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wesleywillis posted:Soooooo Nissan makes good cars? compared to Tesla You can't store AC in a battery. When you slow-charge a Tesla (or any EV for that matter), the "charger" provides 120 or 240vAC to the onboard battery charger. That onboard charger rectifies that into DC and uses it to charge the batteries. When you fast-charge a Tesla (or just about any EV), the rectification happens in the big electronics cabinet at the charging station, and significantly higher voltage DC is pumped directly into the batteries (I'm hand-waving over a lot of steps here). Then, when you drive a Tesla (or any other EV with a three phase motor, which is most of them? All of them), the DC charge in the battery is run through an inverter, converted into three phases of AC, and then it drives the motor.
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Fatrick posted:I was looking at the Kona when I bought my Bolt, and I was shocked at how little storage it had anywhere. Like, the Trunk had nothing, and there was no Frunk. It was the only thing that made me walk away from it. We had the same impression of the Kona. It was a neat car, but it absolutely didn't fit me, my wife, my son, and his carseat and stroller.
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Saukkis posted:Speed cameras are such an inefficient solution. Just send a fine if your cell phone travels too fast between two points. what about my freedom to launch my cell phone into the next county via trebuchet?
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StormDrain posted:Speeding isnt a required action in life, I don't see how it can be considered a tax. It's not equivalent to other vice taxes since those are typically addictive substances. Because bad actors use them in poor neighborhoods doesn't make their misuse inherent. We all agree that lower speeds lead to fewer accidents and lower deaths. There are two ways to address this: - Redesign and rebuild our roads to make them less speed-friendly. Narrower roads, more trees, raised crosswalks, etc. This is fair and equitable, but expensive. - Install speed cameras / more cops to catch and punish speeders. This is cheap and in some cases can actually bring in a profit. Now, consider that every driver at every moment has an independent probability they are speeding. This varies based on how conscientious they are, road design, weather, their mood, how much they have to poop, etc. If you apply "the stick" and fine all speeders, that helps, but it's not a holistic public safety solution. stealie72 posted:Also, at least in my area, they are transparently placed where they will generate revenue, not where they will make a meaningful safety difference. Where I live, speed cameras are conspicuously placed next to school zone signs and only operate when the school zone is in effect. I like how they do it in Europe (at least as far as I've seen), where speed cameras are always preceded by a big obvious "SPEED CAMERA" sign. But also I like how they do it in Europe where roads are narrower and when you enter a town you have a bunch of chicanes and roundabouts and signs that show you a smiling green face if you're doing the speed limit.
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StormDrain posted:I don't know why you responded to the second part without quoting the first part, as I did say it's "part of a holistic solution". you replied as if I think putting up a camera is the only action. You're absolutely right. I skimmed your reply, didn't read the whole thing, and I was wrong. My apologies.
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randomidiot posted:I will never have speed logging enabled on a dashcam on public roads. Road markings are standardized; if it mattered enough, somebody could count the stripes you pass in a period of time and do some quick math to figure out your (average, not instantaneous) speed.
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Colostomy Bag posted:So how do you reconcile advertised RAM module sizes with all of this? I use RAM Doubler like God intended Fifty Three posted:
When I moved into this house last year, I was confused as to why my my download client was showing me a download speed almost almost 1/10th what my router was showing. It took me far to long to realize one was showing MB/s and the other Mb/s
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The rear camber looks pretty off.
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Midjack posted:Kia. I think it's pronounced КИ Safety Dance fucked around with this message at 18:54 on Dec 19, 2023 |
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Cactus Ghost posted:its always weird to me when some moneyed person with perfect credit finds out about predatory lending and is like "but dont they know you can get smart loans at safe interest rates at the bank?" like a newborn fawn in the woods I don't mean to clutch at my pearls too hard, but if I was king of the world I'd get JFK'd so hard by the payday loan industry. There's only so much greed and suffering that should be allowed.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:sub 10 microns sub 1/4 inch panel gap!
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There needs to be different words for the skateboard with handlebars scooter and the motorcycle with the engine on the swingarm scooter.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:As someone who lives somewhere it barely dips into the minus (Celsius) I think I'd hibernate through if it got stupid cold. Sometimes you gotta put on your big kid pants (and then another layer, and then another layer...) and do what needs to be done despite the weather.
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The Subaru "it's cold!" indicator looks like an orange triangle out of the corner of my eye, and it startled me probably a half a dozen times in the Canadian winter rally last year.
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Darchangel posted:Never let the bean counters/short-term-profit-is-God people have the final say. Ah, but have you considered... yet another 2.0L turbo four?
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Scratch Monkey posted:If they’re escaping a monster at -30C that’s probably the bigger obstacle to survival -30C is cold, but it's not _that_ cold if you've got the right clothes. Ask me again in two weeks to see if I eat my words
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DarkSol posted:I guess, theoretically, we're not legally required to pay them then. But the crime rates! The property values! Won't somebody think of the children?
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"Sounds like you don't have the authority to stop me from opening the containers either"
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DoesNotCompute posted:Early 2000’s Mazda 3’s were actually made of sugar. I owned one. It was a sweet ride
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wesleywillis posted:Perhaps. (most likely) I bought a Mazdaspeed Protege from a CarMax with the money left over after a pickup truck totalled my Mazda 3. Jesus gently caress that thing was amazing. Irresponsibility big turbo from the factory and an absolutely ridiculous Kenwood stereo with a faceplate that flips around every time you turn it on. I sold it after I bought my Jeep, but if I found another in good condition I'd probably jump on it.
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I just read that Euro NCAP is going to start deducting points if certain controls aren't physical buttons. Based on the article, I don't think it goes far enough. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/03/carmakers-must-bring-back-buttons-to-get-good-safety-scores-in-europe/
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The Door Frame posted:It's not a coincidence that Tesla won't attempt to manufacture a car with physical controls. It's added manufacturing costs, adding a layer of complexity, and another possible failure point that could be avoided by putting everything in a central computer that can fix any problems post launch It hardly takes any additional effort to get right. The stereo buttons and knobs are inputs to the infotainment computer. The HVAC buttons and knobs are inputs to the climate control computer. The beautiful thing is, it's modular. You're not going to brick the HVAC system by pushing a bad update to the stereo (one hopes).
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The Door Frame posted:It's not modular when all of the controls are located on a touch screen. If the screen isn't responding, the all of the systems it controls are also no longer responding. The radio dying might actually mean that you don't have HVAC controls or navigation if it messes with the use of the screen Yes, I think we agree
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mobby_6kl posted:IMO it'd be pretty cool in a modern car too. You really only need a few features to be accessible during driving. Everything else can be in the touchscreen once the car is stopped. My car is so weird about this. It's happy for me to set the clock while I'm cruising down the highway, but god forbid I switch from miles to kilometers.
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I wonder if he's got hundreds of pounds of off-road bumpers etc compressing his suspension
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The Door Frame posted:Progressive insurance has a monitoring app. Those things are complete scams too, it was supposed to save money, but the Missus was paying nearly $300 a month to cover a decade old Scion xA with that service. Even when we weren't married and had different addresses, covering both our cars under my traditional allstate insurance was less than $300 a month I tried Progressive's OBDII dongle once and found it tremendously annoying. When I lived in NYC and didn't drive my car for a couple weeks at a time, they started emailing me reminding me to plug the dongle in, etc. It was plugged in, the car was just off and underground.
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mobby_6kl posted:The new Skoda Superb has the three knobs! Somebody saw this video and decided it would be fun to build. Unfortunately they worked for Skoda. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip641WmY4pA
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He made the point that he's out of warranty, so he doesn't have to worry about the dealer overwriting it or denying a claim.
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Cactus Ghost posted:CA prohibits counsel representation in small claims court iirc Sue a lawyer in small claims court and you win by default.
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Just call it a Cyber-7
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That's a moderately dope looking concept if you spend 0 seconds thinking about center of gravity.
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Ejects the engine compartment like a supercar Like cracking open a plastic easter egg.
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Is that a gas motor on the front? E. Yes it is and I love it
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I choose to believe you blacked out your face because you were a Seal Team 6 operator or something at the time.
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It's an awful sound when you crunch on top of a curb, isn't it? Fortunately, all that plastic is designed to flex and there's nothing too critical tucked up under there in most cases. Good job keeping a cool head and realizing that everything's basically okay.
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The Door Frame posted:I can only take my stock civic in and out of the garage/alley in one direction because the other outlet has enough of a dip to scratch both bumpers I'd be so tempted to pick up a cubic yard of gravel and do some guerilla roadwork one night.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:The gently caress is going on here? Spokane is like Bournemouth but in the high desert.
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Colostomy Bag posted:Just read how Seattle and surrounding areas are a shitshow. Where did you read that? Seattle's lovely, it's just expensive. The middle is mountains desert desert desert desert desert desert desert mountains Idaho.
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Please drive somewhere with high voltage overhead trolley lines
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Good to know my penith is safe if I slam it in the Cybertruck frunk because the panel gaps are so large
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