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  1. MountainDad

    Please limit immediate resale.

    Sorry, no. If you buy it, it's yours, especially if you pay cash up front. There won't be dealer markups because there won't be any dealers. If someone is going to flip one for 1.5x the purchase price and someone else is stupid enough to pay it, then well, fools and their money something...
  2. MountainDad

    Would you be more inclined to purchase if...

    I still get looks when I take my 2017 Discovery off-road. But then, the week I got it we were in the deep outback of Wyoming for the total solar eclipse, and literally five minutes after setting off for home afterwards, we pulled up behind a brand-new full-fat Range Rover on a seriously rugged...
  3. MountainDad

    OS Handle

    What did they make the steering wheel out of? Balsa wood and rubber cement?? 😬
  4. MountainDad

    What kind of tech do you expect enabled in the car or interface?

    Cross posting: https://scoutmotors.community.forum/threads/what-do-you-love-or-hate-about-other-off-road-vehicles.157/post-11295
  5. MountainDad

    What do you love or hate about other off-road vehicles

    This is a great idea, but also look at satellite direct to cell - I have this on my Pixel, iPhones have this, and I'm in the space industry and can tell you that in 2-3 years messaging support of not voice and message support (but not full 5G bandwidth) will be common. This will be table stakes...
  6. MountainDad

    Speculation Alert - possible Harvester Engine Choices

    My vote: Compact, efficient, high power density, and demonstrated to work. https://innengine.com/our-technology/
  7. MountainDad

    Would you be more inclined to purchase if...

    Unfortunately this utopia is a pipe dream. Just like ICE engines - the harder the terrain, the lower the efficiency. Rivian has shown this through their racing in the Rebelle Rally - they may only get 1/4 rated range on really hard stages. Hills is hills, sands is sands, muds and rocks is muds...
  8. MountainDad

    Would you be more inclined to purchase if...

    Seems like the people have spoken, and loudly. I have a diesel Land Rover that goes everywhere and gets a bazillion miles of range. Torque is king for offroading, and nothing has more torques (to use a Clarksonism) than an EV. Sadly they don't sell the newest turbodiesel versions in the US any...
  9. MountainDad

    Camping / Overland Ideas

    The first cars were EVs. But battery tech was limited to lead-acid batteries.
  10. MountainDad

    Camping / Overland Ideas

    All you need is here: https://forum.expeditionportal.com/
  11. MountainDad

    Lessons Learned on Range Anxiety

    Assuming you were on I-70, there are a great many recharging stations between Denver and Grand Junction. Many of them even work! 😉😂. You'll find that much like a gas engine, your range depends on your right foot and the terrain you're driving in. You'll get a sense of the range you have left...
  12. MountainDad

    OS Handle

    Because you have a steering wheel and an a-pillar handle would affect your view? My LR's Jesus Handles are on the ceiling, closer to His glory.
  13. MountainDad

    Please, No Free Fast Charging Credits

    They are, but physics is physics and chemistry also follows natural laws. It took over 120 years of driving to get 4 cylinder engines that produce 400hp and get over 30mpg on the Interstate. This is what Formula E is for, actually.
  14. MountainDad

    Please, No Free Fast Charging Credits

    You're in WY, right? Isn't diesel cheaper than premium and sometimes regular like it is here in CO? I don't mind putting a few gallons of DEF in a tank every few months. It's like refilling a window washer tank. Other than that it's the same for me.
  15. MountainDad

    Direct Sales - Dealership can stay mad!

    Heck yeah. Screw dealership cartels.
  16. MountainDad

    Jerry Cans + Harvester Range Extender

    This is actually how diesel electric locomotives work, but of course diesels are even more thermally efficient and pack more joules per liter of fuel than gasoline does. And they pull literally millions of pounds of cargo in each train, for hundreds of miles. Think about this - if all you do is...
  17. MountainDad

    How much personalization/modification ability do you want to see in the new Scout?

    Land Rover began offering this for the Defender a couple years ago. Pricing it out as a factory option vs going to a local detail shop, it seems like it would save a couple thousand dollars.
  18. MountainDad

    Please, No Free Fast Charging Credits

    I have a diesel Land Rover for my road trip vehicle and current off-roader. Its range is waaaaaayy longer than my bladder capacity. 😕😂
  19. MountainDad

    Harvester Talk: Q&A

    I'd say it's more to ensure I can get home from the way outback when I've exhausted the battery charge. Can't carry a Jerry can of electrons around. Yet.
  20. MountainDad

    What is one feature you hope Scout will include that has not yet been shown?

    YES! Also for states like mine that require firearms to be locked up and out of sight when left in a vehicle. Steel please, maybe with a biometric access or key code. I'd say 8in long by 5in wide by 6in deep would be a sufficient size, and pry-resistant.
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