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EV Stupidity Checklist

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Post by switchbak »

jerlam wrote: post #98
switchbak wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Every time I'd take my car to the shop they'd turn the lights off, and I find myself driving around in the dark with no lights on. Why does anyone want that? And we used to mandate "daytime running lights" in Canada, I didn't get the memo when we stop enforcing that.

"Always turn the lights off" makes some sense to a shop. Older cars don't have automatic headlights. The mechanics might not want to figure out which is which. If they guess wrong, the car may drain its battery and cause even more problems. Plus, working around very bright lights, especially if the car has been elevated, can be really annoying.

Well there's always "don't fuck with the way they had it", or "put it back the way it was".

Also, in Canada "Older cars don't have automatic headlights" has not been true since the 90's. It's only recently we even allow them to turn off when it's running.

The point about not wanting lights in your eyes when working on it makes sense, but you're not going to have the car running very often when it's on a hoist.

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Post by wlonkly »

beAbU wrote: post #113
Animats wrote: post #2

China has already mandated an end to retractable outside door handles and electrical inside door handles. That takes effect January 1, 2027. There were two major incidents where people could not get out and could not be rescued. The powered charger port door would make sense if there were robot chargers that used it. Tesla demoed that, but people disliked the snake robot approach. Technically, a snake robot is ideal…

You realize that mirrors can also have a wider fov by making them concave, right?

-vex

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Post by switchbak »

xboxnolifes wrote: post #111
usehand wrote: post #95

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Modern cameras give a way better view of what's behind and to the side of the car than you can ever achieve through mirrors. There's really no comparison. Yes, if you're comparing to older, inferior camera systems mirrors might be better, but not the modern ones. I say this as someone who learned to drive and drove for a long time with no cameras. People saying this are just usually just used to mirrors and never bot…

And the camera's have been better for over a decade at thing point. I have to imagine people are just willfully antagonistic to them for some reason. How in god's name are you going to see a kid directly behind you, below your trunk height, with your mirrors?

That was a typo/thinko on my part - I meant to say mirrors. I find it scary when people just look from side to side, perhaps looking in the rear-view mirror, but not ever turning their head. This happens WAY more than you'd expect it to.

Using the rear-view cam in this context is definitely a lot safer (esp for kids!), though you really should also look around as well, the side mirrors are more for driving, not parking-lot type situations, and have a really limited field of view.

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Post by barrkel »

croes wrote: post #137
barrkel wrote: post #81

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Rear view mirrors are needed all the time. We're not talking about reversing cameras here.

> Rear view cameras are better than rear view mirrors. The field of view is better. Oh yes, we are

Rear view cameras are not a replacement for rear view mirrors, is my point. You use the two for different things. A rear view camera trying to replace a mirror would need a cleaning and wiping solution, something that we use rear window wipers for with analogue mirrors.

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Post by darknavi »

drcongo wrote: post #116
darknavi wrote: post #59

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To each their own, I really enjoy my 2018 Model 3 glass roof. Although a stress fracture from no where would really annoy me. For what its worth I've had a crazed man preach from on top of my Model 3 roof and it still looks brand new :) https://photos.app.goo.gl/Sbne4ATVZgD74Hon7

I read the comment, and then I had to look at the photos, and now I have to come back and ask wtf?!

The guy car-jacked a teenager and managed to hit ~7 cars by plowing through a red light.

He was clearly off his meds or something. Preaching about "people following him", that he "was a man of god", and that we needed to believe him.

The cops then dragged him off the car (as per one of the videos!).

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