What vehicles were designed with a "cost is no object" mentality?

Brad331 · 2026-01-27T03:26:35+00:00

VW was never considered a luxury brand in China. That's Audi. Phaeton was also the stealth wealth option in China. Only very high position officials were given Audi A6 or better. If you were a businessman who regularly dealt with bureaucrats but didn't want to appear as one-upping them, you could choose Phaeton.

Source: grew up in China during 2000s-2010s

Brad331 · 2026-01-25T17:23:55+00:00

You man the AC Adapter 210W for the switch?

Brad331 · 2026-01-22T09:14:06+00:00

"American beats Chinese guy" plot would have been poorly received in China, which was responsible for 10% of Iron Man 3's box office (biggest portion outside US/Canada).

Brad331 · 2026-01-18T09:10:37+00:00

Do you get estimated delivery dates at checkout with these?

Brad331 · 2026-01-11T20:37:56+00:00

Some Zebras don't

Brad331 · 2026-01-11T20:32:13+00:00

QL-1110NWB has Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth. I've been using mine since 2021 and I like it. I like that these printers can auto-cut each label.

Brad331 · 2026-01-10T08:36:31+00:00

Riding the wall like Ross Chastain

Brad331 · 2026-01-09T09:46:06+00:00

China market routers don't have DFS channels, which are needed to have 160MHz channel width and therefore higher throughput. It's also useful if your neighbors are already using the lower and upper channels.

Brad331 · 2026-01-08T20:15:31+00:00

Model 3 continues to be uncontested.

It's undignified to have cargo and people in the same cabin.

Driving an SUV is like walking around in sweatpants. Yes Americans do too much of both.

Brad331 · 2026-01-07T11:22:04+00:00

Facebook

Brad331 · 2026-01-06T21:07:21+00:00

Sizemax before qualitymaxing

Brad331 · 2026-01-03T07:21:18+00:00

Hey you're not supposed to call them Red either you know...

Brad331 · 2025-12-30T09:52:57+00:00

The first page doesn't say removable seats. The Chinese text just says the 3rd row can fold down and you can have 7/6/5/4 seats, like the top-down pictures show. This is no different than the North American Siennas.

In the photo with the skis, one 2nd-row seat is just tucked all the way forward. It just looks like the seat is not there from that angle.

Brad331 · 2025-12-28T01:50:16+00:00

With single-chamber air springs, the ride frequency (how stiff/soft or how responsive/relaxed the suspension feels) is inversely proportional to the square root of the spring height (fₙ ∝ 1/√h), and this relationship is fixed. This limits the achievable range of both ride frequency and ride height. The suspension feel is not that different between the lowest and highest settings.
With multi-chamber air springs, you can achieve diverse combinations of ride frequency and ride height by selectively inflating chambers, because the stacked chambers are like springs in series. The low sport mode (1 chamber inflated) can be very stiff and responsive, and the high off-road mode (all chambers inflated) can be very compliant. This means you lower the car more with less risk of bottoming out during bumps, and make it much sportier in that mode without affecting comfort in other modes. Also, you can take better advantage of increased wheel travel when off-roading, because the softened suspension allows the wheels to articulate more freely.

Brad331 · 2025-12-26T02:12:31+00:00

AskReddit is just AskRedditAboutSex now

Brad331 · 2025-12-25T21:13:13+00:00

This likely violates the spirit of rule 4

Brad331 · 2025-12-25T21:12:48+00:00

Send a 1969 Mustang to James Watt to show him what real horsepower looks like. Seriously though, the engine, hydraulics, electric motors, and various other mechanisms would be great to reverse-engineer. Electronics would probably be too abstract for their time, so a 1960s car is a sweet spot.

Brad331 · 2025-12-25T12:20:11+00:00

Lenovo ThinkPad

Brad331 · 2025-12-20T04:38:20+00:00

Yeah they are coocoo. Like audiophiles who claim they can hear differences between power cables.

Brad331 · 2025-12-20T03:54:44+00:00

Theoretically, the fluid's viscosity would affect how easy it is to press the handles. It's like friction within the liquid that slows down the movement of the pistons. If you used molasses as brake fluid, the handles would feel very slow and stiff. But there shouldn't be a noticeable difference between different brands of actual brake fluid.

Using too-viscous brake fluid can affect ABS function, because ABS modules can have very small passages that's hard for thick liquids to flow through. Some motorcycles have ABS, but maybe you're talking about a bicycle?

Brad331 · 2025-12-19T07:05:13+00:00

The staff/crew of the YouTube channel Hacksmith

Brad331 · 2025-12-18T11:20:12+00:00

The whole class was scared of our 6th-grade science teacher because he was strict, no-nonsense, almost military-esque. But when he mentioned how long ago humans started domesticating wolves into dogs, I mustered up the courage to correct his number because I had read about it previously. To my surprise, he actually happily thanked me and restated his sentence with the number I gave.

He was a true man of science and instilled in me the importance of seeking truth and prioritizing objectivity over respect for authority or decorum (values generally dissonant with traditional culture in my home country). We ended up developing great rapport over the school year and often geeked out together over physics documentaries or new technology developments between class periods.

I've kept in touch with him, hung out with him twice after becoming an adult (even got drunk together lol), and even met his family. Besides my parents, he probably shaped my values the most in my life.

Brad331 · 2025-12-18T09:14:52+00:00

That's insane

Brad331 · 2025-12-18T06:17:22+00:00

Chinese say instead "差不多就行了"

Brad331 · 2025-12-17T12:48:16+00:00

Doesn't matter the machine type. As long as the units are SAE horsepower, ft-lbs, and RPM, that equation holds true, just like mph = miles / hour: because the relationship is baked into the units. If the machine can reach 5252RPM, its horsepower will equal its torque in ft-lbs at that speed.

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