i bought a barely used subaru legacy a couple years ago and it is basically a very fast tank it rules
― Clay, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 02:29 (two years ago) link
well you could sell it
― lag∞n, Tuesday, September 7, 2021 7:28 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
lol please tell this to my wife
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 02:36 (two years ago) link
this is me and my wife btw
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ESNxmyrW4AIG9eY.jpg
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 02:37 (two years ago) link
please send her this message for me "sell the subaru and buy the large prius"
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 02:38 (two years ago) link
I think part of the crossover thing is because getting in and out of a car that’s at standing human height is easier for people, especially if you’re loading/unloading children and groceries, or are old enough to make the “unngh” noise when getting in or out of a car or recliner
― mh, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 17:41 (two years ago) link
yeah def true
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 17:42 (two years ago) link
I remember being a kid and thinking the little handle over the door was just kind of a novelty in cars, then I become an adult and everyone’s using it to climb in and out of my car.
america’s knees are not doing well
― mh, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 17:43 (two years ago) link
a tall friend of mine upon acquiring his first crossover was like fuck that shit im never getting into a low car again
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 17:50 (two years ago) link
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/6/60/Very_Tall_Man.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20121217083536
― sleeve, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 18:20 (two years ago) link
ffs
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/6/60/Very_Tall_Man.jpg
crossover is much easier on the back if you're loading kids in and out and you're in the US where the sidewalk is like 18 inches about the street.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 18:59 (two years ago) link
I’m currently driving an ‘06 Pontiac Vibe that I bought for like $4K over 6 years ago, and it still runs like brand new at over 200k miles. Don’t know if I got especially lucky, but I have heard from car nerds (of the super practical strain) that those were some weirdly good cars in spite of the Pontiac brand mostly being a punchline by the 90s
― caddy lac brougham? (will), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 19:40 (two years ago) link
these ppl seem also v bullish on early-mid 00s CRVs (if you’re looking for stupid cheap but reliable)
― caddy lac brougham? (will), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 19:41 (two years ago) link
i believe the vibe is just a rebranded toyota matrix which explains all that
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 19:41 (two years ago) link
^yep this is true
― caddy lac brougham? (will), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 19:53 (two years ago) link
it did seem like at the time I was in the market for a ridic cheap car the Toyota’s had retained more of their resale value (naturally)
― caddy lac brougham? (will), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 19:56 (two years ago) link
i bought a used car a while back and was looking at that model, was not uncommon to see the matrix of similar year/mileage be 2k more than the vibe
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 20:12 (two years ago) link
the Geo Prizm was a rebrand of a Toyota too
widely known as the toyota tax
― micah, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 23:24 (two years ago) link
Friend’s Vibe just crossed 300k miles
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 23:38 (two years ago) link
they're called kilometres
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Thursday, 9 September 2021 03:19 (two years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E-1xUr0XEAMR9Ga?format=png&name=900x900
― calzino, Thursday, 9 September 2021 11:50 (two years ago) link
lol
Don't let anybody tell you that the Tesla yoke is a good idea https://t.co/f1SkdDmRhI pic.twitter.com/WpCKb2Mt2D— Edmunds (@edmunds) September 7, 2021
― lag∞n, Thursday, 9 September 2021 15:48 (two years ago) link
I kinda think the SpaceX space suits look pretty dorky.
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qs5VnkS6doevtfKhD2D7AK-1024-80.jpg.webp
― earlnash, Friday, 10 September 2021 08:03 (two years ago) link
They look like they should come with a pack of markers so that you can decorate them yourself, like a plain paper placemat at a restaurant when you order the kids menu.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 10 September 2021 12:39 (two years ago) link
combination Storm Trooper/Interstellar wannabe spacesuit design, issued only in two-sizes-too-big form.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Friday, 10 September 2021 13:01 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/UQ2ovzU.jpg
― ledge, Friday, 10 September 2021 13:01 (two years ago) link
It looks like what you wear to the gym in space. That helmet screams recumbent bicycle too.
― earlnash, Friday, 10 September 2021 14:42 (two years ago) link
Hoping Ledge just happened to have a blank template of Gordon laying around.
― pplains, Friday, 10 September 2021 14:51 (two years ago) link
fortunately there are some just lying around on the internet for anyone to pick up.
― ledge, Friday, 10 September 2021 15:03 (two years ago) link
this is me on page 9 (of my gis results)
― shitbird in prospect (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 10 September 2021 15:15 (two years ago) link
https://modernpartyplace.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/il_794xN.2004774208_dpeg.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 10 September 2021 16:15 (two years ago) link
Damn! pic.twitter.com/4Fr828loCQ— Taylor Ogan (@TaylorOgan) September 15, 2021
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 15 September 2021 21:04 (two years ago) link
JUST DRIVE YOUR OWN CAR.
― pplains, Thursday, 16 September 2021 02:27 (two years ago) link
Disappointing that it didn’t slam into a pylon.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 16 September 2021 02:29 (two years ago) link
oooOooof
BREAKING: Elon Musk Rushes To Aid Of Overturned Tesla Pinned On Top Of Child https://t.co/azxHMq4Wta pic.twitter.com/nHea9mXPhm— The Onion (@TheOnion) September 17, 2021
― frogbs, Friday, 17 September 2021 18:54 (two years ago) link
My friend's Tesla just had to be in the shop for three weeks, thanks to supply/equipment shortages. This is not its first prolonged service visit, either. His wife jokes that it's been in the shop more than it's been in the carport.
Oh, I was telling him about some of those videos upthread, especially the Edmunds guy who got car sick with the model Plaid (or whatever it's called) and he conceded that his Tesla sometimes makes him a little ill, too. I wonder if there is something to that, psychologically, with all electric cars, where for some people the near silence throws off your body/brain connection? Like the way some people need to be behind the wheel to avoid car sickness, or at the least how looking ahead where you're going is key to avoiding nausea. Maybe some people have been conditioned to need the sound of a motor or acceleration? That's a feature some EV et al. cars have, right? To *add* some engine noise?
Anyway, my buddy is literally the first and only Tesla owner I've met that is willing to say bad things about the car and its performance. I'll be curious if he sticks with it when his lease is up.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 September 2021 14:33 (two years ago) link
I wonder if there is something to that, psychologically, with all electric cars, where for some people the near silence throws off your body/brain connection?
lol buddy WHATTTT
― class project pat (m bison), Saturday, 18 September 2021 16:29 (two years ago) link
Is that so far fetched? I don't mean it as something wrong with EVs, just something wrong with our brains. Like the way Teslas et al. offered the update back at launch that made cars creep forward a little with your foot off the "gas," or the way some cars offer the option of piping the sound of acceleration *into* the interior, through the speakers. Just like being on a big boat, where you might not actually see it or feel it moving or rocking but your brain certainly recognizes it, which can lead to sea sickness. Isn't that what the tester in the Edmunds video (is that upthread?) hypothesized after the Plaid made him motion sick in a way that even being in the backseat of a Formula 1 car did not?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 September 2021 16:59 (two years ago) link
ppl seem to think the regen breaking is the main culprit, can be too herky jerky, tho im sure the insane acceleration cld do it too
― lag∞n, Saturday, 18 September 2021 17:04 (two years ago) link
A little bookmark for anyone following the progress of western civilization 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/QCSK8walTC— stricture (@bog_beef) September 18, 2021
― lag∞n, Saturday, 18 September 2021 17:32 (two years ago) link
But the real issue here is psychological: Musk has learned, again and again, that the secret to winning is to play chicken and never flinch. Whatever issue finally wrecks Tesla, and there's a good chance it's driving automation, Musk will drive directly into it at top speed.— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) September 20, 2021
― lag∞n, Monday, 20 September 2021 17:27 (two years ago) link
Coupla blind squirrels here
“Musk thinks Peter is a sociopath, and Peter thinks Musk is a fraud and a braggart.” https://t.co/40tK77p8KA— Matthew Zeitlin (@MattZeitlin) September 20, 2021
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 20 September 2021 23:12 (two years ago) link
i burst out laughing at that
― it is to laugh, like so, ha! (Aimless), Monday, 20 September 2021 23:14 (two years ago) link
spidermen pointing at each other
― class project pat (m bison), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 01:52 (two years ago) link
https://t.co/7KXV29jrAk pic.twitter.com/J7JHA01thx— Sandy Johnston 🚰 (@sandypsj) September 20, 2021
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 04:01 (two years ago) link
No need to listen to this podcast episode honestly but god this clip from Rogan & Musk slayed me
The world’s most popular podcaster and the world’s richest man have the world’s stupidest conversation. This week on Double Threat @scharpling @julieklausner pic.twitter.com/IspE1cTYPJ— DOUBLE THREAT (@DoubleThreatPod) September 20, 2021
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 05:17 (two years ago) link
using a race car steering wheel but not knowing that in race cars they have a much higher turning ratio, just musk stuff
Tried it and... the yoke, as implemented, is one of the dumbest things Tesla has ever done.There I said it.It'd be different if lock-to-lock was < ~120 degrees or so (you know, the point of a yoke normally), but on a standard steering rack this is just flat out stupid.— Jason Hughes (@wk057) September 20, 2021
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 15:29 (two years ago) link
Consumer Reports paints a particularly forehead-slapping picture of this stupid thing: https://www.consumerreports.org/cars-driving/tesla-steering-yoke-little-benefit-potential-safety-pitfalls-a1034204120/
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 16:24 (two years ago) link
the steering wheel is a crutch inhibiting full self-driving roulette
― balance transfer eligible (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 16:28 (two years ago) link