Tangent Thread - P&R Edition

Lorewarn said:
I don't think any of us do, unless all they're exclusively offering is toxic disingenuous ragebait.

Trouble is, too many of them exist in the middle between that and being well-reasoned, and will eventually run off on their own due to A) victimhood complex, B) the Backfire Effect where they dig in to their ideology harder when presented with new ideas outside the right-wing rage ecosystem, C) being overwhelmed by an environment of actual criticism and attempts at critical thinking which they aren't used to. 

Archy survives because he can just so often enough take a high enough road and approach topics openly (same can be said for some more center and left posters, maybe even myself). Also probably because he likes the petty s#!t, which is also probably true of most of us.
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So just the Notre Dame fan then? And the Rusty sock puppet?

 
GSG said:
Lies! I've seen you driving around in your Prius with your Coexist bumper stickers 
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I swear by Christ and all that is holy, when you buy a Prius you absolutely must have to sign a notarized, triple-witnessed form in red ink that says when you are out in the world in your pseudo Honda you will drive like the most inflamed hemorrhoidal asshole the world has ever seen.

 
knapplc said:
I swear by Christ and all that is holy, when you buy a Prius you absolutely must have to sign a notarized, triple-witnessed form in red ink that says when you are out in the world in your pseudo Honda you will drive like the most inflamed hemorrhoidal asshole the world has ever seen.
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Hey you….we don’t drive like that all the time  :steam   :lol:

Seriously though, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Prius or a Smart Car driven aggressively. They’re more like toys someone left on the road to cause me consternation.

Yesterday I was behind a larger sparkly orange Tesla and this jackhole had a scrolling banner message in his back window “Don’t Tailgate! You’re on camera. I follow all traffic laws, I didn’t write the laws so don’t blame me”  I hope he reviews his video cuz he’ll see me flipping him the double eagles  :lol:

 
JJ Husker said:
Hey you….we don’t drive like that all the time  :steam   :lol:

Seriously though, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Prius or a Smart Car driven aggressively. They’re more like toys someone left on the road to cause me consternation.

Yesterday I was behind a larger sparkly orange Tesla and this jackhole had a scrolling banner message in his back window “Don’t Tailgate! You’re on camera. I follow all traffic laws, I didn’t write the laws so don’t blame me”  I hope he reviews his video cuz he’ll see me flipping him the double eagles  :lol:
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Tesla drivers seem to be of only two extremes; going so slow they're impeding traffic, or going crazy fast like a$$h@!es

 
GSG said:
Tesla drivers seem to be of only two extremes; going so slow they're impeding traffic, or going crazy fast like a$$h@!es
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….and all of them extremely impressed with themselves.

I’ve actually thought about getting the Cyber Truck for my business.  We never need to go further than Denver or the Springs and back so the charge range should be sufficient. But I’ve seen a lot of info indicating that Teslas are pretty much mechanically crap and maintenance nightmares. Guess we’ll see when the Cyber Truck actually becomes available. I like the looks, they are butt ugly. Looks like something we would build at my shop.

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JJ Husker said:
Hey you….we don’t drive like that all the time  :steam   :lol:

Seriously though, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Prius or a Smart Car driven aggressively. They’re more like toys someone left on the road to cause me consternation.

Yesterday I was behind a larger sparkly orange Tesla and this jackhole had a scrolling banner message in his back window “Don’t Tailgate! You’re on camera. I follow all traffic laws, I didn’t write the laws so don’t blame me”  I hope he reviews his video cuz he’ll see me flipping him the double eagles  :lol:
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Do you really have a Prius? I didn't know that!

My gripe with the local Prius drivers is they are SO SLOW. Like the car is made of gingerbread or something.

 
knapplc said:
Do you really have a Prius? I didn't know that!

My gripe with the local Prius drivers is they are SO SLOW. Like the car is made of gingerbread or something.
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No, I don’t have a Prius  :lol:   @GSG been telling fibs.

I drive a GMC Sierra pickup, gas, not one of those annoying diesel jobs.

 
JJ Husker said:
….and all of them extremely impressed with themselves.

I’ve actually thought about getting the Cyber Truck for my business.  We never need to go further than Denver or the Springs and back so the charge range should be sufficient. But I’ve seen a lot of info indicating that Teslas are pretty much mechanically crap and maintenance nightmares. Guess we’ll see when the Cyber Truck actually becomes available. I like the looks, they are butt ugly. Looks like something we would build at my shop.



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All the evidence I've seen actually suggests Teslas (and electric vehicles generally) are far better mechanically and need far less maintenance than comparable ICE cars. EV's have far fewer parts and electric motors are extremely robust. Batteries are the one thing that I'd be careful of in an EV, and the data for Tesla suggests the batteries will last about 250k - 500k miles, so longer than almost any transmission or engine.

Full disclosure: I bought a Tesla Model Y last year. I spent a number of years researching EV's and saving up money to afford it. If I hadn't bought the Model Y, I'd seriously consider the Kia EV6 and the Ford F-150 Lightning. Rivian R1T is also impressive but too expensive for me.

 
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