Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

Good Afternoon Don,
Good luck with your car purchase ! Did you give any thought to a Hybrid rather than all electric?
My wife Kathleen has a Honda CRV, I like it but a friend of mine has the same car but with the Hybrid option ! Of course you still have the battery issue !

If you both sell your vehicle at 8 years, I'm thinking the non-battery vehicle will bring more, unless he has spent all his gasoline savings on a new set of batteries. I did own a Prius for over 120K miles and the battery was starting charge differently than when new. I don't have anything against hybrids or primes especially if you live where gasoline prices are high and you drive a lot. The prime would have made sense (many short trips) for me but the upfront cost were high. Soon some form of battery vehicle will be all that is available.

 

[Wagtail]

Good Remembrance Day (Monday) morning. Overnight Low of 6.3C and it's presently 20.0C [heading to 24C], clear & calm.

It's going to be a busy day today... Remembrance Day parade/ceremony @ 1100 (yes, once again, I've been tagged to be the "Parade Commander").

The arvo will be spent fixing a different toilet at the Church (old & leaking inlet gasket) followed by a, somewhat unexpected, Parish Council meeting this evening.

Oh, and the 3rd (of 9) ute load of wood arrived this morning. Let the annual "Wood Stacking Festival" begin!

That's about it, take care all.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening Don,
So with our 2020 CRV on a trip, Vermont for example, we can get as good as 36 mpg ! My friend who owns the CRV hybrid states that he has gotten as good as 46 mpg ! So I’m not sure without doing the math how much savings we are looking at ! For the amount of driving we do I’m quite happy with 36 mpg !

BTW, I did my margarita repetitions today !

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I remember several years ago comparing an Accord standard to an Accord Hybrid, and the Hybrid only got 1 MPG better, and costs thousands more. That convinced me not to buy a hybrid. My subaru got around 35 MPG, my Mazda now is about 33 MPG. I would do a hybrid if the numbers were there, but they haven't been for me.

finally got .13" of rain this afternoon. Wonder if they will lift the burn ban. Saw they were busy putting out many backyard fire ring fires the last couple of days.

 

[Popgadget]

I’ve got a Prius Prime, the lifetime mpg for almost 40k is about 185 mpg, as I do a lot of driving within the EV range. If I compare mi/kwh it’s like buying gas for $1.25 per gallon at my electric rate. The typical mileage running as a Hybrid when the EV battery is depleted is about 70mpg.
This is my 4th Prius, they have been the most reliable, lowest cost of ownership cars I have ever owned.

 

[txdon]

I’ve got a Prius Prime, the lifetime mpg for almost 40k is about 185 mpg, as I do a lot of driving within the EV range. If I compare mi/kwh it’s like buying gas for $1.25 per gallon at my electric rate. The typical mileage running as a Hybrid when the EV battery is depleted is about 70mpg.
This is my 4th Prius, they have been the most reliable, lowest cost of ownership cars I have ever owned.

Have you ever had to replace the Li batteries?
I know on the RAV4 the hybrid model the up-front cost is $3K more and the battery pack is between $3K and $8K when it has to be replaced.

 

[Popgadget]

Have you ever had to replace the Li batteries?
I know on the RAV4 the hybrid model the up-front cost is $3K more and the battery pack is between $3K and $8K when it has to be replaced.

I replaced the Hybrid battery on my first Prius at about 180k miles. I did it myself, and bought the battery from Rock Auto for $1200. Prior to that the only maintenance items replaced were the 12v battery, wiper blades and light bulbs. Not even brakes.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 46ºF for the start, clear sky, light wind. Light wind, mostly clear sky, and high temp was 75ºF. Made coffee to start day, Chapel setup, attend, and tear down, breakfast with group. Recharged batteries for trolling motor yesterday, checked today one battery already under 12V, pulled trolling motor batteries from boat, added water, battery showed charged in 2 hours. Will replace both of them next spring. Got leaves cleaned off front porch and around side door. Did get nap in and cooked hamburger stroganoff for dinner. Got dishes washed.
Buppies sorry about you nerve pain issue. Hope you can get help for it, prayers sent.
Drew glad TBN'er want golf cart. Nice looking peppers.
Drew that one more than I have seen. Nice pic.
Ron hope day went according to plan. Nice cardinal.
Bill have fun breaking in boots.
Phil glad blower mount went smoothly. Hope shop clean up and machinery maintenance went well. Nice work and pics.
Billy thanks for sharing story Prayers for your grieving process.
Scott(vt) hope home got rain and you got your laps in.
Thomas hope leaf work and NASCAR were good.
Don congrats on new car! Pics when you get it please.
Happy(nc) busy day. Careful how you hook up tractor, or lean tractor, that how people get liked on tractors.
Paul glad you and Zoe are settling in new house nicely. Pics of the first fire please.
Frits hope you got the firewood moved. Glad rings ready to go. Hope beam jacking produced desired results.
Mike hope you get some rain. Glad mowing got done. Sorry no prospects to get speed limit lowered.
Buppies sorry pain returns. Glad you got more sleep.
Mike sorry studies didn't recommend lowering speed limit.
Ken hope you get your forecasted rain. Glad son got new job, and paperwork done for new car. Sorry about not feeling well. Hope light restringing goes well.
Frits glad mail pickup with van went well except for comments from peanut gallery.
Gstrom not all post office's will allow mail box location other than on road.
David glad pain meds working. Hope you conserved some energy.
Drew thanks for the link. Interesting piece of hardware.
Thomas glad outside work went well. Cowboys not doing any better.
Randy(wag) hope parade went well, toilet got fixed, and Parish Council meeting was productive. Have fun stacking wood.
Scott(vt) glad you and your wife getting upper body work outs.
Dennis .13 inch rain not much if lifted, ban will be back in day or 2 if no more rain.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues,Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer,parathyroid,blood sugar /wife, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife back issues, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, /back issue, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /brother's lymphoma, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Israel, Ukraine war, hurricane victims, and Country.

 

[Buppies]

.33 in of rain since yesterday afternoon we need it and then some. Went to bed at 10:00PM up since 4:00AM. 50 degrees outside one more shower to come thru this morning high in 70s today 50s tomorrow

Glad you got the car you wanted Don hope it serves you well. Scotty looks like fun.

Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 49° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 53° cloudy skies and winds. Got .89° rain yesterday. Took mowing tractor to neighbors and changes engine oil and filter. Also changed transmission oil and filters. Air filter was good. Then greased all fitting. Ready for a long winter rest. Still need to do Mid Mount Mower. It is off tractor so I can work on before spring. Rain brought down a lot of leaves. They are very wet. Winds today should blow a lot of the leaves into woods. Not sure what I will get into today. May put Mid Mount Mower up on saw horses.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.