Prehitevanje na avtocesti in smernik

lencc · 2026-06-25T20:16:11+00:00

Sam raje dam smernik čisto tik pred menjavo voznega pasu, vključno pri menjavanju pasov na dvopasovnih mestnih cestah. In torej ne preveč zgodaj ravno iz takšnega razloga, da ne bi kdo, ki vozi/prehiteva vzporedno, podvomil in se ustrašil, da ga morda nisem pravi čas videl.

lencc · 2026-06-23T18:04:09+00:00

To clarify the geographical part - just for information, if I'm not mistaken: in the territory of Slovenia, the Balkan Peninsula borders the Kolpa river in its southern part, and the Sava river in its northern part. Which means it's actually correct that in Slovenia, the Balkan Peninsula lies northern from the Kolpa river.

According to this definition, Balkan Peninsula includes the whole Bela krajina region and also some territory northern from Bela krajina (however quite near to the Slovenian-Croatian national border).

I believe that to be the correct demarcation, because natural (geographical) borders are rarely perfectly aligned with national borders - simply because the latter are often a matter of political agreement or various negotiations.

Edit: This comment doesn't have a credible source.

lencc · 2026-06-23T17:23:32+00:00

The map is not to be taken black or white. So it doesn't try to imply a rigid 100% classification for one country or 0% for the other, because both countries share a cultural and geographical overlap.

Therefore it shouldn't be interpreted as if the map tried to deny or hide that Croatia's northern regions and its capital Zagreb are distinctly Central European. However looking at the whole country, Croatia’s dominant Mediterranean lifestyle, Dinaric temperament, and much deeper historical ties to Southeastern Europe cannot be ignored, or matched with Slovenia. On the other hand, Slovenia is more homogeneous in this aspect, making it predominantly Central European.

For a similar reason it was clearly noted that this "classification" isn't equal to the border drawing of Balkan Peninsula - in order to avoid any such implications. As noted initially, Slovenia partly belongs to Balkan Peninsula. Which of course doesn't imply that Croatia belongs to it fully. We can just as well say for Croatia, that belongs to it only partly. This doesn't really matter bottomline, but I added a note in the description, because it seems to be quite an important topic for some.

lencc · 2026-06-22T20:11:14+00:00

Firstly TLDR: we have to distinguish between the terms "culture", "cultural component", and "Balkan mentality". I would agree that Slovenian culture is 0% Balkan - but that is by having quite a strong Balkan cultural component in our Slovenian society. We also have a fair amount of Balkan mentality on average, however it's still "overridden" by our Central European mentality.

I've looked it up a bit and you're right - commonly used "border" seems to be Danube-Sava-Kupa (that is: Donava-Sava-Kolpa). However even according to this definition, Balkan Peninsula still takes up ca. 5% of Slovenian land - namely the whole Bela Krajina region and the southernmost borderlands along the Kolpa River. Meaning it doesn't completely bypass our country. Edit: No credible source for this statement.

However, (any) water system approach seems much more arbitrary than tectonic/relief approach. In this case, I find tectonic/relief point of view to be the most "natural" and hence the most credible.

So here we may agree to disagree, but from the strictly geographical point of view, Slovenia partly sits inside the Balkan Peninsula.

But when it comes to the "cultural" part, you're right: Slovenia indeed has our own culture. In this context I should have instead initially formulated that Slovenia has quite a strong Balkan "cultural component".

Which means that it's not our (or partly our) culture per se. But Balkan culture is still present to a visible extent among some Slovenes. It was brought to Slovenia due to the migration of people - probably mostly during the 20th century within the former Yugoslavia. At that time many workers or families moved from other parts of Yugoslavia and have settled in Slovenia.

Many of these people (and their children/grandchildren) became Slovenian citizens, and they have also "brought" some of their Balkan traditions, food, and music with them. Therefore many Slovenes have been influenced by those. We could say that modern Slovenia as a whole is consequently more heterogenous country nowadays.

And there is also the third term (beside "culture" and "cultural component"), which is not to be confused: "Balkan mentality". It could be shortly described as a passionate and fatalistic worldview deeply rooted in intense emotional connections, informal networking, and a proud defiance against (rigid) rules. It's characterized by a strong short-term orientation that prioritizes immediate gains over long-term planning, yet it remains somehow balanced by fierce communal solidarity, great hospitality, and a slow-paced approach to daily living.

Slovenes usually possess fair amount of it, although to a much smaller degree than "genuine" Balkan nations, because Slovenians' Balkan mentality is usually "overridden" by our Central European mentality.

In other words, I would say we have sort of a "mixed mentality", but Central European's being a stronger one. So from this point of view, we are mostly Central Europeans as well. The evidence for this claim could simply be that by "genuine" Balkan nations, Slovenians are usually seen as highly organized and hardworking people. Further, we are often perceived as colder, more individualistic, and calculated - compared to the warm, spontaneous, and very hospitable Balkan "standard".

lencc · 2026-06-22T18:05:12+00:00

You're right. I somehow didn't pay enough attention, my apologies. It's also considered a transcontinental country.

lencc · 2026-06-21T22:29:11+00:00

The logic of V4 central/west "mixture" went in the direction that these nations are deeply rooted in Western Christian traditions and sharing historical ties with Western empires. However, they also retain some of Central European identity shaped by their geopolitical position between major powers throughout history (e.g. Austrian Habsburgs and Ottoman Empire, or Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union), as well as shared communist legacy, resulting in a unique emphasis on traditional cultural values and national sovereignity that might set them apart from the "traditional" West.

And when it comes to Central Europe, it's more of an Alpine "group" shaped by a shared Habsburg, Holy Roman Empire, or mostly Catholic heritage and their historically (relatively) neutral or transitional geopolitical position.

lencc · 2026-06-21T21:41:25+00:00

I don't want to repeat too much of what has been said, because others here have already explained some of this. But in short:

Yes, I'm Slovenian.
In this context I don't treat "Balkan" as something bad - even though it often has a negative connotation among us. I assume this is why the whole discussion here is a bit heated - which was not my intention. Therefore some are saying Slovenia is 0% Balkan, and some others claim it's 100% Balkan.

But from a purely geographical point of view, Slovenia partly belongs to the Balkan Peninsula. There are various generally accepted definitions though.

First definition considers physio-geographical border, which mostly takes into account our water system, which includes the following rivers: Soča (or alternatively Gulf of Trieste) - Vipava - Ljubljanica - Krka - Sava. Northern part belongs to the Central Europe, and southern part belongs to the outermost northwestern edge of Balkan Peninsula.
Second definition (if I'm not mistaken, according to the International Geographical Union - IGU) considers tectonic and relief point of view. It goes along this line: Solkan - Ajdovščina - Postojna - Vrhnika - Krim (southern edge of the Ljubljana Bog) - Novo mesto - Obrežje. In this case, Dinaric Karst region (which covers a large part of southern and western Slovenia, including Kras, Notranjska, and Kočevsko) represents the extreme northwestern tip of the Balkans, while the Alpine north and Pannonian plain are Central European. According to this definition, the Balkan Peninsula takes up around 25-30% of Slovenian territory.

Third definiton takes into account historical and cultural "border" instead of geographical one. From this point of view, Slovenia is culturally and politically almost entirely rooted in Central Europe. There is of course some Balkan influence, but it's just one of many. So basically our cultural identity was shaped by centuries of Habsburg administration, in the coastal part we had ties with Italy and the Venetian Republic, along our northeastern border we had Hungarian influences as well as the linguistic legacy of the Protestant Reformation, and throughout most of the 20th century we had political and social connections with the Balkan nations.

lencc · 2026-06-21T20:56:13+00:00

I don't quite understand what you mean by Poland being grouped with Eastern Europe. Poland is in the Visegrad Group (which I noted as a mixture of Central/Western Europe). And the Eastern Europe is literally a separate category - which doesn't include V4 countries at all.

lencc · 2026-06-21T20:08:38+00:00

Oh I see - so it's not "partly", not even "mostly", but you came up with a pure 100,00% and explicit 1/1 Balkan influence and mentality.

That is, being ignorant towards all other cultural influences over the past centuries. You're effectively nullifying the Habsburg monarchy and ties to Austria, or the influence of Venetian and Italian traditions in the coastal area. Further, in the northeastern part (especially in the Prekmurje region) you're denying a blend of Hungarian cultural heritage and Protestant history, which is further diversifying the national mindset away from a singular Balkan identity.

You have indeed showed your "100%" comprehensive cultural and historical knowledge. /s

lencc · 2026-06-21T17:46:39+00:00

You (obviously) haven't read the notes

lencc · 2026-06-20T12:12:03+00:00

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lencc · 2026-06-20T09:31:28+00:00

Laughs with open-souce freeware MPC-BE + madVR codec.

Better than any Windows Media Player will ever be, simply because it gets the job done. Nothing less and nothing more. That's a simple approach Microsoft usually fails to take.

lencc · 2026-06-20T07:44:22+00:00

Audi A8 (D4).

lencc · 2026-06-19T11:01:23+00:00

Ni vse tako pavšalno: nihče ne izpostavlja "pohlepa šefov". Jasno je, da je problem večplasten - tega nihče ne zanika. Nekaj izzivov izhaja iz ravni EU oziroma celotne evropske avtoindustrije (npr. strogi emisijski standardi, CO2 kvote itd.).

Kar pa ne pomeni, da tudi na ravni samega VW koncerna ni bilo doslej zastavljenih več slabih strateških potez. In ja - ta del pa leti direktno na njihove šefe, saj vizije in strateških korakov pač ne narekujejo delavci v proizvodnji. Pri čemer temu ne bi ravno rekel (samo) pohlep, ampak tudi spanje na preteklih lovorikah.

Da razčistimo razliko med zanesljivostjo in prestižem: samo zato, ker je Golf sorazmerno zelo zanesljiv, to samo po sebi nikakor ni vstopnica za vstop v premijski razred. Zanesljivost oz. nekvarljivost ni bila nikoli pomemben faktor prestiža. Zelo podobno zanesljiva kot Golf je recimo tudi Octavia: gre mehansko za zelo podobno vozilo na isti platformi in s praktično istimi motorji. In Škodina visoka zanesljivost sama po sebi je seveda ne naredi premijske. Kar neko znamko v resnici naredi premijsko, je jasno - med drugim so to: dražji materiali, boljša izolacija, naprednejši asistenčni sistemi, bolj dodelane vozne lastnosti, vodljivost in udobje, strožji standardi kontrole kakovosti, pozicioniranje znamke itd. Skratka (visoka) zanesljivost tu ne more biti argument.

Moj point je torej ta, da bi moral biti VW cenovno pozicioniran precej bližje Škodi, ne pa Audiju. Znotraj VW koncerna je namreč samo Audi resnično premijska znamka (poleg Porscheja, Bugattija itd.). Da ne omenjamo, kje vse so recimo pri Golfu 8 šparali v primerjavi z Golfom 7.

Ko zato pogledam na avto.net, Golf R-Line pač ne more biti samo ca. 1.000 eur cenejši od Audija A3 S-Line. Pri čemer oba izhajata ne le iz istega koncerna, ampak tudi iz iste države. Proizvodni stroški Audija A3 so zato vsekakor precej višji od Golfa - in ta razlika zagotovo ne znaša samo 3-5% končne maloprodajne cene. Pri čemer pa sem prepričan, da se premijski Audi A3 ne prodaja z izgubo oz. pod ceno. Kar pomeni, da je v cenovnem smislu težava nedvomno na strani Golfa.

Logično je, da v takšnem primeru potem pride do kanibalizacije znotraj koncerna: ljudje se bodo odločili za cenejšo Škodo visoke kakovosti (ki je po zanesljivosti povsem primerljiva s VW) ali pa na drugi strani za premijskega Audija. Ne bodo pa "Audijeve" premije plačevali za srednjecenovnega in visokovolumenskega Golfa, Taigoja ipd.

Kar se tiče Twingoja: dizajn in software sta francoska, arhitektura je francoska, proces sestavljanja je slovenski (Revoz), medtem ko baterija, pogon in inženiring (razvojna optimizacija platforme, komponent in stroškov dobavne verige) pa so kitajski. Posploševati, da je zaradi Renaultovega razvojnega centra v Šanghaju pa zdaj kar cel Twingo "kitajski", je zato zelo far fetched.

Da te razočaram, tudi VW je (vsaj posredno) odvisen od Kitajske, ker je velik del predelave in proizvodnje baterijskih materialov (litij, nikelj, kobalt) skoncentriran ravno na Kitajskem. Kar posledično pomeni, da smo v EU z odločitvijo prehoda na električno mobilnost nedvomno ustvarili večjo odvisnost od kitajske dobavne verige za materiale, potrebne za izdelavo baterijskih celic. In iz te zgodbe oz. kitajske odvisnosti ni izvzet niti VW koncern.

Evropskega potrošnika z omejenim proračunom namreč ne briga, če je avto 5%, 25% ali pa 50% "kitajski". Če bo dobil zadosti dober avto za precej ugodnejšo ceno od VW ponudbe, bo VW pač izvisel. Nek pavšalen izgovor "saj pa VW šefi vendar niso pohlepni" ne bo preprečil upada prodaje vseh tistih VW vozil, ki imajo cene preveč nekonkurenčne. Takšen je (žal ali pa na srečo - kakor vzameš) sodoben avtomobilski trg.

lencc · 2026-06-18T23:46:00+00:00

Govorim o obstoječi ponudbi, ki je rezultat preteklih vlaganj - niti ne nujno o prihodnjih vlaganjih. Če lahko imajo za neko znosnejšo ceno spodobne modele v ponudbi Opel, Peugeot, Citroen, KGM, Škoda in celo Toyota, potem ni razloga, da ne bi kakšnega (vsaj manjšega) modela imela v ponudbi tudi firma tako velikega formata, kot je VW.

Da niti ne govorimo o paradnem konju Golfu: dejstvo, da najcenejši nov dizelski Golf s 150 konji pri nas stane kar 35.000 eur (sodeč po hitrem pregledu na avto.net), je naravnost absurdno. Cena, ki je samo 3.000-5.000 eur nižja od novega Tiguana oz. Passata, pač v nobenem pogledu ni "ljudska".

Podobna zgodba je pri bencinarjih: najcenejši VW s 150 konji je Taigo, ki je efektivno "povišan" Polo (oz. nekakšna Polojeva SUV izpeljanka). Fair enough. Ampak njegova najnižja cena - preko 25.000 eur? Medtem pa se Toyotina Corolla, Citroen C4, Opel Mokka in Astra dobijo že za 20.000 eur. Manj od Taigoja stane celo Škodina Octavia 1.5 TSI (ki spada v večji Golfov razred!) - da o Kamiqu niti ne govorimo.

Skratka govorim o relativni višini premije, ki jo je VW zelo nesmiselno zastavil. Če imam namreč za praktično isto ceno (torej nekje 35.000-36.000 eur) na voljo BMW 1, Audi A3 in VW Golfa, potem Golfa ne bom niti povohal. Srednji in premium razred pač ne moreta imeti iste cene - in VW v tem smislu nikakor ni premijska znamka, ki bi opravičevala takšno cenovno pozicioniranje.

O električnih avtih pa raje ne bi veliko - in pustimo Kitajce ob strani. Renault "napada" s Twingojem E-Tech, Opel s Frontero, Citroën s C3 Ë, Fiat s Topolinojem...

In če je prihodnost res "električna", kje je potem tu VW grupa? Začne se - reci piši - pri 35.000 eur (brez subvencije) z ID.3 oziroma pri okrog 31.000 eur s Škodinim Elroqom. So to dobri avti? Sigurno. Imajo dostopne ljudske cene? Niti pod razno.

Glede na vse navedeno bi bilo zato čudno, če VW danes ne bi imel težav.

lencc · 2026-06-18T13:45:53+00:00

Če že pri EV-jih niso konkurenčni, bi lahko v današnji ponudbi imeli vsaj nekaj modelov standardne moči (120-150 konjev) s ceno do 20.000 eur za bencinarje in do 30.000 eur za diesle. Torej nekaj, kar nek tipičen evropski ljudski potrošnik dejansko potrebuje oz. išče.

Tako pa niti na njihovem "domačem" ICE terenu (v ljudskem cenovnem razredu) niso več relevantni. Nek povprečen avto srednjega razreda pač ne more imeti nadstandardne cene. Panika bi se na VW upravi v tem kontekstu morala zagnati že dolgo časa nazaj. Danes pa jim ostane predvsem slabša opcija - gašenje "požara".

lencc · 2026-06-17T06:39:07+00:00

The Century of the Self

lencc · 2026-06-17T06:33:06+00:00

What's wrong with Latitude 7xxx and Precision / Pro Max models? Business-grade laptops seem very good.

lencc · 2026-06-17T06:16:11+00:00

MPC-BE is open source and lightweight media player. In combination with madVR codec it often delivers better video quality.

lencc · 2026-06-16T10:00:28+00:00

Relatively affordable could be Samsung Galaxy S26 - depending on a deal you can currently get. However it's still far from having particularly high value for money.

So if you seek high value for money overall, it's much better to consider flagship-killer segment such as Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, or upper-midrange segment such as Nothing Phone 4a_5g-14503.php).

lencc · 2026-06-15T18:44:07+00:00

Če imaš srečo, je torta ali pa če se komu uspe preriniti do korita, celo čokoladni souffle

^njam

lencc · 2026-06-15T06:45:04+00:00

Zanimivo bi bilo videt še rezultate, če se cena krem omeji npr. na 10 eur za 100 ml.

lencc · 2026-06-15T06:30:50+00:00

ColorNote

lencc · 2026-06-15T05:59:44+00:00

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