Burren
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What vehicle do you drive?
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Guest, did you like the last podcast notification?? Well here's the second one, and for the third podcast! Yep. This Thursday 8-8-24 at 7pm Central
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Burren
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Not sure, but he better learn fast. 8 stalls trying to leave the bank parking lot. Needs more revs and clutch slip than normal.
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Lambourne
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One of the bold things Tesla did was put the sedan/hatchback style back on the menu in a car market focused on SUVs.
There have been gains in aerodynamics but they have been mostly offset by increasing vehicle size. Marketing likes to quote lower coefficient of drag (Cd) values but that is a dimensionless number that describes the effect of the shape only. A 1:18 car model has the exact same Cd value as a real one. Cd value has to be multiplied by surface area to get the total drag and the actual air resistance that needs to be overcome.
Cars got huge over the last few decades. Doesn't matter if the Cd value is lower if the surface area is so much larger.
Not even a truck only issue, even sedans got fatter.
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Punko
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This is a bit problematic when doing tourism in Europe, the parkings in the centrum of historical cities are tiny.
Some underground parkings have 0% cars with undamaged rims in them.
I gave up getting them repaired.
360 camera is useless due to the inclines and how narrow it is.
Where I live parking spots have a length of 5 to 5.2 metres. It is so bad I don't want anything bigger then a 4 series.
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RobXIII
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Even in DC, the in building basement parking garages are so tiny, modern cars / trucks just don't fit in most of them.
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ToeMissile
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I was in San Diego this weekend. Stayed at a place downtown and the garage was tight as fuck, small parking spots and really tight turns going up/down the levels. In fact right after we parked to check in, heard a minivan hit something while trying to get into their space.
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CaughtCross
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Care Care Nut did a review of the cybertruck recently. Really goes into detail how different/better the parts of a Tesla you dont see or think about are compared to other cars.
Burren
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I just had to retire my '02 Accord. The '01 Camry is still going strong.
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Kobayashi
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I couldn't get past the intro, the guy keeps repeating the same point in different ways. So far we've got a heat pump after about 5 minutes of filibuster. Got a cliffs notes?
CaughtCross
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Tesla uses less parts and puts stuff close together to be more efficient. There are a lot less parts under the hood of a Tesla.
ToeMissile
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Heat pump, 1 octavalve to rule them all, efficient packaging vs other OEMs, issues with stainless, fit/finish, pretty normal suspension.
I stopped after that. Dude needs to work on his presentation, and it’s all info that you’ve heard on about any other channel with similar coverage.
I’ll take Munro over this guy. They can definitely lean Tesla fanboy, but I kinda give them a pass since they tend to focus on the engineering/manufacturing side of things which Tesla does generally excel at. Also, they go into way more technical depth , which I really enjoy.
Im not sure if it’s done yet, but they’re in the process of tearing down a Cybertruck:
The_Black_Log Foler
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Wow what happened to Ferrari? Styling cues are awful. Their front engine v12s like the 812 were some beautiful looking cars. What is this abomination….
Then you have this new Roma which looks like the cross between a jaguar f-type and Aston Martin.
Then you have this new Roma which looks like the cross between a jaguar f-type and Aston Martin.
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The_Black_Log Foler
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No idea if you can order without. My new 2500 came with onstar and I knew earlier this year they were collecting data for lexisnexis… Once that story broke they quit doing it (allegedly) about a month later. This was before I ordered.
Fucker
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All that engineering wasted on a memewagon. What a strange decision. I haven't paid any real attention to them, but that front door is a weird joke. I'd get tired of getting into the truck by the second time. Interior too small.
It would be selling like hot cakes if it had a usable truck cab and bed and didn't waste a ton of cash on that stainless steel crap that people cover up anyway.
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what happened to the accord? my 02 civic is still going strong, i think my ac is shot tho, warm air, can't diagnose if compressor or leak
Repair costs started piling up and I just couldn't justify putting more money into a $2k car. Over a couple years I had to replace struts, o-rings, rack and pinion, and a transmission. Every time I thought "this is the last expense and now I'll get a few more years out of it". Final straw was when it blew the radiator. Sold it for $900 as was to a friend of a friend.
I had a similar problem with the AC. I was just out of freon. No real leak, I just refilled and it worked for years.
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Siliconemelons
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Ill be that guy…
There is a leak, its just super small and recharging it allows it to work for an amount of time, and as long as the leak does not expand to a /real/ issue - you can just recharge as needed
Edit: that’s what many do as cars are very hard to get to in order to find and or fix the small leak… a 30$ can every year or so, well better than a full system swap for thousands
Sure, that's what I meant. Obviously the freon went from inside the refrigerant loop to outside it somehow.
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lurker
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Thought this would be a good place to ask this.
I look at cars in the FB Marketplace and I’ve been noticing a trend which looks like a scam. I see several cars, in my case small PU trucks advertised for way less than market value. Granted, they’re older but an immaculate 2001 Toyota Tacoma is worth more than $800. And there’s a pristine 2003 also for $800. Then there’s the gorgeous 2005 SR5 for $1200. Realistically, the trucks should be selling for upwards of $5000 in the one owner or showroom condition they appear to be in.
How does this scam work? I’d contact them except maybe the scam is they want something they get by having me answer the ad so I haven’t tried. They can’t be thinking they’re going to stick me up when I show up to buy it. This is ID. Almost everyone I know has a pistol in their console. Any ideas?
I look at cars in the FB Marketplace and I’ve been noticing a trend which looks like a scam. I see several cars, in my case small PU trucks advertised for way less than market value. Granted, they’re older but an immaculate 2001 Toyota Tacoma is worth more than $800. And there’s a pristine 2003 also for $800. Then there’s the gorgeous 2005 SR5 for $1200. Realistically, the trucks should be selling for upwards of $5000 in the one owner or showroom condition they appear to be in.
How does this scam work? I’d contact them except maybe the scam is they want something they get by having me answer the ad so I haven’t tried. They can’t be thinking they’re going to stick me up when I show up to buy it. This is ID. Almost everyone I know has a pistol in their console. Any ideas?