> Teslas with missed payments drive themselves to be impounded. Welcome to the future.
Is this real? That sounds like a terrible terrible idea, can’t imagine any government body allowing this.
Please make a dumb car
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#82The article describes my own vision 100%. To me, a car is a vehicle, i.e., it needs to transport me from point A to point B most safely and reliably. I don't listen to music when I drive, I don't text or make calls - I enjoy driving, and I focus 100% on this and, thank God, I've never been in an accident, not even a fender bender, and I have over half a million miles behind the wheel. When I'm in Bulgaria, I drive a 2003 Audi A4 1.9 TDI with a stick shift, and I enjoy it much more than my US AT car.
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#83> For media, an aux input does it all. Doubles as a charging cable, and you could easily swap it out for different and new devices I thought aux only carries analog sound, is charging a new feature? Did I miss Aux-C? What does the author mean?
Aux-PD (power delivery) is definitely not a thing, and now I'm mad I didn't think of it.
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#84Strongly agree with this article. The car I love is my 1980 Datsun, but it just isn't good in the rain. My daily car is a Fiat 124 Spider. Reason I bought it was it was the least complicated, most direct driver-to-pavement, latest, fastest ride I could get for $20k with a stick shift. I won't buy an automatic. To Fiat's credit, I think they're the last manufacturer selling cars in America whose standard price is for a manual transmission and who charge extra for an automatic. (Which, let's be honest, only an idiot would buy an automatic on a 1.4L turbo that has to be kept revved to a sweet spot smaller than 1500 RPMs per gear).
There are four things that piss me off about the Spider. 1: Touch screen which I don't want lit up most of the time, but which doesn't respond to touch to turn it off while you're driving. 2: Stupid as hell autobrake comes on for 2 seconds if you clutch and brake on a hill over 8% grade. You have to toggle the emergency brake or do a heel-toe to not be pushing against your brakes when you start up off a hill. 3: It's beyond me how they could sell this car with a touch screen but without a boost gauge. 4: No ashtray.
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#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
He does not have good lobbyists. Have you seen Tesla being the only company not invited on electric car day in white house? https://www.autoweek.com/news/green-cars/a37244461/elon-musk... Do you know that Tesla will be excluded from tax credits for EVs? https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/29/energy-secretary-defends-tes... Do you know that Texas where Tesla is building its next factory does not allow to sell Teslas? https:/…
Eh, he just needs to touch up his PR when it comes to labor relations. > Do you know that Texas where Tesla is building its next factory does not allow to sell Teslas? You think you can't buy a Tesla in Texas? What planet are you on?
Yes, Texas does not allow direct sale of cars.
You have to buy your Tesla out of the state and Tesla will deliver the car to Texas.
https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/texas-law-keeps-teslas-made...
https://insideevs.com/news/510302/tesla-no-sales-allowed-tex...
Biden administration is explicitly designing laws to prop up other car companies and exclude Tesla.
It's not just about labor PR, they want to force Tesla to unionize.
But Tesla will not unionize and they will be the only ones without subsidies. Extremely shitty lobbing.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/29/energy-secretary-defends-tes...
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#86The article describes my own vision 100%. To me, a car is a vehicle, i.e., it needs to transport me from point A to point B most safely and reliably. I don't listen to music when I drive, I don't text or make calls - I enjoy driving, and I focus 100% on this and, thank God, I've never been in an accident, not even a fender bender, and I have over half a million miles behind the wheel. When I'm in Bulgaria, I drive a…
I'd have a very hard time not playing some music if I were driving an A4 through Bulgaria. But the laser focus between you and the road is the most important thing.
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#87Hear hear. I sold my old 2004 Skoda Fabia (which for Americans has the technology of a 2000 VW golf), since repairs were costing more and the car sharing here in Amsterdam is really becoming reliable for the few times I need a car. Recently I rented a car for a ski trip, a recent Jeep Renegade, oh my lord.
It was constantly trying to take the controls from me (god forbid you change lanes without signaling on a totally empty road!), the dashboard screen was constantly changing, and dynamically listed the speed limit in two places, but often it was completely wrong and sometimes it didn't even agree with itself. I am still not clear what it was trying to tell me. The console screen was 'dumb' in the bad way, and would lose connection with my phone constantly, but you couldn't re-connect it because you're not allowed to do that while driving. The interface was of course badly designed and slow to respond, so changing radio stations was a nightmare (which I had to do because my phone wouldn't connect. In the end I just used my ear-free headphones since it was easier.
My old Skoda had none of this. Real dials / gauges, simple physical climate controls, and a hole which you can put a stereo head unit in (I put the dumbest one I could find with bluetooth in for €40). I had a strong magsafe mount for my phone and done.
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#88Hear hear. I sold my old 2004 Skoda Fabia (which for Americans has the technology of a 2000 VW golf), since repairs were costing more and the car sharing here in Amsterdam is really becoming reliable for the few times I need a car. Recently I rented a car for a ski trip, a recent Jeep Renegade, oh my lord. It was constantly trying to take the controls from me (god forbid you change lanes without signaling on a totall…
I've had this experience with rental cars recently. It's terrifying! I usually spend half an hour in the parking lot sifting through menus turning off all the warnings I can find.
I like Skodas. Although a Czech friend told me that Skoda in Czech is a car name, a common surname, and a casual term for "idiot".
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#89We need an eco friendly lada and peugeot 404.
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#90Even Dacia, which was the only one making really dumb cars a few years ago stopped doing the electronic-less cars. It’s a shame.
There apparently isn’t much of a market for dumb cars.