Let's talk about cars
Jan 29th 2016, 5:58 am
#4981
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Re: Let's talk about cars
Of course they won't. Fact is the rest of us have to subsidize the price of the car via tax breaks for the rich who are buying them. Although, at $35k, even Everyman could afford one and then either the subsidy goes away or it becomes a major line item in the federal budget.
What I'd really like to see would be a small 1 or 2 cylinder motor that would run to keep the battery charged. I think that's what makes the BMW i3 impractical, even the model with the extender battery.
So...you're driving your Tesla Model 3 at night in the winter when the battery is less efficient. It's discharging rapidly and you're miles from your destination. You're desperately trying to find a Tesla charging station. You're passing all those fossil-fuel stations where less save-the-world people recharge the fuel tanks of their SUVs in 5 minutes and are on their way again. You hate your Tesla when the battery dies and the headlights go out.
What I'd really like to see would be a small 1 or 2 cylinder motor that would run to keep the battery charged. I think that's what makes the BMW i3 impractical, even the model with the extender battery.
So...you're driving your Tesla Model 3 at night in the winter when the battery is less efficient. It's discharging rapidly and you're miles from your destination. You're desperately trying to find a Tesla charging station. You're passing all those fossil-fuel stations where less save-the-world people recharge the fuel tanks of their SUVs in 5 minutes and are on their way again. You hate your Tesla when the battery dies and the headlights go out.
Jan 29th 2016, 6:18 am
#4982
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Re: Let's talk about cars
I loved my Tesla so much I left the Grand Cherokee at home. Forgot, they don't have any charging stations where the Oiks live. The bearded gap-toothed guy breaks into a big grin, nudges his buddy and happily crows, "We ain't got it!" when I asked about where the nearest one was. Then he and his buddy laughed their asses off. It was terrible; and my wife started ragging at me and the kids started whining. I'll never buy another of those Tesla pieces of shite even though I really do want to save the world. Won't drive to Colorado again, either, where the Oiks live.
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Jan 29th 2016, 9:53 am
#4983
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Re: Let's talk about cars
[sound of a slightly distorted banjo] of course at some point, on a snowy cold night, someones going to freeze to death in a tesla... Probably already happened and they are paying someone to keep shtum.
The ultimate hilarity is here in the grenadines. All electrical power comes courtesy of diesel generators and it costs about 2-4 times what you pay. Nissan gave the government a couple of leaf's, plug in 100% electric cars. The government is saying people should use them. The people fall over laughing and fill their diesel trucks up again. The leaf's batteries dont like rough roads and extreme conditions and going up mountains. They actually have aircon, butit doesnt work very well, and it cuts the range to hahahahaha. Good job they were free.
The ultimate hilarity is here in the grenadines. All electrical power comes courtesy of diesel generators and it costs about 2-4 times what you pay. Nissan gave the government a couple of leaf's, plug in 100% electric cars. The government is saying people should use them. The people fall over laughing and fill their diesel trucks up again. The leaf's batteries dont like rough roads and extreme conditions and going up mountains. They actually have aircon, butit doesnt work very well, and it cuts the range to hahahahaha. Good job they were free.
Last edited by uk_grenada; Jan 29th 2016 at 9:56 am.
Jan 30th 2016, 8:19 pm
#4984
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Jan 30th 2016, 11:08 pm
#4985
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Re: Let's talk about cars
Currently driving a 2003 Volkswagen Polo. Struggling along with 105k miles. Every day when I wake it up at 6am it cries for the scrapyard. Now i'm just hoping it will hang on until the end. Come on, precious VW, don't give up on me yet.
Similar car, but looks more shiny:
Similar car, but looks more shiny:
Jan 31st 2016, 4:02 am
#4986
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Re: Let's talk about cars
I loved my Tesla so much I left the Grand Cherokee at home. Forgot, they don't have any charging stations where the Oiks live. The bearded gap-toothed guy breaks into a big grin, nudges his buddy and happily crows, "We ain't got it!" when I asked about where the nearest one was. Then he and his buddy laughed their asses off. It was terrible; and my wife started ragging at me and the kids started whining. I'll never buy another of those Tesla pieces of shite even though I really do want to save the world. Won't drive to Colorado again, either, where the Oiks live.
Jan 31st 2016, 4:05 am
#4987
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Re: Let's talk about cars
[sound of a slightly distorted banjo] of course at some point, on a snowy cold night, someones going to freeze to death in a tesla... Probably already happened and they are paying someone to keep shtum.
The ultimate hilarity is here in the grenadines. All electrical power comes courtesy of diesel generators and it costs about 2-4 times what you pay. Nissan gave the government a couple of leaf's, plug in 100% electric cars. The government is saying people should use them. The people fall over laughing and fill their diesel trucks up again. The leaf's batteries dont like rough roads and extreme conditions and going up mountains. They actually have aircon, butit doesnt work very well, and it cuts the range to hahahahaha. Good job they were free.
The ultimate hilarity is here in the grenadines. All electrical power comes courtesy of diesel generators and it costs about 2-4 times what you pay. Nissan gave the government a couple of leaf's, plug in 100% electric cars. The government is saying people should use them. The people fall over laughing and fill their diesel trucks up again. The leaf's batteries dont like rough roads and extreme conditions and going up mountains. They actually have aircon, butit doesnt work very well, and it cuts the range to hahahahaha. Good job they were free.
Jan 31st 2016, 4:07 am
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Re: Let's talk about cars
I have a soft spot for old knackers. I had a Peugeot 406 turbodiesel that did 300000 miles and was utterly reliable, great to drive but rotted away. For my sins, I now have an elderly Citroen CX, known as the UFO ( unfathomable French object) .....
Jan 31st 2016, 4:20 am
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Feb 2nd 2016, 3:08 pm
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Feb 2nd 2016, 4:10 pm
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