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  1. Barklikeadog

    Cybertruck Will Feel Dated By the Time it Comes Out?

    Heh, I was going to jump on this as well. More often than not, the back floor is a kids' nuclear waste dump of food and artwork. Rest assured weathertech and every other design company has this on their radar and is figuring it out. Maybe the liners have flexible rubber that presses together...
  2. Barklikeadog

    How many will look into the F-150 Lightning?

    I never said that. I question the odd claim by a previous poster who won't buy a Ford because of something they did 50 years ago... while he apparently buys vehicles nowadays, with conveniently ignored, similar activities, currently going on in their supply chain.
  3. Barklikeadog

    How many will look into the F-150 Lightning?

    All for that, let's not pretend the current emerging alternative is some holy venture without bad actors and collateral damage to humans and the environment.
  4. Barklikeadog

    How many will look into the F-150 Lightning?

    https://earth.org/cobalt-mining/ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/may/06/pollution-causing-birth-defects-in-children-of-drc-cobalt-miners-study https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-toll-of-the-cobalt-mining-industry-congo/ A CBS News investigation of child labor in cobalt mines...
  5. Barklikeadog

    How many will look into the F-150 Lightning?

    Are your eyes not open to the lithium and cobalt mining that is CURRENTLY doing what Ford did 50 years ago? Or does that not count because it is in a poor country overseas? Out of sight out of mind, clear conscience.
  6. Barklikeadog

    How many will look into the F-150 Lightning?

    No idea what they are talking about, I'm limited out of the credit under the new rules
  7. Barklikeadog

    How many will look into the F-150 Lightning?

    Is this for real? I def do not qualify for the new $7500 incentive. Gas powered XLT now costs 60k. That used to be the best bang for the buck pickup year after year (pre covid) I currently have a 19 loaded platinum.
  8. Barklikeadog

    Talk me off the ledge.... No door handles?

    Can you open it with gloves?
  9. Barklikeadog

    All discussion of Rivian Automotive

    Any non truck owner would be shocked at the intensity of tonneau cover discussions on truck forums. Most of the competing cover makers are owned by one parent company and they share their tech innovations. Buyers want: waterproof(very few are truly waterproof, the ones that are have shells that...
  10. Barklikeadog

    All discussion of Rivian Automotive

    sounds like a part designed by a tech person not a truck person
  11. Barklikeadog

    After what time has passed would you consider an FSD class action lawsuit?

    I've noticed that 'democracy' has become a 'literally'. Losing all meaning and thrown around by people who slept through their civics courses. 'Fascism/ist' is quickly catching up with 'democracy'. https://maryssecretary.com/2021/09/06/when-the-word-literally-is-literally-misused/
  12. Barklikeadog

    After what time has passed would you consider an FSD class action lawsuit?

    "Which is probably why I literally pointed that out in the post you quoted" Which is probably why I pointed that out in the post you quoted Go with number 2
  13. Barklikeadog

    After what time has passed would you consider an FSD class action lawsuit?

    I need to start giving out citations for "literally" abuse
  14. Barklikeadog

    Breaking News: Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Tesla re: FSD

    What would that ratio be if the 'autopilot' driver never interfered? Safety warning systems on autos are proven to reduce serious accidents. People willing to pay for more safety systems tend to already be better, more defensive drivers. I've always looked at it from the perspective that...
  15. Barklikeadog

    Roadster 2024

    full self biking Traffic and Stop Sign Control (Beta): Identifies stop signs and traffic lights and automatically blows through them like any other biker on the road.
  16. Barklikeadog

    Former Presidential Candidate calls for Federal Government to pull FSD from public roads ASAP

    forgot nader was still alive. weird fact, nader, preferred bush in 2000 over gore.
  17. Barklikeadog

    Autonomous Car Progress

    Lidar gonna win
  18. Barklikeadog

    Ford requiring owners of F-150 Lightnings to not sell them in first year

    If a band is popular enough, it's not a problem, but they need to work out the variables. Adults buy tickets and drop the kids and friends off at the show. People buy tickets and given them to friends. Radio stations give them away... It's not convenient. If this is the most popular boy...
  19. Barklikeadog

    Ford requiring owners of F-150 Lightnings to not sell them in first year

    Scalpers stay in business because they make life easier for businesses. Take your typical music concert. (I worked in this business) Depending on the performance contract, a box office manager communicates with the promoter and gm and they figure out the prices, seat layout, and revenue...
  20. Barklikeadog

    Phantom braking events with pics

    Been on a few road trips recently, and I think about hands off the wheel and what that might be like... I really enjoy having adaptive cruise control where all I have to do is steer. I think I would be more stressed watching the car do its thing and constantly wondering when I need to jump in.
  21. Barklikeadog

    Phantom braking events with pics

    Got to see my first one today. Driving home around 7pm in the middle of 3 lanes going 60. Little to no traffic. Blue model 3 was coming up about 65mph on the inside lane. Just as it was getting past me... whoosh, gone, slammed on the brakes. No traffic, straight roadway, no overpass. There...
  22. Barklikeadog

    Data likely shows Teslas on Autopilot crash more than rivals

    stupid, drunk, teenager, poor, elderly... can't regulate demographics
  23. Barklikeadog

    Data likely shows Teslas on Autopilot crash more than rivals

    It's easier to dismiss NHTSA as either a room full of fools, or room full of short sellers. NHTSA has been dealing with corner cutting, liability avoiding automakers for decades. They are not the bad guy.
  24. Barklikeadog

    New FSD beta testers (June 2022) - First experiences

    Ha, now that is funny. I grew up in an area where the rail tracks were several feet higher than the road, seen too many bad decisions and unfortunately 1 death for people who couldn't handle them. In icy weather a human knows(usually) to go against their instincts and speed up, or you're in...
  25. Barklikeadog

    Lawsuit over FSD claims allowed to proceed

    From neurotray dot com, referencing a japanese study from a few years back.... "If we could film a second of our lives in slow motion, we would see that the brain takes that time to become abuzz. In a second each neuron connects with another about 200 times, that means that it registers about...
  26. Barklikeadog

    Lawsuit over FSD claims allowed to proceed

    Right, they need a brain too. One greater than any supercomputer ever created.
  27. Barklikeadog

    NTHSA Investigating Tesla over growing Phantom Braking complaints

    I came here to see the expected 'it doesn't happen to me' to dismiss something that happens to others. Gonna need some Lidar
  28. Barklikeadog

    Politics - Quarantine Thread

    Can we talk sensibly about this happening once again? Everywhere I go online people are tearing each other's heads off on the subject of gun control. I turn on the news and in between the sadness and emotion, it's all blame and hate for the other side of the aisle. Where are the centrist...
  29. Barklikeadog

    Elon Musk

    No argument here. And well said about the wedge issue situation, that always gets me. I like to bring up sandy hook and the immediate call for some action on gun control, even from conservatives. After the massacre, the Dems created 2 gun control bills that failed. The Repubs created two...
  30. Barklikeadog

    Elon Musk

    Those quirks were intentional. Founders were determined to avoid a democracy because it inevitably leads to tyranny of the majority. The 51% could enslave the 49%. Thus, our two senators and nod towards rural areas. The word democracy does not appear in the constitution or decl of ind. What...
  31. Barklikeadog

    Elon Musk

    In the USA, they believe they are a democracy. Unfortunately not enough educators stress that we are a Representative Republic. The word has lost all meaning in recent generations, it is the political version of "literally"
  32. Barklikeadog

    Politics - Quarantine Thread

    You sound like one of those people who throw around words like 'rights' 'democracy' 'innocent until proven guilty' and of course 'free speech' based on incorrect assumptions. Maybe things you've seen on tv.
  33. Barklikeadog

    Politics - Quarantine Thread

    I have the feeling Tesla has added much more to Cali than taken away
  34. Barklikeadog

    Elon Musk

    Saw this come up on Business (tabloid) Insider. A SpaceX flight attendant said Elon Musk exposed himself and propositioned her for sex, documents show. The company paid $250,000 for her silence...
  35. Barklikeadog

    The catastrophe of FSD and erosion of trust in Tesla

    I've always thought that a couple other items are required... Lidar, and the ability for cars to communicate position and velocity with each other. If you -really- wanted to make it work, cure congestion, etc,... The job might get done right, but it won't be for any autos currently on the...
  36. Barklikeadog

    The catastrophe of FSD and erosion of trust in Tesla

    Are you most concerned with appearance, or capability?
  37. Barklikeadog

    The catastrophe of FSD and erosion of trust in Tesla

    The average Tesla buyer is male age 35-65, family and six figure income. There is no flaw. This is the safest driving demographic on the road no matter what they drive, and they spend more for safety features. The general population has millions of teens, early 20s driving, elderly, avg car 12...
  38. Barklikeadog

    The catastrophe of FSD and erosion of trust in Tesla

    because those testers, who are already the best of the best driving demographic, are a human backup safety system for the software. Do you believe there would be some incidents if all 60k get in, set course, and play on their phones?
  39. Barklikeadog

    Cybertruck design/features

    Can't critique the rubber. Drives me nuts the mall crawler tires and 20 22 inch rims on current pickups. Looking cool trumps capability and ride quality I guess
  40. Barklikeadog

    Cybertruck design/features

    Roads are brutal on any car around here (philly area). It's absurd how much money they take for road repairs, far more than neighboring states with similar miles of roads, and the roadways are awful. When you see a Tesla around here, odds are the rims are scraped up. Back when the 3 initially...
  41. Barklikeadog

    Roadster 2024

    There are other discussions around here, articles on Electrek, etc about a Tesla bike. Most tend to agree... unnecessary, too much competition, no reason to do this.
  42. Barklikeadog

    Roadster 2024

    SpaceX will land something on Mars before then
  43. Barklikeadog

    Cybertruck design/features

    That sounds like a Tesla problem. GM has 61m autos on the road and 4500 dealers.(in the US) that's about 13,500 autos per dealer. Course you have the right to repair elsewhere. Tesla has sold about 1.5m in the US and has about 150 service centers. That's 10k autos per center. Then you have...
  44. Barklikeadog

    Cybertruck design/features

    This is what I see when I drive by. Customer cars double, triple, quadruple parked. Parked in random areas. Parked in the grass. I worry about that stuff. I ask sales depts about service wait times. When I test drove an S many years ago I asked the wait time for service. I like talking to...
  45. Barklikeadog

    Cybertruck design/features

    Sounds like you are getting robbed. Pay $50 per year for the Ford works package for an F150. Oil, fluids, tires, etc. Drive a lot... $100 per year. I negotiated 10 freebies when I bought. That's 5-7 years of service for $0. What I have a hard time comprehending, is how EV have so few issues...