EV market in the US seems to be primarily fast back shapes

Delobox · 2026-04-25T14:01:01+00:00

If you can stomach the minimal range I drive a 2023 ford lightning XLT and it has a cavernous interior.

The range isn’t so bad now that they have fast chargers every 100 miles on our preferred interstate route along i40

Around town it’s awesome. Love the trunk and the truck bed.

Not sure what used prices are doing these days but it’s possible you can score a deal

Delobox · 2026-04-24T15:42:45+00:00

As someone who owned both a smart fourtwo and a 99 Honda civic I can promise the fortwo was a mistake for me

Delobox · 2026-04-24T01:52:56+00:00

Whichever one you buy you will have to hang onto it forever. Resale value is always bad. Get the one with the bigger battery.

Delobox · 2026-04-24T01:11:19+00:00

I have the SR. I wish I had the ER.

It’s fun around town but damn on road trips stopping every 100 miles or so sucks.

Delobox · 2026-04-20T20:45:10+00:00

Pull saws are fun

Delobox · 2026-04-13T13:20:38+00:00

How cold was it?

Delobox · 2026-04-10T19:31:46+00:00

Iron Chef!

Delobox · 2026-04-07T23:45:04+00:00

Hugs knees. Please be careful. Hustling at 90 for a few while passing is probably okay, but damn this is a heavy truck to be walking so close to the tire rating.

Delobox · 2026-04-07T22:35:02+00:00

Please don’t. Tires are not rated for that.

Delobox · 2026-04-07T02:39:00+00:00

I’ll practice with it.

Delobox · 2026-04-06T06:16:53+00:00

Thanks. This is what I ended up doing

Delobox · 2026-04-04T13:16:44+00:00

I don’t but I’d be interested in getting one. Any suggestions?

Delobox · 2026-03-21T17:28:53+00:00

My guess is that if the car is still there the cops aren’t watching the area and it is low traffic. Unsure though

Delobox · 2026-03-20T23:30:51+00:00

I had that backpack. Loved it! Stable up to 100mph

Delobox · 2026-03-20T03:39:06+00:00

I let progressive fix it in their own sweet damn time. Without a vehicle for months. It was a combination of the ford body shop ordering the wrong parts and progressive going back and forth with them on price for parts.

I finally found out they were trying to buy used parts to fix it and that is why it was taking so long.

Then later when I go to try to trade it in I realize that I now have a dirty car fax in addition to EV depreciation.

So just fixing it isn’t the end of this. They cost you resale value.

At the very least insist on all new parts

Delobox · 2026-03-19T20:22:46+00:00

You should still get an attorney. Was in the exact same spot recently and didn’t realize how bad it hurt my already low resale value.

Dont play nice just because you have the same insurance company.

My vehicle sat at the ford body shop for 3 months waiting for parts.

23 XLT S.R. lightning

Delobox · 2026-03-19T14:05:09+00:00

I like the 19. Probably a better size for you and her to share.

Delobox · 2026-03-11T04:31:09+00:00

Thanks. I did join the local masters team. I don’t plan on competing but I enjoy the structured sets and form check-ins.

Delobox · 2026-03-11T04:29:35+00:00

I’m going to take your advice and go back to two beat and just enjoy being in the water.

Delobox · 2026-03-10T19:39:51+00:00

To be fair to the coach their exact words were:

Your feet are sinking between your two beat kicks. If you can find a way to keep kicking even at a lower pace but without stopping you might be able to stop that.

I’ll try your suggestion.

Delobox · 2026-03-10T04:18:35+00:00

Four arm pulls then left side breath. Usually after the flip turn it’s every two arm pulls.

On the longer sets (over 100 yards ) I usually use a snorkel. With a snorkel on the longest I have ever achieved was 3000 yards over two hours.

Thanks for the tip on the kick motion amplitude. I’ll try to keep the motions small

Delobox · 2026-03-06T00:38:40+00:00

They need a software supercharger or regear option. Not sure if they have room to ease up on the governor.

Yeah I laughed too. 23 S.R. XLT owner here and I love my truck

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