My understanding is that all the guards or barriers around the catalytic converter are meant to make it more difficult or time consuming for a thief, so that they’re more likely to skip it and try another car rather spend half an hour risking arrest and/or a broken saw blade.
A cheap aftermarket cat will still be hundreds of dollars, plus more for installation. It might make sense to get one after the factory cat is stolen, but I wouldn’t change it beforehand.
My relative has an 06 with over 200k miles and it’s still running fine, although it did need some electrical component replaced recently that was a few hundred dollars, and the battery is a little degraded so it gets slightly worse mileage.
From what I’ve read, they’re generally cheaper to maintain than the average car. You’ll spend a lot less on gasoline of course, but also less on brakes since the electric motor takes care of some braking.
You can buy various products that bolt on to protect the catalytic converter, or you could hire someone to weld some rebar around it, or if you want to do it yourself, you can wrap it with chain or barbed wire.
We all went on vacation together in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park, and a comradely good time was had by all. On the last night we were all together, we drunkenly tried to recap all the various wildlife we saw, how our cars performed in the mountains, and some recommendations on what to see if you’re ever in Colorado.
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Links/Sources:
RMNP: https://www.nps.gov/romo/index.htm //
https://meowwolf.com/visit/denver //
The record store across from Sputnik: http://mutinyinfocafe.com/ //
https://www.forneymuseum.org/ //
https://www.corvuscoffee.com/ //
“Colorado is Wakanda for white people” https://youtu.be/2XT5aXsE75o
Links/Sources:
https://www.thedrive.com/news/biden-will-tax-imported-chinese-evs-100-percent-report //
https://www.thedrive.com/news/subaru-is-finally-making-a-manual-wrx-wagon-for-mexico //
https://www.thedrive.com/news/even-being-one-of-chevys-best-selling-models-couldnt-save-the-malibu //
https://www.thedrive.com/news/oops-tesla-is-re-hiring-some-charging-personnel-musk-laid-off //
https://www.thedrive.com/news/hertz-charging-a-tesla-renter-for-gas-was-not-an-isolated-incident //
As a Coloradan: please anyone but Frackenlooper
This should be a site tagline
I don’t know any more than what’s in that episode, but you could try contacting Zac. Although he just had a kid recently so I imagine he’s pretty busy. IIRC the AFC is some type of non-profit.
I’ve thought about getting a motorcycle because they’re fun and fast and look cool and make cool vroom vroom noises and are cheaper than a car, but then I read about death statistics and decided against it. I personally have known one person who died on a motorcycle and two who were badly injured. Still might get an ebike tho.
Including industrial cutting tools
Links/Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_car#Hybrid_vehicle_power_train_configurations //
https://www.thedrive.com/tech/20246/the-real-story-behind-the-worlds-first-hybrid-car //
https://www.borail.org/collection/cnj-no-1000/ //
https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/1980s-briggs-stratton-hybrid-is-30-mpg-six-wheeler/ //
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius //
Demonstrating how an electric continuously variable transmission works in a Toyota Prius https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NHYo68PpApI //
Hybrid Power Split Device. eCVT transmission https://youtu.be/jofycaXByTc //
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atkinson_cycle //
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Insight //
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt_(first_generation) //
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_ELR //
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt_(second_generation) //
GM’s Second Generation Voltec Drivetrain Explained (Voltec 2) https://youtu.be/o3-wGOyT2 //
In college I worked on a project studying this. You can run a generator off the methane but it requires filtering, which makes it less profitable, so most landfills and waste treatment plants just burn off the gas with a flare.
be mad at yourself all winter for moving away from the midwest.
To be fair, you were sort of forced to move to Colorado
They do accelerate very quickly compared to most cars
I know one person who got a concussion and another who broke their arm while skiing
I live in Colorado and used to go skiing a couple times every year as a kid (ie, when my parents were paying for it). It’s pretty fun to go sliding down a scenic mountain at 30 mph, and it’s rewarding to learn and get better. But now that I’m an adult I’ve decided that it’s not really worth it to wake up early on a weekend, drive 2+ hours, freeze my ass off, spend a lot of money, and possibly hurt myself. Speaking of, you definitely want a helmet if you don’t want to end up like Sonny Bono.
There are a few smaller and cheaper ski slopes that aren’t crowded with rich tourists, but they’re the exception. I’ve run into plenty of rich dickheads on the slopes, and lots of loud obnoxious Texans dressed fully in Cowboys gear.
Sounds like they’re about due for another massive labor uprising
Thanks for the plug
Evan is a cool dude
I’ll also say that if you want a hybrid with a catalytic convert that’s harder to steal, the cat in a Chevy Volt is tucked up in the engine bay between the engine and the radiator. But the Prius gets better mileage, unless you can plug in the Volt to charge it.
Either way, you should paint a cool airbrush mural on it