I too can wait. Behind the rope from 3 feet away is ok if I don't have to drive far. 😅 I will email them about a couple of cars/coffee events in my area. The last time I went to one was in 2023.
I am waiting for a Slate event in NorCal or central valley. SoCal is quite far. I don't mind the long drive to visit certain destinations (Calico Ghost Town, Mojave Desert, Salton Sea Lake...) because they won't come to me. 😁
Wonder how it went this morning.
I am keeping the reservation but my excitement has taken a hit. Not because of anything about Slate. Getting my backup car road-ready is going to cost me $5K, more or less. I will have to drive it like it owes me money. Good thing is that I won't be anxious about the actual release/delivery of...
Can't recommend the one I have. 😅 I am looking at this one right now.
https://a.co/d/0ez3bmJ5
The solar panel is twice the size of my old one. It'd be nice to never have to plug in.
There are also units that double as a walkie-talkie. I suppose in urgent situations, we'd want the ability to...
This is from the window display of an old shop in the historic town of Isleton, fifteen years ago. The shop was "My Favorite Things" and it looked like the owner didn't finish packing/moving.
Many years ago when I drove to the snowy areas of NorCal, there'd be signs along the way reminding us drivers to tune into a specific radio channel. In more recent years, I rely on official info online (i.e., CalTrans QuickMap). The info online has a much wider reach (I can check from home...
As a weekend car camper, I have two portable AM/FM/Weather radios. One is chargeable by micro-usb or two D batteries; the other by usb-c, solar, and hand-crank. Both also offer USB-A ports to charge other devices. The one that you can crank is obviously better than something that is integrated...
About this "Glass-Filled Polypropylene Composite material," is it proprietary or can I find it in real life? Is it something that average folks can get their hands on? 🧐
During the wild fires in Norcal a few years ago, one man did not evacuate because one of his cats wouldn't go into the carrier. He ended up saving the house by hosing it down with water. Let me see if I can find the news article. 😅...
My backup car is in the shop now. The mechanic told me that more folks are fixing up their old cars these days instead of buying another. One Audi in his shop got a new engine after sitting disabled for two years.
My main ride has 174K miles, backup has 202K, driveway queen has 90K with no...
Will there be an upper grab/handle bar for either the driver or passenger? Didn't see one in the video.
I am so used to having them. They allow me to utilize the headroom. In my daily driver, I use them to hold my bungee cords so they're not tangled up in a bag.