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Earthquake woke me up at 0450 this morning. Bed shook for a few seconds. No big deal.
Latest Earthquakes[^] Middle of nowhere with some tiddler after shocks.
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
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No, was too feeble -
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
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Went out for a drive in one the other day, it is a very impressive piece of engineering. From the moment you open the doors (push button, electric), to when you see the interior (how clean it is) you are looking at the future.
The reversing camera on the big ipad style central dash is of such high quality you can see everything clearly, and the over layed lines showing the direction the car will take a nice touch.
Then the performance. 0-100kmh in 4.7. And it is a wall of torque, not a build up, just seat slamming acceleration from the start.
Apparently they average about 200 miles on a refill, which isnt much worse than my ST with its 45 liter tank.
Of course it costs £75k, and for that kind of money you get a lot, but it is the car of the future. Instantly what you have is a cart horse. Outdated, form the last century. The Tesla is a 21st century car.
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Just more things to break, and too expensive to repair when they do. I'll take my old truck.
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Yes, some people still like horses. 
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No view ahead in traffic. You'll still be stuck behind my SUV.
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The X is an SUV, so it has the same kind of view of the traffic as yours. But wait till a gap comes up, and it will fly past. 
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I see a slightly tall sedan; not an SUV.
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And the difference is?
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SUVs are significantly larger than sedans. With greater ground clearance. Usually a cavernous cargo area.
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Tesla is the future? Only for the well heeled those with more money than sense.
My take is Tesla is the Apple Macbook equivalent to windows 10 PCs being the Prius.
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Lopatir wrote: My take is Tesla is the Apple Macbook equivalent to windows 10 PCs being the Prius.
MacBook is hardware, Windows is an OS.
In OS-terms, Tesla is comparable to OS2/Warp. Good idea on paper, good marketing, lousy execution.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: MacBook is hardware, Windows is an OS.
Lopatir wrote:
My take is Tesla is the Apple Macbook equivalent to windows 10 PCs being the Prius.
Yes, and your point is?
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Lopatir wrote: Yes, and your point is?
That such is apples (haha) and pears-comparison.
Also, as much as I dislike Apple, I can see the effort in the design.
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Just to reiterate - I wrote "windows 10 PC's"
And that's my point, Tesla's like Apples are pretty much unnecessary for the average user, those [average] users that have them are just showing off.
Prius like win-10-PC's are the boring "supposed to be good for" something [environment/usability] but really aren't. win-10 is a proven productivity killer, prius lietime footprint are not environmentally friendly- 50 times the pollution created in the build, barely more fuel/emission efficient than a well tuned pure petrol car - and in fact less fuel/emission efficient than new generation diesels.
or in summary:
prius/win-10-pc = boring bullshit
tesla/macbook = expensive unnecessary bullshit.
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Lopatir wrote: Just to reiterate - I wrote "windows 10 PC's"
Which is mass-produced modular standardized hardware, bound by an OS, compared to an OS that is hardcoupled with its hardware (like a games-machine).
Lopatir wrote: And that's my point, Tesla's like Apples are pretty much unnecessary for the average user
Haha, there's the buying excuse for the Apple - it is useless for the average user, but WE as power-users NEED one 
..and then they launch Windows on their MacBook.
Lopatir wrote: prius/win-10-pc = boring bullshit
tesla/macbook = expensive unnecessary bullshit.
Aight, that's an explanation that I can understand. In that context, I'm probably driving a volkswagen-van, the type Scooby Doo owns.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: lousy execution
Total utter bollocks. A Tesla, bad execution? You are so wrong. So completely wrong. It is a very nice piece of engineering.
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Munchies_Matt wrote: Total utter bollocks. A Tesla, bad execution? You are so wrong. So completely wrong. It is a very nice piece of engineering.
A volkswagen beetle is a nice piece of engineering.
A Tesla is a handbuilt thing. After all those years, they still not managed to make it modular enough for a production line.
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The first motor car was also very expensive, but it became the future. And so will electric cars, and Tesla has shown us just how good an electric car can be.
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Munchies_Matt wrote: The Tesla is a 21st century car.
The stockmarket seems to disagree; after all the hype and marketing, that seems to be all that is delivered. There's still no mass-production of the Tesla, and the according to the great and knowledgable Musk there's an anti-Tesla conspiracy[^].
Munchies_Matt wrote: From the moment you open the doors (push button, electric), to when you see the interior (how clean it is) you are looking at the future.
Doors that need power to open? Seriously? Because it is way more efficient than pulling a handle or what? Cheaper? A mechanical handle is extremely cost-efficient, and ten times as reliable. No bugs, and not much pollution during manufacturing (compared to the electronic version).
And cleanliness something of the future? Really?
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"A mechanical handle is extremely cost-efficient, and ten times as reliable."
Not on my Toyota van. Broke after only 19 years of use. $20 on Amazon, high maintenance if you ask me. 
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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theoldfool wrote: Not on my Toyota van. Broke after only 19 years of use. $20 on Amazon, high maintenance if you ask me.
An electronic lock would have broken down more often, and would have cost more.
It is cheaper to produce a three-piece mechanical part than to design, test and fabricate an electronic lock.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Doors that need power to open?
You havn't seen those cars (even cheaper ones) that have electric closing boots? ("trunks" for the former colonists.)
Any wonder heart disease is the leading cause of death? People are just getting so friggin lazy.
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Lopatir wrote:
You havn't seen those cars (even cheaper ones) that have electric closing boots? ("trunks" for the former colonists.)
Any wonder heart disease is the leading cause of death? People are just getting so friggin lazy.
I'm still trying to get car-windows down by turning a handle, instead of looking for a button.
And yes, we are actively helping with dumbing down people. Software is becoming more simpeler for a simpeler audience.
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