How would you build your Scout?
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I’ll come back to edit this, but
- Scout Traveler
- For free
- Because I’m so great
- And I will do “favors” if I have to
- So will my mom, she’s widowed
- My cat’s not off the table if it gets me a free Traveler, she’s also a girl
- The Harvester is what she prefers, but the EV seems like it will be fine
- I love the cabana roof, but glass might be more practical
- I guess it should have wheels
- The doors should lock and unlock
- It should probably turn on and off
- It’s good if the air conditioner works
- Satellite radio, please
- Windows that open are great
- Working breaks, please
- Wheels turn
- I would like to do U-turns in front of my house in one step, not two
- It doesn’t sound like I’m playing “Panama” out of tin cans, but beggars can’t be choosers
- Butt warmer is something I’ve grown pretty fond of in a cold climate with sciatica
- Seats are good but if you just have to scrounge up chairs from backyards and sidewalks on trash day, I get it, it’s a free car.
- Keep my drinks and snacks cool, Scout
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My budget is "As long as it takes"Curious on your budget for this build. Sounds $$$
Got'a love it. I knew someone would make a list like this.
I do what I gotta do!Got'a love it. I knew someone would make a list like this.
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Here I thought this thread would be about ways to put our order together. Like instead of the boring way I built my bronco online, SM sends res holders a bunch of legos and we send back our desired build...
BEV Traveler
What I expect to have to install myself:
- We have the Lightning and I can’t imagine giving it up; our other vehicle is a Mustang Mach-E, and it’ll have ~100k miles on it by the time the Scout is available
- Largest battery option available
- Highest-range wheels and tires, but if there are options with the same long range:
- 18” black matte wheels with aero covers if offered
- Cheapest option for 33” tires — would prefer 32 or 31, but I don’t think they will offer them
- Would prefer as skinny tires as possible while also providing light truck load capacity
- Rock sliders instead of running boards
- However many locking differentials are available
- Largest onboard power output option available (240v/30A? 240v/50A?)
- Darkest, most monotone, monotexture, least expensive interior possible
- Heated and cooled seats
- Solid metal roof
- Onboard air if the price is right
- All-weather floor mats
- Air suspension if it’s a realistically functional option
- Maximum tow option
- For the extra battery and motor cooling;
- 5000 pounds is enough towing capacity;
- I tow in the desert southwest where summer temperatures can easily make it difficult for the vehicle to shed excess heat while towing
- Two-tone paint: National Parks Brown body and National Forest Service green roof
- Unless two-tone paint is expensive, then the least-grey no-extra-cost paint option
What I expect to have to install myself:
- Anderson 50A plug on rear bumper for solar charging of auxiliary battery
- NACS input plug on inside sidewall to charge the Traveler from the auxiliary battery while boondocking
- NEMA 14-50R next to trailer power plug on bumper
- Or 14-30R if a 50A inverter isn’t available
- Or TT-30 if the 240V inverter isn’t available
- If/when I go back to travel trailer or teardrop camping, I’ll install a full-power plug to run the trailer while we’re boondocking
- Fridge slide-out in back of vehicle—hoping those tracks can handle the weight of a fully-loaded dual zone fridge
- Solar awning
- Up to 15 gallon fresh water tank wherever the Harvester’s fuel tank was going to be located, if there’s space
- 12v water pump in the water tank
- Many other options...
Okay Space. I want 35s all the way. How much range will I lose with those tires? Do we have any idea?
A LOT. Wild variations between tires and wheels, their inherent aerodynamics and combined weights... Another factor is height of the vehicle itself from the ground with an off-road set-up. All speculation for the Scout until we have prod specs for everything.
Scraped from an out of Spec range test on 3 different Rivian wheels / tires:
Scraped from an out of Spec range test on 3 different Rivian wheels / tires:
Yeah, see @R1TVT's post immediately above. Tall, wide tires will kill range. Having skinnier, shorter tires will be better for range. Less knobby tires will be better for range. Lower ride height will be better for range. My guess from other (ICE) vehicles is that 35s will likely net you 20-25% less range.
I usually have a second set of more "capable" wheels and tires that I put on for specific use. Winter, off-roading, etc. I usually run with the long-range wheels & tires until I have a use for the shorter range ones.
If you don't have the space, most tire shops will store your tires for free if you pay to have them mounted. You don't need two sets of wheels.
But the short range ones look so good. Pout pout.
They will also sing to you so loudly. You'll notice road noise a lot more because there's no engine noise (unless you get the Harvester). The total noise volume will be lower, but new noises will dominate.
My Pirelli Scorpion A/T's on the 20's are remarkably quiet, but also purpose-built EV AT truck tires. I know, bc I swap them for Nokian Hakka's in the winter, and there is virtually no difference in road noise when I swap-in the Hakka's. I am on my first set of Hakka's and second set of Pirelli's (following some more spirited driving when the truck was new). Tire noise is def a real thing (EV or not). Whatever AT tire is spec'd on Jeeps has to be the loudest AT tire on the road... Either that or everyone in jeeps just gets the meatiest & loudest tires they can find. That would drive me nuts personally.
I’m coming from a Wrangler with 33 DuraTracs offset at a -12. So those are loud. I have a death wobble. And I love the open feel without it being open so I have something called a ClearLidz over my front two seats. It’s great but it doesn’t seal so well so you have wind noise and if it’s blowing just right while raining or snowing, rain and snow blow in sideways.
But as crazy as all that sounds it’s a Jeep thing and I love my Wrangler.
This is why I’m so excited about the Scout. All the fun without all of that above and I should be able to hear the people in the backseat as a bonus.
I had singing tires on my Tundra. Once I got an EV, every unnecessary noise was a thing to be eliminated. I'm constantly on the hunt for skinnier, quieter LTs for my Lightning.You get used to it.
I just can’t do it. I know I don’t need 35s but I have always wanted them. Just have to see what’s offered.
And by the way I was a BMW/Audi girl for years till I got the Jeep. I still don’t know how I ended up here with yeah give me those big nobby tires!
I grew up with a hole in the floorboard of one of our two Scouts II; you could see the highway passing by. The other Scout II had a leaky exhaust manifold that vented into the cabin (my first V8 rebuild was a Chevy large block to replace the IH engine in this Scout). I experienced all of those things and I don't miss any of it one single bit.I’m coming from a Wrangler with 33 DuraTracs offset at a -12. So those are loud. I have a death wobble. And I love the open feel without it being open so I have something called a ClearLidz over my front two seats. It’s great but it doesn’t seal so well so you have wind noise and if it’s blowing just right while raining or snowing, rain and snow blow in sideways.
But as crazy as all that sounds it’s a Jeep thing and I love my Wrangler.
This is why I’m so excited about the Scout. All the fun without all of that above and I should be able to hear the people in the backseat as a bonus.
Order it with the 35s. Then as soon as you can afford it, get a second set of skinnier wheels and some EV-specific LTs. Keep the set you prefer and sell the other set.
