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MADHAT1 said:
Mississippi wants to tell EV companies how to do business in that state.
>If signed into law, EV manufacturers would have to sell their vehicles through a franchise dealership, rather than their manufacturer-owned dealer.<

https://www.wjtv.com/news/politics/...es-bill-restricting-electric-car-dealerships/
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Campaign contributions = direct corruption. Unfortunately, Mississippi is a one-party state. They can do whatever they want to their own residents without fear of retribution.
 
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Man I remember the simple days of changing my oil and dumping the old oil into the oil drain pan and then into a milk gallon and throwing it in the garbage bag.
 
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Model X and S getting another price cut. Not surprised because the high end market EV market is very competitive.
 
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fsg2 said:
That quote in the tweet could not have possibly been more pretentious.
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Guy is bragging but he didn't actually do anything. Lame. 🤣

If the guy designed or built the feature, then sure, be a little proud. But if all he did was buy a car? That makes his pride laughable. It's a car, and not even an expensive one. Any middle-class person can buy one.
 
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jtung230 said:
Model X and S getting another price cut. Not surprised because the high end market EV market is very competitive.
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Get the range of the Model X Plaid up to 500 real world miles per charge and I'd add it to the list of SUVs to consider, even if I think it looks kind of ugly from most angles. But at least it now comes with a steering wheel and the X has reasonably wide wheels.

OTOH, I can't help but wonder what's wrong with it that it isn't selling better and needed a price cut. And the 311 mile range (as configured) ain't even close to what I want.
 
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Incidentally, I saw a Lucid Air something or other on 287N yesterday, around Piscataway. Looked pretty nice, IMO.

It was in the middle lane going very slowly, which is annoying. It was going slow enough that people were veering to the side lanes to avoid running into it. I mean, if you're going to go slow, get and stay in the right lane for gosh sakes. That **** puts everybody at risk.

I've seen that weird slow driving behavior before with a couple Model S's and now with this Lucid. Is this some sort of conserving range thing? A new car break-in thing? In all 3 cases, I think the cars were going under the speed limit.
 
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No wonder Tesla owners think FSD is so important to them:



 
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mildone said:
Get the range of the Model X Plaid up to 500 real world miles per charge and I'd add it to the list of SUVs to consider, even if I think it looks kind of ugly from most angles. But at least it now comes with a steering wheel and the X has reasonably wide wheels.

OTOH, I can't help but wonder what's wrong with it that it isn't selling better and needed a price cut. And the 311 mile range (as configured) ain't even close to what I want.
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Upper luxury buyer wants more than 0-60 time. They want a certain level finish.
 
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mildone said:
Incidentally, I saw a Lucid Air something or other on 287N yesterday, around Piscataway. Looked pretty nice, IMO.

It was in the middle lane going very slowly, which is annoying. It was going slow enough that people were veering to the side lanes to avoid running into it. I mean, if you're going to go slow, get and stay in the right lane for gosh sakes. That **** puts everybody at risk.

I've seen that weird slow driving behavior before with a couple Model S's and now with this Lucid. Is this some sort of conserving range thing? A new car break-in thing? In all 3 cases, I think the cars were going under the speed limit.
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Or just bad drivers.
 
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mildone said:
I was trying to make that joke - that she was such a bad driver, FSD would be better, warts and all. But I realize now my post was ambiguous. Oh well. 🙂
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I’m on 78 a lot and you have drivers that go 90 and drivers that go 60. Great combination.
 
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For the millionth time, hybrids are not zero-emission vehicles. They are marginally EVs, but with all the parts and fluids of an ICE vehicle.
 
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RUBlackout7 said:
I’d rather be faster from 0-100mph than 100-200mph.
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Yep, I totally get that - and it makes sense because we don't have much of an opportunity to go 200 mph, here. For the record, my personal best is 164. :)

But that diminished high-end throttle response also manifests when accelerating from speed. And while the only Tesla I've ever driven is a top-end Model 3, my experience was very much that when accelerating at speed, it felt sluggish - as in my (at the time) tuned A3 was definitely quicker.
 
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