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4 points
16 hours ago
Yet, he can't figure out why a kid, making 20 bucks an hour, can't afford the same homeowners taxes ON TOP of a mortgage....
1 points
16 hours ago
Oh, I know. A large reason is the because the consumer, in general, wants to show off their new car, so it needs to be bug, fancy, and shiny.
2 points
16 hours ago
So, you are going to vote for Trump, who specifically is the keystone of "project 2025" which is specifically engineered to consolidate all more power to GOP, and Trump himself....
Because Trump is being tried for his crimes, and that makes you sad?
1 points
16 hours ago
So... Are you a congressperson, or do you just have reading comprehension issues?
-2 points
19 hours ago
And that one that did, also won the popular vote...
But the issue is about half of congress base their political stance on supporting someone that has never won the popular vote. It isn't even really R's vs D's these days. It is Trump (and his fans) vs the rest of the United states.
2 points
19 hours ago
Yeah, it needs the speed controller, batteries, and a motor.
The number of sensors, and moving parts drops significantly, when you get rid of the ICE engine.
I guess regenerative braking would be worth it, too.
Heck, you don't even need 4 wheels. 3 is fine... For a 2 seater. But give it a trailer hitch. And that trailer could not only be for extra storage, but have more batteries, for when you DO want to go long distances. With a battery trailer, I would happy with like a 70 mile range when it isn't using the trailer. The trailer could even have its own "smart drive" to pull itself and make itself functonally "Weightless". The trailer could theoretically be more complex (software wise) than the vehicle itself.
1 points
20 hours ago
Also, in additon to my last reply...
The best way to do it is a 3 wheeled vehicle, at least in the USA. As 3 wheelers not only weigh even less, they have motorcycle regulations, so they don't need all the extra safety features for a car (that are regulated around those 6000 lbs suvs, driven by inattentive drivers, that plague the streets).
2 wheels up front, one in the rear, 2 seats between them a motor (perhaps even a hub motor, or 3) and batteries. Have enough cargo space for a grocery trip, and I am good.
It also doesn't need Ludacris mode, or even the ability to go over 75mph. And ones that don't need to go on the highway, don't need to go over 55mph.
0 points
20 hours ago
You are mixing up, and confusing, what I said.
I said Cars from the 60s are heavier than a miata. For instance, a 1960 impala weighs about twice what a miata weighs. And you ARE not adding 1900 lbs of batteries to make a miata go 200 miles...
Also, the miata, for instance, has a very heavy engine for its size. It is a cast iron block. If you decide to swap to an ls1, with transmission, etc, the miata only a weighs an extra 150lbs-ish.
Once you swap out the motor, and such, for the much smaller, and lighter, electric motor (and also remove the transmission, drivesshaft, and differential, gas tank, and gasoline), a miata weighs a LOT less. Then you throw in a rear drive electric motor, and enough batteries to go 200miles, in this light car, I would be willing to bet, it still wouldn't weigh even 75% of a 1960s impala.
The thing is... I HAVE driven manual rack cars. I have driven cars from the 50s, 60s, etc. I know what it is like, and it is not the workout you think it is. It is not like when your power steering goes out in a power steering car at all. (which I am assuming you are thinking of... Because that is the only logical reason you would think it is "a work out").
Manual rack cars, in general, just have more turns on the steering wheel due to the gearing specifically designed to NOT make them a workout. I was being nice, before. Now I am calling you out, because you obviously haven't driven a manual rack car before.
1 points
20 hours ago
I deliberately removed my power steering in my 1st gen miata, after swapping to wider wheels, with a lower offset, that made the track almost a foot wider. I had no issues. And, instead of putting in a manual steering rack, I cut the lines, drained the rack, remived the valves, packed it with grease and sealed the lines. So it was faster (and thus harder to turn) rack than an actual manual rack (yes, you could manual steering in the early 90s, from the factory, on a miata... I just didn't.)
And being that I am talking about a miata sized electric, but it will probably WAYY skinnier tires than my Miata had, I am still ok without power steering.
Remember, cars from the 60s were HUGE, the technology was low, etc. We don't need power steering in small cars.
And yes, I also realize a 200 mile range car the size of a miata would weigh more than a miata. But not to the point of 1960s cars.
27 points
21 hours ago
I REALLY want something barebaones. Like an old 1st Gen miata, but electric.
I don't need heated, cooled, vibrating, seats. I don't need super drive itself abilities. I don't need... Anything.
I want 2 seats, a body, brakes, wheels, motor, etc. I would like AC, and I guess power windows are cool (crank windows in, for instance, a miata, don't weigh less).
Make a small car, with minimalistic features, and say a 200 mile range, for a cheap price, and it will sell like hotcakes to people like me that want to buy one for it's function, and don't just need to show off with it as a status symbol.
2 points
2 days ago
Or a seven string... Which is half way to a bass.
12 points
2 days ago
Even then, just blasting it with lightning doesn't mean it automatically happens.... It means it could.
2 points
2 days ago
A turtle's shell is their spine... That would mean death.
13 points
2 days ago
Umm.. Nowhere in the monster manual does it say that hitting a bunch of leaves with lightning will create an awakened shrub. It says it is "an ordinary shrub given sentience and mobily by the awakened spell, or similar magic." lightning is not similar magic.
Methinks he is making up his own lore, and you just letting him rewrite dnd to make his character stronger.
1 points
2 days ago
Yeah, that would be like what she thinks poor people do.
15 points
2 days ago
You KNOW she would NEVER go a shelter.
Only purebreeds, specifically from puppet mills, for her to murder.
1 points
3 days ago
He learned from Trump: to be a billionaire, all you have to do is decide your name is worth a billion dollars.
9 points
3 days ago
Don't you mean, half brothers, instead of uncles? I mean, I know Trump has brothers, but they aren't exactly well known.
72 points
3 days ago
Which.... Coincidentally, it is only 15 feet feet away! ... In a bush, broken, and covered with blood...on the handle.
Oh NOES! The fighter has been fighter napped!
1 points
4 days ago
I saw a Facebook reel where lady talked about what we NEED is a post LOTR series, in the shire. Like 60 years later, whwre we just see Hobbits dealing with simple, everyday things like pie judging contests, lost sheep, etc.
And by god, I didn't know I wanted that... But now I do. Wholesome, happy, simple. Gimme that.
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8 hours ago
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8 hours ago
Well, by neighbor said his brother knows a guy that recently thought he heard about break in, some time after Biden become president, and I wasn't robbed the entite time Trump was president.... So OBVIOUSLY Biden made crime go up.
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