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God i want that truck. Just for the looks.
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Galler posted:For anyone unaware, Tesla finally revealed their Truck and it sure is something. https://www.tesla.com/cybertruck My brain refused to believe it was real until I just saw video of it taking passengers for a run. Moreover... I think the real surprise is I've never seen a vehicle so utterly blatantly designed to appeal to 8 year old me. No it's not light and small but this thing is exactly like what kids from the 60's and 70's were told was going to be the future - It's *my* science fiction going up. This is exactly the kind of vehicles I read in novels set on Mars in the library when I was 7 or 8. It's all the concept cars that were wedges and angles, It could have been on Buck Rodgers and other sci-fi TV poo poo. Gonna be a whooooole bunch of 50-60ish year old neeeeeeeeeeeeeeerds be throwing money at Musk to get one of them and pretend to be Space Rangers or some poo poo in bumper to bumper traffic.
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Nov 22, 2019 10:05
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Yeah I love that thing, it looks fantastic.
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Nov 22, 2019 10:11
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Powershift posted:I have mild osteoarthritis in my knees, hips, and back.  My hips are already metal, I have a torn labrum in my shoulder, my meniscus is torn on my left leg and at some point (until I can no longer take the pain) I'm getting a spinal fusion. My corpse is going to be more metal than not at this rate. I'm 34.
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Nov 22, 2019 12:54
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Elon said it best himself. "Oh my loving god." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwvDOdBHYBw&t=473s
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Nov 22, 2019 12:58
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Nov 22, 2019 13:16
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meatpimp posted:Elon said it best himself. "Oh my loving god." Wait a minute... "autopilot as standard" The configurator has it as an extra $7000 
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Nov 22, 2019 13:50
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Galler posted:For anyone unaware, Tesla finally revealed their Truck and it sure is something. https://www.tesla.com/cybertruck Fess up who used the monkey paw to wish for angular wedge vehicles to return? Also lol https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50513294 freelop fucked around with this message at 14:30 on Nov 22, 2019 |
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Nov 22, 2019 13:52
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I found the Tesla Truck's hidden side window configuration page:
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Nov 22, 2019 14:16
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I'm certainly not one to turn down a proper 80s wedge, but it looks like a Citroen Karin.
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Nov 22, 2019 15:03
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The future of the ‘80’s called, and wants it’s truck back. I’m not a huge fan, but bravo for going in an interesting direction. It’s cheaper than I expected, though it remains to be seen if that will be the actual price, or “adjusted” like the Model 3’s is. Also, I can’t wait to see all the manufacturing difficulties they’re going to have with the stainless steel, because Tesla.
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Nov 22, 2019 15:32
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"Fast to render, faster to 60" should be their marketing slogan.
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Nov 22, 2019 15:36
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I was all  until I saw the bed situation and realized it was a pick-up and not an SUV. Now I want it.
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Nov 22, 2019 15:38
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I like it from an audacity standpoint, but gently caress the headroom for us tall bastards. The glass and the body just don't make sense.
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Nov 22, 2019 15:41
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With the air suspension and the supposed strength of the body, you could also use the truck as a jump ramp for the quad.
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Nov 22, 2019 15:44
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Wrar posted:I like it from an audacity standpoint, but gently caress the headroom for us tall bastards. The glass and the body just don't make sense. I’m definitely wondering about headroom myself, especially in the rear. There’s a Twitter post in the EV thread where someone massaged the lines a bit, softening some of the harsher lines and angles, and it looks a surprising amount better. Edit: eeenmachine posted:Hoping for once this is really more at a concept stage like and there is still a heavy dose of real world thinking to be applied to it.
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Nov 22, 2019 16:12
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Apropos of nothing: I spend so much time warming up my car in the morning and evening (I park outside) and my commute is short enough that I'm getting a whopping eight miles per gallon. gently caress it, I'm walking everywhere until the thaw.
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Nov 22, 2019 17:26
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Kazinsal posted:Apropos of nothing: I spend so much time warming up my car in the morning and evening (I park outside) and my commute is short enough that I'm getting a whopping eight miles per gallon. Or you could put a block heater on a 1 hour timer set before you leave.
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Nov 22, 2019 17:31
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meatpimp posted:I found the Tesla Truck's hidden side window configuration page: grovrtruk Suburban Dad posted:
What kind of pain management do you do? I'm on pain meds but i hate them. I'm waiting for my first physio appointment, but i hate feeling this broken on top of everything else 
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Nov 22, 2019 17:31
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Powershift posted:grovrtruk Load bearing armored glass
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Spinal fusion chat: my main manager is out for 2-3 months. He's getting C5 and C6 fused. He's had knee replacements already, but his back has been bothering him long enough that he's been on pretty hardcore pain killers for quite awhile, and he's sick of being dependant on them. Sucks that he's getting it done during the holidays (for us employees stuck with rear end in a top hat assistant dept manglemer), but I can see why he scheduled it the way he did - gets him out of the store during the most stressful time of year, lets him burn a bunch of "use it or lose it" vacation and sick time (our fiscal year just ended, he's been out a couple of weeks already, and you get your full year's worth of sick and vacation pay immediately at the beginning of the year - you have to repay it if you quit before the year is up if you've used it, for obvious reasons), and gets him out of pain. He may be using short term disability instead of sick and vacation pay for all I know, but still. He seemed genuinely moved when I told him "I really hope your surgery and recovery go well". He said I was the only one to wish him well. He's a good guy and a good manager, I'll be glad when he's back at work. We'll see how many of us survive being stuck with rear end in a top hat assistant manager by the time he gets back. He's been with the company for almost 20 years, and been in grocery retail for over 30. It's obviously hard on the body (he's a walking example of that).Elmnt80 posted:Also, I almost forgot, when my grandfather died just before thanksgiving when I worked there, my boss got pissed off that I was going to leave to go to his funeral because he thought I would miss black friday. He never offered a single word of condolences or anything of the sort. The only member of management at that place that did say anything was a member of the same church as my brother. And even that was obviously very forced. I had a university professor that said I couldn't make up an exam to go to my grandmother's funeral (she died the week before midterms). Well.. I could, but it would be all written answers instead of multiple choice.... 80+ questions, with at least 3 full sentences expected.  The normal midterm was 95% multiple choice, with a few written answers (short sentences were fine on the normal one).He suggested having someone there Facetime me from the funeral (... this was in 2012, and I didn't have an iPhone anyway). Except the funeral was supposed to be when I was taking the midterm in his class, and he had a very strict no electronic devices policy, unless it was a laptop (in which case, you had to sit in the back row, with a TA hovering over you to make sure you ONLY had either Notepad or Word open, nothing else). gently caress tenured professors, at least those that are a semester away from retirement. T-Square posted:There's a guy at work that's like 5'10" or 5'11" and probably like 120 pounds MAX and I can only assume it's from the sheer amount of energy drinks he guzzles making his insides vibrate off any extra calories. One of the overnight supes at work is about 5'10 and 155. He bitches constantly about not being able to keep any weight on; he doesn't drink caffeine in general (he says he's already hyper enough without it), doesn't do any drugs.. .... and he's 53 years old (but looks 40ish). Dude is a wall of muscle with pretty much 0% fat, you can see his abs through the lovely thin uniform shirts we have. He told me his breakfast is "10 egg whites with 3 egg yolks, a bunch of bacon, and hash browns, every night before work". :stonkheh: Every time I see him eating my jaw drops, he's just inhaling massive amounts of calories. He also drinks quite a bit, though mostly liquor instead of beer. Manglement has sent him for a couple of  random drug tests (he's been tested more than anybody else in my store, AFAIK), because they swear up and down he's on speed. He and I have talked extensively about our past drug use, all he's ever done is smoke weed and drop acid in his 20s and 30s. Never touched anything else aside from caffeine and alcohol, never smoked cigs.Kazinsal posted:Apropos of nothing: I spend so much time warming up my car in the morning and evening (I park outside) and my commute is short enough that I'm getting a whopping eight miles per gallon. I have seat heaters, but my commute is short enough (and they're weak enough - hello early 2000s Subaru) that I'm really not even beginning to feel them until I get to work. The car is usually JUST warmed up by the time I get there, but that's just the coolant, and probably only because some glue sniffer put a 195 degree thermostat in it (OEM is 170). We've only had one freeze so far, but it's alternating between "why is it 85?" and "why is it 35?" right now, so I'm still usually wearing shorts. I usually idle for a few minutes before leaving work, more to just loving unwind, let the seat heaters warm up, and let them work some magic on my lower back, because goddamn they do feel good on my back after lifting poo poo all night. e: 15.8 mpg on my last tank. rated 18 city, I've hit 18.2 on an all city tank before, so I'm not doing as bad. Especially since I usually eat lunch in the car instead of in the store (no HVAC in the store at night), which has it idling for about 15-20 minutes. I make sure to take it on the highway for at least 10-15 minutes a couple of times a week to get all the moisture out of the 10w40 syrup I'm running for oil. 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IOwnCalculus posted:Load bearing armored glass Insulated running boards. How far is that barbecue from the siding? 
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So the Aztek and that one-off Jamie Oliver Range Rover were obviously inspiration for that camping pack.
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Powershift posted:Or you could put a block heater on a 1 hour timer set before you leave. The problem is less the engine and more that it needs a solid ten minutes of defrosting the windshield and rear window from the inside before I can even see out of the car. Man I wish I had electricity where I parked (on a residential side street) because I'd be deeply considering something electric for the short commute and not worrying about mpg anymore... I drive to a park-and-ride in the suburbs and then take transit into the city. I might have to drive into the city a few days next week and at 8 mpg the $14/day parking at work is going to be the least expensive part of it...
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A lot of diesels use a small electrical heater element in the airvent flowpath to give demisting when the engine's cold, to compensate for how they usually warm up slower.
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Diesels largely don't exist in the US outside of heavy equipment, heavy duty pickup trucks, buses, BMW, and Mercedes. VW pulled all diesel models after Dieselgate. Mopar finally has a light duty pickup truck with the Ecodiesel e: I guess the Colorado and Silverado also offer them now. Still trucks. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 18:37 on Nov 22, 2019 |
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Health Chat: As many know, I dropped over 50 pounds in 2017 (because I fuckin posted about it A LOT). I've since put about 18 back on and I hate it. But 3rd shift is not the best for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and finding a way to exercise every day is extremely difficult. This has lead to a few new problems as my right hip has started to ache on and off every few weeks. Driving definitely aggravates it. I keep getting back on the horse for two weeks and then losing momentum and quitting again.
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STR posted:Diesels largely don't exist in the US outside of heavy equipment, heavy duty pickup trucks, buses, BMW, and Mercedes. VW pulled all diesel models after Dieselgate. the ecodiesel is a V-6. the small duramax in the silverado is an I6. the colorado has a four cylinder diesel duramax, though.
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Kazinsal posted:The problem is less the engine and more that it needs a solid ten minutes of defrosting the windshield and rear window from the inside before I can even see out of the car. Even with that, a block heater means the engine will spend less of its time in open-loop, which is part of how you're getting such poo poo mileage. You'll also get warm air sooner.
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Nov 22, 2019 18:08
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Getting old sucks and already being in pain, but I feel like if I don't stay active I'm going to be in worse shape later in life. Go to a doctor, Rhyno. PT and such may help.
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Nov 22, 2019 18:17
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Suburban Dad posted:Getting old sucks and already being in pain, but I feel like if I don't stay active I'm going to be in worse shape later in life. I went to the clinic, they told me to try taking it easy, alternate heat and ice for the weekend. The company just changed providers for our benefits and I took the opportunity to jump to the larger network. New coverage starts in a few weeks so I'll find myself a new GP then.
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Nov 22, 2019 18:21
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Lol, welp, someone quit a couple of weeks ago and I gave her her last check along with a detailed breakdown of what she was paid on, and then she make a stink about me not paying her on several things (which I did, and were all pretty clearly listed on the breakdown she got.) Bank just called and said she deposited her last check twice, probably mobile deposited at one bank and then drove over to her other bank and deposited it again there. I'm sure she'll have fun seeing how well that works out for her 
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Nov 22, 2019 18:25
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:the ecodiesel is a V-6. the small duramax in the silverado is an I6. the colorado has a four cylinder diesel duramax, though. So it looks like the Ecodiesel is available in both a 4 and 6 cylinder, though the 4 is only in the ProMaster van. Oops. I didn't realize the Silverado offered a diesel on the 1500 now, same with the Colorado. 
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STR posted:So it looks like the Ecodiesel is available in both a 4 and 6 cylinder, though the 4 is only in the ProMaster van. You
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STR posted:So it looks like the Ecodiesel is available in both a 4 and 6 cylinder, though the 4 is only in the ProMaster van. huh, didn't know there was a 4 cyl ecodiesel on the promaster
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Ford was gonna put a 1.5 diesel in the transit connect, too, but cancelled it a few months ago citing low demand.
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Suburban Dad posted:You You could also get one on the Cruze, but it sold very poorly. I believe the first gens could only be had with the 6 speed automatic and LTZ trim, while a 2nd gen could be had with a 6 speed manual or 9 speed automatic and only on the LT? Not positive on that; there's not a whole lot of info on the USDM diesel Cruze out there. You could get them in the 2nd gen wagon, which is pretty awesome in my book. But I've only ever seen one diesel Cruze in person, and it was a 1st gen. And I've never seen a 2nd gen wagon.
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STR posted:I didn't realize the Silverado offered a diesel on the 1500 now, same with the Colorado. Silverado diesel is a 3.0 I6, Colorado diesel is a 2.8 I4. Oh, and the Silverado also comes with a 2.7 turbo that Chevy will go to lengths to hide the fact that it is also an I4. I'd gladly buy any of the new crop of half ton diesels but holy gently caress they are expensive trucks.
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Yeah uh, after driving stepdad's 2.7 Ecoboost, I don't see the point unless you're towing (or want the truck to last forever; I don't see a boosted gasser lasting longer than any diesel, sans the Olds 350 diesel). That fucker takes off in a way that a 2+ ton truck has no business doing, and gets pretty drat good mileage.
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STR posted:You could also get one on the Cruze, but it sold very poorly. I believe the first gens could only be had with the 6 speed automatic and LTZ trim, while a 2nd gen could be had with a 6 speed manual or 9 speed automatic and only on the LT? Not positive on that; there's not a whole lot of info on the USDM diesel Cruze out there. They didn't bring the wagon here, only the hatchback. The gen1 diesels were pretty loud and unremarkable. I think the 2nd gen is a little less loud, but just as unremarkable.
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