NedBCNY

My 2013 energy started the same thing today

Hi gang! That’s my Energi, named Buzz’s Blu, or just Blu for short. 2013 SEL base... great car, and I’m looking at adding big a second to the fold soon. See you around! Ned in Syracuse

Paul, yeah... that’s what snow county does for you. I didn’t get a full winter experience with Blu this spring, however my experience with my Prii tell me snows will add a bit of insurance. A Prius without snow tires in Syracuse makes a great ornament in some ditch or your garage... it isn’t going anywhere happily otherwise. Obob, went full boogie... 4 tires on rims plus tpms sensors. I hate the way Blu nags with one low tire ( repaired) let alone all four with no signal. $800 shipped to local shop. I know it will mean a mpg reduction, just a cost of living with 4 seasons. Also putting two on just leaves one end with rotten adhesion so you work harder to compensate, better to have the same traction on all four corners. I fully expect to get four winters Out of these tires.

My wife has claimed my Energi; Blu... to replace our venerable FEH which went on to the big junkyard in the sky. To keep her safe this winter I just ordered a set of firestone Winterforce2 on steel rims for her. I’ll keep the OEM on the stock rims in the shed until the snow clears. As I mentioned elsewhere i’m Looking at a hybrid and a n Energi for myself, will probably put replacement Snows on the stock rims for my car.

Hi folks, Ned here from Syracuse. I was having problems logging in over at the Energi forums so I decided to visit here. I have a 2013 Energi, great car, wife has claimed it for her own. My son had a minor fender bender in our FEH and it wound up totalled. I’ve decided to buy another Cmax , and I’ve narrowed my list to two 2013 hybrids and a 2013 Energi. One hybrid has decent miles and is a Fully Loaded ice Storm SE... another is also an ice Storm SE with pretty basic options. I’d Love the fancier of the two, except for the price. The Energi has higher miles, but is priced between the two. Since it is an Energi it already has everything my current one has plus NAV . I’m going to drive that plus the Loaded SE and see which I like better. The real test is this $3000 delta in price for 50,000 miles difference between the two cars. Plus hybrid vs Energi. I’ll let y’all know what I decide.