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That's kind of how I got here, actually. What I REALLY want is an F150 Lightning Lariat w/ the bigger battery. Then for 2024 they added a heat pump, and now I kind of feel like I "need" that, as well. I can't afford a 60-65k truck (with all of the incentives and rebates). That had me looking and thinking about other options. What's something cheaper and larger than my MKC that I'd enjoy for a couple years? I want a truck and don't just want some appliance Traverse, Explorer, highlander for like 20k used. I JUST (this week) paid off my MKC. I'm in no rush to get another loan on something I don't REALLY want.

" Lincoln ditched the Explorer's steering rack and fitted a variable-assist, variable-ratio steering gear manufactured by ZF. It replaced the pressed-steel lower control arms with stiffer cast aluminum units and added a larger, stiffer front crossmember and frame inserts to reduce frame flex and increase steering precision. There's also a set of shocks and springs that are exclusive to the Aviator. The suspension bushings were replaced with units that are compliant longitudinally to soften bump impacts but stiff laterally to increase steering and handling precision. In addition, the anti-roll bars use ball joints to connect to the lower control arms. This is a stiffer, lower-friction arrangement than the rubber bushings used in the Explorer and Mountaineer. " caranddriver.com/reviews/a15135546/lincoln-aviator-road-test/ It sounds like it's fairly different. I'm not sure how different it would feel 20 years and 100,000 miles later though. Hahaha

Holy Sht. I LOVE that blue. I can't seem to find a picture of the Aegean Stone, but it sounds pretty awesome, too.

If you were to pull the trigger on something like this, what gen would you actually WANT? I know finding what works out and is available for you isn't always 100% what one would want, but which gen do you desire the most? I do have a soft spot for a full-size sedan. Just that quiet luxury in a barge is super cool to me. When an S Class or a CT6 drives by, I always get a little excited seeing people buy those still. Autotrader has zero within 100 miles of me... There are some on FB Marketplace but I don't really want to joy ride somebody's vehicle with almost no intent to purchase. The closest one on AutoTrader is 204 miles from me... but It's actually a really good example and one I wouldn't mind possibly buying. See below link for said vehicle. https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicle/719765701?endYear=2005&makeCode=LINC&modelCode=AVIATOR&newSearch=true&numRecords=25&referrer=%2Fcars-for-sale%2Fall-cars%2Flincoln%2Faviator%2Fhighland-il%3FendYear%3D2005%26newSearch%3Dtrue%26searchRadius%3D300&searchRadius=300&sortBy=relevance&clickType=listing I hope that link works.

Clean ones are soooo hard to find. The only few clean ones are 4 hours away. I need to find a way to at least drive one somewhere around me before committing to a trip like that to buy one. Yeah, it just sucks that just finding them are extremely difficult. It seems like half of the ones on FB Marketplace have issues and the ones that don't have over 150-200k miles on them. I know I'd be buying something with quite a few miles on it already, but I don't exactly want to start over 150k. Wireless CarPlay would be perfect in something like this, because I could keep the radio hidden away and it would just always have that clean look to it, because the radio hides away.

Ya know what I've been wanting recently? I have been wanting an 03-05 Lincoln Aviator. I want the size, I want a V8, I LOVE the sound of the Ford modular 4.6L V8. I love that there are a few touches of modern luxury still like cooled seats... and I can't think of what else, but I thought there were a couple things that were neat. It has the split opening rear hatch, so the glass just opens to throw smaller things in the back. The DOHC 4.6 is the version from the Mach 1(with a slightly different tune), as opposed to the 4.6 that's in the Explorer and F150. It's 302hp and 300tq compared to the Navigator's 5.4V8 making 300hp and 355tq. interesting outputs between the two vehicles. I really like how they look still, but finding one that's not in scrapyard condition is proving pretty much impossible. they only made the dang thing for 3 years

It's not pretty and it's not cool, but it'll probably sell.

We don't have a built-in dehumidifier, just a large-ish "portable" one. I set the humidity to 45% and let it do its thing. It has a pump, but I don't have a drain, so I have it pump to a 5gal bucket and empty it daily. If I had to consistently tweak it, it would drive me nuts, as well.

In the Midwest, I couldn't imagine it either. We added a dehumidifier last year and it made a huuuuge difference in what temp we can comfortably keep our place. Prior to the dehumidifier, we had to our place an easy 3-4 degrees cooler to get the same comfort level.

Lead foot and/or a little exaggeration... $600/mo in fuel only adds up if he's getting 11mpg and $5/gal. 12mpg would need to be $5.25/gal. I know there have absolutely been times where premium in WA was probably around $6/gal. But a few months of that are going to be outliers across the 16 years of ownership. I'd safely assume premium is $1/gal more than regular so any point over $4 would net $5 for premium.

Go north, hahaha. My family is from upstate NY and I don't believe any of my relatives have AC. Some have a window unit, but most isn't necessary. Most summer days its mid 80's, not humid, and cools down plenty at night to keep windows open. Their winters though, are brutal.

The only way the math works out on $600/mo to fuel the TrailblazerSS is if you were averaging worse than the city rating the vehicle was rated at AND you were paying $5/gal. I can't imagine you averaged 11mpg AND paid $5 gallon. I'm sure there were periods over the last few years where premium was over $5/gal, but that's not what you were paying the last 15 years.

Ohhh so this is more of a "your house" issue because you have ductwork in the garage. That makes more sense then, because we have never had that issue of a hot car in the garage heating up the house in the summer.

I've literally never heard this, and I live in the Midwest where it's 90's from June-August. Do you guys not insulate the interior facing walls of your garages?

Dang, that's a lot of miles. It looked so good when you traded it in, too. What're your lease mileage agreement?

How many miles did the SS have on it when you traded it in? Gotta get the Mustang out more!

I'm glad you found this because I had never heard charging to 100% didn't negatively affect a battery's lifespan.

No, I meant what state of charge are you charging to at home? Do you charge overnight to 100% battery? Or do you have it set to like 80% as to maintain the life of the battery?

Great writeup, David! It's much appreciated. On your screenshot of "Charging Activity" Is that the miles driven between those dates? So, you drove 265 miles from the 5th to 10th and it cost you $9.22? Am I reading that correctly? And at 0.10/kw that's about 92.2kw used from the two dates? What percentage do you charge to at home? Are you charging to 100%? 90%? 80%?

It seems to me working great for me.

I don't travel anywhere near what you do, but the few I've been so have been horrible. I've never seen even a decent hotel gym.

What’re the yearly mileage of those leases? 10k? 12k? 15k?

I'm saying this, still. What EV is cheaper than an equivalent ICE vehicle? I thought you said you got 1000kW free? Without plugging in at home, that's nowhere near 3 years' worth of charging. What are your rates? Mine varies between $0.11-0.13/kW. We're definitely stuck with an additional charge, which sucks. I was looking into solar quotes the other week and I was talking to an installer and because our town has their own additional charge on top of the $0.081 the electric company charges, the town adds their own $0.03-0.05, depending on the demand. They said the solar production could eliminate the electric company's rate, but I'll still have the town's charge, which seems a little odd, but he said most places they can eliminate or nearly eliminate an electric bill but not so much in my town.

ONLY charging at home is there legitimate savings. Public charging is not significantly cheaper and would never pay off the 20k purchase premium. You're looking at things all wrong. Price per mile is what you should be looking at. At 0.48/kW and 3.65/gal this is the difference. Change those numbers to a more realistic home charging price of 0.12/kW and your current WA average fuel prices and you get the below. REAL savings.

$0.48 per kWh if that wasn't included in your purchase?!? That's insane. It's cheaper to drive an AWD Telluride than that, around me. I see WA fuel prices are way higher, around $4.55/gal/87 octane, but at the national average of $3.65/gal, it's cheaper to drive ICE. That's just mind bogglingly expensive.