Rearview camera

One other unusual feature on the BoltEV is the fact that the rearview mirror can be either a mirror or a video monitor for a rear facing camera. A photo is worth a lot of my words. You can see how it can also be a mirror, you just flip the lever under the middle… Continue reading Rearview camera

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Freddy gets a truck (ute)

Unexpected purchase last night. We bought a Chevy truck – or Ute as you may know it. Its dirty, had mice nesting in it and needs some mechanical love, but I drove it home so it’s not all bad. It’s a stick shift, Terry has always wanted to learn stick, so it will serve that… Continue reading Freddy gets a truck (ute)

Auto High Beam

Found another interesting feature on the car…… It has automatic high beam. Hit the little ‘A’ button on the stalk and it will look for oncoming cars (if it’s dark enough to require headlights – which it automatically turns on if need be), if there is on, it will dip the lights, if there is… Continue reading Auto High Beam

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Cruise Control

Sorry. Not sorry to be going on about the car… I just keep finding interesting things that I want to share….. Freddy and I did a backroads trip to Borrego Springs and back over the weekend. It was our first solid trip with little traffic on a road that we both know pretty well. Once… Continue reading Cruise Control

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EMoke

One of my fond memories growing up as a kid is of a Mini Moke that my Dad bought…. in jars…. someone had pulled apart a Moke with the intent to clean it all up and rebuild it, but lost interest after the pulling apart stage. I seem to recall that we did not pay… Continue reading EMoke