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Re: Buying a travel trailer
Hi Dawnmarie. I don’t know enough about the RPOD but if you are considering that style then maybe check out the T@B400 as well. 18 foot 4” from tip to tip and a little wider than the RPOD. (7’6”). Around 3400 pounds fully loaded and towable by many mid sized SUV’s. There are lots of interior pics online so I won’t post them here but here is a shot of the outside for context. Ours has been trouble free after two seasons and 20,000 plus kilometres. Happy hunting.1.2KViews0likes2CommentsRe: East Glacier RV Parks
If you cross the border there are a few nice parks including Warerton national park. All new facilities. 30 and 50 amp sites etc. We easily spend a week there and never run out of hikes and things to do. Many of mountains we could see from our site were in the US. You can see them behind us. Hope that helps.928Views1like0CommentsRe: New gas stations everywhere
Yah true to some extent. In summer we lose a couple percent per week if the car goes to sleep. In winter that’s more like 1 percent per day. I have also seen a 3 to 5 percent drop overnight when parked outside at minus 27, but that actually comes back as the battery heats up. Eg, if you drive it into a warm garage it will actually come back. But that’s different than the vampire drain you are talking about where the power is actually consumed by various vampire loads. if you want to see a tesla go thru power fast just sitting there just leave sentry mode active. That means that every camera is active and recording. The car will suck up 8 percent per day. We have done that before in hotel parking lots etc, or somewhere where security is a concern. We use it, but not often. Hope that helps.2.1KViews0likes0CommentsRe: New gas stations everywhere
😂 I hear ya. But we are in a place that’s relatively warm compared to where we were during our military careers. It’s harder for the career managers to co-locate two same trade air force techs so when posting season came up it was a matter of “where can we put you together” as opposed to “where would you like to go”. So that meant that during our careers we got to go to places like goose bay, North bay, cold lake etc etc etc. No complaints and nothing but good memories , but our snow shovelling skills are consequently off the scale. 😎. Just sayin.2.1KViews1like0CommentsRe: New gas stations everywhere
Yah maybe. But it’s definitely the case here. We live in an area with a lot of EV’s. During our cold (and snow) snap there were tons of ICE vehicles waiting for boosts both at homes and in parking lots downtown. Just within our townhouse community we boosted a couple with our trusty little booster pack. And it wasn’t even really cold. I think minus 27 with a minus 31 windchill. (It rarely gets much colder where we are) We tried to park in the garage most nights but it’s been fine the times it’s been outside. The interiour went from minus 25 to plus 15 C in 5 minutes. Windows defrosted etc. super convenient. To each his own of course. Nothing wrong with gas or diesel vehicles if that’s what serves your needs. The achilles heel of EV’s is the same as ICE. A dead 12 volt (or 16 volt or 48 volt depending on model) battery. If that’s healthy you are good to go. We keep a little booster pack in the frunk just in case. cheers.2.1KViews0likes4CommentsRe: New gas stations everywhere
Interesting read. https://electrek.co/2024/01/17/electric-vehicles-fail-lower-rate-than-gas-cars-extreme-cold/?fbclid=IwAR3KC3g5oeMq5vksgmYGl2bZ7Nnham42RBZHQo2b4TVWmjUcKGu0mNnJw-8_aem_AUmCEYUyxLi7GqaoOMHEtqhcRe0AQVWc4QazO5hBI0bTm5fRKER9SnnhTKRqALhqKQc2.2KViews0likes6CommentsRe: New gas stations everywhere
Baby it’s cold out there. 😂 We use superchargers at around minus 30 occasionally. Never had a problem. Quick and easy. Drivers need to remember to ore-condition their battery though. Otherwise a 20 minute supercharge can turn into a 2 hour (or more) fiasco. The reporter that reported this story actually says that towards the end of his report. Stay safe and warm out there folks. Spring is on the way.2.2KViews0likes1CommentRe: New gas stations everywhere
We haven’t had any charging problems at minus 31. One has to remember to pre-condition or a 20 minute supercharge session will turn into a 2 hour session. A lot of new EV drivers learn that the first cold snap. As well a lot of non tesla EV’s don’t have the option to pre-condition the battery before a DC fast charge. Tesla does it automatically as long as you put the supercharger in as the destination. Essentially it prewarms the battery. Correct on the reduced range. We see a drop of about 30 percent at around minus 30. It’s common for us to add a 20 minute supercharge stop in Merritt on the way to Vancouver. Kinda works out for us anyway as at that point we have been on the road about 2.5 hours and we need a bathroom and coffee refill brake. In winter we also try to stay on the top 2/3 of the battery or (gas tank when we were driving a gasser) just for safety reasons. Kinda how we are taught here as kids. cheers.1.9KViews1like0Comments
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