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Speleothing posted:Name it "mistake" But he’s got a son already???
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cruft posted:He wants to name it "casper" which I think is lame and unimaginative. Any suggestions from the live studio audience? "Moby", works as either the musician or the whale.
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Dead Fish - a reference to what they look like
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“Whitey Bulge” “Klansman’s Choice”
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MrYenko posted:Just got the FSD beta 12 software and went for a drive after work. (The end-to-end AI release.) I feel like I’ve read stuff like this (not from you but on Twitter etc) numerous times before and it makes me think that FSD maybe got a little better but essentially it just “got lucky” for one or two drives in terms of the conditions it faced and will start doing dogshit stuff again soon, probably the next drive.
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SlowBloke posted:Even if they might not be the best of the best, us-biased electric car/branding rankings always leave out the Stellantis electric cars, which are decent albeit a tad pricy. If you don't want to buy a tiny or huge car, they currently have the B-segment pretty much locked down with the their corsa/208/c4 or the slightly bigger mokka/2008/c4x/ds3/avenger/600e/ypsilon. I forget about them too since I never see any on the road here. I think e.g. the Mokka has a hard time finding an audience since you could get a Kona for less and it gives you like 30-40% more range. Realized now I left the Kia/Hyundai vehicles out. I like them (I own a Niro EV and a Sorento PHEV) and I think they are overall damned nice vehicles for the money. They are pretty popular here, partially due to the generous warranties.
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cruft posted:Dad is coming by in the next hour in the LEAF, which we will take to the Tesla service center so he can pick up his white model Y with white seats. I still feel like there's a 20% chance he'll nope out of this somehow, my wife has it at 40%. Does your dad use the horn a lot?
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Oh yeah MX-30, not CX-30. I don’t understand their naming conventions there. In Canada I think we got a lot more of them as there are quite a few around but man they look horrible.
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Finger Prince posted:Does your dad use the horn a lot? I know where you’re going and I held back.
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A Tesla Named Honky, starring Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando, coming to a theatre near you
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bird with big dick posted:I feel like I’ve read stuff like this (not from you but on Twitter etc) numerous times before and it makes me think that FSD maybe got a little better but essentially it just “got lucky” for one or two drives in terms of the conditions it faced and will start doing dogshit stuff again soon, probably the next drive. I can't understand how anyone rational would put their life info the hands of "FSD" software. priznat posted:Oh yeah MX-30, not CX-30. I don’t understand their naming conventions there. In Canada I think we got a lot more of them as there are quite a few around but man they look horrible. Fun fact, you have to open the front door in order to open the rear door. quote:On both sides of the MX-30, there are reverse hinge-style doors similar to those that used to grace the now-discontinued four-door Hyundai Veloster. In order to open the rear doors and access the small back seat space, you need to first open the front door, then open the rear half door. There’s no quick and easy way around this, which means that tossing something into the back seats requires opening two doors instead of one. Impossibly Perfect Sphere fucked around with this message at 19:22 on Mar 22, 2024 |
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I prefer Mazda being stupid in a good way Like make some kind of EV version of a rotary engine, Mazda. Electric motors kind of already are so they’ll make an EV that has pistons somehow.
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Like this?quote:Mazda has found a unique solution to the MX-30 EV's short driving range, and it involves the company's first rotary engine since the RX-8 sports car. The new Mazda MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV is a plug-in hybrid with a small single-rotary gasoline engine that serves as a generator to charge the battery pack and allow for longer drives.
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lol ah yeah that’s the stuff. God they love rotaries the huge weirdos
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Nfcknblvbl posted:But he’s got a son already??? LOL So far, he likes it. He insisted I drive it up and down the street before he did, so I could listen for any rattles. It had none, quieter than our Model 3, which I already thought was pretty quiet. In fairness to the 3, it sounds like there's a lot more insulation in the Y. It's making the same sounds, I just can't hear them as well.
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priznat posted:lol ah yeah that’s the stuff. God they love rotaries the huge weirdos I’m not saying it’s a GOOD idea, but a Wankel will perform much better as a range extender, than directly hooked to a transmission driving wheels. It could be good. I just got my first Mazda about a year ago, a new CX-50 since there wasn’t an EV that I could afford, that gave me what I wanted. I had to talk myself out of pushing my budget up for an Ioniq5, which I really wanted. I will, uh, not be buying another one when it’s time to replace this one. Mostly due to incredibly dumb feature design decisions, and poor execution of a lot of stuff. It drives great, feels good, was reasonably priced, but there’s dozens of things that are all B or C-tier complaints that just add up to be maddening. Mazda EV is gonna be a hard no for me.
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The CX-50 is made in Alabama by Toyota and the interior reflects that. It's a much different feeling product than the Mazda models manufactured in Japan which have more premium touches.
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eh either you’re a Mazda person or you’re not IMO
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Impossibly Perfect Sphere posted:The CX-50 is made in Alabama by Toyota and the interior reflects that. It's a much different feeling product than the Mazda models manufactured in Japan which have more premium touches. It feels quite premium. The leather is great, really nice accent stitching, all good materials, feels very solid. How it drives, how it looks inside and outside are great. It’s feature designs that are most of my problems. Automatic wipers wait too long before wiping Auto dimming headlights wait waayyy too long before turning off brights Apple CarPlay integration has some mind-bogglingly bad paths between CarPlay and native Mazda app Door hold open points are only 6 inches wide, and completely all the way open, not at a normal person in parking lot getting into car, point Auto lock on walking away works only 90% of the time, which makes it 100% useless Speed limit monitoring doesn’t know the difference between limit signs and highway signs, so it thinks that the speed limit is 45 on Highway 45 Seatbelt warning dings even while car is in park CarPlay only reconnects automatically about 30% of the time, so have to manually reconnect most times 360/Backup camera view stays on until you exceed 10mph driving forward Climate control seems waayyy off. No matter the ambient temp, 71f setting is swelteringly hot, 70f is comfortable Stuff like this. I could go on for an hour. Shoulda bought an Ioniq5!
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Anaheim has a fleet of BYD electric busses. Maybe the import taxes are less for commercial vehicles.
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priznat posted:Yeah it looks interesting but maybe wait a couple years. They seem to be going more luxe than usual Mazda as well! Mazda is a tiny company and doesn’t have the money to develop EVs, same with Subaru. That’s why it’s all going to be Toyota partnerships, wouldn’t be surprised if Toyota majority owns both Subaru and Mazda in a decade (already minority stake).
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Clayton Bigsby posted:I forget about them too since I never see any on the road here. I think e.g. the Mokka has a hard time finding an audience since you could get a Kona for less and it gives you like 30-40% more range. Here konas are more rare than stellantis products, even with the better warranties, since the kia/hyundai dealer experience is the same for high end electrics and bottom of the barrel city cars. SlowBloke fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Mar 22, 2024 |
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SlowBloke posted:Here konas are more rare than stellantis products, even with the better warranties, since the kia/hyundai dealer experience is the same for high end electrics and bottom of the barrel city cars. Yeah, I heard from some US friends and noticed when I visited a Kia dealer while there that it's an issue. It's a shame. The 2024 Kona is a lot of EV for the money, probably the cheapest option here in that size category. Not entirely sure on the facelift design though, getting some Fiat Multipla vibes.
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Doom Rooster posted:It feels quite premium. The leather is great, really nice accent stitching, all good materials, feels very solid. How it drives, how it looks inside and outside are great. It’s feature designs that are most of my problems. I've got a CX-9 and I know what you're talking about with autolock... The problem is a function of you being too far away from the car before it can confirm that the key is indeed outside of the car. The detection range around the vehicle to determine that the key is nearby is limited and not evenly distributed - really only 2 or 3 feet. If you are outside this range when you close the door (which is when the system activates and starts looking for the key) - let's say you fling it shut with your arm extended while standing away from the car - it ain't gonna work. Also, a passenger opening their door while you are in the process of going out of range will interfere with it as well. Basically stay within a couple feet until the last door is closed.
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Bone Crimes posted:Yeah, no Chinese cars in the states. Kind of a shame, as some of them seem pretty compelling. No Chinese brands in the states. Chinese built cars (like the Buick Envision) are already sold here.
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They should have brought the Buick-branded Bolt EUV over. That car punches way above its weight with features. Make the premium package standard, add some decor embellishments, call it a day.
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cruft posted:LOL Your dad looks pretty dapper and fit for his age is he single
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McPhearson posted:Anaheim has a fleet of BYD electric busses. Maybe the import taxes are less for commercial vehicles. those are manufactured at the BYD plant in Lancaster, California. No importation except maybe the batteries. Wayne Knight posted:They should have brought the Buick-branded Bolt EUV over. That car punches way above its weight with features. Make the premium package standard, add some decor embellishments, call it a day. They should bring whatever this thing is that I snapped a photo of over in Shanghai, best looking Buick I've ever seen in person.  
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Yes, it’s a hybrid but it has cool EV mode graphics that I have to figure out. Along with all the other gadgets and gizmos. Behold De Blue Frawwwg 
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i liked mazda's idea of using a single-rotor wankel as a range extender. its got some advantages in that application and also it's just kinda nice to see mazda keeping it weird, or trying to at least
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Cactus Ghost posted:i liked mazda's idea of using a single-rotor wankel as a range extender. its got some advantages in that application and also it's just kinda nice to see mazda keeping it weird, or trying to at least https://newsroom.mazda.com/en/technology/1425/index.html 
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Silly Burrito posted:Yes, it’s a hybrid but it has cool EV mode graphics that I have to figure out. Along with all the other gadgets and gizmos. Venza styling is really good imo. Nice going!
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i mean, you can run a gas engine on propane, makes sense you could do it with hydrogen. a multifuel range extending wankel rotory engine, and a partridge in a pear tree
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trilobite terror posted:eh either you’re a Mazda person or you’re not IMO We're in the middle of fool's spring, so my 1999 MX5 is still consigned to the basement garage  Mazda has some special sauce in their cars, they're a lot more fun and engaging to drive than comparable cars from other brands, at least in my experience. I wish they would make an electric Mazda3. I'd buy that in a heartbeat.
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Cactus Ghost posted:i mean, you can run a gas engine on propane, makes sense you could do it with hydrogen. You can run an ICE engine on almost any flammable liquid or gas. Propane, Methanol, Alcohol, Hydrogen, Methane, Kerosene, etc, etc. There is a video on youtube where a guy made a lawnmower engine run briefly on wood smoke/fumes. How long it will run, or how well it will run is something else entirely, but basically if it atomizes and burns at normal atmosphere pressure and temperature, you can make an ICE engine run on it. Sort of like if you wired up enough potatoes you could charge and power an EV from them.
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Indiana_Krom posted:You can run an ICE engine on almost any flammable liquid or gas. Propane, Methanol, Alcohol, Hydrogen, Methane, Kerosene, etc, etc. There is a video on youtube where a guy made a lawnmower engine run briefly on wood smoke/fumes. How long it will run, or how well it will run is something else entirely, but basically if it atomizes and burns at normal atmosphere pressure and temperature, you can make an ICE engine run on it. Wood gas cars are a hobby with long history. Interestingly, one of Finland's previous prime ministers has built a wood gas El Camino.
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Saukkis posted:Wood gas cars are a hobby with long history. Interestingly, one of Finland's previous prime ministers has built a wood gas El Camino. lol this is wild, good stuff
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Indiana_Krom posted:You can run an ICE engine on almost any flammable liquid or gas. Propane, Methanol, Alcohol, Hydrogen, Methane, Kerosene, etc, etc. There is a video on youtube where a guy made a lawnmower engine run briefly on wood smoke/fumes. How long it will run, or how well it will run is something else entirely, but basically if it atomizes and burns at normal atmosphere pressure and temperature, you can make an ICE engine run on it. right, but my point was that a gasoline engine can run on propane essentially unmodified. hydrogen is even less picky than propane, i think it's flammable concentration in air ranges from like 8% to 96%. you could probably run a gasoline engine on hydrogen unmodified too. you can run a combustion engine on asphalt with enough infrastructure, but that wasn't my point e: mazda's sour bunker fuel-burning 900cc range extender. make sure to fire up the staged pre-heaters at least eight hours in advance Cactus Ghost fucked around with this message at 13:48 on Mar 23, 2024 |
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Saukkis posted:Wood gas cars are a hobby with long history. Interestingly, one of Finland's previous prime ministers has built a wood gas El Camino. My Summer Car irl
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