Adept wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

I was in an accident with my well-loved 2014 Toyota Plug-in Prius, and

I know it's normal, but that's such a weird phrasing. Somehow, cars
just kinda crash themselves, when we talk about them.

I've been in many accidents, this was the first one in 42 years of
driving that was my fault.

"I rear-ended a truck with my well-loved 2014 Prius..."


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I've been in many accidents, this was the first one in 42 years of
driving that was my fault.
"I rear-ended a truck with my well-loved 2014 Prius..."

Sorry about the discussion, honestly. I didn't really mean to make it about you personally, and it's rough to have that happen, even if it was preventable. Controlling a vehicle is impossible to do 100% perfectly, and sucks that your luck ran out when you made that particular mistake.

But sounds like no one wound up injured, and since you've talked about insurance, it seems like nothing really life-changing happened for anyone, so I hope the problems are minimal.

My condolences on the well-love 2014 Prius being totaled, regardless. I hope you are able to find a good replacement that meets a less sudden fate, when you're done with it in however many years.

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Adept wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

Sorry about the discussion, honestly. I didn't really mean to make it about you personally, and it's rough to have that happen, even if it
was preventable. Controlling a vehicle is impossible to do 100%
perfectly, and sucks that your luck ran out when you made that
particular mistake.

No slight taken.

But sounds like no one wound up injured, and since you've talked about insurance, it seems like nothing really life-changing happened for
anyone, so I hope the problems are minimal.

Yes, it all ended as well as you could hope. Everyone walked away
without harm, and the other driver didn't even have to file a claim.

My condolences on the well-love 2014 Prius being totaled, regardless. I hope you are able to find a good replacement that meets a less sudden fate, when you're done with it in however many years.

I have a 2018 BMW i3 charging in my driveway now. :)

When I did a kitchen remodel 2 years ago, we pulled up the flooring and
opened the sheetrock on the kitchen wall facing the carport, and I
realized I had a straight path to the circuit breaker box. I had my
contractor pull wiring for an electric vehicle from the box to the
carport outside, so all I need is to have someone install the breaker
and the outlet. All of the tough work took about an hour with the floor
pulled up.

Now, all I need to do is get an electrician to call back. I can charge
off of a standard 110v outlet, but it takes 12 hours.

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I have a 2018 BMW i3 charging in my driveway now. :)

Nice! I hope it serves you well.

Now, all I need to do is get an electrician to call back. I can charge
off of a standard 110v outlet, but it takes 12 hours.

Hey, there's something to be said for trickle charging, for battery longevity.

But, yeah, hopefully you can get an electrician soon, regardless. Hopefully won't take them too long, from how you're describing it.

The Prius couldn't do the faster charging? Or just that it was fewer/smaller batteries, so a full charge came faster?

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Re: Re: Totally
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Adept on Wed Aug 16 2023 07:26 am

Now, all I need to do is get an electrician to call back. I can charge off of a standard 110v outlet, but it takes 12 hours.

That's good enough for when you get home from work in the evening and leave for work the following morning.

Nightfox
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Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

Now, all I need to do is get an electrician to call back. I can charge off of a standard 110v outlet, but it takes 12 hours.

That's good enough for when you get home from work in the evening and leave for work the following morning.

Yep, and my car has the Range Extender feature - a 2 cylinder engine
that'll charge the battery and gives me 70 miles range on a little under
2 gallons of gas in a pinch.

I'm planning a long trip in it to see how it goes - between a 15 minute
fast charge and filling up the extender tank, I should be able to go
around 300 miles with one stop.

My Prius did rock - go 60-65 and I'd stretch the tank for a good 450
miles.




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Re: Re: Totally
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Fri Aug 18 2023 08:16 am

My Prius did rock - go 60-65 and I'd stretch the tank for a good 450 miles.

I recently bought a new car, but I'm wondering if I should have considered buying a Prius.. Probably not a plug-in, since I live in an apartment and don't have a good way to charge a car, but I've always heard they get really good gas mileage. I decided on a Mazda becauase they don't use CVTs in their cars (Toyota and Honda both do), and I've heard Mazdas are good reliable cars. And I think this Mazda 3 gets fairly decent fuel economy for a purely gas car.

Nightfox
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On 18 Aug 2023, Nightfox said the following...

Re: Re: Totally
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Fri Aug 18 2023 08:16 am

My Prius did rock - go 60-65 and I'd stretch the tank for a good 450 miles.

I recently bought a new car, but I'm wondering if I should have
considered buying a Prius.. Probably not a plug-in, since I live in an apartment and don't have a good way to charge a car, but I've always
heard they get really good gas mileage. I decided on a Mazda becauase
they don't use CVTs in their cars (Toyota and Honda both do), and I've heard Mazdas are good reliable cars. And I think this Mazda 3 gets
fairly decent fuel economy for a purely gas car.

Nightfox

I own a 2016 Ford Fusion Hybrid. Traded in a Prius to purchase it. The Prius reliably got around 50 MPG and the Fusion gets around 40 MPG but it is a much sturdier vehicle.

Anyway, the car started making a whirring noise which bothered me, so I took it to the Ford dealer. I found out that the normal warranty is 75,000 miles, but the transmission is warrantied for 100,000 miles. I have around 98,000 miles on it now, so the work will be done for free and a $0 deductible. The dealer also gave me a free loaner car since I purchased the vehicle was purchased from them

I really love the car because it can be flat-towed behind my RV, and that is the reason I chose it in the first place.

I don't luck out very often, but I am happy I purchased it.

Mike Dippel

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Re: Re: Totally
By: Mike Dippel to Nightfox on Sat Aug 19 2023 09:28 am

I own a 2016 Ford Fusion Hybrid. Traded in a Prius to purchase it. The Prius reliably got around 50 MPG and the Fusion gets around 40 MPG but it is a much sturdier vehicle.

Anyway, the car started making a whirring noise which bothered me, so I took it to the Ford dealer. I found out that the normal warranty is 75,000 miles, but the transmission is warrantied for 100,000 miles. I have around 98,000 miles on it now, so the work will be done for free and a $0 deductible. The dealer also gave me a free loaner car since I purchased the vehicle was purchased from them

That's good that you were able to get it taken care of under warranty so soon before the warranty expired.

Nightfox
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On 8/19/2023 4:45 PM, Nightfox wrote to Mike Dippel:

By: Mike Dippel to Nightfox on Sat Aug 19 2023 09:28 am

I own a 2016 Ford Fusion Hybrid. Traded in a Prius to purchase it. The
Prius reliably got around 50 MPG and the Fusion gets around 40 MPG but it
is a much sturdier vehicle.

Anyway, the car started making a whirring noise which bothered me, so I took it to the Ford dealer. I found out that the normal warranty is 75,000 miles, but the transmission is warrantied for 100,000 miles. I have around 98,000 miles on it now, so the work will be done for free and
a $0 deductible. The dealer also gave me a free loaner car since I purchased the vehicle was purchased from them

That's good that you were able to get it taken care of under warranty so soon
before the warranty expired.

Nightfox

I really mucked up my response to you. I wanted to say that hybrids provide an extra
25,000 miles to the warranty expiration. If this was a normal gas engine, the warranty
would have expired at 75,000 miles.

You may have guessed that, but I just wanted to clear it up a bit. Yes, it IS good news.
Hopefully, they do a good job repairing or replacing it. Not sure yet what they will do.

Mike Dippel

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cars. And I think this Mazda 3 gets fairly decent fuel economy for a pu

We had the predecessor to that model, the Protege 5. It was a pretty
fantastic car to drive. Initially I was thinking we should get the stick
shift, but when I sat in the automatic, I thought "this is fiiiine, just fiiiine!" We apparently ended up running it pretty hard after some years, because that little 4banger siezed up and one of the piston connecting
rods turned to butter, folded in two, and eventually fell out of a hole
that had been busted out by another rod.

Awesome car, though. A friend of mine has had one since they came out.
You're going to enjoy it.

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Re: Re: Totally
By: Phigan to Nightfox on Sun Aug 20 2023 02:29 pm

cars. And I think this Mazda 3 gets fairly decent fuel economy for a pu

We had the predecessor to that model, the Protege 5. It was a pretty fantastic car to drive. Initially I was thinking we should get the stick shift, but when I sat in the automatic, I thought "this is fiiiine, just fiiiine!" We apparently ended up running it pretty hard after some years, because that little 4banger siezed up and one of the piston connecting rods turned to butter, folded in two, and eventually fell out of a hole that had been busted out by another rod.

Awesome car, though. A friend of mine has had one since they came out. You're going to enjoy it.

This is the first time I've owned a Mazda. It seems like a really good car, and comfortable to drive as well.

Nightfox
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Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

I recently bought a new car, but I'm wondering if I should have
considered buying a Prius.. Probably not a plug-in, since I live in an apartment and don't have a good way to charge a car, but I've always
heard they get really good gas mileage.

Yes, the MPG you read about are conservative. With a light foot you can
beat the advertised numbers. I think the new Prius is listed as 50/52 MPG?

The plug-ins are nice, their range is up into the 20s of miles now. You
do lose the spare tire and I was never sure about battery replacements,
whereas replacements for the non plug-ins are commonplace.

I decided on a Mazda becauase
they don't use CVTs in their cars (Toyota and Honda both do)

You get used to a CVT, and it's a mileage improvement.

and I've
heard Mazdas are good reliable cars. And I think this Mazda 3 gets
fairly decent fuel economy for a purely gas car.

I've got a 2011 CX-9 with 140K miles going strong. I think any car
nowadays can go at least 150K if you mind the fluids.




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Re: Re: Totally
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Tue Aug 22 2023 06:42 am

I decided on a Mazda becauase
they don't use CVTs in their cars (Toyota and Honda both do)

You get used to a CVT, and it's a mileage improvement.

I was more concerned about reliability and repair costs. I've heard CVTs usually cost more to get serviced/repaired, and I've heard they can be less reliable than a traditional automatic transmission. I'd heard some (I think for Honda?) need to be serviced every 30,000 miles (seems fairly often), and I've heard Nissan CVTs in particular have had a lot of trouble.

I've got a 2011 CX-9 with 140K miles going strong. I think any car nowadays can go at least 150K if you mind the fluids.

Yeah, I imagine that's true.

Nightfox
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On 24 Aug 23 09:17:32 Nightfox wrote...

I've got a 2011 CX-9 with 140K miles going strong. I think any
car nowadays can go at least 150K if you mind the fluids.

Yeah, I imagine that's true.

To which Commodore Clifford replies...

Guess that depends on where you live.

My 2002 Camry only had 140k miles on it when I traded it in (and my mom
was the original owner, so I know all the history). It was a great car,
but it rusted out to the point no mechanic would touch it, so I had to
trade her in.

There's Ohio weather for you.

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On 22 Aug 23 06:42:00 poindexter FORTRAN wrote...

I've got a 2011 CX-9 with 140K miles going strong. I think any car nowadays can go at least 150K if you mind the fluids.

To which Darklord replies...

My daughter is using a Mazda CX-5 for her college transportation. I think
it's just a tad over 110,000 miles now and so far it's been dependable
with decent gas mileage...


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Re: Re: Totally
By: Darklord to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Aug 29 2023 04:48 pm

I've got a 2011 CX-9 with 140K miles going strong. I think any car
nowadays can go at least 150K if you mind the fluids.

My daughter is using a Mazda CX-5 for her college transportation. I think it's just a tad over 110,000 miles now and so far it's been dependable with decent gas mileage...

Having just bought a new Mazda recently, it's always good to hear about Mazdas lasting a long time. I've heard that from other Mazda owners as well. My previous car had about 90,000 miles on it, but I'd had it for about 14 years and I felt like it would be good to have a new(er) car. I had to get the alternator replaced in my last car about a year ago when it failed (about a $630 job at a local shop, including the part and labor) and also dealt with a cold-air emissions sensor issue that I ended up having to take to the dealership to fix (about $500) after a local shop was unable to. I imagine those things were just part of having an older car and it probably would have still been okay for quite a while though.

Nightfox
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Darklord wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

My daughter is using a Mazda CX-5 for her college transportation. I
think it's just a tad over 110,000 miles now and so far it's been dependable with decent gas mileage...

I don't know about the CX-5, but the CX-9s had issues with the transfer
cases, and mechanics recommended changing the oil at the regular
recommended intervals. Being diligent with changing fluids is a good
idea anyways, but the transfer case repair was expensive.



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