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  1. Logan

    The Garage (What did you work on today?)

    It was two trucks that passed, but its on a 2 lane road (1 lane each direction). A tacoma, and something full sized behind them. But neither were muddy/hauling anything. Plus, if anything did break off/fall out of/get thrown by the trucks, it would have to have taken quite the lateral burst of...
  2. Logan

    3rd row option

    Ooh, good point. I always forget that. In fact, the Frunk is likely to be at least as big as that trunk area in the Santa Fe, as its likely to be similar sized to the Lightning frunk. Which is like 14 cubic ft.
  3. Logan

    3rd row option

    So... when I look into buying a vehicle, I get very nerdy and data heavy. I dug into my old photos, and found these. And here is when we test-sat in the Ioniq 9 the first time. This is me sitting "behind myself" (Meaning, me sitting in the second row as a 6'1" man, behind my own preferred...
  4. Logan

    Question about Pedal Feel and Driving Characteristics

    Wait, Teslas no longer do regen braking on the brake pedal? And ONLY offer one pedal driving now? Is that what you're saying? FWIW, both of the Hyundais I've owned (Tucson PHEV and Ioniq 9), have wonderful blended braking (hard to tell when you're using regen, or friction brakes). Although with...
  5. Logan

    Make steering wheel sportier

    To be honest, I never really thought about the steering wheel. I mean, I know they are right there in front of you, but I really haven't spent much time thinking about them, because I'm usually looking past them, not "at" them. I guess now that I think about it, it is a bit unusual. I don't...
  6. Logan

    The Garage (What did you work on today?)

    In mountain biking, we call this the "flow state". Its definitely a thing. So much going on, that you have to pay attention and react to, but it has to be instinctual, without second guessing yourself (hesitation is dangerous on some of the big features)...
  7. Logan

    Switching Harvester to All EV Model?

    To be honest, I think that conservative/pessimistic look is actually a benefit here. Its good to know that it should be a "worst case" sort of situation. I'd much rather it be cautious, than get stranded in nowheresville halfway through a road trip. It was really the stopwatch timing road trip...
  8. Logan

    Switching Harvester to All EV Model?

    Agreed. Really, one of the things that helped me, was timing our road trip stops. I did that the last two years, before buying our first EV recently. I literally got out a stopwatch on my phone, and started it when I pulled into the gas station, and when we loaded up and were driving away...
  9. Logan

    What do we think is going to happen on the 24th of October?

    To be honest, I'm trying to keep my expectations down. Its still like 2yrs from production, so there is still a TON of stuff that likely isn't finalized yet. I'd hate for something to be revealed as "finalized", only to have it be "not actually finalized" in 2 years. Curious what we'll see...
  10. Logan

    3rd row option

    Agreed. Our Ioniq 9 is almost identically sized to the pilot you’ve got (199.8in or something like that). The third row on it is tighter than a suburban, or minivan, but it’s actually pretty good. But you’re right, while the threshold for what is “acceptable” depends a bit on the people...
  11. Logan

    Speculation - will Scout use the new EV battery announced by VW?

    Yeah, -50f is a whole different ballgame. TBH, I don't even know if sodium Ion would handle that low of temps. All the data I've seen for them so far, is in the 0f to -20f range. With some saying they go down to -40f. But once you get below -40f, things are way, way different. Given, I haven't...
  12. Logan

    3rd row option

    One thing to keep in mind, is that the Traveller is actually not all that long. Its OAL WITHOUT the tire carrier, is like 191in. Its actually not that long. Thats smaller than the Vanilla Toyota Highlander (ie, not the newer larger Grand Highlander), which has an overall length of ~195in. And...
  13. Logan

    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    Its really just because the factory Ioniq 5 has super low ground clearance. Another inch of ground clearance puts it up to... 7in. Or still like 1.7in less than every single Subaru SUV. Its more like "this 'suv' can now sort of do CUV things, instead of just car things". Honestly if they just...
  14. Logan

    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    Remember that this powertrain was developed for the Ramcharger truck. Which has a stated design goal of 14k lbs of towing, up passes, at speed limits. So it makes sense that the engine is going to be larger than the harvester. Also, the Pentastar V6 has got to be cheap as chips for them now...
  15. Logan

    Scout Traveler Debuts in New Pacific Mist Color

    I appreciate the acronym expansion, even for those of us that are only quasi-new around these parts. My mind still does Peanut Butter Yellow instantly. But I do now finally auto-correct to pale butter yellow). So... you mean this color then? And yes, showing it because hilariously, when my...
  16. Logan

    Cold Climate Auxiliary Heat From Harvester ICE

    AFAIK, sodium ion batteries are 20-30% heavier than LFP batteries for the same energy storage capacity. And LFP batteries are also heavier than NMC batteries. The harvester is confirmed to be using LFP batteries (they handle charging to 100% every day better than NMC, great for the smaller...
  17. Logan

    Cold Climate Auxiliary Heat From Harvester ICE

    If the harvester is in the back of the vehicle, I doubt that we'll see a front mounted radiator (those coolant lines would be loooooooong). Particularly given the frunk. But in the back they also have the spare tire to deal with (supposed to be underbody on the Terra at the least). FWIW heat...
  18. Logan

    Question about Pedal Feel and Driving Characteristics

    I recently purchased my first EV. And FWIW, I also dislike the pedal feel of one pedal driving. I did a test a week or two ago where on a few commutes to work, I stuck with either the heavy 1 pedal style regen, or a more "normal combustion vehicle with an automatic transmission" type regen. I...
  19. Logan

    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

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  20. Logan

    Scout Traveler and Terra Photo Collections and Wallpapers

    @J Alynn The way the Pacific Mist looks in this photo, is the one I'm ok with. Somehow, in the daylight, its much greener.
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