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Peanut3141 posted:Did they join you in a fistbump three-way with a nearby homeless person? lol
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Endymion FRS MK1 posted:Why buy a $2k acceleration boost when Aliexpress has this for like I am ashamed that I did not think of this.
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BAD AT STUFF posted:HOA? this. I mean I guess I could keep a trailer, but I don't want to have to pay to store it somewhere then drive out of my way to go get it every time I needed it. Nitrox posted:This may come as a surprise, but very few construction trades actually make use of a picture truck. Cargo vans are the default tool and supply carriers. And everyone who needs the extra seating capacity, will compromise by getting a pickup and then a designated trailer. Not surprising at all. Having your tools stolen really loving sucks. That being said, the frunk is really great for storing tools AND makes a makeshift workbench. I already got to put it to use by throwing my hot air station and soldering iron in there and using the outlets and space to do some electronics repair for a friend in a single trip instead of having to drive to them, bring stuff home, and then go drop it back off with them.
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# ? Feb 21, 2024 04:47 |
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NZAmoeba posted:Hi thread Wow, that is a car that looks much better in black (to hide the grill). Os Furoris posted:For some people having a truck makes sense. Some of us have a truck *gasp* and a small EV we try to use as much as possible. It sucks they are so big and heavy but not everyone wrings their hands about every consumer choice. It would be nice if there were more small EV trucks, or more small trucks in general, they're easier to load and unload and you rarely need something half-ton sized anyways. I ended up keeping my Ranger and getting a small EV for commuting, wanted a Rivian but holy gently caress are they expensive.
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# ? Feb 21, 2024 06:39 |
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well during my 30 day probe i finally acquired a new 2LT Bolt from a dealer in pdx, had to stay overnight because they dont loving charge cars (wtf) before they put them up for sale great car, love it, no ragrets
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# ? Feb 21, 2024 07:47 |
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:I can really only have one vehicle right now. My normal everyday use is just commuting 26 miles to/from work each way. i figured it was for that sort of homeownery type stuff. how much room is in the trunk?
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OBAMNA PHONE posted:well during my 30 day probe i finally acquired a new 2LT Bolt from a dealer in pdx, had to stay overnight because they dont loving charge cars (wtf) before they put them up for sale The dealership I got my EUV from was about 75 minutes away from my house. I called in the morning before I went down there to confirm they still had the one I wanted, and the salesperson later informed me that after that call ended she immediately plugged it in so it would be charged for me to drive it home that day. In other words, skill issue (on the part of the dealer).
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# ? Feb 21, 2024 13:36 |
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Hey, it looks like maybe Tesla is doing the CCS retrofit finally?
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# ? Feb 21, 2024 16:41 |
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cruft posted:Hey, it looks like maybe Tesla is doing the CCS retrofit finally? Still not available in the app
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# ? Feb 21, 2024 16:41 |
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Qwijib0 posted:Still not available in the app
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# ? Feb 21, 2024 16:43 |
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Elviscat posted:
Agreed. However we are a family of four and everyone is tall so the half ton cab size is really nice for extended trips, camping etc. I also don't have to worry about charging infrastructure with our higher capacity fuel tank (~650 miles between fill ups). My kids also really wanted a Rivian but poppa aint made of money.
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# ? Feb 21, 2024 18:22 |
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FISHMANPET posted:The dealership I got my EUV from was about 75 minutes away from my house. I called in the morning before I went down there to confirm they still had the one I wanted, and the salesperson later informed me that after that call ended she immediately plugged it in so it would be charged for me to drive it home that day. Yeah it's definitely their fault but I think all of these dealers should be in the habit of charging them up to almost full as soon as they hit the lot. It's not like its gas which will go bad if it sits too long
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# ? Feb 21, 2024 18:24 |
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looks like S/X only, maybe that's been the case for a while quote:
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# ? Feb 21, 2024 18:26 |
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Nitrox posted:This may come as a surprise, but very few construction trades actually make use of a picture truck. Cargo vans are the default tool and supply carriers. And everyone who needs the extra seating capacity, will compromise by getting a pickup and then a designated trailer. It seems like it should be obviously better for any application where severe off road or towing wasn't important. It's like a crew cab pickup with a topper, but with more space for both passengers and cargo.
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# ? Feb 21, 2024 18:37 |
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wolrah posted:I have never been able to understand why the "Crew Van" configuration with a second row of finished passenger space in front of the cargo partition is so uncommon in the US. I don't think any of the classic American vans ever offered such a configuration from the factory and even the couple of modern European-style vans that do offer it now only have a subset of the configurations available elsewhere. Vans are basically regular cab pickups with enclosed cargo areas. CUVs are 2 rows for people and a small enclosed/finished cargo areas. SUVs are for 2/3 rows of people with small-medium sized enclosed/finished cargo areas. Pickups are 2 rows for people with unfinished infinite height cargo areas. Very few consumers these days want (emphasis on want vs need) a single row for people.
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# ? Feb 21, 2024 19:24 |
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the above poster doesn't consider tradespeople to be "people" or even "consumers". when he says "everyone", he means "wannabe rich suburbanites" because he is unable to conceptualize any experience other than his own
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# ? Feb 21, 2024 20:37 |
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Even tradespeople usually only get the 2-seat van. If a job needs 3 people then there's a second vehicle.
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# ? Feb 21, 2024 20:53 |
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I shall now gripe about the Model 3.
It's still the best car I've owned by a country mile. But it's also a car, and, therefore, annoying as hell. Okay, thanks for listening. cruft fucked around with this message at 21:10 on Feb 21, 2024 |
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Cactus Ghost posted:the above poster doesn't consider tradespeople to be "people" or even "consumers". when he says "everyone", he means "wannabe rich suburbanites" because he is unable to conceptualize any experience other than his own
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# ? Feb 21, 2024 21:15 |
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4 seater vans are also pretty rare in Europe. You got 2 seaters for hauling or a bus config with 6-8 seats for people. Last 4 seater I rode, was a dedicated wheelchair taxi that had the cargo space setup so that you can roll in and sit in your own wheelchair during the drive. And if you use a bus van for professional purposes then your gear is probably on one of those big transport vehicles, not idea what they are called in America.
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# ? Feb 21, 2024 21:17 |
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cruft posted:I shall now gripe about the Model 3. Do you leave when it says "You are ready to proceed on your journey" or just when you do the math and leave when you see that it thinks you'll arrive at your next destination with 15%+ or whatever? I haven't done a road trip since last summer but IIRC one of those ways works and one of them doesn't but I thought it was the "You're ready to go" that works fine and the other way screws you, because while it's sitting there charging it forgets that you're driving 5 mph over the speed limit into a 10 mph headwind (or whatever) so when it says you're going to arrive with 15% left it actually means you're going to arrive with 0%, but if you actually leave when it says you're ready to go, it's going to charge you to 28% above what you need to arrive so you're actually okay. There's something definitely stupid happening but I can't remember in which scenario lies the stupid, I just know one works and one doesn't. Once you're back on the road the forecasts are usually extremely accurate from my experience e.g. I was comfortable arriving at the next charger with 2% one time.
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# ? Feb 21, 2024 21:42 |
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Ever since they implemented inclement weather in their routes, Tesla’s efficiency estimates are spot on for me on longer (50+ mile) trips.
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# ? Feb 21, 2024 21:57 |
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Had an "ah crap, I'm overdue for an oil change" thought last week. It was nice to realize that, no, no I am not.
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# ? Feb 21, 2024 22:40 |
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i guess maybe evs have gear oil in the diffs?
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# ? Feb 21, 2024 22:41 |
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cruft posted:I shall now gripe about the Model 3. I have gripes about mine too, but it seems funny to me how many of these are a result of you choosing to buy a car designed to be paired to a smartphone and then throwing away your smartphone.
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# ? Feb 21, 2024 23:26 |
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Cactus Ghost posted:i figured it was for that sort of homeownery type stuff. how much room is in the trunk? enough to curl up and take a nap. Also, I jinxed myself. Chargers at work are no longer free AND they cost $3/hr plus $.20/kWh.
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# ? Feb 21, 2024 23:39 |
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Loucks posted:I have gripes about mine too, but it seems funny to me how many of these are a result of you choosing to buy a car designed to be paired to a smartphone and then throwing away your smartphone. I mean, you're not wrong. But it still feels like a bad decision on Tesla's part. This isn't a problem with any other manufacturer. bird with big dick posted:Do you leave when it says "You are ready to proceed on your journey" or just when you do the math and leave when you see that it thinks you'll arrive at your next destination with 15%+ or whatever? If we leave when it says "you are ready", we have to either slow down or turn around. If we leave when it says we'll arrive at the next stop with 20%, we arrive at the next stop with 10%. It's been this way since we had the Model S. We're just in the habit of not leaving until it says 20%, and if there's wind or it's cold, we'll wait until it says 25%. Then we roll in around 8%, typically. I'm not going to talk about the speed I drive, because it will cause another 2-page derail. But suffice to say that unless the car doesn't understand Interstate highway speeds, there's no reason it should be over-estimating energy use. I'm not even steering: I'm just supervising the car keeping itself between the lines for 2-hour stretches. I guess I was hoping that at some point the software would be like "hey, this is the third time today I've underestimated consumption by 10%, I'm going to readjust the estimate". It's a dumb gotcha that other drivers have mentioned to us when we're charging. Maybe it's just the region: most of our longer trips are I-25 and I-40. I've wondered since the S whether Telsa's maps think we're going to drive 65MPH on the Interstate. That, at least, would explain why it's wrong every time. cruft fucked around with this message at 00:51 on Feb 22, 2024 |
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I know this is probably missing the point somewhat because hey why buy a car with a feature when you dont use that feature But i drive over 500km a week in my Model Y and the most automated driving i use is the TACC (ie, adaptive cruise control), which since the past couple of updates has been pretty solid, the phantom braking thing that some people go nuts over has been for me a pretty rare gentle backing off of the throttle in very specific (and largely predictable) circumstances, i mean some people are saying their car literally jams on the brakes at speed, which i find hard to believe I dont get all bent out of shape about this stuff but maybe thats because i just DRIVE THE drat CAR MYSELF because i like driving instead of getting all excited about automated gimmickery It is still the best car I've ever owned by far and, though i couldnt guarantee my next car would be a Tesla (although there would be a reasonable chance), it will definitely be an EV
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# ? Feb 22, 2024 01:55 |
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I'm glad you're happy with your car
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# ? Feb 22, 2024 01:58 |
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ROFLBOT posted:I know this is probably missing the point somewhat because hey why buy a car with a feature when you dont use that feature The phantom braking can be harder than max regen, which I would personally qualify as "jamming on the brakes at speed." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKqKrG5H_bo It sure as gently caress ain't no "gently backing off the throttle."
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cruft posted:I shall now gripe about the Model 3. I’ve never experienced these on my 2019 Model 3; on my pretty windy rural roads on the commute to the office, Enhanced Autopilot might as well be actually-working FSD for how often I have to manually intervene. This sounds like a genuine fault to me. cruft posted:
Given that for Tesla, smartphone ownership is basically a de facto requirement, I don’t know that it would make sense for them to invest in dedicated integrations instead of leaning on what’s available in the smartphone host OS (for example, I could set up shortcuts so that I could yell at Siri to warm up my car or whatever). cruft posted:
Yeah, I agree this feels like something the vehicle should “learn” based on driving habits or historical route data from the fleet, or at least provide a toggle somewhere. I suspect it would result in reduced range estimates for most EVs in practical use though, not just Teslas.
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# ? Feb 22, 2024 02:07 |
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Montreal is great for electric cars, I just paid $1 for an hour of street parking+charging. The normal parking rate is typically $3 an hour at least. Also put 7kWh in the car at the same time, maths out to 15c per kWh. The rate I pay at home is 10c per. Québec is the Saudi Arabia of cheap hydro power, it owns.
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# ? Feb 22, 2024 02:09 |
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cruft posted:I shall now gripe about the Model 3. Ever thought about trading it in for the new redesign? The Hardware 4 cameras are supposed to have better low-light performance. Plus the latest software update lets the car account for battery degradation when calculating range, though that should already be available to you.
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cruft posted:I mean, you're not wrong. But it still feels like a bad decision on Tesla's part. This isn't a problem with any other manufacturer. You’re in NM right? Could it be the wind, I remember it being extra wild every time I went to NM. Or is this consumption direction agnostic.
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# ? Feb 22, 2024 02:21 |
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Went to refill the washer fluid in my ID.4 and struggle for a while trying to find the safety latch. Turns out the latch lever is made of plastic and has somehow the tip of the lever has broken off. Now I have to reach lower into hood and push a bit harder due to the loss of leverage. Then when I finally get the hood open, I ominously see the remnants of two plastic clips that have settled themselves in some nooks on the cladding that covering some module that right front and center where one would expect an engine. Eventually, I figure out that the clips are there to retain plastic standoffs where rubber feet on the hood rests on. Looking closer I see said plastic standoffs wedged between the cladding and the module underneath. Is this the legendary German plastics engineering that I've heard so much about? God help me if the coolant system uses plastic impellers that will disintegrate in due course. In spite of broken exterior plastics, the car doesn't seem adversely affected. There are two more remaining standoffs which may account for the lack of harsher NVH. Weird thing is I have no idea what could have caused that damage as nothing out of the ordinary happened. The hood safety latch is the biggest pain in the rear end right now but at least the part that broke looks fairly trivial to replace. That said, I don't trust replacing it with OEM parts that just going to break again.
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# ? Feb 22, 2024 02:23 |
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my jetta even after being smashed up the hood latch was fine, you might want to take your car to the dealer op
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# ? Feb 22, 2024 02:28 |
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bird with big dick posted:The phantom braking can be harder than max regen, which I would personally qualify as "jamming on the brakes at speed." "I did know it was going to happen, because it did it like 30 times that day." Sounds more like a fault with his car than a typical experience. I mean i've talked about having phantom braking events myself, but they have never been anything remotely like actually hitting the brakes. ROFLBOT fucked around with this message at 03:02 on Feb 22, 2024 |
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ROFLBOT posted:"I did know it was going to happen, because it did it like 30 times that day." Except he has made three appointments with Tesla and Tesla says his car is fine and is working as intended including after seeing the video. Do you mostly drive in areas that aren't similar to those in the video? Because when it happens is when traffic is sparse (so sightlines are long) and there are heat mirages on the pavement which the car mistakes for vehicles stopped in the road.
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# ? Feb 22, 2024 03:19 |
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I've had my model 3 dip into nearly AEB level stopping force from people turning in front of me closer than I would have attempted while I was traveling at highway speeds. Otherwise the few true phantom braking occasions I've had have been pretty gentle and most of them are fairly predictable, sometimes the car slows down gently as you are nearing the crest of a hill and can't see over it, but it is never even remotely close to a hard brake like when the system is responding to a real potential hazard.
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bird with big dick posted:
Indiana_Krom posted:people turning in front of me closer than I would have attempted while I was traveling at highway speeds. Cars turning across from/into side streets are one of those situations where I'll have my foot hovering above the accelerator pedal because the car reacts when in my opinion it didnt need to (ie, the crossing car is far enough ahead that there is little danger). If AEB is triggered from a car pulling the same move much closer then is it really phantom braking? I mean, isnt that exactly what it *should* do? ROFLBOT fucked around with this message at 04:36 on Feb 22, 2024 |
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