- a NA V-8 Ferrari engine in a Maserati as I couldn't find a crisp straight-up Ferrari sound track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7lz1O7fC2U  

Used Maseratis are really cheap here. One of my suppliers is in Modena, near Maserati. It's a pretty anonymous looking factory!

WeberWho

Lexus LFA V-10



https://youtu.be/d9qYCUjrrYs 

billt01

Straight pipe'd Ferrari V-12

saluki2007

lousubcap said:

I offer this- a NA V-8 Ferrari engine in a Maserati as I couldn't find a crisp straight-up Ferrari sound track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7lz1O7fC2U  

Can confirm that the Maserati does sound great.  My dad has a Levante and when you switch it into sport mode, it's a thing of beauty.

Canugghead

Since the original is back, perhaps ask the buffalo to sink this one 

frazzdaddy

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a15116405/2014-mercedes-benz-sls-amg-black-series-first-drive-review/

I've had some track time in some of these. Black series AMG cars are amazing. 

Canugghead

caliking said:

Canugghead said:

From the care package @caliking personally delivered last year, good stuff. Thanks Ashish.
TX 

Hope you enjoyed it. One of the TX products to be proud of

The much touted BTG  Bacon Jam Brussels sprouts recipe is easy, and pretty good,  too. 

We have been enjoying the jerky and other contraband you sent back with me last summer. caliprince really liked the Hakka sausage. 

I’m sure Brussel sprouts with BTG bacon jam is good, but ain’t using up the jar on one dish!

lkapigian

lkapigian said:

lkapigian said:

lkapigian said:

Smoked Red Bellpeppers 48 hours for sweet smoked paprika ...goi g to use in a Mild Spanish Dried Chorizo 

Put my spice blend together , will by hand cutting and stuffing tomorrow 1.9 kg is all...this has my homemade granulated garlic , hoping it's as good as the last Chorizo I did minus the heat 

Finally got around to cutting and stuffing, again for those wanting to give this a try without grinders and stuffers, I hand cut and stuff the smaller batches 

My Gatorade Stuffer



Stuffed and Netted, wrap the pan with cling wrap to keep the humidity up during the ferment







Pressed with Bricks, I put in the oven but it is warm enough now to leave out, ferment @ 75-90 until PH Reaches 4.9 ( for the culture I use ) about 24 hours 

The Bell Peppers I smoked really are going to shine though, this should be good  

Good Stuff!...well worth the effort of making your own sweet paprika ..this is only 3 weeks in bit had to give it a try...tje had chop is definatly Rustic. ( forgive my cross post into the new/old thread)