I'd disable any backup beeping speakers in a heartbeat.

Quote from: GoCougs on May 30, 2024, 09:14:32 AMWhat's the estimated depreciation differential though? EVs in general are falling off a cliff - way more than ~$11/day.

With tax credits and incentives, usually the depreciation is normal for the vehicle's class. (Excluding Tesla, which is all over the place depending on Elon's mood)

Quote from: MrH on May 30, 2024, 07:39:40 AM$10+/day difference.

That adds up for sure!

I commute 40miles/day , right now costs $5.28/ day to commute. I could drop that to $3.30 (one gallon of gas) if I drove Maverick, but then wife's expenditure would go up sharply. 

What's the estimated depreciation differential though? EVs in general are falling off a cliff - way more than ~$11/day.

I took a deeper look at my electricity bill.  Previously, I just used my $ spent per month, divided by the total kWh to figure out cost/kWh it was around $.16/kWh.  Turns out, $100/month of it is just the fixed delivery charges, regardless of consumption.  It's really only $.069/kWh for actual usage.

My daily work commute of 75 miles round trip:

Lightning (2.0 mi/kWh) = $2.58/day
BRZ (25 mpg, $4.40/gal for 93) = $13.23/day

$10+/day difference.

Quote from: Morris Minor on May 29, 2024, 03:05:58 PMI was woken up in the early hours when we were in a motel in NZ; it was the backup chimes from someone's Kia PHEV. It was unnecessary IMO.

The Lightning has a backup chime.  Oddly enough, the truck is so insulated, it's not that annoying in the truck.  One day I was backing it up with the windows down.  Wow, my neighbors must hate when I pull in and out of the garage

Quote from: veeman on May 29, 2024, 09:16:01 PMMaybe reverse into your driveway/garage so the annoying sound doesn't happen early in the morning when leaving your house.

I definitely do if I'm driving Mav early. Wife laughs at me.   She doesn't think it's a big deal.

"Usually" I drive Miata. If I know the weather is bad (rain) she or I will drive Odyssey and the other drives Mav.

Quote from: AutobahnSHO on May 29, 2024, 03:48:29 PMUgh and... okay.

The regular drive noise in Maverick was a'right, after a recall on the computer (lights related), we noticed it gained a little bit of "growl". Sounds okay. There are apparently rules on how loud they have to be at certain speeds- I think after 35mph the tire noise is sufficient though.

Now the reverse noise- Yuck. It's not quite as annoying as a dump truck sound, but it's obnoxious, especially if I need to leave to work at 5am.

Since the speaker is under the front of the truck. the reverse noise has to be fairly loud. Someone on the Maverick forum suggested putting a speaker in the rear- but that's $5+ per truck Ford wouldn't profit on.

People buy kits to bypass the speaker (resistor and the right size connector). If you just clip the wire, the dash lights go nuts. I've thought about putting in a switch to turn it off "sometimes"- but it would probably light up the dummy lights, and I'd most prefer a relay that default resets to "on" every time power comes back on.

But I'm too lazy to engineer or seek that, so for now it's obnoxious.

Maybe reverse into your driveway/garage so the annoying sound doesn't happen early in the morning when leaving your house.

Quote from: Morris Minor on May 29, 2024, 06:13:08 AMWhat opinions do you guys have on the external noise makers they put on EVs?

Ugh and... okay.

The regular drive noise in Maverick was a'right, after a recall on the computer (lights related), we noticed it gained a little bit of "growl". Sounds okay. There are apparently rules on how loud they have to be at certain speeds- I think after 35mph the tire noise is sufficient though.

Now the reverse noise- Yuck. It's not quite as annoying as a dump truck sound, but it's obnoxious, especially if I need to leave to work at 5am.

Since the speaker is under the front of the truck. the reverse noise has to be fairly loud. Someone on the Maverick forum suggested putting a speaker in the rear- but that's $5+ per truck Ford wouldn't profit on.

People buy kits to bypass the speaker (resistor and the right size connector). If you just clip the wire, the dash lights go nuts. I've thought about putting in a switch to turn it off "sometimes"- but it would probably light up the dummy lights, and I'd most prefer a relay that default resets to "on" every time power comes back on.

But I'm too lazy to engineer or seek that, so for now it's obnoxious.

I was woken up in the early hours when we were in a motel in NZ; it was the backup chimes from someone's Kia PHEV. It was unnecessary IMO.