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No, but there is a huge dial next to the shifter that controls just about everything thing else. My sister-n-law has a Lexus that has a shift knob but still requires a button push to put it in Park. o_O Otherwise it stays in gear. What could go wrong?
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Yeah I really despise non cable / hydro ebrakes. How am I supposed to do sick drifts?
 

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Found this interesting.

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I like their trucks just from a casual observer. Starting to see more and more out here. Def see more Rivian trucks then Cyberjunks.

Passed two or three today in Snobbsdale on the 101.
 

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Only 73,000 doll hairs :|

Wonder what the tax write off's look like for these and perhaps installing 220v charge ports in home...

Need some more heat for my welder too.
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The first car I bought in 1984 was a 1964 Peugeot 404. Drums all round and everything was manually operated. Could fix it anywhere on the side of the road. Although it never let me down. My current car has all the electronics and warning systems. It has made me a lazy driver but saved my bacon several times because of it. I’m not sure how long I’ll keep it. I can’t imagine it will be cheap to repair when the electronics start to fail with old age.
my brother had a EV which he charges from a PV array on his roof. It was an impressive car to ride in.
The latest investigation here has revealed which brands of cars collect data from your car and sell it to third parties.
 

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The first car I bought in 1984 was a 1964 Peugeot 404. Drums all round and everything was manually operated. Could fix it anywhere on the side of the road. Although it never let me down. My current car has all the electronics and warning systems. It has made me a lazy driver but saved my bacon several times because of it. I’m not sure how long I’ll keep it. I can’t imagine it will be cheap to repair when the electronics start to fail with old age.
my brother had a EV which he charges from a PV array on his roof. It was an impressive car to ride in.
The latest investigation here has revealed which brands of cars collect data from your car and sell it to third parties.
We are cut from the same stone.
 

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It's the opposite around here. An unnamed SoCal PD made a D.A.R.E. vehicle out of a Cybertruck. I haven't seen a Rivian in a long time. The Cybers are starting to be seen everywhere.
Thank god for dare....

Learned all the cool drugs!

What a joke.
 

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Yup. There was a kid (senior) back in the day that wrote an award winning D.A.R.E. essay. As it turned out, he was the biggest crack dealer in town.
 

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It's the opposite around here. An unnamed SoCal PD made a D.A.R.E. vehicle out of a Cybertruck. I haven't seen a Rivian in a long time. The Cybers are starting to be seen everywhere.
Shout out to the D.A.R.E. officers tho. They meant all the best and looked out best they could. But, it was bible thumping boy scouts educating street kids on the best options to escape their horrors.

This country missed the mark on mental health. Perhaps intentionally.
 
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The first car I bought in 1984 was a 1964 Peugeot 404. Drums all round and everything was manually operated. Could fix it anywhere on the side of the road. Although it never let me down. My current car has all the electronics and warning systems. It has made me a lazy driver but saved my bacon several times because of it. I’m not sure how long I’ll keep it. I can’t imagine it will be cheap to repair when the electronics start to fail with old age.
my brother had a EV which he charges from a PV array on his roof. It was an impressive car to ride in.
The latest investigation here has revealed which brands of cars collect data from your car and sell it to third parties.
The USA as well as alot of other countries are quite concerned about data collection with vehicles. China and Russia being the main concern. Also what israel did recently with comunication devices will send a shiver down the spine.
 

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Why not? Tired of name calling already?

The prob I see I that by the time FD is responding these things are already blazing and throw out white hot sparks till the point they explode. Doesn't seem like water does a thing at that point and the tactic at that point is the drag the vehicle somewhere safe to burn out.

There's been a real upsurge of apartment fires in NYC because of the lithium batteries on e bikes and scooters. 14 deaths 114 injuries last year. Numbers only brought down by a city wide push to crack down and raise awareness.

A power source that can easily turn into a bomb maybe isn't the best choice for something designed to keep passengers alive in a crash. How are crumple zones supposed to work when part of your frame is batteries?

Then you follow up your post showing another prime example of a ticking time bomb thanks to that world renound fiat quality.


Nothing to see here. Just a few people saving the planet :)

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I worked the Tesla in the garage back in 2017. Driver was dead drunk and fractured his back. Even so, the fire took so long to get to the point in the photo that he, his passenger, and the old lady in the house all had time to walk away. Fire department had no training at that time so they didn't realize the Tesla was causing the house to remain on fire and they simply had to pull it out.

I'm familiar with the others and not one fatality among them. The two in the salvage yards were intentionally left to burn themselves out.

The two Jeeps are ICE pickup versions.

fwiw - There are almost 61 ICE fires per EV fire.
The majority of ICE fires occur while driving and are in vehicles 8+ years old.

The majority of EV fires are "infant mortality" happening in the first 18 months. If not by then, the batteries are outlasting the bodies.
About 4-45% of the EV fires occur while parked or charging and either not occupied or the occupants simply step out.
 

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Would purple K powder work on them. Is it still even used? We had it on the subs, but it was supposed to destroy an electrical panel.
No but this stuff is the Shizzle and it is relatively cheap.
 

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No, but there is a huge dial next to the shifter that controls just about everything thing else. My sister-n-law has a Lexus that has a shift knob but still requires a button push to put it in Park. o_O Otherwise it stays in gear. What could go wrong?
My son's family has one of those dial shifters and there's enough smarts in it to not let you put in park or reverse while driving forward.

That said, I agree that the lane-keeping and following in their car and our Tucson is a pain in the ass.
 

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My son's family has one of those dial shifters and there's enough smarts in it to not let you put in park or reverse while driving forward. . . .
Maybe I'm misunderstanding what my SIL said, but it wasn't putting it in park while driving, but after you push the lever/selector all the way forward, you have to push the park button. If the button does not get pushed, it stays in gear. Her describing it incorrectly is definitely not out of the question.
 

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No but this stuff is the Shizzle and it is relatively cheap. . . .
Well, if it's cheap and doesn't give off any additional harmful vapors, it should probably replace water in firetrucks. 'Cuz if it can put out lithium fires, it should work just as well on everything else water is used on. Considering the increasing number of lithium fires occurring. I've also seen where school busses are being electrified. That's a big ass battery.
 
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