Fat Fusion

I don't know what's more retarded, your opinion or that you posted it on a Ford enthusiast site.

Dang. My rear brakes looked brand new at 65k miles. Of course I almost always drove in L and mostly feeway miles.

How recently was the battery replaced?

I think with the 200 miles tow membership at AAA you could get a decent road trip going haha. The only time I drive far away from home I drive my Shelby. I bet the used Focus Electrics are cheap considering how inexpensive they are new. I hear you on the 3 car garage. I can only fit my Shelby in my garage with all my other stuff. Someday I'll build a shop. My dad eventually put a 1500 square foot shop in his backyard. He's also has a huge 3 car garage. My folks just ordered a TM3 to replace their Lincoln mid sized sedan. He would have for sure bought a Ford if they had anything resembling a competitive BEV.

So far I do like it. I'd rather it had a better interior but it's fine. It's rated at 115 miles but I get about 100 since I drive 80+ a lot.

FWIW, I recently sold my 2014 Titanium Energi with 75k? miles for $13k here in N. CA.

Oh, and I did register over at myfocuselectric under Fat Focus !

With any luck they improved the car over the past ten years. The HCS-40 is directly wired to the breaker panel with the flying leads that came with it. The charger is mounted right there next to it. The Focus will draw a max of 28 amps so the 40 amp breaker should be fine.

Thanks! I ended up buying the Focus. I had read about range anxiety, but now I've felt it! My Clipper Creek HCS-40 will charge up to 32 amps but I forgot I only used a 20 amp breaker when I installed it since the Fusion was fine with that. The Focus trips it within a few minutes. No problem, there's the 120V cord- nope my car was dropped off by the dealer and they didn't check if it was there. Of course it wasn't. But I picked one up today and will replace the breaker in a day or two so I'm good. I drove my first EV in 1997 when I was a volunteer for the Electric Vehicle program at Chico State. I've been pretty in tune with what they offer. But, since Ford only offers the POS (only kinda kidding...) Focus I decided to go super cheap and get that instead of a Model 3 for a couple years until it's clearer what Ford's plans are. I have no plans to get rid of my Falcon, truck, or Shelby.

It was a good run, guys. At the end of this year the green stickers are set to expire for HOV lane use in CA. I was going to sell it sometime between now and then, but my brother's car broke down and it's not being easy to diagnose- no codes. Anyway he made me an offer and drove it away yesterday. All in all the car was great as I put 79k miles on it in 4.75 years. Today I'm off to the Ford dealer to look at the Focus Electric.

Mines been changing to 10 minutes ahead lately. I've got a nice, newer Optima in there with plenty of voltage too.

The factory 2014 lug nuts are crap. They have a very thin sheetmetal cover over each one that isn't even pressed tight. I bought a set of aftermarket ones. They don't look 100% stock, but fine for an old beater.

As long as it doesn't end up looking hideous, I'm planning on getting one of these Ford BEV SUV's in a couple years. https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1114792_ford-300-mile-all-electric-suv-may-be-named-mach-1-due-2020

That's a fun list of cars! I still have my 64 Falcon convertible with a 289 and a four speed. I've had it over 30 years now. I also have a 77 Hi Jumper dessert buggy. It's a lot of fun to take up to the sierras and hit the logging roads. And someday I'll inherit this 1910 Model T.

My 2013 GT350. Shelby American produced 36 GT350's in 2013, with 12 being convertibles. Only one was a widebody convertible, and mine is that car. 624HP with the six speed manual.

If he lives on a large hill, it'd be easy to want to leave 20% to charge up on his way down.

FWIW, I buy True Fuel* which has no alcohol and is good for 5 years before opening the can, and 2 years after. It's marketed for chain saws and other home equipment, but would be fine for a generator as well.

FWIW I changed my oil at 10k, 25k, 45k and 65k miles. Car runs great. I wish I had a heated steering wheel, but I'm in Nor Cal which has significantly cooler winters than Sandy Eggo !

Thanks for updating the pic! My 12v battery was DOA this morning despite having driven it 60 miles yesterday. It's been right about 4 years since the car was produced so at least she had a good run. I had prepared for this day by buying an Optima in Jan 2016! I put the Optima on a charger (I've done this a couple times as it sat) while I removed the factory battery, cut the tray etc, and it was ready to go when I slapped 'er in. Best part is I get to work from home today. :read: :puppy_kiss:

Reviving this old thread... I guess I'll be looking into a used Tesla to replace my Energi. My next door neighbor is an electrical engineer at Tesla and he said the Model 3 is going to be better than the S in every way. Since Tesla is now shipping what like 100,000 cars a year, the value will drop like a rock when the 3 comes out. He said when he gets his 3 he'll see what Tesla is offering him on trade for his S, and offer it to me for the same price. It has 100,000 miles on it now so I'm thinking it'll be less than 25k?

The Tesla argument was that without the incentives from the state, Tesla's revenue from the car sales wouldn't allow it to earn a profit. All things being equal, of course. IMO Tesla buyers would buy the cars with or without the incentive. It's amazing how the politicians from a particular side will cry their eyes out about income inequality, yet perpetuate it in clear terms with these tax incentives to the "rich." I think that argument is a couple years old now, which is light years in Silicon Valley for a business of Tesla's scale. It'd be interesting if someone revisited the topic in depth.

Yes. Look at where the headquarters, top engineering and accounting folks, and the bulk of the highest paying jobs in the company are. Name one other country with America in it's name.

My 2014 has 55k on it now, mostly electric, and works great.

I always wondered what would happen if you whip and electrocute the squirrels at the same time. I would have guessed a couple seconds slower than that. My next car will be a wide body Super Snake which will do it in about 10.5 or so.

Now that the weather is warm, I'm happy to report I'm getting exactly the same distance out of my batteries as last summer. It's easy to tell since I can just barely make it home from work on the charge- just like last summer. It's 11 miles of HWY at 65 (HWY 87 through San Jose has a fair amount of up and down to mess with efficiency) and about 7 miles of surface streets. I drive too fast at 5:30am to make it to work on the juice, but I'm cool with that. Silicon Valley traffic can be brutal. 45k on the car, and probably 60% or so is on the batteries. I torture those batteries too. Plug it right in on L2 in the hot afternoon sun after draining it almost completely.