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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...
dread pirate anonymous: “change your life” More likely end your life very unpleasantly when it self ignites. The Tesla Cult...
Jason Flinders: Tesla cult members seem to live in some kind of alternate universe which has little or no resemblance to the objective...
Jeremy: Hey Mark, It’s like the ZEV (REV) con. When the entire production chain is factored in, it hasn’t been shown that...
bluegrey6124: I believe one of the reasons for the complacency is simply because the oppression that America (and perhaps other so-called...
Chris: I just saw a Jaguar wagon. It was really nice looking. And on paper, the engine choices are good. We considered a Jag for the wife...
Mark in BC: Daniel, If the Tesla 3 is “easily the best car to drive on the market”, what is the second best?
Wally Ray: Eric, You got my hopes up for another hot wagon option. From my (brief) Googling, it appears that the wagon is not bound for...
ken: Upset the God’s did you! You were there talking and then you were gone!! Betcha nothing was wrong with the equipment,,,...
eric: Morning, Eight! It’s not just both parties being the same creature. Most people are the same creature. Coercive collectivism...
eric: Hi Todd, I wholeheartedly agree… and have had disagreements over this with good friends of mine. One frequently travels to...
eric: Hi Mark, I think the previous generation GM F cars (Camaro and Firebird) were the last to offer them. I suspect the reason no one...
Mark3: Curious does any current car still have t-tops? Basically the same idea as a targa top. They were fun. If not I wonder when the...
Todd: The software world has already embraced perpetual rental models, since these folks also drive the self driving train… preview...
Todd: The only thing moving on the roads in HI that might cause damage are trucks. Cars don’t wear out roads. Freeze/thaw cycles, poor...
Eightsouthman: MM, I agree with Jesse Ventura. There is only one party in this country, the Republocrats and it makes enough laws to...
Eightsouthman: Two ways I could fly, involuntarily or privately.
Eightsouthman: As with everything in this country….and I mean everything, corporations control every aspect. Any question you ask...
trishwriter: People were smarter in 1980 and more accustomed to freedom.
trishwriter: Pippi Longstocking laws?!? But she really didn’t have many laws to follow; she seemed to live a life of freedom.
The Handler: Good kid! My neighbor inherited his grandmother’s pristine Plymouth Fury and let it ruin in the weather for about 25...
The Handler: I had a few women threaten to defame me for not responding to their messages immediately. I really miss the ’90s....
The Handler: I used the modern forms of communication for my kennel business for about 2 years and had nothing but trouble from people....
X: I saw a new loaded Ranger at the dealership today… it was very nice, but had a sticker price of almost forty thousand bucks....
Anonymous: It’s completely plausible that I will never fly again.
Jeremy: Hey Mark, He was the secretary of “homeland security” who went on to lobby for RapeScam. Funny how that always...
MarkyMark: Maybe they didn’t answer the door right away because they were doing what people NORMALLY do @ 4AM-sleeping!
MarkyMark: Wasn’t he was of Shrub’s DHS secretaries?
Anonymous: Chertoff. Thank you and goodnight.
MarkyMark: To quote the one and only John McEnroe: You CAN’T be serious!
MarkyMark: WOW-just wow…
BrentP: They attempted porno scanners not long after they put in the TSA. It didn’t go over well. Then they allowed the underpants...
MarkyMark: I think that if our cars are taken away, it’ll be by stealth; it’ll be by making it too EXPENSIVE to have one....
MarkyMark: I normally go to Aldi or Lidl, so all the cashiers don’t pack your stuff. At Aldi, they’ll put your stuff in a...
Eightsouthman: Jason, that’s fine if you can get by with that….and I applaud you if you can. OTOH, I’m expected to,...
richb: Yet another reason to not fly. https://www.iflscience.com/tec hnology/this-conversation-shou ld-terrify-you-viral-thread...
Bill Jones: January 17, 2019 at 9:30 pm GMT • 200 Words Meanwhile, for those of us who live in the real world, here’s what the global...
Eightsouthman: Anon, we’re right there at Idiocracy. We’re on the lethal edge of what you describe. When they come after me...
Jeremy: Hey Jason, Yes, it would be great to be able to fix our typos. Sowell’s book “Black Rednecks and White...
BrentP: They are slowly taking away independent motorized transportation by making it more and more expensive for the sake of making it...
BrentP: One store I go to uses paper bags. That’s also where I simply have rebagged the groceries. They don’t have self...
BrentP: On another autos website I have gotten into this very same discussion again. These people complain about the wealth...
Jason Flinders: Same here, it would be no contest! (Apologies to Sowell for the error in his name. We really need a feature here like...
Jason Flinders: That’s the best way to do it. Granted, these days most people are so lazy that actually talking into the phone is...
X: That’s what I do. I have a pay-as-you-go flip phone that I use for portable communication and absolutely NOTHING else. When I...
Jeremy: Hey Jason, I’d put two up against either Sowell or Williams and still probably win. Cheers, Jeremy.
Jason Flinders: What amazes me is that apparently most people complied with FDR’s gold grab. I guess people were sheep back then as...

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