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My neighbor has one of the Mach E's, she's not all that happy with it, first its 12V battery went dead caused it to be towed out of her garage to the shop, I also heard about how high the insurance cost went up, over two times the cost of the 2021 Ford Explorer they had, I can say they be happy its a lease so they can get rid of it at the end of the 36 month contract, oh and yes it take along time to change at home without a 240 volt charger..The last one I rented was a Mustang Mach-E ...for like 2 weeks. It was a good, practical, livable EV SUV I thought. Charging was kind of slow compared to others, but if that extends the battery life a bit, it might be a good trade-off.
Infrastructure and lighter much quicker battery recharging and they'll have a buyer in me.LOL!! I have a picture I took of a Rivian RT on the back of a flatbed that's kind of funny too
It's probably the weight that sunk it in the sand. They're heavy. Or the high-torque and instant response they can generate. Know your rig's limits is one of the first tenants of off-road driving. OTOH, driving in loose sand is tough for even experienced off-roaders. Avoid loose, deep sand w/o wide tires and tracks.
The driver might have done their part to sink it too. They never showed that. I would bank on that as part of the problem. I've done my share of off-road driving (trucks, tractors, ATVs). I've seen some great off-road drivers get out of amazingly tricky situations. I've also seen off-road drivers do some insanely stupid things, like just floor-it on sand or go like he// towards an obstacle which immediately put them in a bad situation or needlessly broke something that was due to their ignorant move 100%. Anyone who's off-roaded probably knows what I mean. So we don't really know what happened there.
The Cybertruck is a pretty interesting piece of tech if you read up on them. Eventually they'll get battery weight down on electrics (in general) given enough time. They already charge up pretty quick. Electric cars have their place, usually great for commuting where you know your charge points. I've driven some really neat ones. The Tesla's have been my least favorite...just due to their 'high-tech' minimalistic controls, and goofy looks. Why take the fun out of driving?! But they drive nice. Super comfy seats! Usually a guy can get 280-300 miles out of many EVs.
For trucks at this point, I'll stick to the Ram 1500. Those Cybertrucks look goofy as all he..! Elon should have put that $Billion+ dollars to enhance their current product line or come out with a smaller more affordable Tesla. Something that didn't look goofy.
I saw a Rivian in Arizona. They just purchased along with a new smaller airstream trailer. They were hoping to get something like 150 miles per charge while towing.LOL!! I have a picture I took of a Rivian RT on the back of a flatbed that's kind of funny too
It's probably the weight that sunk it in the sand. They're heavy. Or the high-torque and instant response they can generate. Know your rig's limits is one of the first tenants of off-road driving. OTOH, driving in loose sand is tough for even experienced off-roaders. Avoid loose, deep sand w/o wide tires and tracks.
The driver might have done their part to sink it too. They never showed that. I would bank on that as part of the problem. I've done my share of off-road driving (trucks, tractors, ATVs). I've seen some great off-road drivers get out of amazingly tricky situations. I've also seen off-road drivers do some insanely stupid things, like just floor-it on sand or go like he// towards an obstacle which immediately put them in a bad situation or needlessly broke something that was due to their ignorant move 100%. Anyone who's off-roaded probably knows what I mean. So we don't really know what happened there.
The Cybertruck is a pretty interesting piece of tech if you read up on them. Eventually they'll get battery weight down on electrics (in general) given enough time. They already charge up pretty quick. Electric cars have their place, usually great for commuting where you know your charge points. I've driven some really neat ones. The Tesla's have been my least favorite...just due to their 'high-tech' minimalistic controls, and goofy looks. Why take the fun out of driving?! But they drive nice. Super comfy seats! Usually a guy can get 280-300 miles out of many EVs.
For trucks at this point, I'll stick to the Ram 1500. Those Cybertrucks look goofy as all he..! Elon should have put that $Billion+ dollars to enhance their current product line or come out with a smaller more affordable Tesla. Something that didn't look goofy.
My neighbor has one of the Mach E's, she's not all that happy with it, first its 12V battery went dead caused it to be towed out of her garage to the shop, I also heard about how high the insurance cost went up, over two times the cost of the 2021 Ford Explorer they had, I can say they be happy its a lease so they can get rid of it at the end of the 36 month contract, oh and yes it take along time to change at home without a 240 volt charger..
So I am looking at buying a ram mega cab truck. ( TBD exactly what ) but for sand, is it better to have SRW or DRW ?
For sand a SRW is better IMO. Much easier to upgrade tires to have more flotation. DRW your tire width is limited by the spacing between the duals. Easy to put a 325 or wider tire on a SRW. Pain to get much over a 275 on a dual without the outside dual being well outside the wheel well.