Endless Mike posted:

the new Vegas loop station has traffic lights and a crossing gate. the future of transit!

https://bsky.app/profile/jrurbanenetwork.bsky.social/post/3lgk5eyu5ws2u

Beeftweeter posted:

e: and that post uses the word "carhole" completely wrong

Beeftweeter posted:

maybe so Important People can get by first?

having traffic lights in what iirc is supposed to be a straight tunnel doesn't really make sense to me but idk how the tunnels are laid out. like, if that's the entrance i guess it makes sense, but otherwise idk what it's for

e: and that post uses the term "carhole" completely incorrectly

well-read undead posted:

carhole tunnel syndrome

Roosevelt posted:

lol 90¢ on the dollar good luck

Raged posted:

The Saudi's will pick up the tab

well-read undead posted:

carhole tunnel syndrome

well-read undead posted:

carhole tunnel syndrome

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I'm a psychologist who drives long distances to see patients in towns throughout Arizona. When I arrive and step out of my Tesla Cybertruck, I don't have the fatigue that typically comes with driving for hours.

On the days I travel, I often have a full schedule of Social Security disability psychological assessments to conduct. It's mentally exhausting work that demands focus and compassion.

I credit my Cybertruck, affectionately named Brick House, for helping me arrive for the day without feeling drained.

But the general public thinks my truck is a political statement and not something that helps me.

I first turned to Tesla because I needed a car with self-driving features

My road to driving a Cybertruck began in 2012 when I was a doctoral student commuting weekly from Phoenix to Tucson for an advanced practicum clinical training.

Those drives up and down the I-10 were brutal. Sometimes, I'd have to pull over to take a quick nap to finish the drive safely, but I would still arrive home exhausted. During those drives, I often thought about my favorite childhood cartoon, "The Jetsons," and how their cars drove themselves. That was the future I dreamt of. I wanted my car to drive me.

In early 2013, I heard about Tesla and its promise of Full Self-Driving. I immediately vowed not to buy another car until I had a Tesla. In 2021, I could finally lease a Tesla Model 3 Long Range with Full Self-Driving, which I affectionately named Ma'Lady.

Over the next three years, Ma'Lady and I drove more than 35,000 miles, crisscrossing Arizona and conducting psychological examinations in rural towns. Ma'Lady became more than a car; it was a lifeline that kept me safe on Arizona's backroads and highways. Interestingly, I never experienced any backlash when driving the Model 3.

The Cybertruck then became the right vehicle for me

In 2024, a few months after my Model 3 lease ended, I knew I wanted to purchase my next car. Since the vehicle is technically for my business, it needed to be big enough for a specific tax code. The Cybertruck was the only one that fit the bill.

My long-awaited Cybertruck reservation eventually came through. But I then hesitated to upgrade to a Cybertruck due to all the controversy surrounding Tesla, the Cybertruck specifically, and Elon Musk.

I already bought a different vehicle with driver assist, but it didn't compare to Tesla's Full Self-Driving. The exhaustion I felt after driving for hours in the other vehicle, seeing patients, and writing reports was extreme.

A health scare landed me in the ER and reminded me how crucial it is to minimize stress. Tesla's Full Self-Driving significantly reduces the stress of driving all over Arizona.

I left the hospital, went to my credit union, picked up my check for the Cybertruck, drove directly to FedEx, and overnighted the check to Tesla. Two days later, I was picking up my Cybertruck.

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To be clear, I bought the truck before [Musk] became a polarizing political figure

Luigi Thirty posted:

the cybertruck owner is an MBA influencer btw

Luigi Thirty posted:

the cybertruck owner is an MBA influencer btw

Roosevelt posted:

is this just a regular influencer that also has an mba?

rowkey bilbao posted:

getting ready to be disappointed to learn that a car for your business having to be a fat piece of poo poo is an actual thing in the US.
is it some fake farm poo poo ?

Baxate posted:

We live in a time where every $20,000 KIA comes with adaptive cruise and lane keep assist as standard, but somehow only a $100,000 Nazimobile will do.

Chris Knight posted:

lol

NoneMoreNegative posted:

Named her TESLA 'Malady', fair play.

shackleford posted:

if i'm understanding her website correctly, her patients are corporations, lmao

rowkey bilbao posted:

getting ready to be disappointed to learn that a car for your business having to be a fat piece of poo poo is an actual thing in the US.
is it some fake farm poo poo ?

Endless Mike posted:

only if you're like a farmer or contractor, and even a lot of the latter use vans. she's just trying to Defend Her Purchase since you definitely do not need a truck of any kind to drive to people's houses to talk with the

Chris Knight posted:

lol

Sagebrush posted:

My aunt and uncle did this when they ran a car parts business and uncle was on the road doing sales most of the year. to get the tax credit for his travel vehicle they bought a lincoln navigator. my aunt called it the masturbator

Sagebrush posted:

You don't need to be a farmer or a contractor. If you buy a vehicle and use it more than 50% of the time for business purposes, you can deduct up to $31,500 of its cost from your income that year, as long as the vehicle weighs more than 6,000 pounds. The cybertruck is the only Tesla that is heavy enough. (if she just wanted an electric vehicle that would qualify, the f-150 lightning is also heavy enough).

My aunt and uncle did this when they ran a car parts business and uncle was on the road doing sales most of the year. to get the tax credit for his travel vehicle they bought a lincoln navigator. my aunt called it the masturbator

Sagebrush posted:

You don't need to be a farmer or a contractor. If you buy a vehicle and use it more than 50% of the time for business purposes, you can deduct up to $31,500 of its cost from your income that year, as long as the vehicle weighs more than 6,000 pounds. The cybertruck is the only Tesla that is heavy enough. (if she just wanted an electric vehicle that would qualify, the f-150 lightning is also heavy enough).

Chris Knight posted:

lol

rotor posted:

i dont really think this is true, ive known plenty of people who deduct their normal-sized cars as bidness expenses.

rotor posted:

i dont really think this is true, ive known plenty of people who deduct their normal-sized cars as bidness expenses.

Sagebrush posted:

there are smaller deductions for smaller cars, but to get the max deduction it has to be a fat piece of poo poo. look up irs section 179

Asymmetric POSTer posted:

your personal deduction must be insane then!

big scary monsters posted:

perhaps this is not the case in the US,

Cat Face Joe posted:

Sagebrush posted:

there are smaller deductions for smaller cars, but to get the max deduction it has to be a fat piece of poo poo. look up irs section 179