done!
I had them swap the rims onto the winter tires so that we could potentially put sensors on the other rims or maybe sell those rims and just keep one set. We'll see in the spring.
The tread is definitely better
lol
edit: oh yeah, and I have a appointment for wheel alignment tomorrow.. #evcrosscanada #tires #cars #maintenance
A hive of activity around here! A few seconds ago a full logging truck left and now there is an empty logging truck in its place. Every bay is full. Everyone running full bore!
Pearson Tire/Kal Tire in Port Alberni.
Been getting my tires here for 20 years! Great people. And free tire changes!
Edit: just to emphasize the point… a full Kal Tire delivery truck just pulled up on the main street beside and is now sitting there in the left turn lane waiting for the logging truck to be done so it can pull in. Crew now working double fast lol.
Winter tire season definitely on!
#evcrosscanada #tires #cars #maintenance
I believe these are the second set of “summer/all season” tires for this car. I think we got them the spring before we embarked on our 14,000km summer 2022 #evcrosscanada road trip. That was about 160,000km ago by the odometer, but we alternate summer/winter, so probably about half that. Let’s say 75,000km for these tires.
They are Nokian all seasons. Not sure what I will replace them with next spring. We’ll see!
#tires #cars #maintenance
fun fact:
Earlier that month, at the beginning of the semester, both myself and my colleague came down with a flu-like illness. We both recovered fine, but both of us thought we probably got it from a student in the class who was also sick. We didn't think much of it at the time.
But now.. we both believe we and that student, probably had COVID.
I didn't get COVID again until July 2022 when we went on our #EVCrossCanada trip.
This article (https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/electric-car-charging-network-canada-marketplace-1.7094656 )
mirrors my experience in 2022 #EVCrossCanada from VI to PEI (chronicled here: https://chrisalemany.ca/2022/08/15/saving-co2-on-a-cross-country-ev-journey/ )
— in particular, some charging networks, like Petro Canada, are horrible. Some are much better. Flo is by far the most reliable across Canada that we found. BC Hydro and Hydro Quebec never let us down either. Electrify Canada and Ivy were pretty good but not perfect.
Imagine going to a gas pump and having a different price from day to day or station to station… not cents... like by 50-100% difference. Imagine if the gas pump just didn't work 10% of the time. Imagine if you had to phone customer support to fill your car?
These are all **WHOLLY AVOIDABLE** barriers that have been put up because Government has allowed the marketplace to figure out car charging on its own.
It will change out of necessity.
#EV #Canada #ClimateAction #EndFossilFuels #LateStageCapitalism #MarketForces #Regulation
Marketplace hit the road in an electric vehicle to see how well Canada’s public charging infrastructure is working for Canadians. The investigation found a range in pricing across providers, as well as poor reliability and maintenance at some stations.
This day last year was our final day on our 16,000km #EVCrossCanada trip. We proved you could reduce your CO2 on long trips by driving across Canada. We found out the different CO2 intensities for electricity in every province. I calculated 637kg of CO2. Most of that, 516kg, from charging in Alberta and Saskatchewan. A jet going the same distance would emit 103,000kg. It was appropriate I started this day charging the car while a coal train rumbled by. Full blog linked.
https://chrisalemany.ca/2022/08/15/saving-co2-on-a-cross-country-ev-journey/
Dear reader, if you're here you're already interested in electric vehicles (EVs). Perhaps you already own one, or perhaps you're just curious, but like so many of us you're trying to figure out if they and the infrastructure they need are actually ready for anyone to use and take over from the internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle that has dominated for nearly 100 years. I'm wondering the same thing. This summer I went on a cross-Canada journey with my family, in part, to find out.
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸