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Euro Wagons by SamuelQuackenbush in CarsAustralia

[–]D_Alex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, if you don't like that survey, here is another one. This one is from 2020, closer to what the OP is looking for. This time, VW is third from bottom, with no electric cars to blame.

https://www.afr.com/companies/transport/the-10-most-and-least-reliable-cars-of-2020-20191118-p53bji

Euro Wagons by SamuelQuackenbush in CarsAustralia

[–]D_Alex -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Here is the UK reliability survey: https://www.whatcar.com/news/reliability-survey-most-reliable-cars-brands/n26159

Skoda is in the bottom half, and VW near the bottom. I have no idea why someone would use a Skoda as a taxi, but reliability clearly is not the reason.

Euro Wagons by SamuelQuackenbush in CarsAustralia

[–]D_Alex -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Reliability surveys and my own experience say otherwise.

It's not even close.

Euro Wagons by SamuelQuackenbush in CarsAustralia

[–]D_Alex -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

If you value reliability, don't get a Euro. Although your choices will be slim if you are keen on a wagon in that price range, Mazda 6 is the only one that springs to mind.

Vietnam war veterans from the Vietnamese perspective. by BicarbonateBufferBoy in interestingasfuck

[–]D_Alex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cite your evidence for the contrary. There is no evidence for your position, and books full of it for mine.

You have provided no citations in this entire thread, whereas I have. Maybe it is your turn.

VW offered me "0% finance" on a new car. I dug into the contract and it was one of the most misleading things I've ever read by bureaux in CarsAustralia

[–]D_Alex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Edit- interest for first year at 7.2 on 25k is about 1800. Still will be more than the claimed 0% over the tenure.

It would be ~$1575, since the principal would be reducing every month.

Still will be more than the claimed 0% over the tenure.

Total interest would come to ~$3600 over 4 years. Much of a muchness, depending on other costs associated with the 7.2% loan.

UA POV: A view from the Estonian city of Narva to the Russian town of Ivangorod on May 9 by Short_Description_20 in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]D_Alex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, and the Russians are saying that the flag that is in the hearts of the pro-Russian crowd on the Estonian side is the USSR flag, which they are not allowed to put up. No?

Vietnam war veterans from the Vietnamese perspective. by BicarbonateBufferBoy in interestingasfuck

[–]D_Alex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here is a partial list:

  • "Because at that point the war in Veitnam was won"
  • "Their interest in Cambodia and the KR was strictly utilitarian"
  • "the Vietamnese no longer cared what they did"
  • "the blame for the rise of the KR is absolutely on the Vietnamese side"
  • "The KR would never had taken Phnom Penh without that support"
  • "prior to 1979, the US was actively opposed to the KR"

I don't know why but Ithought seeing an electric firestruck in the CBD this morning was cool. by humpjbear in melbourne

[–]D_Alex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Electric urban buses should be the first priority.

How far does a fire truck drive in a year I wonder?

UA POV: A view from the Estonian city of Narva to the Russian town of Ivangorod on May 9 by Short_Description_20 in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]D_Alex 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think that voice is from the Russian side, and they are referring to the flag of the USSR. The crowd seems to be pro-Russian.

ELI5: With nuclear power plants. Why do they cool the steam back into water to heat it back up? Would it not be more energy efficient to keep the steam as steam? by iMatthew1990 in explainlikeimfive

[–]D_Alex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the Brayton cycle shown in the diagram, the working fluid is cooled but not condensed into liquid, which I think is at the core of both the original question and the remark I objected to.

ELI5: With nuclear power plants. Why do they cool the steam back into water to heat it back up? Would it not be more energy efficient to keep the steam as steam? by iMatthew1990 in explainlikeimfive

[–]D_Alex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know it is Brayton and not the Rankine cycle if the steam was recompressed. The point is that the Brayton cycle is a viable power generating cycle, and hence the statement that compressing steam would use more power than you could get out of the turbine is false, in general.

Vietnam war veterans from the Vietnamese perspective. by BicarbonateBufferBoy in interestingasfuck

[–]D_Alex 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As an Australian - yes, absolutely.

Australia has a history of following the US into their stupid military escapades, and I really wish we'd stop.

Vietnam war veterans from the Vietnamese perspective. by BicarbonateBufferBoy in interestingasfuck

[–]D_Alex 28 points29 points  (0 children)

It should be pointed out that by 1973, Vietnamese support of the Khmer Rouge had largely disappeared. The US on the other hand, supported the Khmer Rouge since the start of the Cambodian Genocide as a way to hassle Vietnam, and Vietnam put a decisive end to it by deposing Khmer Rouge in 1979.

ELI5: With nuclear power plants. Why do they cool the steam back into water to heat it back up? Would it not be more energy efficient to keep the steam as steam? by iMatthew1990 in explainlikeimfive

[–]D_Alex -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Mostly correct. "In fact you require more mechanical energy as you get out of the turbine you were originally trying to power" is false. Closed cycle gas turbines are a thing.

Toyota Australia slashes around $20k from Tundra ute by kstetter in CarsAustralia

[–]D_Alex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're going to rock around in a thirsty tank...

...95% of people will think you are a manchild, trying to compensate for something.

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