GDI engine failures potentially driving up EV sales?

Well that's like stating the sky is blue or politicians suck. In other words, it's obvious. There will always be hold outs to any advancments.

Duane
 
Darkbloodmon said:
You're not getting 10K+ mile oil change intervals with what the vehicle needs when that dealership maintenance program runs its course. Then its "Take 5s" and "Quick lubes" Cheapest goop you got $20.00 oil change.

Engine locks at 80K
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My tundra hit 300k this week. It’s had take 5 oil changes or equivalent since 60k.
Never had the coolant or brake fluid flushed (@RatLabGuy )
 
Aye, but the point is that the Marketing and R&D to get to a place where EV Trucks and SUVs are more widely feasible is still a ways off in comparison to cars, and CSUVs. They aren't going away anytime soon.
 
Ron said:
My tundra hit 300k this week. It’s had take 5 oil changes or equivalent since 60k.
Never had the coolant or brake fluid flushed (@RatLabGuy )
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I'm not going down the one off vehicle example rabbit hole, but for curiosities sake, what year Tundra?
 
Darkbloodmon said:
I'm not going down the one off vehicle example rabbit hole, but for curiosities sake, what year Tundra?
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2015

Btw - for your one off.
My company fleet is at 159.
120 are 110k+ mikes.
 
Ron said:
2015

Btw - for your one off.
My company fleet is at 159.
120 are 110k+ mikes.
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"It's a Toyota"

Plenty of our Hinos are still going strong 200K+ Emissions equipped with longer idle hours than drive hours.

What does equivalent equate too? If its not some teenager trying to work their way up from lube tech by doing the most and still screwing up I find that hard to compare to fleet maintence programs where techs are trying to do the least work possible and get the vehicle back on the road.
Ron said:
It’s had take 5 oil changes or equivalent since 60k.
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But this is getting off topic...

Darkbloodmon said:
You're not getting 10K+ mile oil change intervals with what the vehicle needs when that dealership maintenance program runs its course. Then its "Take 5s" and "Quick lubes" Cheapest goop you got $20.00 oil change
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This is in reference to the new vehicles with GDI engines dropping like flies, Toyota and Honda not included in the mfgs. in the original thread post.
 
Darkbloodmon said:
"It's a Toyota"

Plenty of our Hinos are still going strong 200K+ Emissions equipped with longer idle hours than drive hours.

What does equivalent equate too? If its not some teenager trying to work their way up from lube tech by doing the most and still screwing up I find that hard to compare to fleet maintence programs where techs are trying to do the least work possible and get the vehicle back on the road.


But this is getting off topic...


This is in reference to the new vehicles with GDI engines dropping like flies, Toyota and Honda not included in the mfgs. in the original thread post.
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Our fleet are equal parts ford and gm 2500/3500 has vehicles
 
Ron said:
My tundra hit 300k this week. It’s had take 5 oil changes or equivalent since 60k.
Never had the coolant or brake fluid flushed (@RatLabGuy )
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But I bet you've had to replace those rear discs and pads a lot though!
 
Ron said:
once.
Shockingly the rears wore out before the fronts.
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That's because they are not drums. I'm not sure if you've read much of the internet, but drums are the new hot shit ;)
 
Ron said:
once.
Shockingly the rears wore out before the fronts.
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On all the Jeeps I've had with rear discs, the rears wear out at roughly twice the speed of the fronts..
 
CarolinaHD said:
Are GDI engines more prone to failure than conventional gas engines?
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Yes, due to carbon buildup on the intake side because there's no fuel wash. This was a common problem on BMW diesels too, and the solution was methanol injection :D
 
RatLabGuy said:
Maintanance starts to ramp up on most traditional ICE cars by 75k, 100k at most (by then you're at least into the 2nd set of brakes and a coolant flush).
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:laughing:
 
CLRracer said:
I don't see my family becoming completely EV in my life. Odds are pretty good we will have at least one at some point, and for my wife it would make sense. But like you I haul too much too far to get rid of my truck on the current EV technology.

Duane
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Also I'm not willingly gonna give someone else that much potential control over my movements.
 
1-tonmudder said:
Also I'm not willingly gonna give someone else that much potential control over my movements.
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I'm curious what this is referring to? Not all EVs are all cloud-connected like Teslas. And you are currently limited by gas availability just like you would be electricity.
 
RatLabGuy said:
I'm curious what this is referring to? Not all EVs are all cloud-connected like Teslas. And you are currently limited by gas availability just like you would be electricity.
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You dont think in a hard lock down situation that they wouldnt cut the power to keep you at home?? There's multiple places to get gas,only one place to get electricity.
 
1-tonmudder said:
You dont think in a hard lock down situation that they wouldnt cut the power to keep you at home?? There's multiple places to get gas,only one place to get electricity.
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I can make electricity with gas.
And the whole point of a network of charger stations, just like gas stations, is that there's multiple places to get it from too.

I think your tin foil hat is showing. Cutting power to keep people at home would be pretty dumb, since you need power for your home.
 
RatLabGuy said:
I think your tin foil hat is showing.
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Meh,perhaps.I'm just not wiliing to take the chance,I personally dont think in that situation they will care if you have power at home or not.Weren't they mad @ Tesla not long ago for not remotely shutting off the cars in Russia??
 
1-tonmudder said:
Weren't they mad @ Tesla not long ago for not remotely shutting off the cars in Russia??
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But... he didn't..... so..... the system worked?
Also, that was just random people on Twitter. Not an order from the government or something.
 
No he didnt and yeah it was just folks on twitter.My point was if the correct folks want it done it's possible.Im very much aware that some ya-hoo in TN probably aint gonna be on their disconnect list but I would'nt trust them to not do it either.
 
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1-tonmudder said:
You dont think in a hard lock down situation that they wouldnt cut the power to keep you at home?? There's multiple places to get gas,only one place to get electricity.
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Oh contraire…

I can generate electricity anywhere with a solar panel, or a water turbine or a portable gen.

I can’t generate gasoline or diesel anywhere.
 
Ron said:
Oh contraire…

I can generate electricity anywhere with a solar panel, or a water turbine or a portable gen.

I can’t generate gasoline or diesel anywhere.
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I think--as was said-- It's not the lack of electricity It's the fact that your car can be remotely disabled at any time. Though lack of electricity is more and more becoming an issue
 
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