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05-13-24, 11:31 AM
#2601
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05-13-24, 11:58 AM
#2602
Should Be More Popular
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05-13-24, 12:11 PM
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cowboy, steel horse, etc
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05-13-24, 12:44 PM
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05-13-24, 12:57 PM
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My wife, and her father before her, are convinced this is cheating. Far better to be backed up interminably in one lane while the other sits empty
05-13-24, 01:01 PM
#2606
So it is
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05-13-24, 01:02 PM
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05-13-24, 01:13 PM
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05-13-24, 01:26 PM
#2609
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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Tesla's also no longer the only EV game in town, and the competition are not sleeping. I just saw reviews for Hyundai's Ioniq5 N - it mimics a car with an 8-speed automatic, both with noise and "shifting", and although it's completely artificial, it's apparently highly engaging for driving enthusiasts.
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05-13-24, 01:41 PM
#2610
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Tesla's also no longer the only EV game in town, and the competition are not sleeping. I just saw reviews for Hyundai's Ioniq5 N - it mimics a car with an 8-speed automatic, both with noise and "shifting", and although it's completely artificial, it's apparently highly engaging for driving enthusiasts.
05-13-24, 01:54 PM
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I don't know - 8 shiftable and completely convincing "gears", complete with shifting behavior, and rev-limiter-hitting behavior seems pretty damn ludicrous to me. The two reviews I saw BOTH said, in essence, "I know this is completely fake, but it's highly effective."
Apart from normalizing EVs, I think Tesla's greatest contribution is the Supercharger network that just works. Other carmakers are too cautious about spending so much cash on that, and as a result many people who want EVs don't get them, or go with Teslas, rather than buying someone else's and being the mercy of the other, apparently unreliable charger networks.
Apart from normalizing EVs, I think Tesla's greatest contribution is the Supercharger network that just works. Other carmakers are too cautious about spending so much cash on that, and as a result many people who want EVs don't get them, or go with Teslas, rather than buying someone else's and being the mercy of the other, apparently unreliable charger networks.
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05-13-24, 02:01 PM
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We all have to have someone to hate and pour our negative energies in to. Might as well be Tesla.
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05-13-24, 02:02 PM
#2613
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05-13-24, 02:05 PM
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Tesla's also no longer the only EV game in town, and the competition are not sleeping. I just saw reviews for Hyundai's Ioniq5 N - it mimics a car with an 8-speed automatic, both with noise and "shifting", and although it's completely artificial, it's apparently highly engaging for driving enthusiasts.
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05-13-24, 02:11 PM
#2615
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I remember when I got the Challenger I toyed with the idea of getting an aftermarket cat-back system, but then I read that mostly the driver can't hear much difference unless it's REALLY loud outside the car. It makes sense, since the noise is being pointed out the back, away from you. Well, there was that, and then there was the likelihood of grievous bodily harm from Mrs. GJ for spending >$800 for more noise.
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05-13-24, 02:12 PM
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It appears my streak of heroic actions will end at 1 day unless something happens in the next 6 hours.
Sad.
Sad.
05-13-24, 02:19 PM
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Ludicrous mode is really valuable when the things no longer run.
As for the truck, fools and their money and all that: A timeline of Tesla Cybertruck problems - Fast Company
As for the truck, fools and their money and all that: A timeline of Tesla Cybertruck problems - Fast Company
05-13-24, 02:26 PM
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05-13-24, 02:33 PM
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Yeah, it seems like "piped-in" sound is all the rage these days. I guess it's preferable to a really loud exhaust system, at least for bystanders.
I remember when I got the Challenger I toyed with the idea of getting an aftermarket cat-back system, but then I read that mostly the driver can't hear much difference unless it's REALLY loud outside the car. It makes sense, since the noise is being pointed out the back, away from you. Well, there was that, and then there was the likelihood of grievous bodily harm from Mrs. GJ for spending >$800 for more noise.
I remember when I got the Challenger I toyed with the idea of getting an aftermarket cat-back system, but then I read that mostly the driver can't hear much difference unless it's REALLY loud outside the car. It makes sense, since the noise is being pointed out the back, away from you. Well, there was that, and then there was the likelihood of grievous bodily harm from Mrs. GJ for spending >$800 for more noise.
05-13-24, 02:40 PM
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05-13-24, 02:41 PM
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05-13-24, 02:44 PM
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Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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I've been cogitating on when and what with to replace the now-10-years-old Dodge. But, you know, apart from the water pump last month, this car just runs and runs. 106K on the odometer now, and it has its share of little dings (plus a small paint scrape because I'm a goddam moron). Besides, Mrs. GJ's Sienna turns 23 years old this month, so maybe there's no particular rush.
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05-13-24, 02:59 PM
#2623
So it is
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Ludicrous mode is really valuable when the things no longer run.
As for the truck, fools and their money and all that: A timeline of Tesla Cybertruck problems - Fast Company
As for the truck, fools and their money and all that: A timeline of Tesla Cybertruck problems - Fast Company
05-13-24, 03:12 PM
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One of them eCars pretty much sounds like this. Cracks me up.
05-13-24, 03:13 PM
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Spent the afternoon immersive waxing chains. One was a new chain and one was a repeat immersion. I’m a fan. Maybe I should start a thread. 
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