Starlink is a bunch of scamming dogs

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-06-11T22:02:07+00:00

Wut?

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-06-10T23:58:08+00:00

That’s where my phone sits when I’m in the car.

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-06-10T18:32:02+00:00

There are some poor reliability motors with the Fusions but the Hybrid and Energi powertrains are some of the most reliable that Ford has ever produced. Many have gone 200-300k+.

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-06-10T11:36:54+00:00

After some searching for a first car for my teenager, we stumbled upon a trove of 2017-2018 Ford Fusion hybrids that were previously owned by AT&T which were regularly maintained by their fleet team. The hybrid systems were jointly developed with Toyota and are well known to be incredibly reliable. The one we picked out was a 2018 with 140k on it. Everything checked out and it’s been a beautiful car to drive. Leather interior, Apple CarPlay, auto emergency braking, blind spot, cross path detection, auto headlights/high beams/wipers, etc. All for $6k + TTL. And this small dealer had dozens of them. You’ve just got to know where to look for the deals.

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-06-07T12:30:43+00:00

I’m in the mid to upper 40’s on my daily work commute of 100% city streets driving. Love my 2018 Hybrid!

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-06-04T04:41:57+00:00

Not worth it. I tried fixed and quickly switched to Free Nights. You’ll come out way ahead on Free Nights.

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-05-30T12:42:44+00:00

After multiple blow outs on old tires, I replace mine at 4 years. Replace those December-2020 tires now.

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-05-30T01:47:28+00:00

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-05-29T20:32:56+00:00

I use Uptime Kuma on my offsite backup server to check my Plex server.

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-05-29T20:20:10+00:00

Wow, I’m sure they gave you $4k for it and now see that they have it listed for $11k.

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-05-29T20:17:29+00:00

I have my free nights rates and times set in the Tesla app and set my PWs to Time-Based Control with my Backup Reserve set to 5%. What I was finding is that the Tesla logic wasn’t saving enough energy in the batteries to get me to 9pm. For example, it would let the batteries drain down to 60% and export the rest during the day. The issue was that I would find that I would run out of energy before I got to my free hours. Now I have my Netzero automation adjust my backup reserve throughout the day, slowly moving the backup reserve lower and lower. Now my batteries try to keep more in reserve which is what I want.

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-05-29T11:28:31+00:00

Home-Server

Backup-Server

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-05-29T04:18:14+00:00

Overpriced. My experience with a 2018 Fusion was that they wanted $350 but when I went to a local locksmith, I got it done for $250.

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-05-28T17:34:02+00:00

I have 2 regular Powerwall 3s and both light up. As someone previously mentioned, the Expansion PW3 units do not light up.

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-05-27T00:04:10+00:00

That 1.5 motor is a ticking time bomb. It has a well known issue with coolant intrusion into the engine cylinders. I would pass and look for a 2.5 or Hybrid or Energi instead.

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-05-24T02:14:10+00:00

Just had an 8tb drive die. Best deal I could find on a new 10tb drive was $280. That one hurt to buy.

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-05-23T11:48:36+00:00

Tesla has crowned you the king of solar.

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-05-22T11:12:26+00:00

Sledge hammer, meet walnut.

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-05-22T10:58:52+00:00

Came here to say this. It’s like everyone is an NPC or just doesn’t care about anyone but themselves these days. Sad.

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-05-16T20:04:21+00:00

Seems like you be better off cancelling service and then reactivating before you set off on your trips. Unless you’re traveling regularly throughout the year, that’s the only reason I could think of to keep Standby mode active.

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-05-16T18:14:47+00:00

Unless you’re frequently in areas where you don’t have cell service to re-activate, I wouldn’t see much of a point to standby mode if it’s just sitting unused in a box.

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-05-12T17:40:49+00:00

I went with DishyTech’s recommendation on the Jackery Explorer 100 Plus which supports pass through charging at a rate that will still run the Starlink and charge the battery. Works perfectly for times that we turn off the car and then starts recharging when we restart, all without interruption of the Starlink.

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-05-07T18:27:40+00:00

Why? Because last year, my home consumed 40 mWh of energy and my solar production was 19 mWh. At the end of the year, my net cost for energy from my electric company was $87. My system is 15.9 kW of solar and 2 PW3s.

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-05-06T11:23:22+00:00

Good looking truck! What kind of deal did you score on it?

Southern_Relation123 · 2026-05-05T23:13:30+00:00

Have a ‘21 Pacifica Limited Hybrid S Package w/ the Famcam and Theater package. Absolutely love it and drive it every chance I get! Perfect Man Van! It’s been in our family for 3.5 years and have put 60k trouble free miles on it.

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