You might want to consider renting for this purpose. Suppose it cost you $200 each time you used it. That would be once a week for three years for about the same price as buying something (assuming you could use the ski boat year round). There would be no registration, maintenance or insurance on a vehicle you hardly use. You wouldn’t have to park it someplace when you weren’t using it.
Ed > On Dec 18, 2020, at 8:27 AM, Mark Hanson via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Folks > I have a Leaf for my son and Bolt for me but since we gave away the Ranger > and Prius, now want something that will tow my H20 ski alum boat 1480lbs > total including trailer. Initially we wanted the Prius Prime 50Mpg with 25 > mile EV range but only saw European towing rating about 1500 lbs and 0 Towing > for the US in the owners manual (Tesla3 similar). I don’t understand why a > car is given a towing rating in Europe but not here. > The Rav 4 Prime has a good towing rating about 2.5k lbs but we both don’t > like the angry-aggressive front grill face it has (I know that’s a silly > reason ). Although it’s 42 miles EV range, but about 37mpg. The Ford Escape > (or Euro Kuga) PHEV gets 42mpg and 37 mile EV range and a bit cheaper $32k > instead of the Rav4 Prime $38k. The Ford gets $6.8k back from the Fed and > the Rav4 $7.5k until 200k sold. The Ford also has a happy smiley face/front > grill. I thought of the Tesla Y with good towing but looked like $50k with > *no* Fed rebate and when I pretended to online order, went up to $60k. > That’s what I initially paid for my house! Could buy two Escapes for that. > I’ve got an Escape on order but aren’t making till January the dealer said > probably due to the Kuga euro battery recalls on the 20’ models. The 20’ > here is made of Unobtanium. Although a PHEV sounds like a good idea if > towing long distance (pure EV range is half with boat) the problem is the gas > doesn’t get burned much locally so put in Stabil fuel stabilizer but still > concerned about fuel turning to varnish - about a year I think. My brother > with his Prius Prime has done ok with Stabil and annual road trips to > occasionally use the gas. I thought about a Electric Truck , like F150, > CyberTruck , Rivian but currently to pricey and too huge / bulky for me. I > tow a 5x8 trailer behind my Chevy Bolt EV (that says no towing) for a truck > function now. > Guess “life is full of trade offs “ as John Lennon would say. > Have a renewable energy Christmas > Mark > Www.Reevadiy.org. > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
