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Blake
| | Posted on Sunday, September 29, 2024 - 08:52 pm: | 
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It might have been a wrap. I had not thought of that.
I do not need the truck much, but when I do, it sure is nice.
The Model Y impressed with cargo space. Dog (Cru, 70 lb Catahoula) had entire back seat, everything including fishing gear fit easily in the very generous storage spaces. |
Hootowl
| | Posted on Monday, September 30, 2024 - 01:14 pm: |
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~ It is kinda unsettling at first knowing the ~1-1/4 inch diameter cable you are grabbing and plugging in to the car is fixin to be transferring a quarter of a megawatt.
The cables on the 250KW chargers are liquid cooled, and are smaller than the older less powerful chargers.  |
Blake
| | Posted on Monday, September 30, 2024 - 09:05 pm: |
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That does not help.   |
Blks1l
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 09, 2024 - 09:05 am: |
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Blake, what was the charge time when you stopped? (We cruised at 75 to 85 mph. Her bladder was the limiting factor in mileage between stops, but at 80 mph, you will be stopping after 240 miles to recharge up to 90 percent. We put 2,700 miles on it that trip all tolled, requiring 238 dollars in supercharging, and maybe 40 bucks worth of home charging.) |
Aesquire
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 09, 2024 - 09:37 am: |
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That cost is like a car getting 40mpg @ $3.50 a gallon. Like mine.
Mine's not as comfortable, I presume, as yours, and no autopilot, just adaptive cruise control.
I'm guessing NY electrons cost more than TX?
I'm seriously looking to replace my Caravan rust box before it snaps in half.
Buddy who watches the E-car market told me to wait until later this month when they announced the new Teslas. Is it possible for them to keep a van secret when they hyped the Halo truck so much? |
Aesquire
| | Posted on Friday, October 11, 2024 - 05:21 pm: |
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https://www.motortrend.com/features/tesla-nacs-cha rge-cable-standard-sae-j3400/ |
Aesquire
| | Posted on Saturday, October 12, 2024 - 08:48 am: |
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https://ktla.com/news/local-news/abandoned-fisker- headquarters-in-southern-california-in-disarray/
Second failed company, same guy.
It gets worse. Fisker is under investigation for the bankruptcy.
And worse, the company that bought the cars was told they can't actually get the server "ported" to access the cars.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/10/connected-car -failure-puts-kibosh-on-sale-of-3300-fisker-oceans /
The need for "cloud services" to update or even drive a car is both MANDATORY in Europe, I assume for evil purposes of totalitarian control, and a promise your car will be junk if the company fails, ( like Fisker, again ) or simply chooses not to pay for the services of an obsolete, older car. Like, oh, 2020 old.
I'm not picking on Tesla here, btw, my Stellantis Dodge Caravan needs to be connected, by cable, at the dealer, the Master System, to do... Anything?
When I bought my used Caravan, the driver's seat was shot. A good used one was available, but I checked at the Dealer first, since a heated seat ( not installed on my new, old car ) would be nice, and the wires are already there. But... Besides a switch popped into the dash where the blank plate was, and plugging switch & seat into car, the power computer ( formerly known as the fuse box ) needed to be reprogrammed. There's no cloud or remote access on this ancient design. I have to go to the dealer drop $200 ( in 2018 ) to have the dealer tell the Master System my car has a heated driver seat. Then plug the car into their computer so it can tell my car to turn on those wires.
( this madness dates from a series of Ford car fires where the live, unplugged wiring harness under the carpet under the seat on cars without heated seats got soaked in salt water from snow on shoes. )
So, theoretically, if/when Stellantis ( the current owner, after the Chrysler group was taken over by Daimler, then sold to Fiat, now the international car conglom. ) goes under, I'd need to find a hacker to rewrite my code to fix, or upgrade anything. ( like plug into the trailer harness )
And that's old stuff.
Cloud based cars?
I'll assume as long as Elon is in charge, your Tesla whatever is going to be supported. But when he moves to Mars, and the company is taken over by a bean counter Harvard Business School grad, thir will probably save money by shutting down the server that keeps your car running. ( loyalty to customers isn't taught at Harvard )
In related news, BMW gave up a chunk of their "screw their customers, Hard" program, and stopped charging a monthly fee to keep on the heated seats, etc. their customers paid for when they bought the expensive status symbol, after so many complained. ( & sued )
I like BMWs as driver's cars, but I wouldn't own a new one. QC @ BMW is lousy. Upper Management makes Engineering @ BMW Sadistic. That's why they charge more than I've spent on most of my cars over the last century for a repair contract. The company sure won't pay to fix their junk. ( plastic intake manifold has some great cost savings and thermal properties, but it's a short life item and probably won't be in stock, or made, When, not if, it cracks. And that's just one design choice. Ask any BMW mechanic. ) |
Hootowl
| | Posted on Saturday, October 12, 2024 - 02:52 pm: |
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Currently, Teslas do not require any connectivity to operate. If you want a software update, yes. They will only update over wifi, not their lte connection unless it is a safety related update. |
Hootowl
| | Posted on Saturday, October 12, 2024 - 03:02 pm: |
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Plastic intake manifolds junk? Depends on the plastic, and how the part was engineered. Plastics for high heat applications in engines are dimensionally stable across a wide range of temperatures, and are completely corrosion proof and non reactive. They also keep your intake charge cooler than aluminum or steel. PPS is not used because it is cheaper, it is used because it has properties that are superior to other materials in certain applications.
This used to be my companys brand but we sold off our pps business.
https://www.syensqo.com/en/brands/ryton-pps/proper ties |
Aesquire
| | Posted on Sunday, October 13, 2024 - 01:42 pm: |
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Oh, I'm fine with well engineering plastic intake manifolds. Everything you say is true. Especially the thermal properties that offer an actual performance boost.
But BMW is a German car and uses biodegradable plastics by law, aka they start to rot after they pop out of the mold, like my VW wire insulation.
Oh, it's a slow process. Gradual. Subtle. Tabs that bolt plastic parts to the engine snap first, locking bits for wires and hoses die. The little stuff at first. It's going to be years before the big thick molded parts crumble, but the part will be trash loose leaking in a normal owner's time, and rattles in plastic are quietly beating the parts to powder.
I can get aftermarket parts for a small block Chevy long after they quit making that generation of motor. Blocks and all.
But a foreign car?
A few years back the "Drive" crew did a love video to V-12 cars. "You haven't lived as a car buff until you've had a V-12", that kind of hype. And I'm not arguing!
But of the "bargains" in a V-12 they loved, are the Mercedes '80s cars that litter the used car lots in California, luxurious cheap powerful smooth wonders!
With separate '80s computers for ignition fuel injection cabin climate control and trunk release, to name a few. Repairs are prohibitively expensive.
And on a newer, Domestic joke...
https://9gag.com/gag/agmnK51 |
Crusty
| | Posted on Sunday, October 13, 2024 - 03:08 pm: |
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Read The Marching Morons by C.M. Kornbluth written in 1951 |
Aesquire
| | Posted on Sunday, October 13, 2024 - 08:07 pm: |
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Blake
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - 11:14 pm: |
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As I was washing the wife's Tesla the other day, I marveled at how after three weeks of neglect the wheels remained clean. Then it dawned on me, no brake dust, cause no conventional braking, just regenerative braking.
You just can't help like the thing. |
Blake
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - 11:20 pm: |
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Jeff:
Have you tried the new actual self summon (ASS)?
I laughed out loud seeing that acronym so proudly displayed in the update release notes. How can we not like Tesla? So nice to see a big corp that doesn't take itself so seriously. |
Hootowl
| | Posted on Thursday, October 24, 2024 - 04:01 am: |
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Yes I have. I do not take the cart out to the car at HEB, the car comes to the front of the store and I put the cart back in the pile. |
Hootowl
| | Posted on Thursday, October 24, 2024 - 04:02 am: |
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Looking forward to freeway AI stack. Trucks have it, and it is out for the rest but I do not have it yet. |
Aesquire
| | Posted on Monday, December 02, 2024 - 09:05 pm: |
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https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/12/jag uar-goes-barbie.php
I've been ignoring the Raw Dong Lover's car company and their choice to limit sales to rich folk. Not in my budget, despite being rather nice cars. And a silly, colorful ad campaign without mentioning the Product, just the Ideology of Management, doesn't bother me. Also doesn't make me want to save up for a Jaguar. But, I'm not their target audience.
I will comment that when a representative of a big company insults the public, even when it's a response to criticism, they deserve the loss in sales.
I have not read the "vile hatred and intolerance" which Mr. Lover refers. I can guess what a typical hard working Brit might say to a bunch of people dressed weird, with weird hair, and bright cartoonish colors, just from recalling the "Mods & Rockers" days, an early motorcycle influence for me in the 1970s.
It seems to me, that "you bigots suck!" as a response, can only be negative and violates the illusion of equity the angry actors, directors, and company CEOs are pretending to push. Far better a kind reply that the company welcomes all viewpoints and plans to attract customers with quality and innovation. Let the trolls die from lack of sustenance, and don't alienate the old base.
But, no. The director of a gay themed movie insults most of his potential customers, with a "didn't make it for YOU!" ( paraphrasing a worse post ) and then calls everyone he Told Not To Come insulting names for obeying him.
The Actress in a Disney princess remake? Her least problem is she's not nearly as pretty as the Evil Queen. Her comments on fairy tales? Why? Looks like the biggest movie loss in history coming up. And this is a planet that had Ishtar.
Jaguar? I'm just going to keep ignoring them. And I don't mind pink cars! Still a big fan of the Chrysler colors of the Early 70s. I'd love a Moulin Rouge Cuda!
https://www.pantherpink.com/ |
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