DreadPotato

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

If in was in my 50's having a raging midlife crisis, I would totally get a prowler

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You'd be surprised how often critical tools don't have backups.

More than once I've been to sites where the software needed to service a critical piece of equipment only existed on a single 15+ year old banged up laptop, or a 40+ year old PLC handling a critical part of a production line couldn't be turned off because there was a risk that it wouldn't be able to turn back on, and it was EOL'ed over a decade ago but they still hadn't ported the program to a newer platform.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I have a really hard time getting good local/region specific results for products, I mostly get US or UK results which are utterly useless to me since I'm not located either places. I've tried all sorts of shenanigans to limit the search to my area/country but it's not really effective.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Seems like a GDPR nightmare waiting to happen for them

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They also don't ship with the yoke by default anymore, the default is a regular round one and have been for a while.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Assuming regular cold tap water as starting point (that's ~10°C for me) you'd need a power output of something like 50kW to heat a gallon (3.8L) of water to boiling in 30sec, assuming a 98% efficiency.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Damn, thats a pretty short list of supported models

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Aside from battery and the electric motor itself, mechanical parts are easy to come by from other sources than Tesla. Parts related to e.g. suspension, brakes and steering are all easily bought without involving Tesla at all, and can be changed by any mechanic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The bumpers are full of sensors, all pastic, and repairs are expensive.

This is the same for all semi-modern cars. Plastic bumbers, even without sensors in them, are surprisingly expensive even on cheaper cars. But the good thing about plastic bumbers, is that they are fairly elastic and most often just bounce back into shape after the amount of deformation a slight fender bender can cause. And scratches are only a cosmetic concern since they can't rust.

Also, Tesla removed the ultrasonic sensors from both front and rear bumpers a while back.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Features of whatever external devices you bring to your car, is not a feature of the car.

AFAIK, only Tesla has native video streaming from the interface screen in the car, so most cars still don't have this functionality.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

If that person has a networth of...say, roughly 230 billions...that 50mil isn't even a noticeable change.

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