Yeah that specifically is what's messing with me, it has some very sharp angles which feels very 90s to me.
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Yeah that specifically is what's messing with me, it has some very sharp angles which feels very 90s to me.
I’m don’t know what it is or if I’m the odd man out but I just do not like the new look of BMW. It’s not even in your face polarizing-it’s just not appealing to me.
Same and I was a BMW girl for years. I still don’t know how I went from my luxury sedans to a Wrangler, but here I am!
Reminds me of a house I designed years ago with its Anti-Guest Suite. Every wall, ceiling, bath fixture, etc was out of plumb or rotated slightly. The floors and counters were level, but the tile was also run askew and the baseboards were tapered. It made you dizzy to just walk into the bathroom.
I like the new i3 design. The one thing holding me back from loving it is the rear end. It’s missing a lip spoiler and some other things to bring the rear end together
I think the I3's design is... fine, but man, the range, and other capabilities look bang on. Including the price.
If all of the next gen EV's do this, its going to be a big deal.
I'm also sitting here feeling jealous that they have V2L support that does 3.7kw. I love that our Ioniq 9 can do V2L, but its 1.5kw limitiation is... limiting when running a house.
We just had a storm the other day, and I ran the house off the car for 4 hours. Fridge, Freezer, some lights, TV + Internet. And one time during that, both compressors came on for the fridges at the same moment (or maybe the defrost cycle???), and tripped the V2L adapter. I just reset it, and it worked fine again for the rest of the night. So something with some more headroom would be wonderful (until the scout comes out and I can get 240v out of that).
I've contemplated a small power station with a TT-30 outlet, and a bit more power output (higher surge rating) but as I already own a generator... I'm just not sure if it makes sense to do that.
If all of the next gen EV's do this, its going to be a big deal.
I'm also sitting here feeling jealous that they have V2L support that does 3.7kw. I love that our Ioniq 9 can do V2L, but its 1.5kw limitiation is... limiting when running a house.
We just had a storm the other day, and I ran the house off the car for 4 hours. Fridge, Freezer, some lights, TV + Internet. And one time during that, both compressors came on for the fridges at the same moment (or maybe the defrost cycle???), and tripped the V2L adapter. I just reset it, and it worked fine again for the rest of the night. So something with some more headroom would be wonderful (until the scout comes out and I can get 240v out of that).
I've contemplated a small power station with a TT-30 outlet, and a bit more power output (higher surge rating) but as I already own a generator... I'm just not sure if it makes sense to do that.
I'm going through the same thoughts after also being out of power for ~4 hours on Monday and my generator panel (manual transfer) is running most of the same things as you. I kept thinking of just using V2L, and that would've worked fine for this outage, but 75% of the time, I'm not home when the outage occurs. Now I'm thinking more about an inverter and batteries, but it's a slippery slope where solar is an easy upgrade after that. We use a lot of power and batteries aren't cheap...
The big upside with the V2L, is... that its easier for my wife to do it.
Given, I WFH, so I'm almost always around. But V2L for us involves opening the frunk, plugging an adapter into the charge port, plugging cable into adapter and the manual transfer switch, and turning on the right circuits. Its manual work... but its plugging in cables, and flipping circuit breakers.
We have a small generator (~3500w). Its like 75-80lbs, and doesn't have wheels. Its totally doable to move, but it is still something that needs to be moved. Then you have to get the propane tank, connect everything up, and pull start the generator. Not hard to do, but, hard-er.
I've looked at everything from small-ish portable power stations (Anker Solix C2000, Pecron F3000, Bluetti Elite 300), to full on DIY setups (Looking at things on Will Prowse, and EverdayDaves channels. Been thinking 5-16kwh of battery, and a 5000w - 10000w inverter, wired into a sub-panel for auto-UPS functionality for the sub-breaker stuff).
So far I can't seem to justify spending the extra money. It happens 2-10 times a year (this year only twice, for a combined total of like 6-8hrs, nothing major). The V2L adapter manages most stuff I "need" just fine. And if it gets worse, I can just pull out the generator I already own, and use that.
The only real "argument" I have (financially speaking) for doing another battery system, is if the Ioniq, and I are gone at the same time. WHich... doesn't really happen all that often. And if it did, it wouldn't usually be for long enough to worry about the fridge needing power.
Historically, we'll lose power for 4-8 hours at a time for little thunderstorms or morons knocking down power poles, but with bigger storms, we'll be out for several days to a week. A big unknown for us though is the addition of a large substation ~1/4 mile away from us that's currently underway. I have to assume that no longer being at the tail end of a line will net fewer outages. The main thought now is the "just in case" mentality with the world getting progressively more messed up. DIY with a 5k-10k inverter paired with enough batteries and solar panels to keep the critical load panel operational semi-continuously if the grid goes down. I'm liking the looks of the new Eco-Worthy PowerMega batteries. Start with a single battery and inverter and build from there as time/money allows.
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