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ken: Because they can and no one will stop them. Soon they won’t be stoppable. Most just show their government Id (that’s...
freakNH: Re: Tow ratings The GM twins with the diesel rate 7700# in 2wd. The Gladiator has the highest 4wd tow rating in class at 7650#,...
Jeremy: Hi Mark, Excellent points, at best those who cling to “failed” policies display a preference for their own self...
Eightsouthman: Jeremy, the “best car” for me would be a 96 anniversary model Roadmaster Wagon. I saw one recently, in fairly...
Zane: I’d rather drive a 91 CRX base model for the rest of my life than ever set foot inside a Tesla Dealer or look at some...
Eightsouthman: gtc, I loved that Steven Wright skit and hadn’t thought of it in a long time although it’s a classic. The wife...
Nathan Hail: I used to work at Wally World on the floor maintenance crew. We only had 30 minutes for lunch and most employees buy items...
MarkyMark: Even if the proponents of these failed policies and programs were well intentioned in the beginning, they didn’t REMAIN...
Nathan Hail: Democrats- Proudly destroying America since 1824 !
Eightsouthman: ancap, have you seen a Japanese truck of any sort with an 8′ bed? I’m not saying they don’t exist but...
gtc: This could be a dangerous move for a company whose chief commodity is bullshit!
gtc: Hey 8, I think I got it. 1,000 MPH means you can drive 1,000 miles on one hour of battery life……wait̷...
gtc: You knew his answer was going to be another Tesla model eh? I’m beginning to see a pattern here, lolol!
gtc: The entire keg of it, apparently. After that spiel, I’m surprised he has any left to even offer the rest of us, who, btw, are...
gtc: BTW, if safety is such a concern, what would you tell the families of the 3 dead Tesla occupants in Florida several weeks ago? How...
eric: Well-said, Jeremy! It took me several years to come to terms with what I now am certain is a calculated, long-term plan to get most...
Jeremy: Hey Mark, “Gov’t could screw up a wet dream!” Government, from their perspective, rarely screws up anything. The...
Jason Flinders: This was common practice in the computer industry many years ago. Back when companies would lease IBM mainframes, if they...
Eightsouthman: I meant body parts you “can’t” buy.
Eightsouthman: gtc, I approve this message. The US patent office holds, illegally, thousands of patents relating to creating energy. I...
BrentP: This shows the nature of Mr. Musk again. The battery cells are what is expensive. When a smaller capacity battery is made...
The Freeholder: It’s not a truck at all. It’s a car with the worst trunk design in history.
BrentP: The reason TM is going into the insurance business is because insurance companies are charging ever higher rates to the owners of...
Anonymous: I thought it was the Onion when I read the headline. https://www.zerohedge.com/news /2019-05-24/not-square-spar...
MarkyMark: And now we have a new problem. Created by a complex, failure prone (and expensive to fix) “solution” to a simple problem....
gtc: The Tesla on-site “safety statistics” have already been debunked on several occasions as it grossly misrepresents data...
Nunzio: ***”. by compelling policyholders to let him (and the sickly-named Liberty) monitor their driving via real-time telemetry –...
dread pirate anonymous: What ever happened to just walking around and kicking the tires ??? (hard to do in sandals, I reckon …)
OppositeLock: OBD-II is an open standard – I can synthesize any data I want and feed it to an OBD-II reader, cheaply. I think I...
ken: Wouldn’t it just be easier to get the bas****ds from implementing this instead of ‘work arounds’ that probably...
Eightsouthman: I recall when Florida had the bad hurricane a couple years ago. Frog Face, in all his glory-hole kindness, let his...
Eightsouthman: Being a decently good electrician I don’t remember what MPH stands for as to electrical charging. Funny thing about...
eric: Daniel, Those battery life projections are nonsense – unless a way has been found to circumvent physical facts about battery...
eric: Anonymous, For most people, the cost of the car is a very relevant consideration. You make my point for me. Teslas aren’t...
eric: Hi Anonymous, “With current electricity and gasoline prices, Tesla is the most affordable car to drive in terms of gas...
ReadyKilowatt: This happens fairly often with people flying small camera drones around interesting sites like dams and bridges. It...
eric: Daniel, I can drive an 707 horsepower 12 MPG Hellcat farther than 150 miles – with the AC on and a lot faster and harder than...
eric: Hi Alex, Indeed. The ones I’ve dealt with are supercilious and condescending. And when you challenge them – and poke...
ReadyKilowatt: One of the first things I did with the Cherokee is compare the TPS to a known-good* gauge. I found mine to be in agreement...
anarchyst: It’s only a matter of time before the “telemetry” in cars is hacked. False data could be inputted to the...
AlexP712: One does NOT spend $60k to save money!
AlexP712: I found myself at the Cape for a SpaceX shot. I parked my Diesel Cayenne at the end of a long line of Tesla 3’s in the...
eric: Hi Mark, Both will also go 400 miles on a tank – with the AC on – at 75 MPH. And be refueled in 5 minutes or less.
eric: Hi Mark, I don’t dislike EVs, actually! I dislike the idiocy – and iniquity – of current EVs, especially Teslas....
eric: Hi Jason, I’ve been covering EVs since the dawn of the modern EV era… which was in the early ’90s and so 30 years...
Mark in BC: “That’s hard to say…” In other words, you don’t know. Tesla models aside, if you don’t...
BrentP: P=VI And then there’s chemistry. Also fast charging reduces sell life. If you want the longest life you need to charge...
BrentP: In the real world that’s not happening. Then there’s the memory chip. Which has a finite life and when it goes it...
Jason Flinders: Oops, that should have been “…that it was in our national interest to invade Iraq – and soon to be...
Eightsouthman: Todd, how much more do you want to tax trucks? They pay the lion’s share of fuel tax, then added on state tax that...
BrentP: For whatever reason I had to go here: https://radiopublic.com/loving -liberty-radio-network-GM0on4/ ep/s1!b1ab8 to be able to...
Eightsouthmanh: Jeremy, you probably know every gallon of ethanol takes the equivalent amount of energy of a gallon of diesel. Well,...
Jason Flinders: Ignoring the fact that not everyone wants to live in or even visit a city, you’re saying your Tesla is not subject...
Jason Flinders: I see your point! After all, the same highly trustworthy government has assured us that it was a handful of Saudis alone...
dread pirate anonymous: No city is my choice. I stay as far away from them as possible. But hey, I’ll give it a try! Bring one out...
Brandonjin: But Jason, the US govt says it is 1/7 less likely to get into an accident compared to the average car on the road in the U.S....
Jason Flinders: I think the idea of electric is great – but we need a better, less expensive, longer-lasting, and more energy-dense...
MarkyMark: Even on the Big Island, commuter rail is not justified! When I was stationed on Oahu, they had TheBus, which was pretty good;...
MarkyMark: I have a 2015 Ford Focus which gets high 20s in the city; low 30s in combined driving; and on the highway, it gets low 40s mpg...
MarkyMark: That’s actually a good, solid car. Though it’s a Corolla S (meaning it’s supposed to be fun), I prefer...
Jason Flinders: That’s something the elitists pushing Tesla and the like just don’t see – that for many people a 10-15...
MarkyMark: Anon, I’m an EV fan; I’m a Tesla fan, since my old company WORKED with them on a regular basis; and, I’m a...
Anonymous: Thanks. iirc 3kwh/mile for a Tesla. So 3000kwh charge in an hour? So a charger with the same feed line and amp rating of a...
Jeremy: Anon, Nah, something like this https://www.carfax.com/vehicle /2T1BU4EE1AC469775 is way cheaper to drive than a Tesla. Jeremy
Jeremy: Daniel, So, driving a relatively short distance in, at best, a fractionally shorter time is how you define greater mobility? That...
Jason Flinders: I recall reading somewhere it’s a measure of the range in miles you can expect per hour of charging time. (No doubt...
mike: hawaii is balls deep in a commuter rail system boondoggle that is a debacle of typical cost overruns…they were sold a bill of...
Anonymous: “With V3 Superchargers these cars are charging at 1,000 MPH” Please explain what MPH stands for.
Jason Flinders: What you see as some kind of insult reveals your elitist attitude – the “smallfolk” who aren’t...
Jason Flinders: Wait until you get hit with road taxes. A huge part of the cost of gasoline is taxes. Right now you are being given...
Daniel: Well I’m assuming a 240 mile range on the $35,000 base Model 3, and not charging below 20% to preserve the battery life. So...
Jason Flinders: Sounds like bullshit to me. Lithium-ion batteries decay with time and charge/discharge cycles, particularly when fast...
Anonymous: With current electricity and gasoline prices, Tesla is the most affordable car to drive in terms of gas mileage 🙂 And way...
Anonymous: Mabey you can’t afford one, which I’d imagine is the case for most people commenting with ignorant responses. If...
Daniel: Current Model 3 batteries are tested to last 300,000-500,000 miles. And the battery cells can be replaced after they depreciate....
Jason Flinders: They are not facts, they are opinions. You seem to see yourself as omniscient, knowing what “99%” of all...
Jason Flinders: More nonsense. For starters, not everyone has a place where an electric car can be plugged in overnight, bunkie. Ever...
Jeremy: Daniel, There’s no such thing as “the best car on the market”. There are simply cars that best meet a...
Anonymous: Those are facts, Mike. Like I said, until you’ve actually driven a Tesla yourself you’re really in no credible...
Anonymous: Plugging your car in overnight while you’re sleeping means you don’t need to take time out of your day to re-fuel,...
Jason Flinders: What a load of unmitigated crap. How long will the batteries last if constantly “Supercharged?” What is going...
Daniel: Put me in a city of your choice… I’ll take a Model 3 and you can have any pickup of your choice… I promise you...
Daniel: Hard to say… The Model S and X are both great cars, but too costly and too large. Once the Model Y launches, that will...
Mike in Boston: Wow! How much kool-aid did you drink?
Anonymous: “Daniel” was my thought exactly. Something doesn’t sit right, does it? HAHAHAHAHAH
Daniel: I encourage all of you to call up your local Tesla dealership and ask to test drive the Model 3… You can also do an...
Daniel: The V3 Superchargers are charging at 1,000 MPH, which are currently being deployed across the country. The V2 superchargers...
BrentP: Under the right circumstances I could see where it could be true of a battery powered electric car. But not a TM product thanks...
gtc: Sal, GovCo is nothing, if not completely contradictory in a multitude of it’s mandates. Their 2 consistencies are their greed...
gtc: “Daniel”, my 1992 Astro Van has a 30 Gallon fuel tank, endless cargo space, and at 20 mpg still has over a 500 mile...
eric: Hi Mike, If you do it, holler – I’ll bail you out! And the beer’s on me, too!
Anonymous: “Why do so many Tesla fanboys insist on defending their choice in such weird ways?” The same reason any fanboy...
mike: if you ever hear that someone punched alexandria ocasio-cortez in the nose, it was me
eric: Hi Brent, I was staggered by the original questioner’s assertion that the Tesla3 enhances mobility. I sometimes feel as...
Jeremy: Hey Brent, “Where people would come up with nutty reasons why they needed an SUV.” Hah, when I bought my Dakota I...
MikePizzo: Well, if the wagon is not going to be available, this 3 Series will be just another sedan in the entry-luxury segment....
Doug: Electronic handbrakes and lack of a standard transmission are leaving me out of the market. IF I purchase another car, it will be...
Jeremy: Hey Eric, Writing my above post hammered home to me what has been lost by focusing on electric luxury/sports indulgences for the...
BrentP: I first noticed this a long time ago with the SUV craze. Where people would come up with nutty reasons why they needed an SUV....
Jeremy: Hey Jason, What’s weird to me is why more people don’t just just list their subjective preferences and wax...

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