Rehab1 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Many members want to test their EUCs for durability, speed, degree of grade, agility, distance, off roading ability, etc. Unfortunately not everyone has an oasis of exciting trails and mountainous regions like @Marty Backe. I’m curious if other members have a specific road or trail they use to test their EUCs. Last year I used an auto proving grounds called the Michigan Technical Resource Park (MTRP) to test my previous 5 wheels. I am again considering going back to MTRP to test my new Tesla and V10F. http://www.mitrp.com/ Aerial photo of the MTRP Proving Grounds. In addition to riding on the facility’s 1.75 mile oval track I also climbed their 20% and 30 % hill grade (red circle) Now the facility is expanding. Toyota has just leased the infield of the oval track to build their own proving grounds to test autonomous vehicles. https://amp.detroitnews.com/amp/34514345 Unfortunately my testing days at MTRP may be numbered once construction of the new facility begins. I need to contact the president of the facility to see if my site privileges remain valid. I’m not really interested in the oval track but the hill grade would be interesting again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esash Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 My Overheat Hill is in Hawaii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esash Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Water Resistance Proving Falls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esash Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Off-Road Performance Pasture: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esash Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Tornado Testing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 6 hours ago, Scouts Honor said: If I'm not mistaken that is our very own @zlymex. And this following one I'm pretty sure is @meepmeepmayer. 98.2% certainty. 6 hours ago, Scouts Honor said: Tornado Testing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Esash Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 43 minutes ago, Hunka Hunka Burning Love said: If I'm not mistaken that is our very own @zlymex. And this following one I'm pretty sure is @meepmeepmayer. 98.2% certainty. Yeah, that's Meep's signature trick, "Bavarian Blizzard" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 10 hours ago, Hunka Hunka Burning Love said: And this following one I'm pretty sure is @meepmeepmayer. 98.2% certainty. Note to self: find out what Hunka bets on, and bet on the opposite. Surefire win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Before this becomes another one of these threads... Not sure about this "hill". It's good for finding out whether a wheel is so (too) weak that it can't even get up there, and you can see how snappy and torque-y your wheel behaves on a certain incline (well, one of the two options). The interesting part is overheating/long-term behavior though, and that needs a real hill Backe-style. (Note to Hunka: Backe Style is also the title of the upcoming MB brand cover of Gangnam Style, so I have dibs on that and all MB Kpop!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 28 minutes ago, meepmeepmayer said: The interesting part is overheating/long-term behavior though, and that needs a real hill Backe-style. Finding @Marty Backe’s God given terrain can be difficult if not impossible to locate for most members. I enjoyed evaluating the hill climbing power of each wheel at the facilty but your correct that a sustained hill climb over uneven terrain would be ideal. The proving grounds does have an interesting loose and firm media area that would be great to test the Z10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 1 minute ago, Rehab1 said: Finding @Marty Backe’s God given terrain can be difficult if not impossible to locate for most members. I enjoyed evaluating the hill climbing power of each wheel at the facilty but your correct that a sustained hill climb over uneven terrain would be ideal. The proving grounds does have an interesting loose and firm media area that would be great to test the Z10. I respectfully disagree. It should be easy for all members to find my local terrain. Just come to California Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 5 hours ago, meepmeepmayer said: Note to self: find out what Hunka bets on, and bet on the opposite. Surefire win. I'm betting you're absolutely correct about that surefire win strategy! 41 minutes ago, meepmeepmayer said: (Note to Hunka: Backe Style is also the title of the upcoming MB brand cover of Gangnam Style, so I have dibs on that and all MB Kpop!) Give a German mouse a Pfeffernüsse, and he'll want all K-pop royalties. Sigh... oh well, there's plenty of Marty BackeTM to go around! Sharing is caringTM and dipping into joint synergistic royalties! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 41 minutes ago, Hunka Hunka Burning Love said: I'm betting you're absolutely correct about that surefire win strategy! Hey no (attempted) logic paradoxes! I'm going to define "surefire" as 100% - some arbitrarily tiny epsilon (so not "absolutely") and that fixes that, though (and you lose another bet if I'm right). Now if you had written "mostly" that would have been a head-scratcher (I guess if you define that as 50%, you can't disinguish between winning and losing, so that might work). "More correct than not" would have been really mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Don't over-think it, meeps. Go outside and take more of those epic rides of yours. Most of us aren't blessed with such scenic locations to roll around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 What weather condition rhymes with brain, grain, train and plane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Totally devoid of rain? Dry as the surface of sugar cane? Perfectly sunny that it's simply insane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 4 hours ago, meepmeepmayer said: What weather condition rhymes with brain, grain, train and plane? I suck at rhymes. Tornado? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve454 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 4 hours ago, meepmeepmayer said: What weather condition rhymes with brain, grain, train and plane? The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esash Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 44 minutes ago, Rehab1 said: I suck at rhymes. Tornado? Very close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 10 hours ago, Scouts Honor said: Very close Rain—-> Chainsaw. Works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esash Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 10 hours ago, Rehab1 said: Rain—-> Chainsaw. Works for me. Close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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