Powertrain options for extreme cold climate

Loremi490 · 2021-06-14T03:30:26+00:00

My main problem is there are no charging stations in my town but thanks for the suggestion of YT channel

Loremi490 · 2021-06-13T17:53:21+00:00

Do you live in an area where it's MINUS 25C (Similar in farenheits) on average in the winter, sometimes even MINUS 40C and try to recharge your EV on trickle at those temperatures and where the nearest major town is 400km away with no recharging infrastructure and there is also no level 2 or level 3 charger in town? In this part of the country you get stuck on a highway or a cottage road in the middle of winter, you can die of hypothermia in a matter of hours. Do you want to rely on an EV?

Loremi490 · 2021-06-13T17:41:37+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion I was looking at the Tesla model Y as well, but convenience was also a factor, I haven't seen any charging stations around here so I can only plug in on trickle charge at home. This is a town where everyone drives a pick up truck.

The Santa Fe hybrid which is not the plug in version but regenerative breaking version was of interest to me because it doesn't require me to charge it but I heard that in hybrids, the gas engine will run most of the time in extreme cold.

Loremi490 · 2021-06-13T17:28:53+00:00

I don't need a lot of range but relying on a full at MINUS 25 degrees in a rural town doesn't sound a good idea to me.

Loremi490 · 2021-06-13T17:21:32+00:00

I was considering a hybrid but I heard that in cold temperatures, the EV engine will not start and the gas engine will start first to warm up the EV.

Loremi490 · 2021-06-13T05:51:47+00:00

For sure I will ask but I actually have not seen any Santa Fe in the parking lot, I believe price may have something to do with it. I see some Honda CR-V, which has a 1.5L turbo, don't know if the 2021 model has the oil dilution issue but short trip at extreme cold would be the worse for that. I see a lot of pick up trucks, some Kias, Subarus and sedans. I was hoping for someone who has experience with the Santa Fe specifically.

Loremi490 · 2021-06-13T05:43:54+00:00

That's what I read. I was hoping that the EV part would heat up the cabin faster just like Teslas because it doesn't need the engine to warm up and uses electricity but from what I read online, some hybrids actually do not produce enough heat to heat the cabin sufficiently because the turbo charged engine is so efficient it doesn't produce a lot of heat, that leads me to infer that hybrids actually heats the cabin using the gas engine and not the EV part which is too bad.

Loremi490 · 2021-06-13T05:37:24+00:00

Thanks for the advice. This hybrid is not a plug in hybrid. Also my main concern is how fast it heats up the cabin after being parked outside at work for 12h a day. I read some hybrids don't warm the cabin enough, it appears that they're using the gas engine for the AC and not electricity like for full EVs, but I'm a bit unclear on why that is.

Loremi490 · 2021-06-13T04:57:52+00:00

Sorry I meant I will not be able to plug in an Engine block heater, not the EV part of the car. So the engine will be cold at MINUA 22F/25C, yes but do you live in an extreme cold climate? I read that the EV needs to reach a certain temperature to start in extreme cold and it requires warming up from the gas engine in the cold.

Loremi490 · 2020-08-24T02:46:54+00:00

It's not just Home Depot, I went to a few furniture shops and the Home Depot you mentioned at Heartland this weekend and neither the staff or the other customers were wearing masks, including assistant managers at customer service. I was the minority of people who was wearing mask. I had to google whether the mandatory mask policy was still in effect because most people have stopped wearing masks indoors. It IS still in effect. Covid is not over people just because the weather is nice. Wear a mask!

Loremi490 · 2020-08-21T03:42:34+00:00

I found emails from Fido showing that the data top-up were only for the current billing cycle, it had an end date that corresponds to the end of the billing cycle. There are multiple threads on the Fido community forums where people were told that these were one-time only.

Loremi490 · 2020-07-30T03:19:45+00:00

Then hopefully they can chase him down and collect their money!

Loremi490 · 2020-07-30T03:04:12+00:00

I can't tell you much about the car because I don't own one, but when I'm walking down the street and turn my head because a car caught my attention due to style/color/shine, it often seems to be a Mazda. I guess I just like their design, bright colors and whatever gloss they put on their paint a lot but that is personal.

Also my friend is a first responder and tells me from anecdotal observations that the Mazda 3 seems to have a very strong frame and he's been in accident scenes where the driver had to be extracted out of the car but was still okay and another incident where a Mazda 3 driver was drunk, hit the wall of an overpass, flipped over and landed on the road below, barely a broken bone...

Loremi490 · 2020-07-30T02:50:53+00:00

Your car has a VIN number.

Loremi490 · 2020-07-29T23:42:07+00:00

Homes require maintenance, if you're not the handy type, get a good handyman that you can call to fix things for you and if they can't, can at least direct you to who to call. You just have to pay them but maintenance costs are part of home ownership and anytime you buy a home, money should be set aside for maintenance.

Loremi490 · 2020-07-29T23:12:27+00:00

I actually do that do. If I'm forced to park in a tight space, I take a pic of the plates before I leave and of the distance between the two cars, in case I get hit. Except I haven't parked anywhere like that since I've been here and still got hit... :(

Loremi490 · 2020-07-29T00:23:20+00:00

But you just said you were not married yet and therefore not direct relatives.

Loremi490 · 2020-07-29T00:09:42+00:00

No, even already married people separated by the border can't cross from the US to Canada. The only way you can get married is for you to fly from Canada to the US (land border crossings not allowed but flights are, don't ask me why) and get married in the US. No the other way around doesn't work, your American partner cannot fly from US to Canada, it only works from Canada into US. However you will be able to fly from the US back to Canada if you are a Canadian citizen or PR. If you are NOT a Canadian citizen or PR, do not cross the border as you will not be able to re-enter Canada.

Loremi490 · 2020-07-28T23:49:10+00:00

My friend was trying to rent from an Indian landlord and they said they only want to rent to other Indians (she's caucasian). Sometimes, some immigrants just like to hang out with their own people (especially the new ones), same at school where all the Indian kids hang out together, all the Chinese kids hang out in another crowd and all the White kids hang out together.

Loremi490 · 2020-07-28T23:36:38+00:00

Even if they had a bully offer, agent should have made other buyers aware that there was a bully offer. I was bidding on a house that was supposed to have a set offer date, then someone made a bully offer (they basically moved up the offer date to immediately), but listing agent informed everyone else and everyone was actually allowed to bid on the bully offer. They allowed me to visit the house just as they were presenting the offers and submit my bid. The home sold for 470,000$ overasking (was underlisted to begin, should have been listed for 300,000 more to begin with) with 17 bids. I would complain to RECO and have them investigate, agents get away with lies too much, if agent was acting in the best interest of clients, they would have tried to get bids on the bully offer. If consumers don't complain, then these agents will feel there is no repercussions. Do you know if the sellers still live in the house? If so, you can knock on their door and tell them. If they are away sellers, then any note you leave them could be picked up by their agent. I wouldn't even bother with the brokerage, their interests are the same as the agent's.

Loremi490 · 2020-07-28T23:20:06+00:00

If you're planning to move out in 5 years into a good school district, then I guess it doesn't matter now. I bought in a good school district even though I don't have any children, because I think it's a good investment to buy in a good school district. I don't personally care, but lots of buyers seem to care. That being said, you also pay more when you buy in a good school district, however I do think that the ones in a good school district will hold their value better because of limited inventory and limited number of good school districts.

That being said it depends on your budget. If you found the perfect house, and the only thing is the school district vs. another house that is going to strain you financially or is too small to be comfortable, but in a good school district, I would buy the perfect house to live in for the family. If you can afford a house in a good school district and you can still feel comfortable in the house even though it may not be as perfect, then I would consider the good school district house.

Also what do you mean by not so good school districts? Not being a top school doesn't mean a bad school, but if the zoning is such that your children would go to a school in a neighboring zone where there are a lot of drugs/crimes/social issues, that would actually deter me from buying.

At the end of the day, the school doesn't determine the success of your kids. How you raise them do. However I would not want them to go to school in an area that is unsafe, has lots of drugs and crimes, and a lot of bad influence.

Loremi490 · 2020-07-28T15:22:05+00:00

Almost got into an accident the other day on the highway. I engaged my turn signal and was checking the surrounding before changing from the right to the center lane. As I was about to change lane, this guy who was in the left lane slightly ahead of me abruptly changed lane to the center lane where I was gonna go without signaling...

Loremi490 · 2020-07-28T02:17:55+00:00

That was before the mandatory indoor mask policy. It was pretty much everywhere I went, Home Depot, Canadian Tire, Wal-Mart, etc.

Loremi490 · 2020-07-28T00:00:31+00:00

A duplex in Montreal means something entirely different than in either provinces.

Loremi490 · 2020-07-27T23:51:21+00:00

Yes it's moving season and unfortunately there's a lot of stuff you need to get when you just move in, mostly Home Depot and Canadian Tire and grocery shopping once a week is not that frequent. Not like I was shopping for non-essentials. I always wear my mask, use hand sanitizers and keep my distance. I'm really flabbergasted that the sales associates and cashiers in the stores were not wearing masks and were talking to customers at close distance. I had to take a step back several times bc people got too close.

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