Someone dropped a box there. I made a sharp swing to the right to avoid it, and broke my front end. Might have been better to just hit it. The front wheel is shaking with squiring noise. Barely made it to the charger. Waiting for AAA.
OT: WARNING Landmine on Van Ness, SF (NB 101)
Started by ●July 17, 2023
Reply by ●July 17, 20232023-07-17
On Monday, July 17, 2023 at 8:43:47 AM UTC-4, Eddy Lee wrote:> Someone dropped a box there. I made a sharp swing to the right to avoid it, and broke my front end. Might have been better to just hit it. > > The front wheel is shaking with squiring noise. Barely made it to the charger. > > Waiting for AAA.Sounds like the front end was on the verge of going out anyway. Be thankful you got off this easily.
Reply by ●July 17, 20232023-07-17
On Monday, July 17, 2023 at 7:19:12 AM UTC-7, Fred Bloggs wrote:> On Monday, July 17, 2023 at 8:43:47 AM UTC-4, Eddy Lee wrote: > > Someone dropped a box there. I made a sharp swing to the right to avoid it, and broke my front end. Might have been better to just hit it. > > > > The front wheel is shaking with squiring noise. Barely made it to the charger. > > > > Waiting for AAA. > Sounds like the front end was on the verge of going out anyway. Be thankful you got off this easily.Yes, might want to change car and just move my batteries over. I just want to pay with batteries anyway. There was an accident with previous owner, but no detail on it.
Reply by ●July 17, 20232023-07-17
On Monday, July 17, 2023 at 7:23:46 AM UTC-7, Eddy Lee wrote:> On Monday, July 17, 2023 at 7:19:12 AM UTC-7, Fred Bloggs wrote: > > On Monday, July 17, 2023 at 8:43:47 AM UTC-4, Eddy Lee wrote: > > > Someone dropped a box there. I made a sharp swing to the right to avoid it, and broke my front end. Might have been better to just hit it. > > > > > > The front wheel is shaking with squiring noise. Barely made it to the charger. > > > > > > Waiting for AAA. > > Sounds like the front end was on the verge of going out anyway. Be thankful you got off this easily. > Yes, might want to change car and just move my batteries over. I just want to pay with batteries anyway. > > There was an accident with previous owner, but no detail on it.Testing my expansion battery using AC110V->DC168V-(/5)->DC24V-(x2)->DC48V-(x8)->DC192V-(x2)-> DC384V. Eventually, just move the battery out of the vehicle and plug it in the wall.
Reply by ●July 17, 20232023-07-17
On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 05:43:41 -0700 (PDT), Eddy Lee <eddy711lee@gmail.com> wrote:>Someone dropped a box there. I made a sharp swing to the right to avoid it, and broke my front end. Might have been better to just hit it. > >The front wheel is shaking with squiring noise. Barely made it to the charger. > >Waiting for AAA.I avoid horrors like Van Ness and Diviz and Valencia and Market Street. It's faster and much more pleasant to take some smaller side streets whenever possible. I go up Scott instead of Diviz to get to Kaiser, for example. Stop signs cycles faster than traffic lights, and busses really slow things down. Electric cars are heavy. Maybe less maneuverable than gas cars, and there's more mass to damage suspensions when you hit a bump or even turn hard.
Reply by ●July 17, 20232023-07-17
On Monday, July 17, 2023 at 8:14:16 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:> On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 05:43:41 -0700 (PDT), Eddy Lee > <eddy7...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >Someone dropped a box there. I made a sharp swing to the right to avoid it, and broke my front end. Might have been better to just hit it. > > > >The front wheel is shaking with squiring noise. Barely made it to the charger. > > > >Waiting for AAA. > I avoid horrors like Van Ness and Diviz and Valencia and Market > Street. It's faster and much more pleasant to take some smaller side > streets whenever possible.Van Ness was empty at 4am. Would have seen it earlier in daytime.> I go up Scott instead of Diviz to get to Kaiser, for example. Stop > signs cycles faster than traffic lights, and busses really slow things > down. > > Electric cars are heavy. Maybe less maneuverable than gas cars, and > there's more mass to damage suspensions when you hit a bump or even > turn hard.It was too manurable. I hard turn to the right to avoid the anti-vehicle mine (watching too much RU/UA video), and pushing the left wheel sideway. The lower control arm is bended (toe-in). The repair shop wants $700 to fix it. I asked him to just bend it back a bit. He won't. It's self-correcting a bit and I can drive at 25MPH. My friend in Vegas can probably do it for less. That's what they do for wheel alignment anyway. I will have to drive to Vegas at 25MPH.
Reply by ●July 17, 20232023-07-17
On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 10:37:26 -0700 (PDT), Ed Lee <edward.ming.lee@gmail.com> wrote:>On Monday, July 17, 2023 at 8:14:16?AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote: >> On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 05:43:41 -0700 (PDT), Eddy Lee >> <eddy7...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >Someone dropped a box there. I made a sharp swing to the right to avoid it, and broke my front end. Might have been better to just hit it. >> > >> >The front wheel is shaking with squiring noise. Barely made it to the charger. >> > >> >Waiting for AAA. >> I avoid horrors like Van Ness and Diviz and Valencia and Market >> Street. It's faster and much more pleasant to take some smaller side >> streets whenever possible. > >Van Ness was empty at 4am. Would have seen it earlier in daytime. > >> I go up Scott instead of Diviz to get to Kaiser, for example. Stop >> signs cycles faster than traffic lights, and busses really slow things >> down. >> >> Electric cars are heavy. Maybe less maneuverable than gas cars, and >> there's more mass to damage suspensions when you hit a bump or even >> turn hard. > >It was too manurable. I hard turn to the right to avoid the anti-vehicle mine (watching too much RU/UA video), and pushing the left wheel sideway. The lower control arm is bended (toe-in). The repair shop wants $700 to fix it. I asked him to just bend it back a bit. He won't.What was the "mine"? A cardboard box?> >It's self-correcting a bit and I can drive at 25MPH. My friend in Vegas can probably do it for less. That's what they do for wheel alignment anyway. I will have to drive to Vegas at 25MPH.Drive to Vegas and back, at 25 MPH, to save a few hundred dollars? 1100 miles round trip, maybe 45 hours. On back roads, presumably. Electric cars are a disease.
Reply by ●July 17, 20232023-07-17
On Monday, July 17, 2023 at 10:45:47 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:> On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 10:37:26 -0700 (PDT), Ed Lee > <edward....@gmail.com> wrote: > >On Monday, July 17, 2023 at 8:14:16?AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote: > >> On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 05:43:41 -0700 (PDT), Eddy Lee > >> <eddy7...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> >Someone dropped a box there. I made a sharp swing to the right to avoid it, and broke my front end. Might have been better to just hit it. > >> > > >> >The front wheel is shaking with squiring noise. Barely made it to the charger. > >> > > >> >Waiting for AAA. > >> I avoid horrors like Van Ness and Diviz and Valencia and Market > >> Street. It's faster and much more pleasant to take some smaller side > >> streets whenever possible. > > > >Van Ness was empty at 4am. Would have seen it earlier in daytime. > > > >> I go up Scott instead of Diviz to get to Kaiser, for example. Stop > >> signs cycles faster than traffic lights, and busses really slow things > >> down. > >> > >> Electric cars are heavy. Maybe less maneuverabble than gas cars, and > >> there's more mass to damage suspensions when you hit a bump or even > >> turn hard. > > > >It was too manurable. I hard turn to the right to avoid the anti-vehicle mine (watching too much RU/UA video), and pushing the left wheel sideway. The lower control arm is bended (toe-in). The repair shop wants $700 to fix it. I asked him to just bend it back a bit. He won't. > What was the "mine"? A cardboard box?Yes, around 2' to 3' box, right in the middle of the road .> >It's self-correcting a bit and I can drive at 25MPH. My friend in Vegas can probably do it for less. That's what they do for wheel alignment anyway. I will have to drive to Vegas at 25MPH. > Drive to Vegas and back, at 25 MPH, to save a few hundred dollars? > 1100 miles round trip, maybe 45 hours. On back roads, presumably. > > Electric cars are a disease.Could have happened to any car. I'll ask my friend to re-enforce the control arm with additional metal bars.
Reply by ●July 17, 20232023-07-17
Ed Lee <edward.ming.lee@gmail.com> wrote:>> On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 05:43:41 -0700 (PDT), Eddy Lee >> <eddy7...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Someone dropped a box there. I made a sharp swing to the right to >> > avoid it, and broke my front end. Might have been better to just >> > hit it. > > It was too manurable. I hard turn to the right to avoid the > anti-vehicle mine (watching too much RU/UA video),Moral of the story: Don't watch RU/UA video while driving. Pay actual attention to your *driving* while driving.
Reply by ●July 17, 20232023-07-17
On Monday, July 17, 2023 at 10:51:10 AM UTC-7, Ed Lee wrote:> On Monday, July 17, 2023 at 10:45:47 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote: > > On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 10:37:26 -0700 (PDT), Ed Lee > > <edward....@gmail.com> wrote: > > >On Monday, July 17, 2023 at 8:14:16?AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote: > > >> On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 05:43:41 -0700 (PDT), Eddy Lee > > >> <eddy7...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> >Someone dropped a box there. I made a sharp swing to the right to avoid it, and broke my front end. Might have been better to just hit it. > > >> > > > >> >The front wheel is shaking with squiring noise. Barely made it to the charger. > > >> > > > >> >Waiting for AAA. > > >> I avoid horrors like Van Ness and Diviz and Valencia and Market > > >> Street. It's faster and much more pleasant to take some smaller side > > >> streets whenever possible. > > > > > >Van Ness was empty at 4am. Would have seen it earlier in daytime. > > > > > >> I go up Scott instead of Diviz to get to Kaiser, for example. Stop > > >> signs cycles faster than traffic lights, and busses really slow things > > >> down. > > >> > > >> Electric cars are heavy. Maybe less maneuverabble than gas cars, and > > >> there's more mass to damage suspensions when you hit a bump or even > > >> turn hard. > > > > > >It was too manurable. I hard turn to the right to avoid the anti-vehicle mine (watching too much RU/UA video), and pushing the left wheel sideway. The lower control arm is bended (toe-in). The repair shop wants $700 to fix it. I asked him to just bend it back a bit. He won't. > > What was the "mine"? A cardboard box? > Yes, around 2' to 3' box, right in the middle of the road . > > >It's self-correcting a bit and I can drive at 25MPH. My friend in Vegas can probably do it for less. That's what they do for wheel alignment anyway. I will have to drive to Vegas at 25MPH. > > Drive to Vegas and back, at 25 MPH, to save a few hundred dollars? > > 1100 miles round trip, maybe 45 hours. On back roads, presumably.Just kidding. If i can find a shop to pull the arm back a bit, i can probably do 45MPH on the way there and 60MPH coming back. I also need them to work on the batteries, where it's almost impossible to find anyone locally.
