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Andy's Eclectic DIY Shop
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 26 ธ.ค. 2021
I am a retired hobbyist/Do It Yourselfer with too many hobbies and too many projects. The things going on in my shop are very “Eclectic”. I have six classic cars, two British, two Italian, a lone American and a JDM diesel 4x4. I do machining, welding, brazing, sheet metal fabrication and woodworking. I’m working on a solar powered power wall and harvesting lithium-ion batteries. I’m converting a car and a moped to electric. I’m remodeling an old wooden shed. I’m maintaining and improving a 3-acre property. I’m always working on my wife and my house, plus our grown children’s homes. And while I’m not doing all of this, I am the editor of the British Cars of New Hampshire newsletter.
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Would have liked to had you speaking in this video instead of music because we could not put our center bar in to our frame and our frame was full or queen size adjustable but still could not put the center bar in for the full size that we wanted
lol my whole trip won’t take more then 17 minutes time is money and this cost way to much of both.
Hey Andy I was wondering if you have a manual for this vehicle and if so how did you get it it cant find one for the life of me. Thanks
So the engine won't kick in if you keep it on ECO Heat?
Out of all the engineering that went into this vehicle, that’s the best they can do for the charging port. C’mon man.
Should have it in recirc to not bring in cold outside air
Screws devalue the Car, Rather have the wrong rivit than a screw
Thank you!
per me, ottima idea! il modello ha + valore con le viti che con i rivetti
So, I have a 2022 Rav4 Prime and the only way you can heat cabin is thru front defrost! Toyota some how change the mechanics of heating the cabin, no heat pump per-say. Please let me know how to heat the cabin without using gas!!!!
Turn off eco heat
Too bad the thermometer wasn't shown for the initial temperature at 9:07am. Then we could see how many degrees it increased to get to 70.
If you leave it plugged in while you’re heating will the charger keep up with the electric/heat pump system?
From Toyota: YES! "You can use the steering buttons to program the "Charging Schedule" so that the car will be heated while plugged in just before you are ready to "Depart." If you have an XSE, you can do this from the Toyota App."
So you can’t do that with it plugged in still?
How did the snow get there?
Excellent for winter weather driving but that much snow I still wouldn't go out 😩
LOL you cant come to Canada then hahaha, thats literally nothing where I live.
Does that model vehicle have remote start from your phone so you could warm it up before you went to the vehicle?
If I didn't have a garage, I wouldn't own an EV. An ICE car would have been warmed up and on its way, before you unplugged your EV charge cable.
I have two garages. But, I put cars I don't want in the weather in them.
@@andyseclecticdiyshop2081 why would the heat insulation, the air ciculator switch, not work? i expected it to be turned on automaticall by default, bc why not help insulate when trying to heat up?
@@kalmmonke5037 I think it uses the defrost vents for recirculation.
Why is there a gap on each side of the bed. That much of a gap. So I'm wondering is there a way you going to fix that and I noticed a dimensions or under 60 * 80 let that metal bed frame so do you think you're better off with a Bunkie board that's on there right with that wooden queen size bed.
I'm in the Chicago area and Have a 2021 RAV4 prime. I try to use the heat as little as possible in cold weather; afterall I bought this car to conserve energy. I had VW beetles and Type 2's for most of my adult life, so i'm used to having a cold car, and dress warm.
Awesome video!
I believe this video should be titled: "How to be lucky enough to have money to be able to own a metal lathe and have proper space to utilize it"
Yes, it helps to have tools and a shop.
@@andyseclecticdiyshop2081 I expect no more than 1% of the American population has a metal lathe, probably much less. Normal wage slaves like myself would use a grinder of some variety and maybe finish it off with a file or a sanding process, if we're feeling fancy.
@@ProleDaddy I was thinking about what you said. And I think that you could put the shear pin in an electric drill and spin it on a file. Of course, wear safety goggles, gloves and a face mask. It might work.
@@andyseclecticdiyshop2081 That is pretty good idea.
@@ProleDaddy thanks. I am a good idea kind of guy, but being that I have tools up the wazoo I do things the way I do to justify all my tools to my wife.
Ya…that’s why your clean your window with a scraper…
Very bad example. It's a bad ideea to keep the car idling with ICE engine on. Bad for environment, bad for engine, bad for wallet.
You are right.
You are right. And normally I wouldn’t have done it. But, I hadn’t been out to the car for a few days of sub freezing weather, and I needed to warm it up to get the ice off.
you obviously haven't experienced real winter where heat is a necessity. Tell Canadians not to warm up their cars 😆 😂 🤣
Use AUTO....
Cool video thanks. I drive Prius Prime and I always use auto climate as it is linked to the temperature of the engine, so it is more efficient. Then putting everything on high. Same with front defrost. Next time just set temperature for like 68-70 leve it on auto and close circulation and then see how fast it is going to warm up :-)
How come it didn’t beep when you unlocked it?
You can turn it on or off in the settings of your toyota
@@xavierdr that pretty cool that newer ones let you do that. I thought the beep setting was just for the display whenever you touch it.
Ahhh you didn’t use the heated wipers😆 also put the climate control on sync so you won’t have to do what you did at 1:09
Hey man what about mpg
I’ll have to check. We mostly do local driving and mostly in EV mode, so I’m not paying too much attention to mpg. But, I’ll check the history screen next time we go into town and I’ll get back to you.
I absolutely hate this POS! I had a 2018 Tucson that, in my opinion, blows this hunk of sh*t away (except for acceleration and gas mileage). And this is coming from someone old enough to remember when Hyundai first came to the US ,they were total garbage.
I still don't understand why you won't try using the "AUTO" button and leaving the "ECO" button off? This should heat the car faster. Although, nothing is faster than using the engine.
I experimented. Auto only heats the floor. And it only blows the fan at medium. I think it’s useful for once the interior is already heated up.
Can you leave it plugged in and remotely engage the "warm up the car on electricity?" My EV works like this and it's wonderful in the cold.
I wonder if you would have turned on the A/C button in the car, if it would have warmed up faster? You're basically telling the A/C to run backwards, like a heat pump. Let us know if this worked better for you.
Lol they just plow right up to the town line ? 😂
ZEROKOOL-20 Thanks for your comment. Actually, both towns plow, but not on the same schedule.
Hmm, why didn't you utilize recirculate? You're pulling air from outside. *edit does it not allow you to do so when defrosting? Weird.
I’m not sure why, but the recirculate button doesn’t respond when it’s on Defrost with the gas engine.
@@andyseclecticdiyshop2081 I wonder if recirculating first then defrosting might bring the overall time down some. My intuition says that if the car is already comfy, defrosting time might be shorter but not the other way around.
@@norbzt usually recirculation only works when cooling the car.
@@andyseclecticdiyshop2081 recirculation won’t work on defrost cause you want to use dry air from the outside. Recirculation pushes around old moisty air so it takes longer time to get a clear view.
Too bad when you turned off front defroster the HVAC went to ECO. What possibly reduced heating for you. But anyways as an owner im pretty disappointed wit heating in this car. One of the reason i bought PHEV is to commute short distances on EV. Gess what heating i get from it, when i drive 15min long drive.
I understand and agree. Should be better in the warmer months. Plus, with the EV mode the A/C keeps running when the car is parked without using gas.
@@ElyFrankes to heat the car you have to press the start button. And if you press the start button when it’s plugged in it just says you need to unplug it first.
Thank you for the video, need more angles of AWD system
Thank you for your video.. I would like to see more videos from you with snow. - Dorte from Denmark 🇩🇰
Is it a hybrid?
Hello, thank you for your video. One question: did you replace the original tires to winter tires? I haven't seen snow as of yet, but I read comments on the internet that the original tires are not great on icy/snowy roads. Best regards.
Because the English, and evidently the Japanese didn’t agree with Napoleon Bonaparte’s ideas.
Why is the steering wheel on the wrong side?
Blizzard walk around next