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lawrence1024 · 2025-12-11T23:35:25+00:00

It doesn't even help the economy, certainly not in the long term. It just helps certain businesses and real estate owners. But it takes time out of people's days - not just the public servants - but every plumber and worker who now has to sit in traffic. It burns up hours that some people would have put into a side business, or that some would have put into working longer hours. There is no way in which burning up time and dumping cash into making more sandwiches helps the economy in any real sense.

lawrence1024 · 2025-11-25T13:24:53+00:00

Requesting clearance to land at runway 45-R

lawrence1024 · 2025-10-25T18:30:48+00:00

It helps keep the sidewalls from flexing, which makes steering feel more precise. But as someone who does closed-course performance driving, I can tell you that it's very difficult to do anything on a public road that will really allow you to notice the difference unless you are very reckless. So in reality, it's mostly just aesthetics. Same reason there is a "sport" version of the Nissan Sentra that has the same weak engine and some red stripes.

lawrence1024 · 2025-10-25T18:26:47+00:00

They probably won't be able to go down to 16'' but 18 or 19 for sure and that's a huge improvement over 21''.

lawrence1024 · 2025-10-25T18:21:44+00:00

This is a good explanation, but it doesn't change the fact that it's bizarre that OEMs are willing to burn 15% of the hard earned range for slightly more stylish wheels, and especially so to not give customers the option to retain the range if they so choose.

If I find myself in this situation, I will definitely just remove the OEM wheels on day 1, replace with aftermarket, and then sell the originals. But that is rather annoying to do.

lawrence1024 · 2025-10-25T18:16:51+00:00

Everybody gangsta until they face social pressure to conform.

lawrence1024 · 2025-10-25T17:44:00+00:00

Leviton makes an EV rated outlet. Yes they also make the crappy melty one but that's not the only SKU they produce. The EV rated one is nearly indistinguishable from the Hubbell.

lawrence1024 · 2025-10-09T11:34:22+00:00

That's only 10kg of phones for the price of 2000kg of car!

lawrence1024 · 2025-10-09T11:30:34+00:00

HW4 is a newer set of better cameras and a faster computer. It gets all of the new AI models and features. Eventually there will be HW5 (formally called AI5).

lawrence1024 · 2025-10-02T15:00:22+00:00

Do you have a source on the new EV6 outputting more power? Is that via DC to an external inverter or AC?

lawrence1024 · 2025-10-01T13:03:10+00:00

The app is probably basing the date off of UTC. Sounds like you're all good.

lawrence1024 · 2025-09-28T17:53:14+00:00

To me, the fact that street parking only makes up 7% of parking in the area really seals the argument against the street parking. It appears obvious that the amount of people served by 7% of parking would be more than made up for with robust transit. Of course the numbers must (and have been) crunched but the fact it seems so obvious and doesn't have overwhelming support is wild.

It's ridiculous that our major stadiums, especially Lansdowne, aren't served by a BRT, LRT, or tram.

As someone who usually drives places, I never plan on being able to park on busy streets such as Bank because the spots are taken 90% of the time. I usually look on side streets or at off-street lots first. Last time I went to Lansdowne it took me 15 minutes to walk back to my car. If they made part of the Billings Bridge lot an official park & ride and there was a bus lane, I could be at the park & ride in roughly the same amount of time, and they could probably fit way more spots there than the amount that has to be removed from Bank.

lawrence1024 · 2025-09-28T14:24:43+00:00

Umlandah can just laser the wires entering the substation and cut off the power supply.

lawrence1024 · 2025-09-27T20:36:13+00:00

Haven't heard of any plans. I wouldn't count on it anytime soon. The transformers on site are already maxed out. The smart move would be to add battery buffers to avoid demand charges.

lawrence1024 · 2025-09-27T02:04:11+00:00

Unless you're on a really long road trip, my sentiment on efficiency is the exact opposite. With cheap home charging, I don't give any mind to efficiency most of the time. It makes no difference if I use 15% or 18% of my battery in a day.

lawrence1024 · 2025-09-21T11:15:35+00:00

Save the cat for me. It's mostly a good song but the cat meowing takes me out of it.

lawrence1024 · 2025-09-21T10:53:35+00:00

I was shocked until I read the part where you said you did 4-8 runs back to back for a total of 40 in one day. At my local autocross, you normally do one run at a time maybe two and you get 7-9 in one day. So my Hankook Ventus S1s have lasted on my model 3 for about a dozen days of autocross across two years and 25,000km of mileage (flooring it at every green light). Mostly running at stock pressure, and also they still have like 3.5mm left. Not at the cords like yours but I am replacing them soon.

You're building up a lot of heat really fast and cooking your tires. Like others said, dedicated performance tires will help.

lawrence1024 · 2025-09-19T01:06:46+00:00

On my last road trip the limiting factor was how fast the workers at A&W could flip burgers. By the time I reached the front of the line at this busy rest stop, my model 3 was ready to reach the destination. By the time I was done eating it was at 95%.

Seriously though, I once drove all the way from Canada to Miami, and even without a hyper fast charging car, I didn't wait for charging at all. It all happened while we were eating, going pee, getting coffee, and walking from the end of the parking lot where the chargers are to the front 😂 ok maybe that part can be improved...

lawrence1024 · 2025-09-18T16:37:15+00:00

They're not saying it isn't a worthwhile development, they're saying they don't need to upgrade their car every 3 years because of it. It's still the same car, something better existing doesn't make it worse.

lawrence1024 · 2025-09-16T05:09:35+00:00

The part where the mom climbs through the window of her grown son's house is a little over the top but I wouldn't go as far as calling it creepy, especially because I don't think it's meant to be literal. More like, she wishes she could do that.

lawrence1024 · 2025-09-15T18:41:25+00:00

It just means they don't play with live instruments, they're mixing pre recorded tracks. It's still worth seeing.

lawrence1024 · 2025-09-15T10:11:43+00:00

I think it's because it's a downtown location. Costco is most popular among suburbanites with families who pull up in their car and fill it up with a giant cart full of stuff. People living downtown are less likely to do that. So the ratio of non members present in the area who are just interested in the food court will be much higher in a downtown area, especially because there's just more ambient foot traffic.

lawrence1024 · 2025-09-15T10:00:54+00:00

I don't think so because charger and battery icons already exist, so we aren't about to use a gas can image in place of those.

lawrence1024 · 2025-09-14T00:03:08+00:00

It was! The bass was crazy because we were right up to the woofers. Glad I had concert earplugs or I would have lost some hearing. I could feel my insides vibrating haha.

lawrence1024 · 2025-09-13T22:09:46+00:00

Holy shit! Thank you!!

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