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What about Emanuel cars
My saab could be a sensonic but no
(French cars)
many french cars
Its Namen Mini Connected But its basically just iDrive with a skin
Not a french car enthusiast just a good car enthusiast : )
Oh I see
Do you like Audis?
If they are 30 years old, probably
Our is from 2015 but the mmi system is actually quite good in it because it has the upgrade navigation system with the "big" wide screen system. But last year we got an android auto/carplay box so now we just just those system instead of the iDrive "bmw mmi" when we want to use navigation. But the inbuild navigation in our 2015 BMW is actually better then the one in dads 2021 Passat.
Damn that looks the original Xbox Home Screen
not up there on my preferences find them a bit bland
newer audis are up there on my certifiedTM whitegood list
Related?
treated like a washing machine
Yes its one of the best systems on the market even the "older" ones if you have the full system with the big screen the base one is a bit meh.
that looks like my childhood
Actually my friend had a 30 year old audi the rear torsion beam axle broke off on the M90
i want to show you my dads oldtimers but i would need forever to find the pics again lmao
fuckm and their stupid spherical bushings
he has a oldsmobile delta 88 v8, buik roadmaster is it called i think also v8
Oh okay
the buik is 71 or 72 years old and nearly brand new conditions same with the oldsmobile
ideal motorway occurence, on both sides car hopped to a stop with the wheels bouncing around in the arches.
seized spherical bushings fatigued it
I dont really go older than the 80's as I use them as daily drivers
40+ year old cars generally demand a higher price due to their status
I have had disgruntled people about me using classic cars during winter, that I am destroying them.
almost period correct heh
was like 2002
We have navi in our Cadillac but it doesn't even have our house on it 😂
so we just use carplay
great times buying an aftermarket intercooler to achieve 130hp
did have 58hp "stock"
My dad's second car has a navigation system from 2008 on it and it doesn't have some roads, highways and houses
makes sense if it's from 08
yep
Fancy American cars
Still better than some French cars lol
lol it's a 2018 escalade
I don't like the capacitive touch buttons though
they're annoying
and don't work half the time
yes
How much was it?
just heated in the middle row though
around $50k iirc
WHAT
the "older" body style escalades are actually quite affordable for the vehicle they are
Wait, used or new?
Ah makes sense, but still a good price
A 2016 S-Class is basically worthless now but those all have 400k km on them
I'd rather get a RAM 3500
But the taxes on that engine are crazy here
Nice
Can the color be changed?
the 2015 (model year that brought this style) has a totally different instrument cluster from the 2016-2020 ones though weirdly enough
id say digital dashes have increased the amount of very smart people driving without lights on
haha, nice.
or people just suck more
I drive with high beams on because of the stupid blinker on the damn Mercedes
It's so weak, I always pull it back
the 2015 is the one model year with this gauge cluster
they immediately changed it on the 2016
to the one I showed before
I think this is personally super ugly lol
I like the 2016-2020 one better
Must be able to do 160mph : )
no clue lol
Zero reason on a digital dash not to have the realistic range
Mercedes cup holders are more than useless
Can't even put a fucking can of monster energy in it
ong
They're good for putting random shit in them
same shit in my moms benz lmao
But they don't do the one thing they're supposed to do
our escalade is really bad for cup holders
it has ones in the door but mcdonalds size cups dont fit 💀
Ive owned a car where the dash goes up to 160mph, I have also never owned a car with more than 130hp.
they touch the door bc it's so tight
overambitious speedos are mildly humorous and annoying
Had to take a pic of it. This isn't even big and won't fit. Good job Mercedes engineers
the map looks good in this photo
Probably the only city that has 3D lol
yeah lol
I wonder what happened to that Audi AR navigation thing
Looks like a game
another pic
comfy looking seats
Does it actually feel like a massage?
not sure but it has like 10 different modes configurable on the screen
They're probably alright, but car massages are never really that good
But a nice thing to have
This is the infotainment in that car
it has google assistant and the play store built in
So it runs android?
Does it make you buy stuff like digital radio on the inbuilt store like Mercedes does?
jk
Don't think so lol
250€ extra on a 2019 A-Class btw
Tidal, nice
But wait, it will show a network error or will say that you're streaming on the device that you're trying to stream from, so it won't play and will distract you. Tidal 🤣
you know
funny you mention it
i do recall seeing a lot of camrys around with bumper dents lmao
The silver and gold ones are considered "old person" cars and so I wonder if some of them are from elderly people backing into things
The dent in my bumper wasn't my fault it's from when my mom drove my car before it was mine
My girlfriend also scraped it once because there was another vehicle in the driveway and I had told her that if there's another vehicle in the driveway and she didn't have a lot of room to squeeze out, I'd rather her get closer to my car because I'd rather her scrape it than one of the newer, more expensive cars my family has
I scraped her mirror on a small tree once though so we're even. Neither incident did real damage other than paint scrapes though
The secret is to have something with real bumpers if you are going to suck at backing up
tfw 5mph bumpers are actually good
Visited it once, seem to recognize it, looked it up, was correct 
Isn’t that a cable with C7 plug on it? Then you could easily swap it out.
Better than an any ev
Well my dads passat has map data from early 2018 but the car was build in late 2020 which doesn't make sense so it has been outdated since day one.
Nice google play
Not even you saab ? Isen't that the model year that hade stupid over engineered cup holder ?
Low spec
I had a sat nav with data from 2008 until 2020 when the car was no longer.
They don't make new data every year so not really
It was probably the best they had available at that time
But it's a Volkswagen and those cars are garbage.
German car makers think they can sell overpriced garbage just because it's German, but they have less luxuries than cheaper American cars.
I agree somewhat
The Citroen driver of fatal accident was Bas Kuijlenburg @stoic ledge @charred depot
I wish i was rich enough to buy a lego version of my supercar (and that I could buy a supercar)
I cant agree with that but they are expansive but I wouldn't say that Americana car is known for their good quality German cars beats them in that aspect and it most other things to maybe not price but otherwise they are mostly better at everything.
They're not better at anything. Weak engines, no air vents in the back row for 50k Euro. American cars have that on way cheaper models.
136HP, i4
Maybe not Volkswagen but manufactures like BMW, Mercedes and Audi.
Yeah I can agree with that if I would go for an German car it would have been a BMW.
So it breaks down and has some steering issue after 4 months?

Or that I am forced to pay for heated seats as a subscription???
How many more subscriptions am I supposed to have now. I can't even keep track of it
Well that's not the manufactures faults its the eu emissions regulations which is very strict compared to the us. And you can get most german cars with big engines to.
BMW is the #1 clown out of them all.
The EU is the root of all evil, I know, but they can at least do better in the American market
Well you can get most german cars with a big engine to but a big engine doesn't exactly mean better. Take the mustang as example the only thing it has is big engine for a low price but its terrible at everything else.
It's a lot cooler than a German car though.
I'd rather drive a Dodge RAM 3500, than a Mercedes
But the idiots at the EU don't want people to have nice things so nah
600€/ month in taxes for the engine alone
In Austria
There is absolutely no way anyone can have a cool car in Europe unless they wanna have huge amounts of money stolen from them every month.
Shits I thought that 750$ yearly for the 4 years was a lot on my dads Passat.
Everyone drives these miserable, cheap and ugly BMWs
Where do you live?
That's a lot of money BTW
A 136HP engine is 55€ a month
Not a big fan of big trucks how can they even be fun to drive ? just a big an heavy and cant take corner at speed.
But after like 300HP they tax people like crazy
🇸🇪
Oh no
Well they look cool
You can go to many places without having to worry about the road conditions
Which is an issue in Europe.
How much HP does it have?
200hp i4 Diesel-with AWD.
I'll get that Dodge RAM 3500 when I'm in Raleigh but it's nothing but a waste of money in Europe. $10 per gallon fuel prices don't make it easier.
Damn that's a lot of money to be paying for a car like that.
What's the highest amount they can charge people?
500€?
Not sure the Koenigsegg Regera has yearly tax 2700€ per year for the 4 years. But its an hybrid so it has a reduced tax rate.
Hybrids don't get a reduced tax rate here, electric car owners pay none.
€676/year for a 1.2 Corsa 
But I will not drive an electric car.
Where 
🇳🇱
Love it
I pay a steep £295/y for my 80's dirty diesels
Some 2001-2017 diesels got given £30/y road tax which cant really be undone
My dad’s E220 is like €1600-1700/year IIRC
All post 2017 cars in the UK paid a lump sump when new based off emissions then its like £165/y tax tax for all of them
In NL we pay a lump sum, and then still get fucked
I'm so glad I'm getting out of this hellhole continent. I'll actually be able to get a nice car without being scammed by the government 😁
If the cars retail price was greater than £40k you also have to pay a extra £355/y for 5 years
so EVs will get taxed heavier than my dirty diesel
Normal evs and plug in hybrids on pays like 36€ yearly in tax. And you used to get 7000$ back when buying an with a starting price under 70k€
Right now EV tax is free but from 2025 that is being removed
Lmao, they're just Trolling themselves then.
Idk about Austria but people will probably be forced to pay tax for their goofy EVs once they flop. I wonder what happens to their ugly ass green license plates 
Look at me I'm so green!!!!
I do find it funny that I wont be getting a "modern" daily as its banned from cities, but my classic cars are exempt.
Also love how the EU is forcing another tax for the emissions of cars and heating of homes .. like yes we need another tax
People already can't pay their current electricity bills
Like anyone can afford to heat their home
Let's make them pay even more
Exactly
Europe 👍👍👍👍👍
It's getting worse by the day
I've already had a small blackout here
EV drivers gonna be trolled now 

Car won't drive without electricity
i've always got old sedans an hatchbacks cause i love how low to the road they are for cornering and fun times. but i just recently got my half 4x4 badge and bought a 2008 crv so i am not stranded in snow or bad conditions anymore.
Why is the interior smoking lmao
Is the car smoking or are you smoking?
funny thing is though, last time it snowed, i crawled past 3 big pickups who weren't able to make it up the slight slope
Puegot 
just a wee bit smokey on startup
For a brief period I had 2 dead glow plugs so would smoke out the entire street in the morning
Must be very healthy and green 🍃

My car has a green Umweltplakette for zhe Germany so it's very good for the environment
Well internal combustion engine cars wont work without electricity either.
veg oil stockpile : )
Is it valid in Rietfontein, Pretoria, Zuid-Afrika? 
You don't need to plug them in, like the power outlet cars.
This is totally normal, I'm sure
Definitely
Well good luck with doing a fill up at a "gas" station without electricity.
I have that on a 2004 as well
what did you remove the cat like a criminal!
Depends
It doesn't always need electricity
much easier to provide temporary power to a fuel station than it is to a electric car charger
Yep
not that its important, just make nuclear power stations : )
Didn't come with one
Only egr
And the egr gone
I've got a cat and an EGR
Cat is in front of the engine so basically impossible to steal 
funny that cats can write off cars
when your manufacturer straps a grand to the bottom of your car and you live in Birmingham 🗿
I don't really care if anybody steals the cat on the dakota
It's getting an exhaust eventually anyways
Somebody should buy me a trans
It would be funny
I’m trying to get the usb connector out to put in a new one for my new radio
anybody know how to push in all 4 little clips at once?
I just have to get that little usb shell kinda thing out then pop this one in and I’m good
but idk how 
I'd try shims.
You have ... 2 hands ...right?
Surely you can just do it with 2 thumbs and 2 index fingers
Oh wait, you gotta push the white things?
I thought the black bits
How the hell would this fit in that plastic shell?
Please explain how @tepid wing
Is this what train nerd jokes look like 

Tf are those engine mounts?
Really depends on the state.
Some states dont give a fuck what you do with the exhaust (Cat, DPF, ect), Then you have the ones that will take your plates if you remove the emissions bullshit and refuse to get it reinstalled
Although, I have heard the "Taking your plates" part went as far as a guy having to crush his truck
rear one not installed
Ah, that would explain it
Thought id test run my free "money back guarantee" engine
Sounded like it runs good
pump later got stuck full throttle no governor so had to fit injectors and injection pump from my old engine
Did that Dodge transmission take a shit?
Because I wouldn't be suprised
No it just won't handle the power levels I want to be at
Ngl anime 86 looks dope
hmm rear wheel drive celica hmmm
Where is the 86-E pure electric?????????
Why are toyota and honda panicking?
They have known ICE engines for decades
and then suddenly Tesla take the stage
they try to go for hydrogen
and fail
now they are making battery electric ( at least honda!)
seems like they are affraid of change
going from ICE to Electric = 😳😳😳
this is a problem with Japanese companies
Japanese companies WILL NOT CHANGE .. unless they absolutely need to
this is in their culture
and now electric cars are appearing ... they are stuck!
They must avoid this change
because they all know ICE
and are affraid to turn to electric
unless forced 🤔
forced as in pressure from Tesla, BYD, and others
Honestly........... Honda and Toyota need to take on battery electric ASAP
they will dissapear otherwise
Toyota is working with BYD
🤔
hmm depends on the company
hmm ok
I would have assumed they would have founded their own tech, but maybe they were just too stuck on hydrogen fuel cells
they sent they $$ to the wrong industry
aka Fuel cells
(which is a fantastic idea for heavier vehicles like trains and buses )
..but for common cars, you cannot beat pure electric
We still need the infrastructure
And the ability to recycle batteries
And mine lithium cleanly
Tesla have a huge charging network which they are opening up to everyone
and Tesla are mining Lithium from local sources
We can't provide the power to charge that many electric cars
Look at California and the mass blackouts
umm California = lots of sun
California can't generate power for the entire continental United States
hey we have nuclear fusion coming soon 🙂
pfft.... man plop enough solar panels......
wtf
how can california not have enough solar energy?
pfft
panels are cheap now
way less than a decad ago
it's cheaper to make a solar power station than a super-costly nuclear station
I think you're overestimating how much power we can generate with solar
Also where's the land come from
duuudeeee
Elon says if you cover just one small US state, it can power the whole country
a nutcase on a mission 😋
whaaaaaaa ... pfft how can making a new coal station be more costly than a solar station
SOLAR IS FREE
How would you even be able to move that much power
sorry for CAPS lol
yeah but overall, solar and wind are 1% of mthe cost of Coal
And what would you do on a cloudy day
the initial price may be expensive
but after a year, waaaaaaaaaaaaayy cheaper
cloudy day = battery backup
or wind
There's just a lot of fundamental problems here
I shouldnt suggest f-earth lol
Power companies aren't interested in taking such huge risks when what they're doing makes them money and is reliable
Because electric is not a viable solution in the near future
with enough solar it can be done
No they aren't
yes they are!
Who's installing them
Tesla solar roof is cheaper than a classical roof 100%
Tesla
do some googling my friend
I can guarantee you that a solar roof still costs more than a regular roof
call Tesla, they will confirm 😋
Because you're looking at the materials, the electrical required to do so, and the installation of the roof itself
Except for when it's not sunny and they generate nothing
Also, returning to the grid is a problem, infrastructure can't cope on very sunny days
And that still doesn't change the fact I would never buy a tesla product
The ceo is psychotic and the company uses proprietary bullshit
The battery collects the charge and accounts for low solar energy
you just need a battery big enough for that buffer
there is some maths lol
Are you proposing that the solar roof pays for itself when you say they are "cheaper"
or are you delusional
Except when the sun is shining most are at work so it can't charge the car.... And a massive battery in every house is also inefficiënt
Also, still won't cover for the energy required during winters
huh the cash comes from the customers wallet, they invest in the tech and maye be negative for a few years, but they will turn positive
after say 3-4 years
mmm
Also I can't imagine the wait times for a roof like that considering that my friend has been waiting two years for his starlink
it will take atleast 7 years for a solar roof to pay for itself here
With the current energy prices ROI of solar is ~2 years here, when we bought them it was ~7-8 years
more likely 10
The rich get richer while the poor get poorer
Also heavily depends on the electricity price
huh Tesla roofing is literally cheaper than normal roofing
No it isn't
No it's not
I can guarantee that
prove it!
Tesla marketing likes you to believe that
call Tesla, they will prove you wrong
You could just make the tesla roof panels without the electronics inside bam cheaper
How much is a Tesla roof? What's the Wp?
I'm no expert, you need to contact Tesla
A normal roof will last atleast 50 years and im sure clay is cheaper than electronics
Tar paper + shingles + regular roofers for a regular roof
I think plastic would last 10 times longer than clay lol
A Tesla Solar Roof costs around $55300 for a two-story, 2000 sq ft. 11.28 kW Solar Roof before incentives. ```
plastic containing what
55k 
solar panels which dont last 50 years?
I would much rather a plastic roof thatn last 100 years, than a shotty clay roof lol
Solar panels, hiring the specialist to put them in, the electrician, the wiring, the control, etc.
that last 5 years
Better off with a regular roof and seperate solar panels
Yep
Roof tiles last 50-100 years?
So when it gets damaged by hail it doesn't cost $50000+ to replace
my house was made 1960 it has the original roof with a few replaced tiles
We gad our roof replaced because of a hailstorm a few years back
Also, the solar panels will degrade. You don't want to have them for 50 years, then the generation amount will have gone down drastically
mans deluded
Took them a day to do
😹
And insurance covered it
even if the plastic lasts a billion years the electronics they contain dont
solar panel
Plastic electronics literally cannot exist
but the caps... need to use Japan solid stat caps lol
mans a troll
Also the control circuits aren't lasting 100 years either
I'll just stick to my regular solar panels with my regular roof tiles
well maybe we need german smartypants to figure that out
I'll just stick with a regular roof and combustion engines
you have a V8 roof?
😢
I drive a pre-emissions diesel so I could run on used oil in theory
Can't be worse than having zero emissions equipment like I already do
Solar tiles are really stupid.
pfft
Sure but not everyone has 60+k ready to splurge on a brand new car
The transition will come over time
Solar tiles are really stupid.....because...????
They're insanely expensive and we don't have the infrastructure to use them
You lose more energy from the interconnects, they are less efficient because of the wrong angles, harder to replace broken units, more intrusive to install.
No?!
Just looked it up
55k for the average roof
You must be a troll.
An average tile roof is waaaay less expensive
Dude... call Tesla, they will telll you than solar roofing are actualy cheaper!!!!
You can't believe anything E*** says.
(I dont work for Tesla lol)
Better off with seperate panels
Because tesla has never lied before
Ofcourse they'll say that
Lol
E*** has lied under oath.
omgggggggggggggggggg
ignore troll
why do you guys have to be so negative
Call me up, I'll tell you a regular roof + solar is less expensive
I'm not being negative, I'm telling things as they are.
Facts > lies
Lies pump Tesla stock prices. ;-)
Though, people are starting to figure out he's all lies. (Finally)
I can't wait until tesla inevitably goes bankrupt
SpaceX is doing poorly too, the way he's kept his companies afloat it should go down like dominos.
omggg dude.... why??????
Bad company
It is a bad company.
I am distressed...
why??????????
Elon is trying to save the planet, to lower ICE emissions by introducing electric vehicles
Constant lies, poor product quality, broken promises, anti-repair, remote feature deactivation, vendor lock in.
No he's not.
He has probably already lowered emission by 25%
HUGE!!!!
It could literally save the planet!!!
No, he hasn't.
You're just a troll at this point.
I'm not a troll, just stating the facts
Our lord and savior Elon 🙏 👼
just trying to preserve the earth...
Lithium mining is just redirecting the emissions
Earth could turn into Mars
And overall the emissions are worse
1.446 billion cars versus 0.002 billion. That's 1% if we ignore the diesel powered super chargers and assume every car they ever made is still on the road.
We need an Elon to reverse the Earth-To-Mars-Process
And cars aren't the only polluters.
Cargo ships and planes are a major problem
!00%, there are many factories and coal power stations that need closing
Anything commercial. More or less.
Factories and power gen too.
yep 100%
ships need to go Hydrogen fuel cell
planes too!
but planes will be very difficult
Planes can't use hydrogen
Do you know how hydrogen is currently produced?
at the monent 😉
moment..
Jet fuel is closer to diesel in terms of volatility
You can't run something so combustible in a turbine
Just use electric turbines gg ez
And cargo ships use bunker oil
electric turbines? hmm
One of the best ways we know of getting hydrogen is by using fossil fuels.
why dont large tanker ships have ahuge solar arrays and use electric motors????
That scale is far too small.
That's not even possible
hmmmmmmmmmm
They don't have anywhere to put solar panels
There is a lot of surface area on a ship
Because of energy density and reliability.
hmmm
And do you know how much of that is taken up by containers and tanks?
I think they should try it
New ships are also extremely expensive.
They have to have top access to everything
multi-level solar panels, reaching 50 meters high
That's not even the biggest issue here, you could have solar crates on top that you move.
well with todays fuel prices, they should try alternatives
Multi level solar panels 🤔
Bunker oil is insanely cheap
Yeah no our €1/kWh electricity prices are so much better
I'm not sure you understand how much of this works.
maybe hybrid systems are teh answer
have a fancy solar system on a ship, but default to diesel at night or when the sun doesnt shine
how about replacing diesel engines with hydrogen fuel cells?
Shout-out to the Tesla semis being awful, low range, low hauling capacity trucks.
hydrogen isnt cheap though 😢
@tepid wing what oil company do you work for ... omg .... 🤦♂️
Energy density, reliability and cost.
Even if there was any kind of emissions control on a cargo ship it would improve emissions tenfold
do you work for Shell or BP?
EV trucks are still viable. Just can't use them for everything. And long-haul is where it's super bad.
No, why on earth do you say that?
For general purpose they are awful, the last mile can work though.
EV trucks work for city distribution, or shipments between warehouses.
The main problem with ev trucks is still the power generation required for mass use
I oppose tesla as an individual
They should rename this channel to 
I'm not sure my employer even cares about Tesla.
rofl may I ask who you work for
McDonald's unfortunately.
They are great for anything where you start and end at the same location. And where you're doing many stops over short distances.
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You said it not me.
no u said it first!!!!
European manufacturers have had EV trucks for years
Tesla thinking they're the first, adorable
😹
I'll say it right here. Thunderfoot doesn't really know what he's talking about with trucks.
@tepid wing u crack me up lol
This is just disproving his grand claims that they can replace every single semi.
I'm not opposed to EVs when we can make lithium mining cleaner and have the infrastructure required to charge them all
I do agree that chasing 0-60s and hauling a giant battery across the country is stupid.
But I'm opposed to tesla existing
Tesla is just a bad company.
If Pepsi and other major companies are buying 100+ Tesla Semi's, there is a reason ... a very good reason ... Fuel prices are crazy at the moment!
100 trucks wow
If they can save 90% fuel costs, they will do so
100 trucks out of literal thousands
90% fuel costs 
You know electric trucks still cost money to charge right?
Unfortunately they fell for the lies.
And it isn't particularly cheap
EV trucks are damn amazing if you have fixed routes, and if they are being charged at the depots overnight.
If they have their own solar array, they can recharge for free
The Tesla Semis are already breaking down which is hilarious.
Solar doesn't make that much power
All depends on how big they are.
I feel like I am posting against many Elon haters...
There is no reason to like Elon
Kek you'd need like 300 solar panels to charge 1 single truck every day on the most sunny day ever
He's done his best to earn the hate.
His ideas aren't original and he's a nutcase
On an averaging day probably double
He lies about everything, even when it's perjury.
And again, often they're driving when solar is generating
https://elonmusk.today/
Here are some of his lies.
Must spread the word of our lord and savior Elon 🙏👼
I'm saving up for an EV right now.
I'd love an EV. If I just had somewhere to charge it.
Elon may have had a few `booboos' lol
But think about what he has done so far, push the car industry to electric, no small feat!.
Pushing NASA and others to focus on mars, his own Mars spaceship is freaking amazing.
Dont judge Elon so negative, he has done wanders for all earthlings...
I'd trade the audi for a decent EV to daily
But I don't have $50000 to blow on a new car
PHEV would even work for my daily commute. But even there I would want to be able to charge it daily.
How far do you drive?
The biggest thing that Tesla has done towards EV's being viable isn't the fact that their cars runs of electricity.
It's their whole charging network.
He's only done that one good thing, the EV push.
To and from the truck is like 50 km's.
When I am on Mars and Earth gets hit by a massive space bomb (meteor) .. who will be laughing now
Nobody when you can't get supplies anymore 😐
For work, however. Then EV is simply not viable for me. If I don't charge it during my lunch break.
Yeah an EV isn't viable for me either
just charge at home overnight
We are a long ways off of Mars and you've proven you aren't a great candidate here. You'll be trapped on a rock with a few other people constantly doing hard labor to stay alive.
I drove almost 9 hours with the truck today. Hauling a good 80+ tonnes.
Oh that's completely different then.
I think Elon can send humans to Mars within 10 years, he is very focused
I'm starting to do light duty short distance stuff and as far as I know there isn't a single manufacturer that makes an EV truck that size for the US
Elon isn't going to have money in 10 years.
He can send himself to prison in 5
There are EV trucks that I would like. But they are limited for their use case.
And the batteries eat up a bunch of their load capacity.
I wish he bought Boston Dynamics instead of stupid twitter lol
Pfft.
Boston dynamics would never sell out to him
There's no way they'd sell to him and there's no way he'd do anything positive with it.
hmm Hyandai own BostonDynamics...sooo
Just like he missed his chance with Comma and now they have a better self driving product.
true
Honestly Tesla dont need boston Dynamics ... TeslaBot is coming along just nicely
That's another meme.
I'm just saying ... buying Twitts was a bit silly, better to spend $44 billion on other companies
Better to invest it than burn it like he did.
I know someone with a 2022 Hyundai Tucson, it took 7 months to get a replacement windscreen.
This demo ex sold for like $215k before taxes and everything.
With tesla it would've been 7 months and $2000 at an "authorized tesla service center"
If you would have done it yourself and they heard about it they'd turn off a bunch of car features too.
Everytime a rock hits my windscreen I cringe as there is one left
The windshield in the f350 has a crack all the way across so I just don't care about it
Any guesses as to why I want the Bolt right now?
MOT
Because you can get cheap ones after the battery recall?
My car should have failed because of this delamination
- Cheaper new
- Comma support
- EV
The crack in my windshield doesn't block view so it's fine
even if it doesent obstruct view it can fail here
hmm can you get a 2nd hand windshield from the wreckers?
My family has a Cobalt with a massive crack.
Second hand windshields are a bad idea
there is 20 of this car left on the road, none in scrapyards
They become brittle after many years of sitting
Is that image mirrored?
if they are cracked
no I drive on the correct side of the road
The right side.
hmm
well my insurance company has a windscreen option, choose that option in this case
The glass becomes brittle so they are more susceptible to cracking
A lot of guys won't even install them
I see
My parts car has a windscreen but I plan on putting it back on the road as they are so rare now
ok find an insurance company that covers windscreens
I have full coverage so if it gets worse I'll probably claim it
My parents have had huge issues with replaced windshields, I'm going to leave a chip in place if I can.
The one windshield that I can never break is the firetruck
I would literally have to find another truck
Bring it to a repair shop and have it filled
I am quite against insurance companies so wont make a claim
Oh I hate insurance
I mean yeah.
I haven't seen a dollar for the claim on my dakota that was filed 103 days ago
But it's still there.
eveyone hates insurance but you do actually need it lol
They totaled the truck and I called three times last week to get my money
Still no money
I sort my own stuff out
It's a bit of a scam, but eh.
well it depends on your situation @wispy cloak
Insurance cant fix my cars so I really dont care
I want a funny self driving car and I have a plan to get it.
It's just going to take some time.
Insurance have covered two of my crashes, both were the other parties fault, and I ended up paying 0$
There's video of the wreck, a million witnesses, the other driver admitted fault in text, and there is a police report with her at fault
Not to mention the fact my truck was parked at the time
hmmm, bad luck my friend
Oh yeah, my dad refuses to get a dashcam.
I think it's because it will show that he's an awful driver.
I paid out of pocket to repair the truck because I was using it as a work truck and it took them two months to total it
And it's a special edition that they made less than 19000 of
That sucks.
It has been in my family since it was brand new as well
It honestly feels like cars get totaled too easily.
And the offer they gave me to surrender it was insulting
$6200
Cheapest one that I've seen sell had 60000 miles more than mine and it sold for $8000-$9000
I have a garmin dashcam
It corrupted the footage of her hitting my truck but it has the before and after
pfft car dealers .. I admire how Tesla has no dealers
But they do.
r u sure
They are just all first party.
umm, first part = Tesla company
They are still dealers.
no 3rd party tax = cheaper vehicle .. very smart
they are not 3rd party dealers who take 20% commision
provide a worse customer service
why worse? They have onsite techs
yeah just book in for julember
Tesla:
- More expensive
- Customer hostile
- Lower quality products
- Owned by a pathological liar
Seems like a good company to me.
say whaaaaaaaaaat
pathological liar .. please explain
I think @tepid wing has something personal against elon
Remotely disabling features when the company learns that the car was repaired by a third party shop is extremely hostile to customers.
https://elonmusk.today/
A small sample of his lies.
hmmm they are protecting their Autopilot purchase
The great thing about Tesla isn't really their cars.
It's their charging network.
What?
Done with a honda civic
Think it will buff up?
hmm I think both of those
I just need a fender and bumper now
their cars have the best tech foe sure
What do you mean by that? Tesla isn't protecting the customer's purchase by disabling stuff.
Everything else has been repaired at this point
Except for the steering rack being shifted
The biggest problem with the charging network is what happens to it when Tesla goes under.
My sway bar rubs my wheel at right lock
That's rough.
ummm... you do realise that Tesla have unlocked half thei charging network to 3rd parties
Tesla is quite up there as a antirepair car company
although most manufacturers are going that way
I didn't know they sold off half of the network.
yeah they allow other car companies to use the Tesla network now, at specific locations
So I guess half the network might not die with Tesla if they truly sold them to third parties.
Tesla also announced that their charger design should be the defacto standard in north america
The Tesla charger is definitely better than CCS and the Japan standard
The standard charging system is far more open than anything Tesla would ever do.
smaller, higher watts
This is like USB versus lightning.
both designed by intel lol
hmm was thinking of Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt = Intel
ok lets move on lol
Now it's USB though.
confusion....
I can't wait for E*** to move into his jail cell, maybe then people will learn...
Probably not with stuff like Theranos in the past.
The only really positive thing he's done is push EVs forward by getting the real car companies to make them. That's not much in the grand scheme of things.
Would BYD and Honda and Ford and Kia be releasing electric vehicles now if it wasn't for Elon?
Would we have self landing stage 1 rockets land on earth or ships if it wasn't for Elon?
Maybe not yet, but with all of the talent that Tesla ended up with it would have happened at some point anyway.
yeah but Elon advanced the tech by decades
Not really.
pfft yeah really, Shell and BP would have pushed the tech back decades
All the pieces were there, he just paid people to put them together for him.
ummm....
EVs aren't a new idea, soft landing rockets aren't a new idea, vacuum trains aren't a new idea, satellite internet isn't a new idea, he just got his wealth from being incompetent and got famous off of it.
Honeslty I am surprised many of you are so anti elon
It's hard to be pro E***.
off course GM tried electrics in the 90's but the oil companies squashed that idea
The tech also wasn't there yet.
but it takes an Elon to push them away and introduce a proper EV that will make a huge chage
It takes someone with capital.
yeah true maybe the tech wasnt there yet in the 90's
Tesla existed before him.
I dont like seeing so much hate against Elon, he has done wanders for Earth...
Then buy me a new truck if you care so much
I would if my first name was Elon 😋
I bought a pre-emissions diesel because it was 1/10 of the cost of a new truck
Back to Bolts, do they ever go on sale?
It would be pretty cool if they did, currently a bunch of their bigger vehicles are on sale.
Plus a car.
yeah the white things
idk if it’s even made to come apart I stuck 4 flathead screwdrivers in all of them and tried getting it out with pliers and it still didn’t budge
I was slow moving from the brake to the gas
I wonder how much of a difference it would’ve made
isn't it bad for the clutch?
Gotta have the turbur
f my car... when music hits deeper notes, my rpm drop by 200-300 (in neutral)
yeah even in auto
Automatic doesn't have a clutch
wHAT
It has clutch bands but it's different
But I also do rolling burnouts on the least reliable dodge transmission known to man
The trans in my f350 is known to be significantly overbuilt for stock applications so I'm not worried about it
Even after I get a tune on it I shouldn't be pushing it past what it can handle
i never knew automatics had a different type of clutch
i thought it was just the same but automated
it does make sense though i always wondered why manuals would stall if you let it out while automatics can still roll forward without stalling
DSG is literally Dual Clutch Transmission kek
idk if this is appropriate channel but has anyone ever ridden a supermoto in winter
like with actual snow
Quiet turbo
BOOOOOOOOOOOST
Well for you average car it will work now if the government cares about it just look at Norway as an example.
Well isn't most of the eu trucks just on the same platform as the ice powered one but with a huge battery ? They aren't really that efficient right ?
Well just by looking at the thumbnail it looks like a shitty videos just to make some quick money on it while the topic is still trending.
Is it more efficient tho? It has ~900kWh capable of doing ~500 miles/800 kilometres, which is 1.125kWh/km
Take a random DAF XF/XD Electric, 525kWh battery - 500+km range = 1.05kWh/km, Mercedes eActros 420kWh - 400km range = 1.05kWh/km
(although the Tesla Semi battery size is unknown yet as far as I know, and the DAF/Mercedes aren't real world results as far as I've seen?)
Main "benefit" of the Tesla Semi is it's enourmous battery pack... which won't even work in Europe as it has a massively long cab (and is just a day cab!) due to the giant battery being behind it, which greatly shortens the length of the trailer you can tow
Europe has a max combination length for a standard setup of 16.5 meters, a standard trailer is 13.6 meters. The Semi cab is ~4 meters, + space between the cab and the trailer.... so 16.5m - 0.5m distance (if that's even enough, idk) - 4 meters cab = 12m max load, so you can transport 12% less each time. 8 regular trucks would require an additional Tesla Semi which is also a massive additional cost
Are those predictions about the range on the DAF / Mercedes with the same load as the tesla semi hade while they where testing the range ?
That's what I said, the documentation about it isn't clarifying
Still don't like that Tesla is hush hush about the details of the weight and everything
Every other manufacturer has it available
Some suggest a weigh of 27,000 lbs
Its magic
It just works
Apple Tesla really cares about making all the necessary information accessible
I think I'm too late for hoarding this
Give it a couple of years for the next pandemic
Wow, literally worse than Subaru cupholders.
The cupholders in my audi are useless too
I dont even understand why cars have those
Space i guess
Why would you want your drink floating in the air right in front of your vents
And on that car the little door compartment thing and cigarette lighters are blocked
And monster
I have four cupholders for the front row in the f350
Im lucky enough to never have had to deal with those kind of cupholders
Theyve all just been your standard too small for powerades too big for everything else cupholders in the center console
You only have 3 seats up there tops whats the extra one for
The Ford Focus i owned had good cupholeders
But my cousin complained beer didn't fit there
You can only access two of them when using the middle seat too which is funny
I always use one cupholder for my phone when I need navigation
And the other for a drink
Literally have never used the other two
And the dakota has three front cupholders
And it has bucket seats
My dad had a probe at one point with bucket seats
Sumbitch was running on a single cylinder
Ive got 2 cupholders in my Ranger, one on each side of the shifter (Its a manual)
May as well not even be there
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I see that you're hauling the Tesla Semi's ideal cargo.
Oh, and speaking of cup holders. The ones in my BMW are an additional option
That sounds like BMW
Didn't they swear they would never do that?
Wireless cupholder
Loo paper for Lidl
I have worked for a company making coffee filters and plastic foil products.
ITS B.V. In Apeldoorn
@fathom socket
Lol
Doesn't tell me much
Yea a year ago you’d be Jeff bezos
Make that 2 years ago
What happens to all the other years
I think I skipped that year
I'm literally transporting for Amazon
Oh boy
70s series Land Cruisers are god's gift to earth.
I love those invincible shitboxes
Boneless cupholder
Not invincible I’ve blown one of thoes
literally skill issue. Those motors are tanks
Are those orginal or after market ? The look better then the ones in my moms bmw from 2015
Original
For the work that I did today. Then EV would have worked just fine.