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The Other Vehicle

gimmie11s said:
Hell of a collection. Ive always wanted a plated wr450 of that generation.
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Loved that bike, was very hard to start as it was carbed 2006 model year but oh, boy, it was wild power wise, unfortunately didn't use if often enough.
Mine wasn't road legal but in Alberta there is a way to do it. It already got head and break lights, if you add turn signals, horn and an ignition lock then it could be registered as a road bike if it's brand new. If it was previously registered as off-road bike it's much harder to make it street legal.
 
Dave01 said:
That is quite a vehicle lineup! I think you're the only one I know of that puts the Ram 2500 into hibernation in the winter. :)
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I don't drive to work, I work overseas so RAM is our daily / travel vehicle, no need to expose it to road salt they spray around here in Winter months, have a winter beater Infiniti ex35 for that with studded winter and a summer rubber sets. It's AWD so don't need to teach wife all the nuances of when and when not using 4X4, I wouldn't feel comfortable letting her drive it in a winter time.

I keep my vehicles as long as they still suit me, planning to keep RAM for a really long time.
 
MEGA HO said:
Loved that bike, was very hard to start as it was carbed 2006 model year but oh, boy, it was wild power wise, unfortunately didn't use if often enough.
Mine wasn't road legal but in Alberta there is a way to do it. It already got head and break lights, if you add turn signals, horn and an ignition lock then it could be registered as a road bike if it's brand new. If it was previously registered as off-road bike it's much harder to make it street legal.
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Yeah.. they had a routine to get them to start. If you learned it, it was not too bad -- but still not great haha.

I bought a 2002 YZ426 brand new and youre right... those bikes made MEGA power. I miss it.
 
Dave01 said:
I almost hesitate to post this here ... but I like tech, all kinds of tech, all kinds of vehicles, so here goes.

2016 Tesla P90DL. Incredibly fun to drive. I wouldn't have it if I had only 1 vehicle, but for a 2nd it's great. Only have had it for about 2 months.

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Electric cars make great second cars that are used for daily driving. We have a Chevy Bolt EUV just because it was a super cheap daily for my wife. New it cost less than most used cars after the rebates. My wife loves never having to stop at the gas station and it keeps miles off her Jeep. It would be terrible if it was our only car because long distance trips would suck, but for a daily it is great. We never charge anywhere other than home. I'm sure that Tesla is way more fun to drive than the Chevy though!
 
jenninr said:
Electric cars make great second cars that are used for daily driving. We have a Chevy Bolt EUV just because it was a super cheap daily for my wife. New it cost less than most used cars after the rebates. My wife loves never having to stop at the gas station and it keeps miles off her Jeep. It would be terrible if it was our only car because long distance trips would suck, but for a daily it is great. We never charge anywhere other than home. I'm sure that Tesla is way more fun to drive than the Chevy though!
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A close friend of mine has a Bolt, absolutely loves it. Incredibly inexpensive to operate, no routine maintenance. Same with my Tesla, I charge at home 90% of the time, no routine maintenance, brakes are pretty much lifetime of the vehicle.

This is a ludicrous mode S which in 2016 was the fastest production 4 door car in the world. Still today virtually no piston engine car can beat it 0-60, 2.8 seconds. Incredibly fun to drive, I get motion sickness easily and hard acceleration, especially out of corners, puts me on the edge.
 
MEGA HO said:
I know it doesn't happen often but I'd never plug in an EV parked in my garage, outside and away from my house - yes, but not inside.
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I had a driver I was dealing with at work see my car and say the same thing. He was kind of extreme, like 1 out of 10 catch on fire sort of stuff. Hey, he didn't like EV's, I get it, but I asked him to not spread mis-information (he had a lot more to say than just the fire thing).

I get the point, and we each choose our risks. I charge mine outside because we have so much stuff in our garage that I just usually park outside so it made sense to mount the charger there. I have no concerns personally over fire from this. Like many people I store gas in my garage, plus right now have 2 propane cylinders. There's a case to be made that gas and propane shouldn't be stored in the garage either, but I've always done it.
 
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