Recent content by TallGear

Assuming someone in the Bay Area has basic driving skills is your first mistake…

I test drove a GT, it’s a bit lower and firmer than the standard one and takes the floaty feeling out of the rear end. Its better but not something you couldn’t do to any car with a $500 spring kit. The GTPE is on a whole different level from all the other MachEs and MYs, it’s handling is...

Yeah I’m hoping Ford gets their act together and does an OTA on the thermal throttling. There’s no reason a GTPE with all that power should be falling on its face after 5 seconds or at highway speeds over 80. I know electric motors don’t perform as well at high speeds, but 80mph isn’t exactly...

Tesla fans quote that stupid moose test to death like it’s the end-all be-all of handling metrics. Being able to swerve slightly better in one very specific emergency situation does not mean it’s a better handling car from a chassis dynamic perspective. It also failed the “moose test” because...

The MachE AWD LR has the exact same 0-60 time (4.8s) as an MYLR, and most reviewers agree the chassis on the MME is better balanced and it’s the better handing car. So not sure what you mean about it being “much faster”

This is not universally true, there are tons of Ford dealers that sell MME at MSRP and also allow X-Plan. I have a MYP and MachE Premium AWD LR on order, with tax incentives the MME is over $14k less. Even going more apple to apples and comparing it an MYLR it’s still $10k cheaper. Hyundai and...

I highly, highly doubt that Tesla have 4-6 MOS of the old processors just sitting around and will just be randomly peppering in Ryzens randomly until the end of Q2. That would be a complete nightmare from a demand/production planning and servicing perspective, and Tesla is all about making...

Who goes to the gas station twice a week? I’m not saying EVs aren’t more convenient for commuting distances, but people need to stop acting like gas stations are a big deal. 5 minutes of fueling every 400-600 miles of driving, the horror!

Let’s not pretend that is in any way what the average gas station experience is like. That’s like showing a burning Tesla after a crash and going “look, battery cars are dangerous!”. Context and frequency matters. People are also terrible at math thinking that saving 10-20 cents on gas is worth...

There are tons of nice ICE vehicles out there, and the ability to travel huge distances to anywhere in the US without worrying about charging infrastructure or adding hours to your trip for charging is valuable. Tesla is great, but let’s not pretend they (and EVs) are the only good cars out...

Not denying that it's an antiquated and overly complicated/heavy way to cool the car, and also especially stupid to throttle a performance car in less than its 1/4 mile time. My point has always been that that doesn't necessarily mean it isn't an effective cooling system for the electric motors...

Im not saying it’s the same, I’m saying that using rubber hoses instead of rigid plastic pipes (which is the biggest difference between the Tesla products and the MachE’s cooling systems that for some reason Tesla fanatics have lost their *sugar* over after watching Monroe’s videos) isn’t some...

Only bad part about the Hyundai and Kia EVs is their dealership are really bad with ADM, so even though MSRP may be lower they will likely not be cheaper. There are a ton of Ford dealers that don’t charge ADM, I never found a single Hyundai/Kia dealer that didn’t when we were looking for a new...

Lithium Iron are non-flammable, just not as energy dense and can’t support the same c-rate.

I don’t know wtf you’re even talking about. I’m not debating the fact that it throttles power is dumb, just stating that fact that it’s a software imposed limit and not hardware. Theres nothing special about the heat generation of an EV that coolant hoses can’t handle. And if you’re comparing a...