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Elon MuskVerified account @elonmuskAt @SpaceX Texas with engineering team getting ready to fire new Raptor rocket engine
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At @SpaceX Texas with engineering team getting ready to fire new Raptor rocket engine
I love this ITAR-safe photo where the injectors are under-exposed to such a degree that they are completely invisible.
(Challenge for those who think this is conspiracy talk: of the many photos of SpaceX rockets and the Merlin engines, link to just one photo that is up the business end of the nozzle showing the shape, grouping and placement of the pintle injectors. I believe you are not going to find any such picture.)
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Ronak Patel, a CPA auditor in New Jersey, bought a Model 3 last August. He’s driven about 150 miles in the cold over the last few days. “My biggest concern is the cold weather drained my battery 20 to 25 miles overnight and an extra five to ten miles on my drive to work,” he said. “I paid $60,000 to not drain my battery so quickly.”
This guy...
Edit: seems Karen had the same observation
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'Merican football, rugby wannabes who were too scared or delicate, plus need a break every 30 seconds to get their breath back.
I can't speak for the others, but I'm really quite dim.
Made it! 4 days to catch up this freakin' thread!! I read every post, every single one (especially the good bitchy ones with Karen and Tenable, they're the best!)
The third Model 3 shipment headed for Panama, the Grand Aurora, has arrived there and changed its destination to Zeebrugge,
GRAND AURORA Current position (Vehicles Carrier, IMO 9279331) - VesselFinder
GRAND AURORA Current position (Vehicles Carrier, IMO 9279331) - VesselFinder
I have been pondering this question for a few weeks now: why aren’t we hearing anything from Congress (Californian or Nevadan lawmakers) about changing the EV tax rebate? I find it truly mindboggling.
With Tesla and GM having reached the threshold of 200,000 cars, and Tesla buyers already getting only half the rebate, the program has now turned into a government paid stimulation program for mostly foreign carmakers.
Whereas the Chinese rebate program is limited to Chinese built cars, the US program is now actually doing the opposite: it is trying to get car buyers to choose a European built Jaguar or Audi or a Korean built Hyundai or KIA over an American built Tesla or Chevy!
Make Europe Great Again? Make Korea Great Again? You can’t make stuff like this up.
With Tesla and GM having reached the threshold of 200,000 cars, and Tesla buyers already getting only half the rebate, the program has now turned into a government paid stimulation program for mostly foreign carmakers.
Whereas the Chinese rebate program is limited to Chinese built cars, the US program is now actually doing the opposite: it is trying to get car buyers to choose a European built Jaguar or Audi or a Korean built Hyundai or KIA over an American built Tesla or Chevy!
Make Europe Great Again? Make Korea Great Again? You can’t make stuff like this up.
At @SpaceX Texas with engineering team getting ready to fire new Raptor rocket engine
Love fact checkings observation.... I love reading this thread. Which is why I also loved this....
I have taken a double take at @Tenable ‘s avatar as well, but figured humor as his posts are usually “longish” .
Yes, especially their A8 which like the Model S is made of aluminium.
Once I had to have the whole side incl. the doors (and a wheel assembly) fixed, that cost 22k € (and took almost a month).
One of several reasons that I will drive my Model 3 more carefully is the stories I hear regarding time to get spare parts.
That guy reads like a complete tool.
I think I was one (of many) who contributed to making him delete that confused post,
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True, at least n accident repair, according to my body shop friend who does Audi more than any other brand except Tesla. He does high end cars mostly. Audi, he claims, has high complexity and a prponsity to need chassis alignment after small accidents. Personally I never had any problems with the one A4 I owned.
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My ratings for sports:
Baseball 0/10
Basketball 4/10 (Loved MJ)
American Football 5/10
Rugby 5/10 (too much like Rugby League these days)
Superbowl 7/10
Soccer 9/10 - the beautiful game
Baiting US with how poor their sports are 10/10
That's the problem with having an empire. All the fun people decided to go somewhere warm then became independent so the miserable ones couldn't follow.
Those articles that show up in outlets where I have seen only hit pieces before make we think that something is about to change.
The reporting after the ER has been indeed partly negative as we have seen it before but the sheer amount of also more moderate or positive articles like this one more based on fundamentals and fact could help to change the narrative and investors reevaluate their strategy with regards to Tesla and starting to open positions.
Actually I expect this happened the last two days already and may continue. The stock movement we have seen since ER are encouraging. Still I have been surprised in the past too and we never know.
Technicals tell us that $300 and $280 are now the new bottom and we have a lot of headspace to swing up again.
This is all speculation obviously and I do not know.
5 reasons not to bet against Tesla (for now)
The reporting after the ER has been indeed partly negative as we have seen it before but the sheer amount of also more moderate or positive articles like this one more based on fundamentals and fact could help to change the narrative and investors reevaluate their strategy with regards to Tesla and starting to open positions.
Actually I expect this happened the last two days already and may continue. The stock movement we have seen since ER are encouraging. Still I have been surprised in the past too and we never know.
Technicals tell us that $300 and $280 are now the new bottom and we have a lot of headspace to swing up again.
This is all speculation obviously and I do not know.
5 reasons not to bet against Tesla (for now)
Nobody does say that the companies services are great and great for all. But the majority would buy again without hesitation and that is what counts.
Most auto companies have issues with service. If you look at the CR result chart you will agree that most have more severe issues with services than Tesla.
As @KarenRei pointed out correctly before and I tried to make the same, the negative service experiences definitely did happen and are not good but the data from CR is a definite proof that they are not a broad experience for the majority of owners and for all of those the overall experience with the company/car/service is that good that they would buy it again.
The issue with our all social media consumption is that it does create and impression of representation that is just false in particular if you have a good reason for the people with negative reasons to speak out loud and a good reason for the obvious majority of people with a good experience to not speak at all.
Shorts and Bears did argue about the bad service before but we see now that it does not have a negative effect on people to decide buying a Tesla again. Thats an important information for us investors and does confirm that Bears have been wrong again.
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I can attest to that. Don't get me started on my experiences with Audi and repairs - that itself is a reason to not buy them any longer. Even though the cars are nice so I can understand folks that look at the e-tron seriously...
I love this ITAR-safe photo where the injectors are under-exposed to such a degree that they are completely invisible.
(Challenge for those who think this is conspiracy talk: of the many photos of SpaceX rockets and the Merlin engines, link to just one photo that is up the business end of the nozzle showing the shape, grouping and placement of the pintle injectors. I believe you are not going to find any such picture.)
I call non-conspiracy/ factual error.
Shape: circular
Placement: center
Grouping: one
Unless SpaceX went way off board, there is only one face shut off pintle injector. You may be thinking of the typical showerhead approach of an engine with a main shutoff valve upstream.
Informative article:
Pintle Injector Rocket Engines|National Space Society
TRW face shut off pintle design that Merlin was based in part on:
http://smartdata.usbid.com/datasheets/usbid/2001/2001-q1/pintleenginepaperaiaafinal.pdf
Excerpts:
Edit: rocket tech is covered under ITAR, so nozzle shots might be restricted due to that, but also well known and not conspiracy...
Edit 2: the injector is in the combustion chamber beyond the bell throat. Unless you are specifically taking a shot of the injector (adjust lighting, right on centerline), you likely wouldn't see it.
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2025!! What a joke. Isn't this effectively an ad for Tesla really?
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