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  1. SpaceEVDriver

    Most Iconic Location(s) for Scout Ads

    100% This. I would recommend Canyonlands, but there’s at least one iconic trail that the new Scout is probably too wide for, so it probably shouldn’t be part of the campaign.
  2. SpaceEVDriver

    CYURE GOES TO NATIONALS!!! Yay!!!

    Next time someone takes photos of the Scouts with a good camera, they should turn off auto white balance so the color of the lights (and everything else) isn’t dependent on the camera. There may be a way to correct for each photo’s white balance, but it’ll depend on the camera, available...
  3. SpaceEVDriver

    CYURE GOES TO NATIONALS!!! Yay!!!

    We’ve driven 5-8 hour drives where the passenger is on their laptop working. This would be so helpful for that. Especially if it had a charge port nearby or if one could plug in a charger inside the glove box and thread it out so it is available alongside the table/tray. So much more tidy than...
  4. SpaceEVDriver

    CYURE GOES TO NATIONALS!!! Yay!!!

    Yeah, the concept green thread shows that the concept bull bar would block the frunk slide. With the Lightning there’s not much clearance needed for the frunk to open, so I’m not sure the frunk opening would be impeded by that bull bar, but anything closer would definitely cause problems. The...
  5. SpaceEVDriver

    Where’s everyone camping or overlanding for the 4th?

    As you saw from my post on another thread, even when we tent camp, we don't have to "rough it" with the Lightning. Frozen cocktails, tacos, and popsicles for dessert...
  6. SpaceEVDriver

    Optional PIN to Drive Feature

    Exactly, and so does a key fob, a phone as a key, etc. No lock can stop a determined thief. I only lock my doors because they’re automated when I walk away. My father spent his 82 years not locking doors. When I was a kid, he would sometimes leave the truck with the keys in the ignition...
  7. SpaceEVDriver

    Optional PIN to Drive Feature

    Keypads don’t make the vehicle more secure against theft. The keypad entry code is 5 digits, but there are only 5 buttons, so there are 3125 possible combinations. Divide that by 2 because one of two codes will work (your code or the factory code; this is necessary so that if you forget your...
  8. SpaceEVDriver

    Optional PIN to Drive Feature

    I have a PIN for the Lightning. I have no idea what it is. It’s a weird size, like maybe 6 digits? I can’t even remember that. I have never used it. I can barely remember my debit card PIN. I just keep the key fob in my purse and don’t worry about it. Phone as a key is similarly useless to me. I...
  9. SpaceEVDriver

    Bigger Gas Tank - 15 Gallons is Abysmal

    . I hadn’t seen this comment earlier. This is absolutely correct. Even going over 90% and under 10% isn’t a big deal. When scientists and engineers say, “don’t store the battery at ___%,” they don’t mean don’t let it be there for a day or two. They mean don’t leave it there for months. And...
  10. SpaceEVDriver

    Heated running boards

    This is exactly the kind of thing an upfitter’s set of switches, fuses, and software would enable without adding development cost to Scout. If there was a bank of factory-installed, unused switches and commensurate fuse slots available, an upfitter or a DIYer could simply buy some silicon...
  11. SpaceEVDriver

    Scout Motors Needs to Rethink “Local” Service. Don't do the Tesla model.

    And this gets back to local service for the Scout. The nearest Ford dealer that I can even begin to sort-of trust is a 90 minute drive from home. That means it’s a 4-hour chunk of my just to drop off the vehicle and another 4-hour chunk of my day to pick it up again. And the same for whomever...
  12. SpaceEVDriver

    Bigger Gas Tank - 15 Gallons is Abysmal

    Assuming “range” in this context means highway range at about a constant speed, there’s minimal change in range from adding 100 pounds. If it’s a lot of stop-and-go or a long, long hill climb, it might impact range by about 100/7000 = about 1.5%, assuming the weight of the truck is 7,000 pounds...
  13. SpaceEVDriver

    Scout Motors Needs to Rethink “Local” Service. Don't do the Tesla model.

    I so very much prefer electricity to fluid plumbing, though. When I was a very young kid, I worked for my brother who was a plumber and I had to do the "crawl under the house and fix the sewer line while it’s dripping in my face" kind of work. Not my favorite.
  14. SpaceEVDriver

    Scout Motors Needs to Rethink “Local” Service. Don't do the Tesla model.

    I’ve spent a lot of time wiring houses and playing with high-amperage DC, which I’m afraid is causing me to overly-normalize risk. I need to get zapped again to refresh my healthy respect for electricity. ;) ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡😲😲😲
  15. SpaceEVDriver

    Scout Motors Needs to Rethink “Local” Service. Don't do the Tesla model.

    The high-voltage stuff does require some additional training, mostly for safety reasons. High-voltage, high-amperage can pose an extreme danger to someone not taking the proper safety precautions. It’s not *difficult*; it’s just important to be thorough.
  16. SpaceEVDriver

    Please do NOT use soy based wiring!

    50. Then she got tired of it and stopped because it wasn’t doing anything to reduce the population.
  17. SpaceEVDriver

    E-brake

    I agree. And I hope they don’t do what many manufacturers do which is go with a teeny-tiny battery. There’s a lot of monitoring and maintenance that the 12V battery needs to power while the vehicle isn’t being driven and it’s better to have 50-100Ah instead of the 10Ah (or whatever, I don’...
  18. SpaceEVDriver

    Please do NOT use soy based wiring!

    My partner one year set out a set of bucket traps for the rodents. She caught 50 in one month. And it hasn’t even begun to decrease the population. I would like to attract the foxes and coyotes to the area, but some of my neighbors are weirdly afraid of coyotes—they even believe the coyotes hunt...
  19. SpaceEVDriver

    Interesting bit of research concerning the future of ICE infrastructure...

    This—to me—is one of the things that’s so neat about EVs. As the technology for making electricity improves and becomes more environmentally friendly, so do the vehicles that use it. An ICE vehicle built today will never become any cleaner or less harmful for the environment—it’s a dead-end...
  20. SpaceEVDriver

    Scout Motors Needs to Rethink “Local” Service. Don't do the Tesla model.

    I would much prefer that Scout Motors create a service technician series of certifications so any garage or independent tech can become certified to repair Scouts. In my mind, they would focus on training independent service technicians in communities that have been losing service tech jobs...
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