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I like Tesla just because they made EVs that people actually wanted to buy and now every other car manufacturer is scrambling to do the same while talking about how Tesla is totally no danger to them and will fail any minute but just because they feel like it they are gonna start building EVs to and they will totally have better range and a lower price than the Model 3 when they bring it to the market in 2022
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Shai-Hulud posted:I like Tesla just because they made EVs that people actually wanted to buy and now every other car manufacturer is scrambling to do the same while talking about how Tesla is totally no danger to them and will fail any minute but just because they feel like it they are gonna start building EVs to and they will totally have better range and a lower price than the Model 3 when they bring it to the market in 2022 The Bolt already exists.
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Shai-Hulud posted:I like Tesla just because they made EVs that people actually wanted to buy and now every other car manufacturer is scrambling to do the same while talking about how Tesla is totally no danger to them and will fail any minute but just because they feel like it they are gonna start building EVs to and they will totally have better range and a lower price than the Model 3 when they bring it to the market in 2022 I really doubt any of the car manufacturers feel threatened by Tesla. They all had EV technology in the making, and now it became trendy so why not cash in on the positive press. The vast majority of money is still made by selling ICE cars.
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Mar 7, 2018 14:10
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Trans-LoafWithTail posted:My mom had the 40th Anniversary Grand Prix (not supercharged, sadly) and the HUD was cool as hell and wish I could have it on my current car. There are aftermarket units that you can stick on your dash that us ODBII or GPS.
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Mar 7, 2018 16:28
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Shai-Hulud posted:I like Tesla just because they made EVs that people actually wanted to buy and now every other car manufacturer is scrambling to do the same while talking about how Tesla is totally no danger to them and will fail any minute but just because they feel like it they are gonna start building EVs to and they will totally have better range and a lower price than the Model 3 when they bring it to the market in 2022 I thought they were scrambling to make electric cars because of perverse incentives brought on by government regulations.
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Mar 7, 2018 19:00
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MrOnBicycle posted:I really doubt any of the car manufacturers feel threatened by Tesla. They all had EV technology in the making, and now it became trendy so why not cash in on the positive press. The vast majority of money is still made by selling ICE cars. I think Tesla publishing its patents had alot to do with the huge jump in EV tech
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Mar 7, 2018 19:05
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MrOnBicycle posted:I really doubt any of the car manufacturers feel threatened by Tesla. They all had EV technology in the making, and now it became trendy so why not cash in on the positive press. The vast majority of money is still made by selling ICE cars. No doubt most companies were making some inroads to electric cars but if you look at what was available before 2011: (Wikipedia I know but) The Nissan Leaf, introduced in Japan and the United States in December 2010, became the first modern all-electric, zero tailpipe emission five door family hatchback to be produced for the mass market from a major manufacturer. The Smart electric drive, Wheego Whip LiFe, Mia electric, Volvo C30 Electric, and the Ford Focus Electric were launched for retail customers during 2011. In February 2011, the Mitsubishi i MiEV became the first electric car to sell more than of more than 10,000 units, including the models badged in Europe as Citroën C-Zero and Peugeot. The leaf was the only serious attempt at an electric car available at this point. The model s came out and everyone ramped it up because they'd been embarrassed by a nobody releasing a 335 mile range full-size car that was safe and fast, it only got better.
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Mar 7, 2018 19:23
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B-b-but panel gaps!
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Shai-Hulud posted:I like Tesla just because they made EVs that people actually wanted to buy and now every other car manufacturer is scrambling to do the same while talking about how Tesla is totally no danger to them and will fail any minute but just because they feel like it they are gonna start building EVs to and they will totally have better range and a lower price than the Model 3 when they bring it to the market in 2022 Eventually companies have to do something other than turn investor money into poorly assembled cars. Testla will just be another Tivo/Motorola/Fage. They largely created the market, but won't be more than a minor player in the long term. FatCow fucked around with this message at 01:31 on Mar 8, 2018 |
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Wasabi the J posted:B-b-but panel gaps! And it comes in your favorite color, as long as that color is red.
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FatCow posted:Eventually companies have to do something other than turn investor money into poorly assembled cars. I too have been betting on GM and Chrysler going bankrupt for years but somehow they keep finding new investors to keep them afloat. 
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Mar 8, 2018 02:43
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The Door Frame posted:I think Tesla publishing its patents had alot to do with the huge jump in EV tech Tesla didn't publish their patents they allowed other companies to develop technologies that may have infringed upon them. With the rare exception of classified ones, all patents are published. The reduced threat of a law suit might have helped...maybe That said if you meant that other people seeing their patents meant that they were inspired to make new/competing stuff, you're way off. I'm an engineer and I've worked with hundreds and hundreds of other engineers and never EVER met one that uses a patent to develop a product. I hold a few patents myself and could not recreate my own invention from the loving things.
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Mar 8, 2018 02:49
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Ah, so you are the one that did the 100MPG carb.
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C-Bangin' it 
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Wasabi the J posted:B-b-but panel gaps! I stick my dick in the panel gaps.
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Mar 8, 2018 03:00
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kastein posted:I too have been betting on GM and Chrysler going bankrupt for years but somehow they keep finding new investors to keep them afloat. What’d it pay out? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_Chapter_11_reorganization and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Chapter_11_reorganization
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builds character posted:What’d it pay out? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_Chapter_11_reorganization and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Chapter_11_reorganization I think you might be taking a joke/burn far too seriously here sir
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Midjack posted:I stick my dick in the panel gaps. ...I did that when I was your age, and it was a bad move
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Nuevo posted:...I did that when I was your age, and it was a bad move I got this reference. 
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Mar 8, 2018 23:08
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Something failed.
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Mar 9, 2018 12:54
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wesleywillis posted:Something failed. The logo in the middle threw the BCD clocking off, I reckon. E: also the count.
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wesleywillis posted:Something failed. Gonna say that's a human error somewhere. Either the wrong blank was loaded, or the wrong program was running. Either way, it's kind of impressive that the machine handled it anyway. Probab;y even usable if the back side doesn't have weight-reducing hollows where the bolt holes ended up.
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It looks like a re-drill. People do it on rare wheels to fit them on their cars. Benz/BMW wheels onto VW's is pretty common.
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Mar 10, 2018 02:51
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These aren’t redrilled since it’s the initial blank wheel.
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:These aren’t redrilled since it’s the initial blank wheel. Unless someone welded/filled the original holes, and had them repainted. Again, I've seen it.  BMW RC090's re-drilled to 5x100.  6-series wheels redrilled for a Passat
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Mar 10, 2018 03:31
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sharkytm posted:Unless someone welded/filled the original holes, and had them repainted. Again, I've seen it. Some people have more money than taste. wesleywillis posted:Something failed.
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Those aren't rare wheels in the least though; they're run of the mill ~2010 VW wheels (probably Passat or Jetta). I really want to agree with Darchangel, but I can't think of any modern VW that still uses 4 lugs.
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Those aren't rare wheels in the least though; they're run of the mill ~2010 VW wheels (probably Passat or Jetta). Their superminis (the one a size down from a Polo, can’t remember what they’re called) are still 4x100
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sharkytm posted:Unless someone welded/filled the original holes, and had them repainted. Again, I've seen it. 'Welded' and 'redrilled' are just two of the words that I don't want associated with any wheels that go on my car, thank you very much. (Also 'straightened' and 'blinged')
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Looks to me like the wheel somehow ended up on a VW Bulli manufacturing line.
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spog posted:'Welded' and 'redrilled' are just two of the words that I don't want associated with any wheels that go on my car, thank you very much. Oh, I'm with you 100%. There are also scary looking like pattern adapters, and the ever popular redrill-without-filling. Stance nation, yo.
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Kerosene19 posted:Someone forgot to check the gear pins, that’s a paddlin’.
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From the airliners thread it might be one of the "terrible teens" 787s 
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Is it typical of those 787s for the front to fall down?
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The Twinkie Czar posted:Is it typical of those 787s for the front to fall down? There are a lot of them flying around the world and very seldom does this happen.
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Powershift posted:There are a lot of them flying around the world and very seldom does this happen. Well what sort of standards are these 787s built to?
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Cojawfee posted:Well what sort of standards are these 787s built to? Strict aeronautical engineering standards.
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sharkytm posted:Strict aeronautical engineering standards. How strict?
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Enourmo posted:How strict? Well, cardboard's out. There are also minimum crew requirements.
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sharkytm posted:
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Powershift posted:Well, cardboard's out. There are also minimum crew requirements. What's the minimum crew?
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