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well hey everybody it's really me eric nomadic fanatic again thank you for being patient
it's been a it's been a rough few weeks here guys and uh to be honest i didn't
have anything nice to say so well i did make two videos but i never aired them
um i'm on the right track to getting things back in working order as you can see tater i'm it's
the first time i've actually driven tater tot in several weeks i haven't fixed all my problems but
we're getting close uh well let me give you a real quick 30 second rundown uh had a blowout
in tater tot while towing on the rear passenger side and was stuck in oregon i mean stuck because
that tire is nationally back-ordered they don't even manufacture it here on this continent in
north america so that was really stressful uh being stuck at a tire shop for weeks and then
i found a tire down here in vegas a used tire for 20 bucks with no tread it was the rear tire that
blew um i've got this used one which is definitely not the right size in fact you can see we are
rubbing constantly up here wrong size rims a little beat up don't know what i hit exactly
so i need a new rim i need a new tire my check engine lights on my abs lights on and my traction
control warning light is on as well the car does drive and it has air conditioning which
is a good thing because here in vegas today it is 114 degrees this is one of the hottest weeks and
it's september you know it's hilarious what am i doing in vegas i just needed to reset guys and so
we're in a different part of vegas that i've not been to the world's largest box of fries and coke
so i'm gonna go in and get me some chicken nuggets and honey and a coke and some fries
and i'll get back to you those don't look like the advertisement that's false advertising
it's hard to find any any shade here i've got the vent the air conditioning on high i can't turn
it down because it is so warm my phone even went into protect mode so i gotta i turned off my phone
because it got too hot in the car but i didn't even bring it outside when i was filming outside
earlier but uh gotta wait to turn it back on otherwise i don't know how to get back to the rv
also here in vegas they don't have a regular mcchicken sandwich they only
have the spicy chicken sandwich which i know from experience
is too spicy for me it will it'll give me heartburn like crazy and knock me out
they don't have a regular mcchicken sandwich here i need mcdonald's so i gotta make double
i think presentation could be better but
on the ground no it's too hot never mind never mind sorry sorry i'll need it by the way i'm out
of sorts i will be uploading this video with some nomad internet link below in the video description
if you're looking for mobile unlimited internet i went clean shaving and man i that beard was just
itching me and it was too hot and i was cranky so if it's gonna be in the hundred and teens yeah i'm
gonna go clean shaven for at least a little bit here i won't be in vegas very long either uh i
just wanted to bring the car out and make sure that the car is drivable it's a mess right now
i've got two pumps i've got a dc pump and a hand pump in case i have another issue out here and
i'm just trying to gain some confidence with the car and see you know i don't mind towing it with
it rubbing but when i sit in it it's also rubbing even more up there i think i forgot to mention so
i moved the the bad tire the used tire to the front because i'm a rear-wheel drive car and
i thought that that would be better to have the rice the right size tire in the back and the wrong
in the front i don't know if i'm right about that though because like i said i'm getting the warning
lights for traction control and abs issues so i'm not sure but either way we won't be in vegas alone
because i have shipped uh the right tire and a spare tire did you know smart cars do not have
spare tires not it's not a thing they're trying to save weight and everything so you don't get a
spare tire with your smart car but i'm not the guy i am going to have a full-size rim and spare by
the time i get all this sorted out but like i said we won't be in vegas long because it's just too
hot uh isn't that the i think you call that the stratosphere not not the space needle of seattle
but the stratosphere i can definitely feel a difference without abs working right now
i'm gonna be pulling in right here world's largest gift shop
okay sure i need a magnet you know let's check it out all right bonanza gifts
world's largest well this is definitely bigger than the other world's largest gift store
offer at 66. gotta give it to vegas this one is significantly bigger plenty of magnets too
even though i'm not doing vegas i want a magnet to at least commemorate the tire issue that i
had i'm just looking at this one now it's round and looks like a tire you know like because it's
something i will never forget right so i'll pick out a magnet here every single pillar that's in
this store is full of magnets there's another pillar there's another pillar there's magnets
everywhere i love it all right and on the way out they got a zoltar here in vegas i think we need to
hear what he has to say does he take dollar bills he does all right zoltar tell me something good
you may have heard but zoltar is here to tell you you can believe it age is simply a matter of mind
if you don't mind then my friend it doesn't matter so go on be carefree like a little baby fortune
is mine for the telling and yours for the hearing come let zoltar tell you more all right let's see
what it says haven't you ever heard of saying no try it sometime it feels good you are kind
selfless person who would do anything for your loved one but it's time to start treating yourself
the same way oh okay zoltar thank you all right i'm going to head back to the rv i've got the
generator on over there for the kitties because solar only lasts so long even when it's this hot
and uh we'll see how the rvs do i'll show you how i have everything set up to to keep it cooler in
there and to maximize the air conditioning once we get there but we're packing up today to leave our
campsite tomorrow all right well here we are in the rv and when it's hot like this i like to keep
it dark so i keep most of all the blinds closed that i can except for the door one right there
and the front well with all the glass up there and the fact that i'm not using that area we just
curtain it off so i got a rod running up here with a full blackout curtain here of course the kitty's
automatic litter box is up front up there so i leave a little opening right there for them to
get up there when they need to go the bodies but since heat rises you know i don't think a whole
lot of heat is coming through there or ac is getting wasted down there so i think we're okay
again keep all the blinds closed and then back here additionally um i put the blind over the bed
area until tonight so to maximize the ac here in the daytime cover this all up because i don't need
to i don't need to cool this space and i keep the bathroom door closed which means when i need to go
to the bathroom in here it is quite warm in there actually so we leave that closed then as soon as
the sun goes down tonight my batteries will be somewhere at 20 or 30 percent probably by 7 15.
um i'll need to fire up the generator and we'll do two things we will bolt charge the batteries back
up we will also flip the ac on to high and run that till about 10 pm until the batteries are
back up to 100 and it's cool oh also after the sun goes down i will open up the the bed area
so we can cool the back bed for comfort and then hopefully somewhere sometime between 10 and 11 p.m
i can shut off the generator shut off the air conditioning wait 30 minutes for the
temperature to rise in here then open several windows throughout here the bathroom vent the
top then here get some airflow going turn on a fan that's at my bed and then maybe i can get a
comfortable night of sleep but the lows the lows here overnight no kidding tonight is 85 degrees
that's the low at 3 a.m so the fan at my bed needs to be on max he what am i doing in vegas
it's just part of this crazy journey the reason the thing that brought me here was
the only used tire that i could find to put on that rim to be able to move otherwise i would
still be stuck in oregon without any tire like i said i am fixing this problem so stay tuned i
am on my way to fix this problem and make sure that this never happens again like this yeah so
i am going to head out in the morning and get to temperatures under 100 degrees that is my goal
i also need to go pick up some things and uh probably gonna be hanging out with some friends
uh again be patient because uh i'm still working things out i do not have everything covered or
fixed or anything like that i know one thing i'm gonna grow the beard back
and additionally if you go back and look at the starlapse from my intro you know the pink
lights and the stars going across uh look at the first clip where you see the front tire
of tater tot versus the second clip at the end of the night
we're not we're not even close to through the i have got to figure out a solution to these
non-stop tire issues is it related to the heat man i have got to tow the car at out of the state of
nevada and into arizona in my next video so i will see you soon please give me a thumbs up subscribe
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