Nope it was just VW. Certainly not Mercedes! They would NEVER do that. Diesels are clean. It is amazing how angry people get when their myths get popped. Oh yeah, Nokia made the best phones too.
The funniest part of this saga is the decades that Americans had to listen to Europeans going on and on about how their clean diesels were infinitely superior to the American gas guzzlers. Turned out the whole thing was a lie and they inhaled it for decades.
Here is another fact that is going to SHOCK you. Electric cars are not sustainable. No really, they aren't. Having a private car isn't sustainable. It is a luxury for the 1% in the world. I know, you are going to get really upset by that (but "mah freedom"). Nothing is wrong with having a private car, but to say it is "sustainable" is a joke. Having it cost $75k - $150k is just more of a joke.
That is a pretty cool idea: a camera that slides out on a sliding tray. Another cool idea would be to make a phone where the keypad/keyboard slides out. That way you have the whole screen open, without having to type on an on screen keyboard that is obscuring the bottom part of the display.
The 1% loves Teslas because the whole Ferrari thing is old hat. They get to virtue signal that they are cool and hip and about the environment, and drive around in a relatively rare car (because Tesla can't get the production right). Oh, PLUS they have a couple of SUV in the garage too.
That is because you are a fanboy. I live in an area where there are a LOT of Teslas. One of my friends has one. it is a great car, but the fit and finish is average. Don't worry, I am not knocking your hero.
Tesla isn't doing that. They are producing $70k-$140k cars for the 1%. If you REALLY were interested in sustainability you wouldn't be so enamored with Tesla. You guys are delusional.
Oh look it is the old "well what do YOU do" approach. It isn't about ME. The point is that you guys fawn over things that don't matter. There are people who are actually doing great things in this world (not me) that you guys know nothing about. A 0.0001%er builds a $100k electric car, or a vanity rocket company and you guys fall over yourselves. It would be funny if it weren't so pathetic.
You don't need to hang out in a owners club. Just go to a Tesla showroom. The fit and finish is about comparable to a Chevy Cruze. Nothing terrible, but nothing great.
Reality check: if you are living in a 220k home you ARE part of the 1% in the world. That is a big problem with you guys: you have no context of what the world is like. You go on and on about things that don't matter.
You are right. I don't, because I don't care to know. But think of this: what the difference does it make to YOU that an expensive car for the 1% (that you will never be able to afford), uses a PMSRM instead of a SPM? I mean really, who cares? How is it improving the human condition? There are many people out there who are really changing the way we live in a meaningful way. You guys are obsessed with the cult of his personality. It is you that cares about totally irrelevant things.
Wah, sorry snowflake. Sorry I hurt your hero worship. Meanwhile, there are people actually accomplishing great things. But yeah, I guess putting satellites in LEO is new to you guys.
Nothing "generalized" about it. Rockets have been going to LEO (and beyond) for decades. He is improving on it. Nothing wrong with that. You guys get so upset.
APK - I can't wait until he launches his BFR to Mars. Hopefully you and I will be on the same rocket and finally get off of this rock stuck in a gravity well!
Or it might be just that he is spending money on improving things that have been done before, and you are really impressed by it. Tesla isn't the first electric car (that was *gasp* 180 years ago!) or shooting rockets into LEO (*gasp* that was 61 years ago). And I hate to break it to you: people have actually made tunnels before (I know: hard to believe!)
Nah, it's just particularly egregious in this case. It is always amusing how Tesla drivers are invariably rich people who drive them to their 7,000 sqft homes and their equally large vacation homes. So much for saving the environment.
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Nope it was just VW. Certainly not Mercedes! They would NEVER do that. Diesels are clean. It is amazing how angry people get when their myths get popped. Oh yeah, Nokia made the best phones too.
Nah, let them believe it was just VW. Yup, just VW. They rest of your diesels are "clean".
Thats true. No other European manufacturer did it. Nope. Not one. Just VW.
The funniest part of this saga is the decades that Americans had to listen to Europeans going on and on about how their clean diesels were infinitely superior to the American gas guzzlers. Turned out the whole thing was a lie and they inhaled it for decades.
What is getting done here? I am not producing any luxury car for the 1% to drive around in? I missed my calling in life...
Here is another fact that is going to SHOCK you. Electric cars are not sustainable. No really, they aren't. Having a private car isn't sustainable. It is a luxury for the 1% in the world. I know, you are going to get really upset by that (but "mah freedom"). Nothing is wrong with having a private car, but to say it is "sustainable" is a joke. Having it cost $75k - $150k is just more of a joke.
That is a pretty cool idea: a camera that slides out on a sliding tray. Another cool idea would be to make a phone where the keypad/keyboard slides out. That way you have the whole screen open, without having to type on an on screen keyboard that is obscuring the bottom part of the display.
The 1% loves Teslas because the whole Ferrari thing is old hat. They get to virtue signal that they are cool and hip and about the environment, and drive around in a relatively rare car (because Tesla can't get the production right). Oh, PLUS they have a couple of SUV in the garage too.
That is because you are a fanboy. I live in an area where there are a LOT of Teslas. One of my friends has one. it is a great car, but the fit and finish is average. Don't worry, I am not knocking your hero.
The fact that you think that a 2200 sqft house is "modest" is very telling. There is nothing like the insular stupidity of suburban Americans.
Reality check: if you own a Tesla or own a $150k house you are in the top 1% of the world. You guys are completely out of touch and delusional.
Tesla isn't doing that. They are producing $70k-$140k cars for the 1%. If you REALLY were interested in sustainability you wouldn't be so enamored with Tesla. You guys are delusional.
Oh look it is the old "well what do YOU do" approach. It isn't about ME. The point is that you guys fawn over things that don't matter. There are people who are actually doing great things in this world (not me) that you guys know nothing about. A 0.0001%er builds a $100k electric car, or a vanity rocket company and you guys fall over yourselves. It would be funny if it weren't so pathetic.
Well guess what? People have been vertically landing rockets for about 30 years now. I know, shocking.
You don't need to hang out in a owners club. Just go to a Tesla showroom. The fit and finish is about comparable to a Chevy Cruze. Nothing terrible, but nothing great.
"Only make the most awesome car ever,"
That about says it all.
Reality check: if you are living in a 220k home you ARE part of the 1% in the world. That is a big problem with you guys: you have no context of what the world is like. You go on and on about things that don't matter.
You are right. I don't, because I don't care to know. But think of this: what the difference does it make to YOU that an expensive car for the 1% (that you will never be able to afford), uses a PMSRM instead of a SPM? I mean really, who cares? How is it improving the human condition? There are many people out there who are really changing the way we live in a meaningful way. You guys are obsessed with the cult of his personality. It is you that cares about totally irrelevant things.
Wah, sorry snowflake. Sorry I hurt your hero worship. Meanwhile, there are people actually accomplishing great things. But yeah, I guess putting satellites in LEO is new to you guys.
They aren't vertically landing a rocket. They are landing a booster. I guess that is the part that impresses you so much?
Nothing "generalized" about it. Rockets have been going to LEO (and beyond) for decades. He is improving on it. Nothing wrong with that. You guys get so upset.
How am I griping about it? I didn't mean to offend your hero. I think he is doing a great job.
APK - I can't wait until he launches his BFR to Mars. Hopefully you and I will be on the same rocket and finally get off of this rock stuck in a gravity well!
Or it might be just that he is spending money on improving things that have been done before, and you are really impressed by it. Tesla isn't the first electric car (that was *gasp* 180 years ago!) or shooting rockets into LEO (*gasp* that was 61 years ago). And I hate to break it to you: people have actually made tunnels before (I know: hard to believe!)
Nah, it's just particularly egregious in this case. It is always amusing how Tesla drivers are invariably rich people who drive them to their 7,000 sqft homes and their equally large vacation homes. So much for saving the environment.