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How do the modern Chinese $10k cars compare? Genuine question.
The BYD Seagull, at US$11,000 before the new 100% tariff, gets decent reviews.[1] [1] https://insideevs.com/news/710364/byd-detroit-import-seagull...
Interesting but not something one would want to drive.
If you had to buy a clothes washer recently, top load is better than side load, agitator is better than no agitator, analog buttons or dial is a plus, et al. Old is better than new. The rude design choices have compounded. Nobody needs an app to know what cycle their washer is at. Anyone using a washer, listens for it. When your display goes out, all the functionality is gone. It's just mind boggling. The 2024 Hyunda…
Why would a top loaded washing machine be better? They use more water than frontloaders, and in my experience they don't clean any better.. Do they cause less wear on your clothes or something?
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Doing laundry is of about the same complexity as boiling an egg.
If I want a boiled egg, chances are I want it soft-boiled (runny yolk but cooked white) which is the custom here in the UK. (As children we are given a softboiled egg in an egg-cup along with rectangles of toast called "soldiers" to dip in the yolk. I guess it's an Edwardian thing, redolent of Nannies and Nurseries.) In all my 50 years I still cannot reliably produce a softboiled egg, regardless of the method. Do I b…
Are these really the problem? I feel like new cars are obscenely expensive right now. Even a basic car can easily run you 30-40k, the same thing a few years used will be The difference between a brand new car and a 10 year old car is almost nil in terms of featureset nowadays (if anything, you get more because you can buy a higher end older model for less), every car has all the basics. Cars just got so good over the…
This is the main issue. The salaries haven't followed the same trend like the price of cars.
Nah, it's that new cars drop 50% of their value on the first three years. People are fed up setting fire to their cash. The pressures of living costs don't permit it for many.
3-5yo cars are the sweet spot. The depreciation curve starts to flatten. A good clean and it's as good as new.
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The BYD Seagull, at US$11,000 before the new 100% tariff, gets decent reviews.[1] [1] https://insideevs.com/news/710364/byd-detroit-import-seagull...
> This imported Seagull wasn’t made to pass U.S. crash standards Interesting but not something one would want to drive.
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Why there are no $3k-$4k cars? I am sure most people need cheaper cars, not electric cars, or AI cars, or cars with mobile app and telemetry. Those are toys for the rich.
With that budget you get an electric bike, though. That's a small, cheap, healthy car.
How does the bike do in a crash?
In the US anyway, I think the days of the "open road" is slowly coming to an end.
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> Anyone using a washer, listens for it. Currently, I have to set a timer on my phone to go check the washer and dryer because my laundry is in the basement and I'm probably on the 2nd floor or outside. I would love it if these things would run on my network with simple, published APIs exposed to tell me status so that I could know that I could have automated alerting and know that they wouldn't fail in the future wh…
You can! Get an energy-monitoring smart plug[1]. Set it up on Home Assistant[2] or another smart-stuff system. Then create an Automation which sends an alert when it drops below 25 watts for 3 minutes. It's all-local, and requires no integration with the washer. 220V dryers may be a little trickier, but still easy enough if you're comfortable with basic electrical stuff. You can put a sensor on an indicator light, or…
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With that budget you get an electric bike, though. That's a small, cheap, healthy car.
"The reason you can't have a cheaper car is it needs many crash safety features! It would be unsafe! Ride a bike instead!" How does the bike do in a crash?