GlassBomb

Ordered myself a BlueBus for my E46. Excited for it to arrive, see if I can get bluetooth audio without changing the OEM look anything.

Correct. The sales/service people are only there to write down your issues, and forward them to the technicians if you make a visit.

The fluid and brake booster is mostly fine. I will probably just take out whatever is found in the reservoir, but fill it up with fresh fluid. Need to look at replacing any lines connected to the rear calipers.

Socks. No one says no to an extra pair or two of socks. And they are useful outside of hiking as well. Especially if they are Darn Tough.

Trying to think of what "might as well" fixes I can do to my car while replacing the caliper. New calipers, rotors, pads, and possibly even sort out the parking brake once and for all. Since it's still barely stopping with the parking brake.

I for one would love an EV truck for work. Give. Give. Give. It would be excellent for inner city work with less noise, and where range becomes less of an issue.

That's one thing that I really like, and want myself. I just want to be able to hook my car up in the evening when I get home, and have a good charge for the day after. Would be so nice to have a couple of solar panels on the roof, and a battery for the house to charge the car and power the house during peak demand to decease costs, etc. For me - That would mean zero visits to charging stations for 99% of the trips that I do. I'm more than good enough with less than 150 km's of real world range.

That's mint.

I need to check on my brakes and tires. I'm feeling a vibration when I'm traveling at around 70-80 kmh. And I noticed yesterday that the right rear side was hot after stopping and checking the vibration out. Will swap to winter tires soon. So will be a good time to check all of that.

Okay. I'll bite. What are the sources for those routes? Or did you just plot it out yourself? The last one you showed. Was someone towing a trailer cross country with a Mustang using a Rivian R1T. Hence why they needed to stop every 100 miles or so to charge. It was a combined gross weight of 14,000+ lbs. Here's the source for that. https://www.instagram.com/gideontherivian/

Man, if you aren't a dishonest one. The "Road trip" map with the charging points that you decided to pick just happened to be one where they towed another car cross country. Go figure that they had to charge up every 100 miles or so. Yes. ICE is still better for Cannonball runs across all of USA. But EV's still plenty good. If you have an EV with a range of 300 miles and you want to drive 500 miles. Then guess what. You're very likely taking a break for food, restroom, and stretching either way. Meaning that you would have lost no amount of time charging up your vehicle while having your rest stop.

EV's still work in cold climates. You just need to have realistic expectations. It's all about having the charging infrastructure. If you're able to charge your vehicle both at work, and at home. Then you'll have zero issues with the cold and range. So if you look at a Ford Mach-E with the small battery and AWD. Then it's sold with an estimated range of 360 km's. Cut that down by a third, and you still have over 200 km's of range. Which is more than plenty for daily use IF you are able to charge it on the daily. EDIT: Even if we look at the graphs YOU PROVIDED. Then EV's have no issues with the cold. Especially if they have a heat pump. Which is common for EV's that's sold in Northern climates. And you're even able to pre-heat the cabin while it's plugged in, meaning that you lose zero range.

Facebook marketplace? Or any other website where they sell used goods. But as a warning, and it was mentioned before. But $500 cars are often a real gamble. If you live somewhere where they require inspections. Then if it was inspected recently. Then you can at least use it on the road right away. And know that it's at least somewhat road worthy. Either way. Just make sure that you give it a good once-over before spending any money. And be aware that you will likely spend that $500 several times over in the first year or two.