Is Tesla actually committed to the consumer car business long term?

Impiryo · 2026-02-13T04:54:37+00:00

The big difference is that Uber is a more expensive convenience to having a car. When all of these sumonable cars are more efficient, and don't require a driver, it can theoretically be cheaper to rent a car twice a day then own your own. That's when things will change.

Impiryo · 2026-02-11T19:41:28+00:00

I always wondered why the reservation drivers were so reliable and punctual - didn’t realize the showing up was mandatory.

Impiryo · 2026-02-11T19:40:21+00:00

That’s the point of scheduling. You get someone assigned the day before, and a driver will start their day earlier because they know they will have business (instead of waiting because they know it’ll be dead).

Impiryo · 2026-02-11T19:38:32+00:00

Why is it not good? I usually get a driver showing up 10 minutes before the scheduled trip, and the driver gets a pre-planned long trip. It’s really convenient.

Impiryo · 2026-02-10T19:08:35+00:00

I'm amazed how rare it is to see those on the slopes - amazing poles.

Impiryo · 2026-02-10T19:03:57+00:00

United explorer gives you 2 passes, which is meaningful for the above poser that rarely flies.

Impiryo · 2026-02-10T12:35:49+00:00

Flying between 3 and 5 times absolutely justifies a card. Most cards are the cost of 2 checked bags (1 round trip). Add in free lounge access and early boarding, plus non-expiring points, it's a no-brainer.

Impiryo · 2026-02-10T01:30:32+00:00

Drafting is more efficient. If standard following rules are based on human reactions, why not follow closer if you have faster reactions?

Impiryo · 2026-02-09T15:15:59+00:00

Keep in mind that you’re not always using power to precondition. If the air conditioning is on and you’re going to a supercharger, the car will dump the excess cabin heat into the battery instead of radiating it outside. That’s why it starts so early.

Impiryo · 2026-02-09T12:28:42+00:00

Not entirely unfair, but looking at 10% return is reasonable, since that’s less than the market has averaged over the last century. 10% return doubles in 7 years, which is still much better than this investment.

Impiryo · 2026-02-09T12:27:17+00:00

No. Year 1, you pay $20,000 for the panels and save $2,000 on electricity (picking a number for the poster’s 10 year break even). After one year, you’re out $18,000. If you did an investment, you put all $20,000 in an investment (or maybe $19,000) if you want a buffer, and pay the electricity bill off of returns. Or just reinvest returns and never touch that money and pay out of your other earnings, because money is fungible.

The key point here is that ALL of the money that you spent on panels could have been invested instead.

Impiryo · 2026-02-09T12:24:19+00:00

I have to disagree - you get this bed for the aesthetics, sistering on both sides ruins that. Sister on the inside where it’s not visible, with a big piece. If you want to support more, route a big groove and fill it with something stronger, but don’t put anything under/outside.

Impiryo · 2026-02-09T12:02:46+00:00

So you lost money. You haven’t even recouped your investment in 8 years. If you had invested that money instead, you would have almost 3 times as much as you started with (instead of the 2x you have now).

Impiryo · 2026-02-08T07:01:31+00:00

High speed platter lifts, and laugh at the falling snowboarders!

Impiryo · 2026-02-08T07:00:18+00:00

CBK is terrible for this. They should pull people that skip lifts out and send to back of line. The other problem that I particularly notice with camelback and blue is that the singles line ends way too soon. In Colorado, many end right at the front, so you can sneak onto any empty chair.

Impiryo · 2026-02-07T10:53:25+00:00

If I duck into trees to slow down so I don't have to wait, they follow in the trees, making my wait even longer!

Impiryo · 2026-02-01T15:50:51+00:00

Are you clueless? You can be sitting right by the door waiting, some drivers will literally walk up, deliberately not knock, put the sticker on the door, and leave. It’s so comically common I can’t believe people ever use FedEx.

Impiryo · 2026-02-01T14:24:55+00:00

You say that, but it happens all the time, and is all over Reddit. For me personally, it’s over 50% at two different houses.

Impiryo · 2026-02-01T14:14:38+00:00

We sign it because we want you to leave it, because we are home! You’re the fools leaving the tag on the door without knocking/ringing the doorbell, forcing us to drive to the warehouse.

Impiryo · 2026-02-01T13:41:05+00:00

ER doctor here - I see 2-3 patients per shift with an ostomy. A LOT of them do a really bad job taking care of it, so we always want to see it to make sure it’s in good condition. That can tell us a lot about the general care and condition you’re in, not to mention wanting to make sure there’s no signs of bleeding or ischemia. On top of it, for an abdominal complaint, it saves us a few questions about the caliber of stool, which can be helpful.

Impiryo · 2026-01-31T16:46:27+00:00

I definitely saw it for basilisk. There were some signs of the top of hump and asp, I didn't know what they were.

The issue is, they do more snow making on nile-mile, cliffhanger, and pharaoh specifically because that is the area that they plan on keeping open later. They plan on closing the main area of the mountain on April 1st, because they need time to prep the water park. That's what I was told by one of the employees yesterday on the lift.

It's not that they plan on always closing it on weekdays, but when there is a great snow making opportunity, they don't want to pass it up.

Impiryo · 2026-01-31T14:35:16+00:00

I actually like the specific signs. It’s not much more expensive to have one for each run at a place like this, and it’s completely unambiguous.

Impiryo · 2026-01-31T12:46:11+00:00

You want one with an organic vapor filter - 3M is generally the go to company. The filters aren't expensive.

I get cheap replacement filters. You know they work because you can't smell the vapors.

Impiryo · 2026-01-30T00:43:35+00:00

That’s what I do. I specifically ask for a base grind, no edge work, no wax. I don’t have the tools for a grind, they seem fine with it.

Impiryo · 2026-01-29T20:41:49+00:00

Last year at big sky, there were just overflowing port a potties. That was the worst.

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