Recent content by pezzy84

Who is going above/beyond 112 MPH? Sure somewhere in the middle of Texas, Wyoming or Montana this might be fun to try out (empty stretch conditions permitting) but yeah doesn't seem like it needs to be a thing unless you are on unrestricted parts of the autobahn in Germany.

Front is very handsome, has always caught my eye. That tail looks very Nissan Ariya though - feel like they should have kept it a bit more Jeep.

Acura TL with transmission fluid drain and fill every single oil change. I loved this car when it was around and followed the message boards on it - so glad I was too poor to afford one because yeah that transmission. Honestly have not seen this generation TL or it's Accord sibling out in the...

Well I was hoping my next check in would be my 3 year/50k mark for my 2021 which will be coming up in September. Due to some drastic changes in commute patterns for both of us we are piling ~2500 miles/month on both of our vehicles. After 3 months of doing the commute with my ID.4 and the now...

Looking at photos of the burnt out van and the fact they were able to put it out quickly I am inclined to believe this was probably some battery gadget in a package in the back catching on fire. If this was the vans traction battery lighting up I feel like it would have ended up much different...

Nice ride, thanks for the review! I really like the looks of the Equinox EV, not a huge fan of it being FWD biased but would not be a huge deal breaker for me as long as the drive was good. One quick correction on Ariya - it does have pre-conditioning but you have to dive through about 20...

I am going to eat crow......couple years ago I crapped all over GM over the pretty horrific Ultium rollout when it was just the Hummer, Lyriq and Blazer but it really seems they have hit their stride now. Seems they just needed to get the printing press fine tuned. Good for GM!

Ariya will be most likely a hand me down (hand me down sale?). My MIL purchased a very nice CPO 2023 Ariya (FWD Evolve+) about 5-6 months ago and still seems kind of wishy washy on it because she can't charge it at home* so she may go back to ICE and Ariya will be assumed by my other half...

Flying under the radar with my 2021 ID.4.........3.5 years w/~35k miles and still happy as a clam. :) Meanwhile the Taos needs new rear brakes @ 2 years & 10 days/22.7k miles. Missed the Taos/Jetta brake warranty extension by 10 freaking days and VWoA won't budge on it. Yes the 2nd car in...

Thank you! This was a FWD model. Yeah the pure freeway driving just killed any of the hybrid efficiency, basically the same economy as any other 2.5 4 cylinder midsize car.

It varies but yeah the Altima and Sonata were in spring/fall weather that were closer to the 30-40/50F range so yeah may have something to do with it. Camry Hybrid was still a solid 21% below EPA estimates though so that is a pretty hard hit that I don't believe can be fully explained away by...

Same - had a 7th generation Camry (2014) with 2.5 and it pulled down 38 MPG doing a similar highway run from Atlanta-Nashville-Atlanta. Prior gen engine was also smoother overall - the new Dynamic Force or whatever they called are kind of gruff in comparison.

So backstory is my family is all in Minnesota and I live in Georgia so I routinely make the trek up there. They all live in the northern part of the state and Delta (also when it was Northwest) charges a major premium for the beyond Minneapolis flights, many times it is ends up being cheaper to...

I called this ~2-3 years ago that Tesla was going to be hurting once mainstream automakers started getting into the EV game. The bleed is only going to continue as more and more competitive models are released. People bought Tesla because they wanted an EV but had no other choice, now they...

There is a OBD measurement of maximum energy content which you can use to determine degradation. As new the 2021's with LG packs have ~77KWh maximum capacity (82KWh gross), newer ID.4 with the SK packs I believe have been pushed up to 79KWh max. My pack currently fluctuates between ~7.1-7.5%...