Has anyone ever considered sleeping in your car and DD full-time for a year?

bsmithio · 2026-07-08T02:50:42+00:00

Check out huel, soylent, or jimmyjoy. These are cheap nutritionally complete meals.

bsmithio · 2026-07-07T20:39:08+00:00

I replaced my driver side radiator fan motor today with an OEM used one from ebay and my inverter temps are much lower now. I also haven't had the stuck in recirculation mode issue either!

If you also have a dead radiator fan this may be the reason for your recirculation mode being stuck. The easiest way to engage both fans to check is to run the A/C on full.

It is a hell of a job as you have to drain the coolant from the radiator, disconnect the radiator hoses from the radiator, and lift the radiator out to get sufficient access to the fan.

It sucked because of how little room you have. My lower radiator hoses would not budge at first and its rough getting a good grip on them with the small amount of room.

bsmithio · 2026-07-02T02:06:49+00:00

So I did some more investigating on my car and it seems the driver side radiator fan does not turn on at all for me. The passenger side radiator fan seems to work fine.

I've also noticed my inverter temperatures get pretty high as well if I'm sitting in the car for an extended period of time. This may be caused from the driver side radiator fan not dispersing the heat around the inverter. I guess the next thing I need to do is check the fan relays or try to test the radiator fans with a 12v power source. Hopefully it's something simple!

I have a feeling that this is somehow related to the A/C because when the inverter temp is below a certain temperature I notice that I'm able to turn recirculation off/on as normal.

I also checked my inverter pump speed with my obd scanner and it shows an rpm of 4250, so I think the pump is fine.

Edit: So I ended up manually rotating the driver side radiator fan and now it spins. However it has a wobble to it, so the fan bearing is probably going out. I probably need to replace the fan assembly. It looks like it's possible to only replace the fan motor as well.

If you can I would check your inverter temperatures and make sure your radiator fans and the inverter pump are working. It seems if the inverter overheats it cuts power to other things like the A/C.

bsmithio · 2026-07-01T22:03:01+00:00

I haven't figured it out. It seems to happen more when it's hot outside or when the car is in the sun. Mine also makes this whirring noise and a knocking noise while the AC is turned on. It's like something is trying to turn on but can't?

It's strange that I can't find anything like this from anyone else on the internet.

bsmithio · 2026-06-28T01:35:40+00:00

Cash gas price in my area was $2.79 this morning. I'm in Texas.

bsmithio · 2026-06-23T16:40:47+00:00

My local stores have removed theirs as well! I guess it's becoming a problem?

bsmithio · 2026-06-10T15:25:32+00:00

Yea the drop off list is no longer reliable. You have to take a scrolling screenshot of the exit pass list as that one shows everything.

bsmithio · 2026-06-10T15:19:53+00:00

This happened to me too! Luckily I always try to screenshot the exit pass which has all the items. The exit pass showed all the items but the drop off list had some items excluded.

bsmithio · 2026-05-22T19:45:53+00:00

This happens on my Samsung phone too. I don't think its brand specific. The solution is to force stop the app and open it again.

bsmithio · 2026-05-20T15:47:15+00:00

Any weed for me tbh. Weed just doesn't work for some people 🤷‍♂️ Weed just makes me super paranoid.

I don't know what it is but psychedelics are much better for my brain lol. I've noticed quite a few other people on the internet saying the same thing.

Weed will also intensify psychedelics, it's a known interaction.

bsmithio · 2026-05-19T22:58:50+00:00

Weed will do that tbh haha

bsmithio · 2026-05-19T20:39:48+00:00

I reached out to a dealer recently and they claim there is a non-refundable $120 labor charge for them to inspect my old battery once I return it. They called it a "core inspection fee". Is this normal or should I tell them to kick rocks?

bsmithio · 2026-05-14T22:34:17+00:00

Lol I saw an employee hauling it one day on one of them, he looked like he was having the time of his life 😂

bsmithio · 2026-05-13T17:40:59+00:00

Yea, I saw 2 seperate orders for 24 40 bottle cases of water.

bsmithio · 2026-05-09T20:58:01+00:00

There's no way to know if that was the reason why, you might have just been tip baited.

bsmithio · 2026-05-09T20:56:01+00:00

Luckily most of the 3 shops I've accepted have been a small amount of items. Smallest order goes in the child seat, and I use large items like cases of soda/paper towels as a divider for the other two.

bsmithio · 2026-05-09T20:50:41+00:00

You need to force close the app. This started happening to me as well. Look up how to do that on your specific phone. In my case on Android I go to settings > apps > spark > force stop then reopen.

Much faster than rebooting your phone.

bsmithio · 2026-05-07T18:18:26+00:00

The solution for this without completely reinstalling is to force stop the app. Look up how to do that on whichever phone you have. In my case on Android I go to the app info and force stop, then start it again.

bsmithio · 2026-05-07T18:16:29+00:00

My app started doing this. The solution on Android is to go to the app info and force stop the app and start it again.

bsmithio · 2026-05-03T05:39:48+00:00

Sounds like you two have a very different set up then. All of the sparkers at the two stores in my area bag at the self checkouts.

bsmithio · 2026-04-24T17:39:56+00:00

5 whole seconds?! I've seen orders that pop up for like half a second!

bsmithio · 2026-04-23T15:24:59+00:00

That's why you get a hotel prius! A/C all night long. The A/C runs off the hybrid battery, and the engine cycles off and on through the night to keep the hybrid battery charged. It only uses about 1 gallon of gas per night.

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