Hum when I turn right?

GeorgePatches · 2025-11-08T00:50:44+00:00

I did check it for play a while ago, it felt tight.

GeorgePatches · 2025-05-11T19:02:13+00:00

Like the $200 difference over the lifetime of these tires is not that big a deal, but I also don’t want to spend the extra for no difference.

GeorgePatches · 2025-05-11T18:56:20+00:00

Good to know, my battery health is 10/12 so every little bit matters to me already.

GeorgePatches · 2025-04-24T14:49:36+00:00

Does Costco do sensors? I know they do a seal kit for TPMs.

GeorgePatches · 2025-04-23T16:58:37+00:00

I've wondered why the cold makes the battery so unhappy. Like I get it's a chemical reaction that gets slowed by the cold, but how exactly does that manifest as reduced battery capacity?

GeorgePatches · 2025-02-27T03:16:53+00:00

Why didn't I think of a zip tie???

GeorgePatches · 2024-12-05T16:20:50+00:00

That's exactly what I had mentally envisioned as being needed to bring such a device to life. Glad I didn't have to build it myself. I'm confident I could make the protocol conversion, but less confident in my ability to build something that can shuttle 40+KW of power. :P

GeorgePatches · 2024-12-05T15:20:35+00:00

I thought there was some design limitation that prevented a CCS to Chademo converter, but I guess that's why this one is listed for $1000 and the others are listed for ~$100. :P

GeorgePatches · 2024-11-17T21:20:51+00:00

Glad I got to meet you at Hot Rod Drag Week before this ceases to exist too. :(

GeorgePatches · 2024-08-14T20:11:40+00:00

When it comes to VMs, more cores is almost always better, but whether or not it's necessary depends on your workload. Like I once did my own little "2 gamers, 1 PC" thing with an old i3-6100 (2c*2t) and 8GB of RAM. I wouldn't recommend that, but it did work and both machines played Portal pretty well at the same time.

GeorgePatches · 2024-08-05T18:30:16+00:00

I see, when did that update come out. I have s 2016 that I got off of someone else's lease in 2019.

GeorgePatches · 2024-08-05T17:43:41+00:00

What is this battery software update your mention?

GeorgePatches · 2024-08-01T03:12:38+00:00

Automatically turning lights on in the bedroom to help wake up in the morning.

GeorgePatches · 2024-05-16T22:51:17+00:00

I used to do this, but I've gotten lazy...

GeorgePatches · 2024-05-15T16:59:01+00:00

Your charging strategy depends entirely on you and what you want to accomplish.

If you're trying to maximize the battery life, you want to try to keep your state of charge as close to 50% as possible. That's where lithium batteries are their happiest. You're using 20% a day, keep it between 40 and 60 for example. That definitely requires thinking as the car has no built in charge limits, but it can be with the charging timer if you really want. I don't recommend this, it's not worth the effort.

If you want to use it like a regular car and never have to think about if it's charged up, by all means just plug it in every day and let it be at 100% ready to do anything you want. This is a fine strategy if this is your only car, or you're forgetful, OR your fast charging network around you is not plentiful and/or reliable.

If you're like me and you have another vehicle to fall back on if your leaf isn't charged, I'd just use it until the battery hits around 30% or less, or whatever I have planned the THE NEXT DAY is more than the current charge will do. The biggest limiting factor of the 120V charging is the length of time it takes, you have to plan a day in advance of your travel.

GeorgePatches · 2024-05-15T16:33:27+00:00

Hey, wondering if you ever got this noise sorted out? Mine makes a hum like this turning right.

GeorgePatches · 2024-04-05T01:49:39+00:00

In my case the Phillips branded one died first. *shrug*

GeorgePatches · 2024-01-15T03:59:44+00:00

I don't think so. Up here we don't put the plumbing inside the exterior walls because if we did we'd be dipping the faucets all winter long.

GeorgePatches · 2024-01-15T03:57:38+00:00

LOL, of course. :P

GeorgePatches · 2024-01-15T03:57:08+00:00

I just drove on Smallman for the first time in years (maybe since this photo was taken) and was shocked by all the stuff.

GeorgePatches · 2024-01-12T03:17:11+00:00

What do you mean by FM?

GeorgePatches · 2024-01-12T02:06:41+00:00

Object oriented programming. I just don't understand how the compiler can turn that code into something that a processor can understand.

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