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[cyure]

Glad you were able to make the trip despite the nail!

This has been my experience as well. I think a lot of this myth is based on people buying performance Teslas and driving them like they stole them. I get it. Going 0-60 in under 4 seconds is super fun! But driving a car like you stole it will prematurely wear out tires. EVs, like every other car, if driven normally will see tires last the usual amount of time. I think the main thing giving the myth a hit of truth is that it's a lot easier to do hard acceleration and stuff that tends to wear out tires.

But generally speaking tires last just as long in and EV as the do in a combustion car. A driver's habits matter way more than the powertrain.

I just saw my neighbor take off from his driveway in his Lightning. Still in the punching it stage it would appear.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

I just saw my neighbor take off from his driveway in his Lightning. Still in the punching it stage it would appear.

It's ridiculously fun. But I've moved on to the pre-hypermiling phase. Can I really get 10 miles/kWh in LA traffic? I'm up to 8 for a 40+ miles round trip. If I lived here, that would mean a 1000 mile battery for around town.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

A complaint about the tires:
I really don’t like the Hankook Dynapro AT2 that came with the Lightning. They’re soft and splashy, have terribly weak sidewalls—technically they’re entirely adequate for the truck, but *I* don’t like the way they feel. They’re just not a truck tire. But I can’t justify replacing them since they’re not wearing very quickly.

 

[Chavannigans]

A complaint about the tires:
I really don’t like the Hankook Dynapro AT2 that came with the Lightning. They’re soft and splashy, have terribly weak sidewalls—technically they’re entirely adequate for the truck, but *I* don’t like the way they feel. They’re just not a truck tire. But I can’t justify replacing them since they’re not wearing very quickly.

You can always sell them and put that towards the new set

 

[SeaGeo]

Tossing my name in the ring to answer any questions too. Similar to @SpaceEVDriver I've covered quite a bit of ground. From Seattle I've been out to Glacier, up to Banff, down to Bend, out to South Dakota, and up into the Sawtooths in the last year. Owner of an R1T that I use for everything from commuting to off-roading and camping as well as an R1S.

One thing is for sure, I get annoyed every time I have to drive an ICE vehicle anymore, and driving through the forest hearing just the sound of tires on the ground is such a better experience.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

You can always sell them and put that towards the new set

I’d give them away, but I hate selling things. I don’t know anyone who needs a set.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

Tossing my name in the ring to answer any questions too. Similar to @SpaceEVDriver I've covered quite a bit of ground. From Seattle I've been out to Glacier, up to Banff, down to Bend, out to South Dakota, and up into the Sawtooths in the last year. Owner of an R1T that I use for everything from commuting to off-roading and camping as well as an R1S.

One thing is for sure, I get annoyed every time I have to drive an ICE vehicle anymore, and driving through the forest hearing just the sound of tires on the ground is such a better experience.

Welcome!

 

[J Alynn]

Tossing my name in the ring to answer any questions too. Similar to @SpaceEVDriver I've covered quite a bit of ground. From Seattle I've been out to Glacier, up to Banff, down to Bend, out to South Dakota, and up into the Sawtooths in the last year. Owner of an R1T that I use for everything from commuting to off-roading and camping as well as an R1S.

One thing is for sure, I get annoyed every time I have to drive an ICE vehicle anymore, and driving through the forest hearing just the sound of tires on the ground is such a better experience.

Anxious to hear some of your stories and experiences

 

[J Alynn]

So here’s a question for our EV owners. We’ve talked about what we will keep stored in our new Scouts but from strictly an EV point of view-what should all of us newbies plan to purchase/set up as a “kit” specifically due to EV? Extension chords, any adapters-and do adapters attach to the car port or attach to the charger handset? What other things are recommended or through learning the hard way you now keep in your EV

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

So here’s a question for our EV owners. We’ve talked about what we will keep stored in our new Scouts but from strictly an EV point of view-what should all of us newbies plan to purchase/set up as a “kit” specifically due to EV? Extension chords, any adapters-and do adapters attach to the car port or attach to the charger handset? What other things are recommended or through learning the hard way you now keep in your EV

I think it depends on what you use the vehicle for.

I camp, do long, long road trips, stay away from home for weeks+ at a time.
What I have in the vehicle for EV-specific stuff is likely not what someone who parks at home most of the time, doesn’t camp, doesn’t road trip, etc might want to have.

Here’s what I have in the Lightning:

• Two spare L1/L2 EVSEs. Why two? That’s a story for later in the comment.
  • Ford’s L1 (NEMA 5-15P) and L2 (NEMA 14-50P)
  • Some other brand with a pile of adapters; A 6-20P is the default plug
    • 5-15P to 6-20R
    • 10-30P to 6-20R
    • 6-50P to 6-20R
    • 14-30P to 6-20R
    • 14-50P to 6-20R
• A bunch of adapters
  • 6-50P to 10-50R
  • 10-50P to 6-50R
  • TT-30P to 5-20R
  • Several others I’m not remembering right now
• Extension cords
  • 20A (6-20P and 6-20R)
  • TT-30 extension
  • L14-30
• A spliter L14-30P to 3x 5-20R
• An OBD-2 bluetooth reader
• An OBD-2 Ford-specific programming tool

My story about having two portable EVSEs:
When we moved to our new house, I didn’t have time to install our Level 2 EVSE. So we were using the mobile that came with the Mustang. On one road trip, we realized we’d left the mobile charger at home. So I overnighted a mobile charger to our destination.
I did this a second time. And so I overnighted another mobile EVSE to my destination.
When we bought the Lightning, it came with a permanent-mount EVSE. I’d already installed the permanent one for the Mustang.
At one point we had:

• ChargePoint Home Flex (permanent) for the Mustang
• Ford mobile EVSE for the Mustang
• Extra mobile EVSE for the Mustang
• Ford Charge Station Pro (permanent) for the Lightning
• Ford Mobile EVSE for the Lightning
• Extra mobile EVSE for the Lightning

I found someone to give one of the mobile EVSEs to, but haven’t managed to find someone else in need to gift the second mobile EVSE. Don’t do this. You only need one EVSE, maybe a second if you road trip.

I also don’t think most of those adapters are necessary for most people. Just like sand ladders and shovels and jerry cans and all the other junk er… cool stuff we carry isn’t necessary for most people.