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Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



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

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Beeftweeter
Jun 28, 2005

Devuan Fan

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

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

Beeftweeter fucked around with this message at 05:44 on Jan 26, 2025

Shumagorath
Jun 6, 2001

Beeftweeter posted:

e: and that post uses the word "carhole" completely wrong
does it refer to something other than the loop or elon

Agile Vector
May 21, 2007

scrum bored



i misread that as New Vegas and now i'm both disappointed and mad

Roosevelt
Jul 18, 2009

I'm looking for the man who shot my paw.

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

anybody Important wouldn't be caught dead inside elon's carhole

well-read undead
Dec 13, 2022

carhole tunnel syndrome

Powerful Two-Hander
Mar 10, 2004

Mods please change my name to "Tooter Skeleton" TIA.



well-read undead posted:

carhole tunnel syndrome

Raged
Jul 21, 2003

A revolution of beats

Roosevelt posted:

lol 90¢ on the dollar good luck

The Saudi's will pick up the tab

Cybernetic Vermin
Apr 18, 2005

Raged posted:

The Saudi's will pick up the tab

doubt it, it is not their or teslas problem if this debt does not sell, i think literally everyone is perfectly happy with the banks eating poo poo on that deal.

NoneMoreNegative
Jul 20, 2000
GOTH FASCISTIC
PAIN
MASTER




shit wizard dad

well-read undead posted:

carhole tunnel syndrome

mods new thread title pls

Chris Knight
Jun 5, 2002

No wheels, man.

Fun Shoe

well-read undead posted:

carhole tunnel syndrome
:discourse: applies to the cyber truck video earlier lol

Chris Knight
Jun 5, 2002

No wheels, man.

Fun Shoe

quote:

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.
lol

Agile Vector
May 21, 2007

scrum bored



that's a lot of words to admit 'i made a bad decision and everyone knows it'

Baxate
Feb 1, 2011

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.

rowkey bilbao
Jul 24, 2023

Not sure if I should pinch it or keep pushing?
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 ?

rowkey bilbao
Jul 24, 2023

Not sure if I should pinch it or keep pushing?

quote:

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

lol get hosed lady

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

the cybertruck owner is an MBA influencer btw

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

Luigi Thirty posted:

the cybertruck owner is an MBA influencer btw

a what?

Roosevelt
Jul 18, 2009

I'm looking for the man who shot my paw.

Luigi Thirty posted:

the cybertruck owner is an MBA influencer btw

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

mediaphage
Mar 22, 2007

Excuse me, pardon me, sheer perfection coming through

Roosevelt posted:

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

yes but also no

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



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 ?

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 them

(like, I can see how driver's assistance features would reduce fatigue, but tesla is far from unique in having those)

Roosevelt
Jul 18, 2009

I'm looking for the man who shot my paw.

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.

the implication to me is that she can take naps with Tesla Full Self Driving

shackleford
Sep 4, 2006


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

NoneMoreNegative
Jul 20, 2000
GOTH FASCISTIC
PAIN
MASTER




shit wizard dad

Named her TESLA 'Malady', fair play.

some kinda jackal
Feb 25, 2003

 
 

NoneMoreNegative posted:

Named her TESLA 'Malady', fair play.

*tips frunk* M'alady

ADINSX
Sep 9, 2003

Wanna run with my crew, hah? Rule cyberspace and crunch numbers like I do?

shackleford posted:

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

Lmbo

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

professor flat pants, they call me

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

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 fucked around with this message at 20:38 on Jan 26, 2025

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

Official Carrier of the Neil Bush Torch

wow 35000 miles over three years, gosh, got ourselves a real road warrior here fellas

Shumagorath
Jun 6, 2001

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
do you work from home o- wait....

Nessus
Dec 22, 2003

we'll get there sooner or later




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
that's a good aunt

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

Official Carrier of the Neil Bush Torch

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).

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

big scary monsters
Sep 2, 2011

-~Skullwave~-

perhaps this is not the case in the US, but in the UK the people employed by the DWP to do medical assessments for welfare claims are tasked with denying as many people as possible, often dismissing serious conditions out of hand in direct contradiction to written evidence provided by the claimant's actual doctors. some huge proportion of decisions are overturned on appeal, but appeals are extremely time consuming, difficult and stressful. so is this lady's job also to deny people with mental illnesses financial support?

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

professor flat pants, they call me

rotor posted:

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

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

Chris Knight
Jun 5, 2002

No wheels, man.

Fun Shoe

rotor posted:

i dont really think this is true, ive known plenty of people who deduct their normal-sized cars as bidness expenses.
gotta min-max those deductions mang. its free money!

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

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

your personal deduction must be insane then!

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

Official Carrier of the Neil Bush Torch

Asymmetric POSTer posted:

your personal deduction must be insane then!

sorry sb, this is really just a huge unforced error on your part, condolences.

Roosevelt
Jul 18, 2009

I'm looking for the man who shot my paw.

big scary monsters posted:

perhaps this is not the case in the US,

*tugs collar*

Dijkstracula
Mar 18, 2003

You can't spell 'vector field' without me, Professor!



Judging by the combination of rich techies with more money than sense and the particular "elevated apartments behind the storefront" building in the background, this might be my old SF neighbourhood but drat if I can figure out the precise location

Eeyo
Aug 29, 2004

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

crazy

gonna start up a business that sells regular cars, but with a bunch of concrete blocks to get over the weight limit so you can take the deduction while buying a regular car.

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Kenny Logins
Jan 11, 2011

EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND OPEN PALM SLAM A WHITE WHALE INTO THE PEQUOD. IT'S HELL'S HEART AND RIGHT THEN AND THERE I STRIKE AT THEE ALONGSIDE WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER, ISHMAEL.
to qualify for tax loophole for business-use vehicle she had to buy a clown car. got it

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