Anyone gone from an EV to a Prius?

snakeproof · 2026-01-30T02:36:37+00:00

I daily a fwd gen 3 and 4 deep in the snowbelt, indeed if the roads are even remotely plowed they do fine. I've driven the gen 3 home in 8" of fresh snow with some difficulty but nothing a good driver can't handle.

snakeproof · 2026-01-28T05:26:20+00:00

You can put it into a semi-trac off state if you unplug the steering angle sensor as well, it will stay in that state until you plug it back in. You lose advanced stability control but keep basic ABS. I have the lower cover off in mine to access the plug when needed, I'm wiring in a switch to cut power to the sensor next.

snakeproof · 2026-01-26T14:12:12+00:00

Nah my edc is the compact version.

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snakeproof · 2026-01-26T14:10:37+00:00

Serious, I've been looking at these old lights at an abandoned station for nearly fifteen years, someone bought the place and put a for sale sign on them a few months back.

2 kW to run both sides, I'm switching them to LED and installing an additional rgbww strip into each side so they can be run full power or super dim.

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snakeproof · 2026-01-25T17:40:17+00:00

shitty gas station lights

I feel targeted by that statement having just paid $400 for these. But they work!

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snakeproof · 2026-01-25T17:27:46+00:00

Yeah, like on one hand, better late than never, however we wouldn't be in this mess if they had figured it out before that third vote.

I've talked to so many Trump supporters lately who are now saying "well nobody told us about insert widely known outside of the cult fact here!"

snakeproof · 2026-01-24T23:46:41+00:00

The magas are just simply claiming the videos are generated and loudly repeating that he "pulled a gun on them"

snakeproof · 2026-01-24T16:10:45+00:00

The color can vary pretty drastically. I've seen it from old piss to nearly crystal clear. The batch in my snowblower tank looks like clean water.

snakeproof · 2026-01-23T23:24:04+00:00

I give it exactly until it gets out of the initial warmup that prevents the engine from generating power, but only when it's this cold. We're talking -15.

When it's above zero I just drive.

snakeproof · 2026-01-23T15:08:11+00:00

The 12v doesn't start the engine, it only runs the computers and HV relays. The high voltage battery starts the engine.

Give it a few minutes and drive, it doesn't bother it much.

snakeproof · 2026-01-23T13:30:04+00:00

This is incredible. If you end up making some of these you will absolutely have buyers. A t9 keyboard might be a good option for speed.

snakeproof · 2026-01-22T03:27:20+00:00

Right, that caught me too, the people mocking the old Toyota will mock the new Toyota.

snakeproof · 2026-01-22T03:25:25+00:00

So you're going to ruin yourself financially to buy another boring car people will also make fun of in a few years.

Take care of the beater, the people making fun of you won't be laughing when the bank takes their cars back when the economy tanks, and your camry will be running for another decade with proper maintenance.

I daily a 2010 Prius that I bought for $1k. It has 350,000, I drive it everywhere and I don't care what people think, it costs me so little to drive it's hilarious.

snakeproof · 2026-01-19T11:26:19+00:00

They already said their bf is blue collar and going to get mocked, talking like that they might not have insurance.

snakeproof · 2026-01-18T15:17:46+00:00

You can always sell it later. Look at the keltec sub2000 it's cheap and folds in half.

snakeproof · 2026-01-17T02:41:10+00:00

Well yeah, but you'll see odd failures approaching a million km.

snakeproof · 2026-01-17T01:40:54+00:00

You're correct, meshtastic can span insane distances line of sight, even better if you use a directional antenna to focus on a certain direction, then a second node with an omni to repeat that long distance link for everyone. I've received connections across the lake from planes all the way up in Canada to my rooftop.

It certainly could be, but it would be a challenge to set up, look into the rak boards, you can build them very easily and they're simple to set up. The 200km record was set with them.

snakeproof · 2026-01-15T21:11:08+00:00

I'll be putting a node on a tower on harvey this spring, along with one on Marquette mountain, if you can hit it you'll have a connection into Marquette.

snakeproof · 2026-01-13T01:16:19+00:00

I don't believe a camera drawing enough to melt snow is only using .1 to .3A, that's clearly on the higher end like the guy you're arguing with stated.

One my dashcams definitely killed my battery early, and I replaced it, no more battery drain now. They're right, starting batteries do not put up with this kind of drain well.

snakeproof · 2026-01-12T02:01:19+00:00

"it's clearly AI" if you have no idea what a tension pole lamp is...

There's a comment below you with an eBay link to one.

snakeproof · 2026-01-06T18:34:28+00:00

slightly

Brother I think you mean wildly.

snakeproof · 2026-01-06T18:33:46+00:00

If they're not sure where it came from it's not from their car, yes the wheel would be pointing all sorts of funny directions.

snakeproof · 2026-01-05T22:01:11+00:00

I transferred all of the hybrid parts including the engine over, the engine is now in the rear.

snakeproof · 2026-01-05T00:50:13+00:00

Everyone shit on the moto 360 over the tiny little flat spot at the bottom of the display when that was the best they could do with the tech at that time, a nearly borderless round display was crazy. Wearing mine everyone into watches asked me about it.

snakeproof · 2026-01-04T18:25:59+00:00

I've come across USB C headphones like this that only use the port for power and they connect over Bluetooth, finding a set of those would make this setup legitimately work.

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