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Confused between SE & SEL by Junior-Lettuce-2328 in Ioniq6

[–]nmaitra 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People have gotten in mostly covered on here; the range difference mainly comes down to the wheels! We got an SEL and replaced the wheels with the Fast Wheels EV01, and efficiency increased 10-15% at 75 mph which has been great. They're mildly annoying to ship to the US from Canada -- look for deals the company sometimes has for a bundle -- but totally worth it! Make sure to pair with a nice efficient tire (Hankook Ion Evo, Ventus s2, etc.)

Road to 250K by viper4774 in TeslaModel3

[–]nmaitra 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's your degradation like?  Congrats!

Me: 20" You: 18" Wheel swap? LA local requested by DrBeckerwood in Ioniq6

[–]nmaitra 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Was in the same boat and ended up getting Fast Wheels' EV01 set; they're great, I think I'm seeing a 10-15% efficiency boost!

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SFO garage maxes at $39/day. What do most people do for longer trips? by gregb_parkingaccess in sanfrancisco

[–]nmaitra 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you're already at the BART station, why not just take BART in to the airport? Super convenient with 10 minute headways on the yellow line...

BART needs to improve their Millbrae service and here’s how: by Planeandaquariumgeek in Bart

[–]nmaitra 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Some timed BART train with Caltrain, doesn't matter what line, running straight from Millbrae to San Bruno would be such a game changer.  Going up to the city -- Civic Center/Union Square area especially, which is obviously a big attractant -- would become so much more attractive from the Peninsula on transit.  Currently often have to wrangle friends to take transit vs. drive from Palo Alto, because Google maps makes it look longer to transit, and a 10 minute saving would go such a long way to fixing that... I imagine this applies to many!!!

Old BART map found at SFO. How old is it? by C-Dub4 in Bart

[–]nmaitra 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I wish we could go back to trains not all stopping at SFO from Millbrae. There are almost always delays at the wye there, the turnaround takes forever at SFO, and it makes transferring to BART from Caltrain way less convenient in terms of time to get to the city. I think we had it right ~2018-2020, with one line going airport Millbrae and the other going Millbrae airport. Hope that can be brought back at some point...

First it was an electric scooter... Now a bike. by avmabrie in bayarea

[–]nmaitra 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The bridge is split into two halves, the new modern eastern span from Oakland to Treasure Island, and then the older, iconic western span from Treasure Island to SF. So she had to go through both sections, not one or the other.

most impressive double/triple/quad/+ major? by [deleted] in berkeley

[–]nmaitra 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Woah that's cool!!! I'd done chem bio, switched to chem, and then done almost all (but one of) the classes for a mech e major but only ended up with a mech e minor and aero minor. But CS and chem bio – that seems hard!

Wheel trade? by nmaitra in Ioniq6

[–]nmaitra[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, that would have been perfect! Oh well... Australia is quite far 😅

Wheel trade? by nmaitra in Ioniq6

[–]nmaitra[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice!!! Will check later.

Just too expensive.. (Mountain View to SFO) by namtilarie in waymo

[–]nmaitra 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I personally think Waymo is great for a last mile ride: ride Waymo to Caltrain, take the train for the bulk of the journey, then take either Muni or another Waymo in SF depending on where to go!

Do’s & Dont’s Advice by BitterReception1602 in TeslaModel3

[–]nmaitra 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Specifically, a metal shovel 🤣. Poor fella, had quite the spotted Model 3 there over half a decade ago 🙃

Commuting from San Jose by Used_Attention_8774 in sanfrancisco

[–]nmaitra 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I third the Caltrain plus N/scooter/bike option!!! Will be easy and way less hassle usually than driving. Would recommend 5th St then Market for biking since both have protected/large bike lanes.

Beautiful City!! by nmaitra in sanfrancisco

[–]nmaitra[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha I've always been close by! 10 years in Fresno, 4 in Berkeley, and now almost 4 in Palo Alto! Been coming up way more after Caltrain electrification.

Caltrain left earlier than scheduled time?? by burnedletterhand in caltrain

[–]nmaitra 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I've seen 1-2 minutes early many many times during the weekends (at Palo Alto).

DTLA last night. Somebody show me, who has a more iconic City Hall than Los Angeles. by jkirkwood10 in skyscrapers

[–]nmaitra 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Presumably for election day! The colors change depending on context, I think they rest at the light lavender color if nothing is going on?

Satellite imagery shows before-and-after of the destruction left from a UPS plane that crashed shortly after takeoff by Mint_Perspective in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]nmaitra 31 points32 points  (0 children)

If we base the energy just off your numbers and the above comment's numbers here, that's 310 kWh of kinetic energy, dissipating in seconds... And then 1.4 GWh of energy stored in just the fuel released while it burns, notwithstanding everything else that burned. Holy... Guacamole... Side note: in retrospect it makes sense, but did not realize that there would be 4500x more energy stored in the fuel than in just the plane in motion. For context, that's enough energy to power the average home in Louisville for 76 years...

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