Recent content by Skotty

I placed reservation shortly after Ford getting access became official. It's been crickets ever since. Anyone get an adapter yet?

I get tired of intentionally biased media. It's kind of turned me off from some outlets that I used to watch occasionally. I don't mind reasoned criticism or praise, but it's becoming just sensational garbage in some cases. I would also like to note my personal outlook on environmentalism, as...

I saw something about them not having locking "differentials" yet, if it even has differentials. Although does it have some kind of limited slip software? Both are kind of trying to achieve the same thing in different ways. A locking differential can literally lock the differential solid...

Presumably the purpose of airing down and increasing contact patch is to reduce the weight per square inch, or to be more 'light' you could say.

Curious if anyone thinks Elon is perhaps presenting a public image of himself that is crafted for social engineering purposes. His behavior has been quite right leaning in flamboyant attention getting ways. And he has also been pretty lukewarm on Ukraine, talking about peace deals instead of...

Environmental friendliness is just one possible aspect among many, and may not have been one for this particular buyer, and even if it was you are talking about two different classes of problems that might be weighted differently. Why are those rules in place for that particular beach? If it's...

I think for sand you probably need something light, or different wheels/tires that can spread the weight out more. Not a good choice for a stock EV truck, or even a stock ICE truck.

The problem with automatic systems is that it's like having a leprechaun in the car with you manning the controls. Sure, now you don't have to do it yourself, but it's still annoying to have in the car with you and how often it actually does what you want will be entirely random.

On the plus side, if some folks are experiencing errors with a failure of redundant systems, it least it verifies there are redundant systems with error checking.

Curious if anyone has any solutions for how to view someone's recent Twitter posts. I used to have a Twitter account, but these days when I try to log in it just "oops something went wrong". So I can't log in anymore, I guess. If I try to view someone's Twitter feed, like say Tom Nichols, the...

As a [romantic|patriotic|idiot|choose-your-verb] American, my one bias is I like to buy American brand vehicles, having owned a mix of Ford, Chevy, Jeep, Tesla, Mercury, and Cadillac. Beyond that, I'm just a fan of what I think is good, and good is a mix of utility, coolness, reliability, cost...

For the record, I brought this concern up before I knew of any of those Cybertruck trouble reports that some folks have posted links for. I'm sure they will get it working reliably eventually, but this is why I was not so keen on it starting out. I also realize FUDsters will now be hunting and...

I want to see a bucket dump test. Sounds silly, and it will probably work okay, but will your average skid steer driver at the local gravel and mulch yard have any difficulty dumping a bucket of gravel or mulch into the bed? That's a use case I actually utilize quite a bit. It's far cheaper...

So coming back to this thread, I still didn't know what range the current Model S is capable of (generally looking for warm weather ~70 MPH range). I did however find this Bjorn video with some range test data . He has data for 90 and 120 km/h, which is about 55 mph and 75 mph. His data says...

I'm not sure I would agree. Maybe things are harder and more expensive now for gas engines, but the first half of my life I was poor and was always content in knowing that I could repair my gas engine cars and have it be within my budget. I even rebuilt a couple of engines down to their core...