Title is pretty self explanatory. Salt hurts paws and is toxic if ingested, it’s fucking freezing, people do not look out for small animals while driving, just don’t be idiots. So whoever in stonebridge keeps letting their grey kitten out go fucking bring it in, it’s cold.
Hey,
I went on a trip (a bit more than 250km one-way) last week in my KONA EV (at 80% max charge, recall on the battery not yet done, so I am not supposed to push it to 100%). I live in Montreal, and the weather was particularly harsh, even for Montrealers. Basically, -30C or worse all along.
Not only do I have to make sure the heat is on for everybody (I am not alone in the car), but also ensure that windshields, front and back, are heated at all time (both on have a tremendous impact on my range), if not they freeze up in like 5 minutes, I also use the heated wheel, and seat (although just at the start).
My trip was 90% highway by the way (going north to Shawinigan from Montreal), I usually drive at 100-110km/h. To go, I had to stop by a city after around 150km, fast charge (40 minutes-ish), and finished the trip. To come back (similar weather), I actually wanted to drive as much as I could, rechage, and finish the trip. I ended up in turtle mode for the last 2km before the charging station (despite making sure I had a 60km+ buffer...), it was 'phase 1' turtle, so up to 90km/h, but still, super stressful.
Honestly, my KONA is fabulous in the summer/autumn/spring, it can beat the estimated 420km range (for 100% recharge, so 340km for an 80% recharge) easily, but the range takes such a huge hit in super harsh weather + highway, it made me very anxious and stressed even for a short and sweet trip like this (basically going from 330km range to 250km, but since turtle kicks in at 60km left, and I want to avoid it, the 'real' range' is closed to 190km in -30) ...
I'll stick to EVs in the future, I just love them so much for so many reasons, but honestly, we are not there yet when it comes to the ridiculously harsh weather/temperatures of QC/Canada. Either halving the recharge time, or doubling the range is really required for me to feel 'at ease'. I know it will come, and I'll be pre ordering that vehicule when it comes out (provided it's not priced like a LUCID AIR :D), until then, I'll stress a bit ;) Just wanted to share my experience with you all :)
So I recently arrived to Vancouver from Mexico and I was greeted by the lovely BC storm. Thankfully I came in prepared with my hiking boots plus some ice cleats to not slip on the ice, however now I'm worried that I might be doing something rude by wearing them inside of stores when I come in from the street.
So, do you know if it's ok to wear my ice cleats when entering a shop or should I take them off from my boots?
EDIT: to clarify, I'm wearing theseremovable cleats, not boots with built in spikes
Wondering if it is safe to drain and refill in the winter.
Unfortunately high amount of chlorine shock did bring chlorine up temporarily, but it was unable to hold itself and chlorine drops pretty close to 0 ppm in no time. Thinking a good cleaning and drain and refill is my only way to go at this point.
Last I changed the water was about 3-4 months ago.
My thought was to drain it, give it a clean, turn on outside water line, fill it, turn off outside water line.
Any issues with that? I was thinking to wait until temperature is above 0 (Celsius). Thanks!
Bonus question: I believe what has created this issue was a build up of bio-film. Is ahh-some the way to go for every hot tub cleaning?
I'm a "MB" (that's the mom right?), so I hope you don't mind me coming onto your subreddit to ask this... our nanny has been with us for about 9 months. She recently got her son a visa to come to join her here in Canada, which is super exciting. We were asking how we could help and she didn't ask for anything. We then asked if he had a winter coat already to which she replied he doesn't yet.
So here's my question.... As a 16 year old boy, moving to a new country I can appreciate that he may want to fit in. I know from talking to our nanny about her son previously that he is brand- conscious, so before we buy a coat he may not like, what are the "hot" brands in Canada for a 16 year old boy? (and yes, we are planning to get a gift receipt so he can exchange it for something else if he doesn't love it). I'm just hoping to nail it on the first go so he can use it right off the plane!
To give some context, the winter coat I bought myself was about $250, so something in that range.
Thanks for any and all advice!
i've been riding my scooter to work everyday since the summer except Canadian Stat Holidays and Christmas eve. It's about a 10-15 minute ride through 2 intersections, mostly on a bike path which luckily gets shoveled after most heavy snowfall days. There's a hill and according to google goes up about ~43m over the last third of the ride. I'm new to scooters and bad with motor vehicles, so I have no mods, programmable or physical, and this is my first scooter.
I did try to do some research on winter riding but I didn't find much true Canadian winter riding! If it matters, I'm about 110lb and 5'1. I ride a ~8mo old Ninebot G30LP from Costco.
Battery: My commute is pretty short. I charged it after every ride after letting it warm up to about room temperature. It definitely suffered in the cold charge-wise and power-wise; after about -25 I wasn't able to go faster than 20km/h going up the hill and at its steepest only 15km/h. On flat ground I can retain full speed even when its super cold. Now that the weather is above 0 again (at least for now), I don't think I've lost much if anything of my total battery charge.
Handling: Snow is not bad and actually worse when its light, powdery snow. I try to stay ~20km/h when there's a potential threat of ice (which I only started doing 2 months in after I fell once going full speed on ice down the hill). The great thing about falling on a scooter is it's easy to jump off and catch myself vs a bike.
Ice is actually pretty manageable at 20km/h but I can definitely feel it start to slide out after that. Also - I can' only ride if the snow is half the height of my tires or lower. Luckily the bike path was always shoveled when it got to that point. The thing is, after a couple months of winter the hard snow gets really bumpy which makes for a very uncomfy ride, but do-able. A co-worker did recommend letting some air out of the tires to make more surface contact to the ground but I was too nervous to fiddle with it.
Slush is the absolute worse, tires can't get any grip, water splashing everywhere, this is the only point that I've had to push my scooter. Luckily sidewalks are usually okay slush-wise, it's the intersections that get hard to cross.
Rain was pretty negligible considering it hardly rains in Alberta. I've scootered in light, scattered rain and had no problems - scooted through puddles (oops) and she's doing seemingly fine, no issues yet.High winds are also top 3 bad riding conditions. There was a
I'm curious as to how the rest of you manage winter and FPV. I've been dying to get back out there for months but due to rain and snow, I haven't been able to. I'm on the Wet Coast so rain is a bigger concern than snow but we've been getting hammered with snow lately.
I know sims exist but they don't give me the same satisfaction so what do you guys do when the weather is shit?
I also know I could waterproof my quads but then the cold temperature is an issue, things act a little fucky.
I guess this applies to anyone in a wetter, colder climate but I'm just so used to seeing Americans (mostly Californians) living it up in the winter like it's spring so I'm asking my tribe hah.
Edit: Thanks all, I've gone ahead and decided to just waterproof my shit. I grabbed 422C instead of 422B as it specifically mentions it being ideal for drones (and 422B was almost impossible to get shipped to me) : https://www.mgchemicals.com/products/conformal-coating/silicone-conformal-coatings/conformal-coating-waterproof/
Hello! I'm looking for dash cams that can be left in the vehicle during extreme winter temperatures (-20 - -40° C). Does anyone have any recommendations?
