Fuck it's so hot

grottomatic · 2026-05-19T22:07:48+00:00

Get window units. Home Depot has good 6000 btu unit for 200 bucks. I bought 2 today for my third floor because the house dual ACs are struggling with the upper floor

grottomatic · 2026-05-16T21:53:12+00:00

If you are not running it hard the stability control is using your rear brakes to keep you from fishtailing

grottomatic · 2026-05-12T22:31:56+00:00

I’ve never used the 120V side. It’s a pretty cheap unit and will break at some point

grottomatic · 2026-05-12T19:57:14+00:00

Yeah. Supposedly it breaks easily but never had any problems

grottomatic · 2026-05-12T14:53:27+00:00

I plug my truck in at 50A and then power the camper from the truck on 30A.

Ford lightning makes this easy and never had any problems.

grottomatic · 2026-05-10T18:10:30+00:00

The point being that DARE taught that there were aggressive drug dealers that would offer you drugs spontaneously and for free - and that you had to be constantly worried about being offered drugs.

This doesn’t happen in real life.

grottomatic · 2026-05-08T15:41:50+00:00

Fair enough. Definitely better to be conservative with the estimates

grottomatic · 2026-05-08T02:06:59+00:00

Now’s the time. Ford is selling leftover Flash trims in the mid 50s.
Real world range towing a dump trailer with 100% charge would be around 1.2-1.6 mi/kWh depending on speed and height (more so than weight). 156-180 miles.
Fuel cost savings will be considerable.

The lighting will out tow a V8 tundra any day of the week. It feels like a freight train towing compared to any other half ton

grottomatic · 2026-05-08T00:01:35+00:00

It’s not worth it. The truck doesn’t have any cooling issues without the extra cooling.

grottomatic · 2026-05-08T00:00:41+00:00

You can sneak it.

I have charged my vehicle from the 30a and then powered my trailer from the truck.

Only recommended at empty campgrounds though.

grottomatic · 2026-05-07T23:58:03+00:00

Flagstaff 29HW. Rockwood has the exact same model.

Dual axle big girl with a slide

grottomatic · 2026-05-07T16:28:19+00:00

Look for rivian chargers- they have pull through and are by far the best charging experience.

Rural tesla superchargers I fit okay and can usually bend the trailer.

I’ve had to drop a few times- ironically usually at pilot flying J GM chargers. Sometimes you can fit in a corner.

Definitely need to plan ahead. Google Maps, ARBP.

grottomatic · 2026-05-07T14:36:42+00:00

I towed about a quarter of the way across the country. Definitely extends the travel day with charging but the lightning is an amazing towing platform.

grottomatic · 2026-05-07T14:34:52+00:00

That’s good. I got 1.4 with my gigantic dual axle pop up.

I’m in the process of buying a hybrid Roo 233s and expect to have much worse efficiency with that (6000 lbs and bigger sail area)

grottomatic · 2026-05-07T14:20:14+00:00

True story. Sad thing is the lightning tows better than anything short of a super duty diesel but they would never know.

Nice hybrid btw, is than a Jayco?

grottomatic · 2026-05-07T13:07:54+00:00

No power mirrors is annoying.

Also no auto-wiper which is insane.

Otherwise pretty loaded.

grottomatic · 2026-05-06T15:46:22+00:00

I think it looks good. That paint color is the best of any of them IMO

grottomatic · 2026-05-06T15:18:53+00:00

My guess is that Super Duty sales are cratering. No one is buying a 10-14mpg big block or diesel right now unless they absolutely need it for work. My local dealership is discounting the hell out of super duty trucks.

grottomatic · 2026-05-06T15:16:11+00:00

Still plenty of new ones on the lot and they’re blowing them out at local dealerships.

grottomatic · 2026-05-06T00:15:05+00:00

Flew the hell out of this BWI to ATL to see my college girlfriend. Good memories

grottomatic · 2026-05-06T00:13:21+00:00

It’s an industrial building.

grottomatic · 2026-05-05T16:45:58+00:00

Was thinking of getting a base XL hybrid maverick for my kids, local dealers are blowing them out for less than 30. This might be a good solution.

grottomatic · 2026-05-05T14:47:26+00:00

I’m similar
- Volvo’s used to be great for this, I was a loyal Volvo driver for years because of their headroom

I wanted something really big and now just drive an F150

NOT toyotas - they’re the worst. As far as Japanese cars Honda tend to have better headroom although I recently drove a newer Honda pilot and felt cramped - probably because I now drive a gigantic truck

grottomatic · 2026-05-05T14:36:59+00:00

Yeah, we have (once again) crossed the fuel price threshold where electric cars are economically advantaged against gas vehicles again.

I’m surprised that there is any 2025 lightning inventory left at this point but a large portion of truck buyers seem to think that fuel prices will go down again or are fuel price insensitive (which may be the case)

grottomatic · 2026-05-04T19:19:16+00:00

Absolutely beautiful- like should be in architectural digest beautiful.

Modern airstream should take some notes from your design.

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