EV thread

[ColoJeep]

Some do, some don't (beg for it). I know plenty of people who don't want any part of it whatsoever. Some of them make me sound like Mother Theresa by comparison.

We have both types right here on this forum.

Yup .... The spectrum is wide in TJ land .

 

[Apparition]

Yup .... The spectrum is wide in TJ land .

But, we are all on it

 

[KennethS]

The sad thing is , people beg for this crap and others beg to exploit them .

I recall 20 years ago or so when all the high-end manufacturers were stuffing their vehicles with electronics that no one asked for there were "issues" that the manufacturers couldn't fix and wouldn't talk about publicly. Some folks got the manufacturers to take the vehicles back but they had to sign nondisclosure agreements. Now we all suffer from this "electronics stuffing" and there's no recourse.

 

[Reign Mack]

Slate

View: https://youtu.be/d0t7wpkFc6U?si=Ku1QqP-T_VsH0Cny

 

[Zorba]

...and there's no recourse.

There's one: Don't participate in the lunacy.

 

[chili_pepper]

There's one: Don't participate in the lunacy.

Time's running out on that one. I might suggest getting rid of the people scumbags responsible for making the stupid policies as a more permanent solution.

 

[Zorba]

Time's running out on that one. I might suggest getting rid of the people scumbags responsible for making the stupid policies as more permanent solution.

Completely agree. However, I figure I have about 21 more years in this vale of tears this time around, I think I can keep my old junk running that long (we'll see).

 

[srimes]

Completely agree. However, I figure I have about 21 more years in this vale of tears this time around, I think I can keep my old junk running that long (we'll see).

With the speed medicine is advancing now you might be shaking skirts a lot longer than you'd think.

 

[Zorba]

With the speed medicine is advancing now you might be shaking skirts a lot longer than you'd think.

Eh, maybe. I have my father's body, and I'm aging pretty much the same way he did. Then again, he died of prostate cancer, I'm at a lower risk than he was because I didn't get a vasectomy like he did. *shrug*

 

[srimes]

View: https://x.com/Mappy6984/status/2070946573043806497?s=20

 

[srimes]

you don't say


View: https://x.com/ExxAlerts/status/2072721507013538106?s=20

 

[Woodrow]

you don't say


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hmm...
I know everyone here (many anyhow) would like to blame the EV but this story reminds me of all those stories of cars accelerating on their own 20 or so years back.

 

[ColoJeep]

hmm...
I know everyone here (many anyhow) would like to blame the EV but this story reminds me of all those stories of cars accelerating on their own 20 or so years back.

Maybe even further back than that , like the 1984 Audi 5000 B.S. As much as I think German cars are over rated , Audi got screwed over drivers not used to a normal size brake pedal , like in a manual trans car . Instead of a 8" wide brake pedal like in grandma's Electra 225 .

 

[Apparition]

View: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaQNM59Rh-b/?igsh=MXAwZXN2dXptamJpag==

 

[Reign Mack]

Some official numbers being shared here about the slate now

View: https://youtu.be/Qa6MQcQ2Vhs?si=9rf5-N3LpPABnjHj

towing

range and price

the build website now includes costs

 

[srimes]

View: https://x.com/MattWallaceTech/status/2075271919189033025?s=20

 

[srimes]

View: https://x.com/niccruzpatane/status/2074574540567355853?s=20

 

[Reign Mack]

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I guess its a good thing they decided to reinvent the way to manually open a car door during an emergency situation.

imagine trying to figure this out or explain it in upturned vehicle.... back passenger basically caught in a death trap.


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[KennethS]

View: https://x.com/niccruzpatane/status/2074574540567355853?s=20

So is this comparison for similar age and price point vehicles, or is it including gas vehicles that are decades old? I suspect cheap older poorly maintained vehicles are more likely to experience catastrophic failures than expensive new vehicles.

 

[speeding_infraction]

So is this comparison for similar age and price point vehicles, or is it including gas vehicles that are decades old? I suspect cheap older poorly maintained vehicles are more likely to experience catastrophic failures than expensive new vehicles.

Likely, yes, but I bet in the event that a new vehicle does experience a catastrophic failure, it would be 3x as expensive to fix. Sounds to me like a 20 year old one owner vehicle with service records is the way to go.