General vehicle thread

[MrPrena]

Interesting read.


The Electric Car Cost Tipping Point
March 21st, 2020 by Zachary Shahan

https://cleantechnica.com/2020/03/21...ing-point/amp/

[Gman]

That article seems deeply flawed to me. With the cost of gas dropping to amazingly low levels, the tipping point is likely so far out that you'll never recover your extra cost for going electric. The countries mentioned in the graphs are spending a ton of money to force electric adoption and I didn't see that addressed. Those are dollars that could be put into infrastructure or other needs.

The battery technology still needs improvement and any new technology is likely more than a decade out.

[waffles]

Anybody know if any of the chain auto shops have the free scanner that will read ABS codes for a 2000 Tundra? Thinking it's one of the sensors on the wheels but would like to know which one rather than just fucking around with it forever.

[FoxtArt]

Autozone, and many others. Unless there's something really special about the ABS codes on a Tundra I assume you're talking a generic OBD code retrieval.

[mpatch]

Autozone, and many others. Unless there's something really special about the ABS codes on a Tundra I assume you're talking a generic OBD code retrieval.

Most “body codes (aka air bag, abs etc) can’t be read by a cheap obd scanner

[00tec]

I thought that vehicle registration generally went down year after year on the same vehicle. My car is a 2013, and the registration this year is the exact same as last year, down to the cent. $227.23 for a 7 year old sedan.

[Gman]

That's about when it flat-lines.

[brutal]

I thought that vehicle registration generally went down year after year on the same vehicle. My car is a 2013, and the registration this year is the exact same as last year, down to the cent. $227.23 for a 7 year old sedan.

That's about when it flat-lines.

Did you get hit with the "you own an old worthless car you useless waste of oxygen" fee as well?

FWIW, it should still be going down but there's probably some new or increased fee there from last year.

My 2003 renewal was $72.77 in Aug 2019.

[MrPrena]

I think it is 10th year it gets cheaper. 9th year and 10th year of ownership had a huge change in registration fee.


(damn Writter)

[Gman]

I should have said "plateaus" rather than "flat-lines".