Jump to content

Hybrid owner was hating on me at the lake

Chris

By Chris
in The Off-Topic Bar

Recommended Posts

SILVERADOSC540 Senior Enthusiast

SILVERADOSC540

Posted
Posted

17 was almost 30 years ago for me...Oh crap, that's my mid life crisis in the driveway isn't it- Oh well. It goes more places and holds more people than a corvette and cost less(just barely) than a twenty four year old model. Gotta go, busy day. Meeting the girls for our morning mall walk followed by bridge club and bingo...

  • Replies 89
  • Created
  • Last Reply
truckofwinandawesome Senior Enthusiast

truckofwinandawesome

Posted
Posted

17 was almost 30 years ago for me...Oh crap, that's my mid life crisis in the driveway isn't it- Oh well. It goes more places and holds more people than a corvette and cost less(just barely) than a twenty four year old model. Gotta go, busy day. Meeting the girls for our morning mall walk followed by bridge club and bingo...

 

 

your Truck is a Hybrid: It Can Haul AND HAUL A$$! :D

Matte454 Enthusiast

Matte454

Posted
Posted

This Thread really hit home today. Just did secondary highways from bc Canada to Indio in my gmc, once we hit Cali the Prius's began, almost as bad as Vancouver bc.

 

. One dickhead wasted about 3 passing lanes in his Prius trying not to speed while passing semis, also not letting anyone else by. We came into town and hit a red light, out of the 5 cars infrint of me passing two gave the finger out the window and third threw there drink at the prius. I was pretty happy when I saw that, not all California is dumb. I also saw a guy get hit with a water bottle for taking his sweet time in a crosswalk.

Chris Senior Enthusiast

Chris

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Those of us without a Prius get some road rage

BlackZ71Silverado Senior Enthusiast

BlackZ71Silverado

Posted
Posted

This Thread really hit home today. Just did secondary highways from bc Canada to Indio in my gmc, once we hit Cali the Prius's began, almost as bad as Vancouver bc.

 

. One dickhead wasted about 3 passing lanes in his Prius trying not to speed while passing semis, also not letting anyone else by. We came into town and hit a red light, out of the 5 cars infrint of me passing two gave the finger out the window and third threw there drink at the prius. I was pretty happy when I saw that, not all California is dumb. I also saw a guy get hit with a water bottle for taking his sweet time in a crosswalk.

 

That's got to be the funniest thing ever..........Wish I could have saw that!

SILVERADOSC540 Senior Enthusiast

SILVERADOSC540

Posted
Posted

17 was almost 30 years ago for me...Oh crap, that's my mid life crisis in the driveway isn't it- Oh well. It goes more places and holds more people than a corvette and cost less(just barely) than a twenty four year old model. Gotta go, busy day. Meeting the girls for our morning mall walk followed by bridge club and bingo...

 

 

your Truck is a Hybrid: It Can Haul AND HAUL A$$! :D

 

 

I like how you think Patrick. I also try to do my part by running full synthetic oil and resurfacing our local streets with a fresh coat of rubber. :thumbs:

SarahsGMC Senior Enthusiast

SarahsGMC

Posted
Posted

Sign your name in the streets is a line in a ludacris song he's talking about burning out being signing your Name, I too leave plenty of S's but only on dirt llol

SILVERADOSC540 Senior Enthusiast

SILVERADOSC540

Posted
Posted

I knew that, I was just testing you. No, really.

Oh, who am I kidding. If it would have been a line in a Pink Floyd song I would have had you covered. Let's face it, given today's composting efforts, I really am older than dirt.

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • Latest Articles

  • Posts

    • UrbanRage
      What have you done to your K2 today?

      By UrbanRage · Posted

      I have the same running boards on my truck and I do agree they are bulky. I also find myself stepping over them when getting in and out of the truck. Besides providing protection to the rocker panels, they aren't very useful.  I will be replacing them soon with the Amp Powersteps. 
    • ChristopherDobson
      Vehicle Payments

      By ChristopherDobson · Posted

      Monthly payment is only part of the equation. With today's prices and interest rates, I'd look at the total monthly cost: payment, insurance, registration, fuel, maintenance, and expected repairs. A vehicle that fits comfortably into your budget is usually the better choice than stretching for a higher trim. I've also kept my vehicles longer over the past few years. New cars have gotten expensive enough that driving one for 10+ years, while staying on top of maintenance, often ends up being the most cost-effective approach.
    • Grumpy Bear
      OCI, not when but why?

      By Grumpy Bear · Posted

      10 Ford and Chevy engines proven to reach 300,000 miles   You may note a common 3K OCI on this list of gas motors. I skipped over the diesels. Dh'O. 
    • jake111
      Gasser Subforum Has Been Quiet - - So, Regenerative Braking and Using L10

      By jake111 · Posted

      Thanks newdude!  By the time manual selection is needed, I'm probably too much of a control-freak to depend on the transmission sensing braking to activate automatic downshifting.  I would be anticipating the situation and already be manually downshifting.   This truck replaced a 2004.5 LLY diesel with the Allison 5-speed.  Putting it in T/H made noticeable differences (when the torque converter locked, upshift points, downshift behavior).  On this 2024 gasser with the 10L1000 I haven't been able to detect much, if any, difference.  Ok, I can never tell now when the torque converter locks up.  But I also don't notice differences in shifting.  For downhills, I've probably already manually downshifted by then anyway.  Since it's also more awkward (than the 2004.5) to engage/disengage I don't even bother.  Or maybe it doesn't really matter with just a 3k lb. camper in the bed?   Thanks also for the list of reasons the charging system might select various voltages.  However, what I am seeing doesn't fall into any of those categories.  It very definitely, and very consistently, rises after coasting/braking.  Maybe not immediately, but not very long after coasting/braking.  Very consistently drops voltage when no longer coasting/braking.  It might also be interacting with the camper battery charging (I might disconnect the camper and see if it changes the charging behavior).  I also need to recheck turning on headlights for when I want to force it to charge the camper.   Another JR, in June I converted the camper to LiFePO4.  Since it's not a good idea to try to charge lithiums directly using truck, I installed a Victron Orion XS DC-DC charger (which BTW is AMAZING!!).  Being cheap, I only had to buy that one item (besides the battery, of course) to do the conversion.  The camper OEM 120v battery charger (only 19 years old and works perfectly) and the truck feed the input to the DC-DC charger (not at the same time).  But I didn't want the camper charger feeding back to the truck so I kept the old separator.  I considered replacing the separator with a 30amp diode but that means more work and might add another 1/2 volt drop.  One thing that surprised me was the voltage drop over the long 10awg wire run, so I can only charge smoothly at 8 amps (because the DC-DC charger is completely configurable).  Another reason I don't want an added voltage drop with the diode.  I might also be a little lazy but all this work is being done under the sink with a small cabinet opening.    
    • davester
      cam upgrade in CA

      By davester · Posted

      apparently CA smog is (or at least was)  checking that the vehicle is using the oem and/or a ca smog approved tune, so I expect you'll fail inspection doing it.

  • GM-Trucks.com Clubs

  • Popular Contributors

×
×
  • Create New...