Recent content by scoops

Wait, you're saying the car only has a 2G modem in it? :x

So just to confirm... The door jams are completely water tight?

Yep, I thought the same until I did the math and saw that my bill was 2x what it should have been.. Turns out that Georgia Power (bless 'em) have a completely hidden fee of ~3.5¢ per kWh for "Fuel charge". Don't even bother looking for it on your bill because it's completely hidden. Not even a...

Doh! You're right. They're Michelins. For some reason I thought the mascot with all of the "spare tires" was the Goodyear Man.

How is the grip/handling? I'm really getting tired of the stock Goodyear LRR tires on my FFE. They're always losing traction. FFE is a heavy car and they're just not up to the job IMO. I'd rather have 10% less stopping distance even if that means 10% less range.

I've heard that the car will only charge at the slow 12A 120V rate no matter what the level 1 EVSE is capable of supplying. Ford == gotta compromise.

Dude, there's no such thing as free energy! You used energy from the battery to get up to speed/up the hill you're now going down. Why would you then use the convert that kinetic energy back to electrical? (unless you're coming to a complete stop/need to slow down) Electricity -> Kinetic =...

Uhh... I only have proximity unlock on the two front doors and the rear hatch.

Haha that's funny, I wonder how many people have opened and successfully closed the cover without any of us ever knowing...

Not in Atlanta (and most other American cities)

I'm currently using the SD card that came with the car. Usually the maps take a long time to draw onscreen (like when zooming in or out). I wonder if a faster SD card would help speed the whole thing up?

Wanna try taking a stab at calculating what the efficiency improvement would be at hwy speed?

You'd be better off smoothing out the belly of the FFE. The underside of the car looks anything but aerodynamic.

I have not owned my FFE through a summer yet so I have not yet gotten a "plug me in!" plea from my car. I just can't imagine why the engineers would base if off of ambient air temp and not the battery temp... The car who texted wolf.

PLEASE tell me you're joking! :x