Recent content by Altair7

Translation: "No, we don't have the rest of the system worked out to make the system safe, reliable, and natural to use. But I like my fashion statement and am sticking with it anyway." Time to surf over to lucid.com and take another hard look at the Air. The way things have been going with...

... and they hated the yoke.

Exactly so. And "blocking the instrument panel" was solved decades ago with steering wheels that tilt. Square tires? Elon has already applied "alien teechnology" to solve that dilemma: his version will be triangular which eliminates one bump. Rumor has it the three-sided wheel will be...

If you are not thrilled about driving, why spend the money on a performance car? FSD is about as exciting as taking Uber. No FSD for me, thank you very much. And I hope my lowly MS LR has a factory round wheel option, else I look at Lucid again. The way things are going, Lucid might be a...

Newsflash - the Phanerozoic goes back about 500 million years, not 10,000 or so. Hopefully the rest of your science knowledge is better. Here, let me help you: Geologic time scale - Wikipedia Now, the CO2 levels over that time: File:Phanerozoic Carbon Dioxide.png - Wikipedia And...

The temperature data (even after frequent and extensive "adjustments") stubbornly refused to follow the CMIP models. The longer the time interval, the more ridiculous the results. And then there was that whole Phanerozoic Era thing. Bad enough that current temperatures are relatively cool...

Checked this morning, nothing yet. My original order date was December 20.

That is the approach I am taking. Really, I just need 10-15 minutes of low-speed driving and a Y-turn, U-turn, and parallel parking to make sure the yoke is acceptable. It is almost inconceivable that Tesla Company Test Drivers have not already done this, but seems worth the extra effort on my...

So for $80K Tesla supplies a cup. Problem solved! (For the ladies in the audience, something a man wears for contact sports.)

Sorry, I am just a worker-bee. No VIP Invites for me. If I had that kind of clout I would be on the Roadster Forums, not the Model S Forums. But I do read accident investigations, and this is as far off-topic as I care to go into such a tragedy with a non-pilot: For if you were a pilot (and...

Another advantage to the yoke: The girlfriend will absolutely not want to drive it!

And closer to the wheel.

Wow! You earned that Type ...:cool:

A year ago Tesla was not even on my radar screen. Being open-minded (on occasion) I started looking into it. Don't get me wrong, I am not one of the Fan Boys or Green Theocracy people. My angle is the performance. And of course efficiency is its own virtue. And OMG, the Tesla delivers the...

It is. The arrival of a real competitor (the Lucid Air) has benefited us all. Before the refresh I was 50/50 on Tesla/Lucid, but I think the refresh has tilted it back to Tesla.