Unfortunately, EV is still more expensive than ICEV, the curve means higher net profits EV manufactures, not lower price on the customer side. Not an "advance". Lead-Acid, NiMH, NiCd all have safer chemicals but lower energy densities. You can even service them, like adding distilled water to replenish their electrolytes. This is "limp mode" turned up to 11, i.e Planned Obsolescence. Keep in mind that more and more companies, especially tech giants, love to push anti-consumer practices in the name of "eco-friendly"(apple removes accessories), or "security"(micro$oft forces windows 10 updates). About the power bank thing. I disassemble them and found that nearly all of them has good battery, capacity and voltage are both in the correct range, and the chip has a burning smell.... clearly a malfunction. I literally worked as an electrical engineer before. I discovered that some BMSes even block charging when the battery is over discharged, which is anti-consumer, however many BMSes correctly block only discharging, not charging, when the battery is fully discharged. During my work of developing a power tool, we found that when a li-ion battery is over-discharged to as low as 0.5V. If said battery is charged immediately(with in days), it's performance will recover to over 90%, if said battery is left for weeks or months, it won't accept any charge, charging it only raises its voltage to 3.3V no matter how hard you try. Fortunately I have yet to find an anti-consumer BMS, the battery pack of a laptop in my hometown was left installed for a year, over-discharged obviously due to parasitic current. The BMS allowed charging but it spent a long time charging from 0% to 7%, charging speed restored when above 7% though. Unfortunately, removable battery pack is getting less and less common in laptops Laptop manufactures cut cost further on the power distribution, now some laptop won't boot without a installed battery, even when plugged in. The combined results would be: Unable to remove battery for long time non-use, battery overdischarge because left in the appliance, battery degradation or destroyed(if the BMS is anti-consumer that blocks charging when overdischarged), unable to use laptop due to cut cost on power distribution that made computer inoperable without a battery even when plugged in, more e-waste. We are heading away from sustainability. The trick is to pack the LEDs and it's electronics separately, like the removable ballast on florescent lamps. LEDs generate less heat than incandescent lamp, but requires more heat dissipation. EV literally existed before ICEV.. That's not "ICE bad EV good". The reason is nowadays people are obsessed with exhaust emissions they don't have better things to do thanks to fear-mongerers. So they put too much on the exhaust system, which also increased cost, then they shift the blame to "burning dinosaurs bad" and twist the public view. IMO they are equally bad as Big Oil, both fight for profit, both shift blame on individuals, both whitewash(or greenwash) their anti-comsumer practices. Some manufactures even start to encrypt their ECUs to prevent jailbreaking, likely to push heated seat subscription and such, more dieselgates are expected...
This is very infuriating, I understand paying a subscription to watch videos without ads on platforms like YT Premium (which recently got its monthly subscription price revised) or movie platforms like P@ramount+ and others. However paying an insane amount of money every year to make your car accelerate quicker... where are we going? Considering the car's price it should be included. I'm tired of all these subscriptions, you can't live one day without them popping up everywhere. One day we will get to EA games levels with cars. Want to use the last 10% of battery remaining? Pay $10. Your hands are cold; you want to heat the steering wheel? Pay $20/month. Sorry for the outburst I had but I really wanted to say it.
The key point is they are fundamentally different, for movie platform, the provider has to constantly transmit data, thus the recurring cost justifies subscription. For the accelerate quicker on Mercedes, is that the electric motor is already capable of physically accelerate that fast, but the manufacture deliberately restrict the performance, by paying the subscription, the motor performance is merely restored to original, which is completely backwards. Imagine a situation where you have asthma and you pay doctors then pharmacists for treatments, that's normal. The backwards situation is you are healthy, but someone is choking you, making you barely able to breath, you have to pay said person monthly so they won't choke you any longer, which is protection ratchet. That's what Merc does to its customers. --- Post updated --- EA dug its own grave, EA games rating ranging from "overwhelming negative" to "mixed"
I completely agree with this, I didn't think about the data thing from streaming platforms to be honest. You explained it better in about 25 words than I did in my comment, the outburst I had made me use the wrong subject for comparison. I hope other brands like Audi and Volkswagen don't follow the line and come up with subscriptions. Where's the fun in owning an Audi RS3 but can't get 100% of the power from the motor because of an expensive subscription that limits you?
In the new GMC Terrain ads, the first line is "Do you want a mode for everything?" Fuck no, I don't wanna fiddle-fuck with a little dial just to do dirt roads better. The early 2000s were the last good cars. ABS was still iffy, no traction control, engines were powerful yet efficient, and there were no GODDAMN DRIViNG MODES, just put it in gear and go If you can't tell, this really bugs me
Unfortunately everything feels buggy right now, another example is Subaru. The 3rd-gen Forester was a beast. Now 4th-gen and 5-gen has worse off-road and towing capabilities and they introduced nonsenses like X-mode making it worse. From the off-roading video I have seen, the default mode is just reducing the brake traction control (e-diff in BeamNG) while X-mode resumes the same brake traction control intensity as in 3rd-gen
He had to pay two grand so he could access what was already in the car Spoiler this video is not full fledged anti-tesla
https://www.ebay.com/itm/3552205131...TV0TDpk10dTgsbLoT+aA5JKA==|tkp:Bk9SR7auiYmwYw Is this worth the money? I'd like a cassette player in my Eagle.
Nope, oddly enough, the radio is just that; a radio, even though the Limited is the top trim. No accessories. I'd buy that one and sell the current unit.
@combatwombat96 (You’re the only person I could think of with definite carburetor experience on here.) Do you know of any ways to get this bolt off? Also, the cruise control stalks in both my cars are the same. I don’t understand why AMC called this the ‘Limited’ and not ‘Brougham’. Feels more like a Brougham.
Cleaned the interior of my car, got a bit dirty after taking some friends to a car show where it was all outdoors on grass --- Post updated --- Beautiful interior! I didn't know your AMC also had pillow topped & button tufted leather seats.
Are you trying to remove the washer from the threads or remove the rubber line, now with the rubber line there should be some kind of barbed fitting under the rubber. I will say though it looks a bit weird because normally there a bit of hard line after the rubber that threads into the seat, im not seeing that there... --- Post updated --- also the correct 5/8s or 9/16 (whatever it is) spanner will help a bit --- Post updated --- Note the extra nut there, thats for undoing the hard line from needle and seat
anyone member me? i recognize a name or two i still own my '82 244 turbo swap and the thing still eats abuse for breakfast, i ran it up and down the tail of the dragon on slicks last september with a smile on my face the whole time. I have studded snows on it right now and its still my absolute favorite thing to drive in the snow. i sold the 63 galaxie, after i rebuilt the engine every time I drove it I would just be thinking about what would happen to me if i wrecked it, which was inevitably going to happen with how much fun i had driving it. If given the opportunity, I would buy it back immediately, but i don't regret selling it, if that maks sense. I still have an unmodified 83 saab 900 nonturbo which makes for a pretty dang comfortable summer daily with cold ac and a surprisingly good sound system even if its a rotten piece of shit that refuses to die. I recently picked up a 2012 xc70 t6 to round out the fleet to a nice even number. i'm really not a fan of the ford platform but its hard to go wrong with a cheap 300hp luxury turbo wagon, even if it has 266k on the clock. right? just don't pay attention to how slowly the trans engages reverse gear.
I remember your post about re-building the Galaxie's engine, and your old username, although I only "recently" joined the forums. Cool Volvo, I love boxy '80s cars (as well as '60s/'70s Land yachts). I wish my Eagle ran... I'm looking at one of these for parts. https://www.facebook.com/marketplac...h&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post
