Hybrid builds, had anybody done one?

[chillin 10+ year member]

I'm thinking about buying a hybrid. Maybe arav4 or santa fe, but according to Crutchfield, shouldn't add a system that's bigger than 350 watts. My current system is about 1500 watts and I wanted to go a little bigger in the next vehicle. Has anybody done a large build in a hybrid, 2500-3000 watts range? Or even keeping the 1200-1500 I have now?

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[SlugButter]

You’d probably want to run a deep cycle and a lithium bank that charges in the garage on a nice charger. Even a 300 watt stereo will kill how many miles your EV can go if you’re running on the vehicle power. I made a portable stereo with a sub in it for my daughters little EV, but it just runs on 5 of the little 18650 lithium ion batteries and she takes it inside to charge it. 50 watts to a sub and 25 watts to the 2 speakers. If she had a garage, I’d get her a little 500 watt setup that runs on a little stand alone battery bank that she could just charge up at home.

 

[HardofWhoring]

So you have to charge your EV to drive it, and you put up with that hassle because it saves you money, and doesn't need gas. So you put in a larger stereo, but that needs to be charged separately because that will kill your engine's battery.

So instead of mpg costing you about 60% of gas, it costs you closer to 75-80%, and the bigger stereo you go, the more juice you use. With gas, you add a larger alt, and the ongoing cost is nothing extra.

My stereo, is the one reason, I would never own a hybrid/EV (for a daily driver). If I go deaf, I will figure out what it takes to put a wrecked tesla drivetrain in my pickup. Until I don't care for music anymore, the butterflies can choke on smog, and kiss my ass.

 

[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

The cost of replacing the battery in an ev would make me leary of putting more stress on it tbh

 

[chillin 10+ year member]

I haven't bought it yet and the lack of stereo may be a deciding factor. I do lots of long drives for work, so the hybrid would save me a lot of money on fuel. I'm at 25000 miles so far this year, but in Canada where fuel prices are much higher.

 

[SlugButter]

I haven't bought it yet and the lack of stereo may be a deciding factor. I do lots of long drives for work, so the hybrid would save me a lot of money on fuel. I'm at 25000 miles so far this year, but in Canada where fuel prices are much higher.

You could do a little 300-500 watt sub running on a good AGM battery that recharges. Run a head unit to that same battery and put 2 good speakers up front running on head unit power. Or, get a 3,4 or 5 channel amp that connects with Bluetooth and just run your phone directly to an amplifier and skip the head unit.

 

[some dude]

OP is taking hybrid, not full electric. So no big deal, right? It will just be in full electric mode a little less.

 

[SlugButter]

OP is taking hybrid, not full electric. So no big deal, right? It will just be in full electric mode a little less.

That’s right. I was thinking EV, but a hybrid would be fine with a normal system I think.

 

[chillin 10+ year member]

I believe I read that the starting battery gets a really slow charge from the electrical system, which is why a large wattage stereo can't be installed. But now I can't find where I read that.

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

So you have to charge your EV to drive it, and you put up with that hassle because it saves you money, and doesn't need gas. So you put in a larger stereo, but that needs to be charged separately because that will kill your engine's battery.

So instead of mpg costing you about 60% of gas, it costs you closer to 75-80%, and the bigger stereo you go, the more juice you use. With gas, you add a larger alt, and the ongoing cost is nothing extra.

It's like free energy when you think about it.

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

I haven't bought it yet and the lack of stereo may be a deciding factor. I do lots of long drives for work, so the hybrid would save me a lot of money on fuel. I'm at 25000 miles so far this year, but in Canada where fuel prices are much higher.

Wow. I thought I drove alot every year. LOL. Man.. Sometimes you just need to do bare min. to make ends meet. I used to buy a ragged out vehicle to drive to one place of work that got like 40 mpg(old Honda Civic Hatch) I think it had like a 1.3l in it. It ran good but one ugly ride. It was just a gas saver and something that if one would try to vandalize it, I wasnt too worried about it, while others would drive beamers and Lexus and look for every little door ding or scratch on the daily and bitcch about dirt on them even or bird shiiitt even. I had a small system in it, old JVC HU, some $50 Cadence coax, and an old 10" sub on an old MTX 4ch. Served its purpose when fuel was almost $5 a gallon. A/C and heat worked just fine. Tires were cheap,and car was easy to work on. Ran great!passenger door had a nice sized dent in it, but hell, got me around just fine.

 

[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

Wow. I thought I drove alot every year. LOL. Man.. Sometimes you just need to do bare min. to make ends meet. I used to buy a ragged out vehicle to drive to one place of work that got like 40 mpg(old Honda Civic Hatch) I think it had like a 1.3l in it. It ran good but one ugly ride. It was just a gas saver and something that if one would try to vandalize it, I wasnt too worried about it, while others would drive beamers and Lexus and loom for every little door ding or scratch on the daily. I had a small system in it, old JVC HU, some $50 Cadence coax, and an old 10" sub on an old MTX 4ch. Served its purpose when fuel was almost $5 a gallon. A/C and heat worked just fine. Tires were cheap,and car was easy to work on. Ran great!passenger door had a nice sized dent in it, but hell, got me around just fine.

I'm still a hooptie guy...I don't even think about what my car looks like my better half on the other hand gets a nice ride

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

I'm still a hooptie guy...I don't even think about what my car looks like my better half on the other hand gets a nice ride

Ya man.. Im the same. If it gets me to where I need to go, Im all good. I used to have the big house and nice rides all the time, but for what??Just to think I accomplished something in life?? Materials ya know.?? My better halves(Plural) always got the good rides,and to think I could borrow it to go to the store in it without have to play merry-go-round to get mine out was not acceptable?? LOL. beyond reasoning to say the least. LOL

 

[Doxquzme Premium Member]

I'm still a hooptie guy...I don't even think about what my car looks like my better half on the other hand gets a nice ride

Happy wife, happy life!

 

[metalheadjoe 10+ year member]

My stereo, is the one reason, I would never own a hybrid/EV (for a daily driver). If I go deaf, I will figure out what it takes to put a wrecked tesla drivetrain in my pickup. Until I don't care for music anymore, the butterflies can choke on smog, and kiss my ass.

Your stereo is the only reason? I'll never buy electric because they are boring! No car guy wants their vehicle called the p word: practical.

I'm still a hooptie guy...I don't even think about what my car looks like my better half on the other hand gets a nice ride

Is that a sex joke? Joking aside, my lady has a 2022 in the garage and my 1993 is in the driveway.

Happy wife, happy life!

Happy wives put on weight. Insecure wife, happy life!