It is your delusion that you drive your BEV like anyone else. I guess you have some mental condition that prevents you from seeing yourself the way others see you. YOU ARE HAVING YOUR CAR TOWED BECAUSE IT CAN'T DRIVE FAR ENOUGH TO REACH A CHARGER, YET YOU TAKE THE TRIP KNOWING THIS IN ADVANCE!!!
How may Leaf owners can make that claim?
I'm willing to bet there is language in each contract that excludes the sort of abuse you are committing. Yes, they said they would help you with towing, but they aren't the towing company, they just put you in touch and pay what they've agreed to. They can't guarantee service they aren't providing.
None of that changes the fact that you planned to be stranded. I don't think there is anything more than needs to be said. Is that wrong? Did you expect to make it without getting stranded? If you aren't expecting to be stranded, why did you buy TWO towing insurance plans?
Recyclable certainly, but cost is closer to $200. Inflation, taxes, and not much recycle core-charge rebate.
$97 (before core charge) for the last one I installed (03/29/2021). Group 24F (not huge but not dinky, either). You don't buy oversized batteries when you don't have cold weather to worry about. And, you don't buy overPRICED batteries when it will be dead in 3-4 years (from the hot temperatures), regardless.
[And you're a fool if you let AAA supply your batteries!]
I just had a case of sticker shock when looking at the battery prices for a Yaris. The various Diehards run around $200. There is a Valucraft for $100. The 1 year warranty suggests they don't have much confidence in their product.
I wonder what the relative weights are.
I just drove from Geneva to Locarno, which goes through the Swiss Alps. Amazingly, I got 48 mpg on that trip. My Audi is not a small one!
I got only 41 mpg on the way back. The slope down from the Simplon pass is too steep to recover all energy invested on the way up.
Jeroen Belleman
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