General Car Discussion

Discussion in 'Automotive' started by HadACoolName, Mar 6, 2015.

  1. MotherTrucker02

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    I don't really mind the looks of an AMC Gremlin, has a kinda stubby butt, other than that though it isn't terrible. I still give the title of ugliest car to the Fiat Multipla.
    It looks way better than a Tesla truck, because it actually looks like a truck. Volvos are about the only aero style truck that I find attractive.
     
  2. HadACoolName

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    I wish we still had ratings because that made me lol
     
  3. SixSixSevenSeven

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    At most you only want to lose 5% of battery so you only have about 4Ah to play with. My stereo seems to pull about 6 amps, so 40 minutes maximum. But you'd need to get a current clamp in your own stereo and confirm its current draw at the volume level you usually use while playing music (it does also need to be playing music or you'll get a lower reading).

    Or you could, you know, stop killing your families car batteries running the radio with the engine off
     
  4. Ytrewq

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    Current VW design is as attractive as a 3rd world toilet shed.
    That's actually not so bad in my opinion, not bad at all, especially the coupe. Back in the day, it could be considered quite ugly, but now, compared to the 'gems' of modern design, it is totally ok.
     
  5. HadACoolName

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    Im not very fond of VW but I do have to give credit where credit is due. Their cars do look very solid (In a good build quality kind of way), just look at a new Golf next time you see one irl. Just admire the door lines and such, they actually look fantastic.
     
  6. skodakenner

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    I have nothing against the design or the engines theyre just nothing id ever want to own one as they are just boring and theyre arent good too theyr customers
     
  7. VeyronEB

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    +1 Agree
     
  8. Wild Hog

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    Doesn't look half bad...
     
  9. redrobin

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    I second this. The only VW I'd willingly own is the Phaeton and they haven't made them for years (for the US market, anyway. Don't know about the Europe land).
     
  10. skodakenner

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    They made them here till the emmissions scandal happend then they stopped making them here also i agree the Phaeton really was the only one worth buying
     
  11. General S'mores

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    ...but I don't get why anyone needs a cross-Prius, when the owner might as well make a off-road version anyways?
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    The only reason Tesla's doing one because Nikola One exists.
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    Interesting, because I never heard about the first car actually being a Semi/Truck.
     
  12. SixSixSevenSeven

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    Nope. Tesla confirmed the tesla semi way before Nikola ever appeared in the picture. Then again, you're already gaining a reputation for sub par intellect, so its not surprising that you missed the highly obvious play on words with the trucks naming system, and missed that the nikola 1 isnt electric.
    ? Thats literally not what was said. Kinda goes with the existing reputation I guess
     
  13. General S'mores

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    Okay?
     
  14. SixSixSevenSeven

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    Actually. Here you go. An explanation.

    Nikola chose their name because tesla had already announced a semi truck. Nikola wanted to beat tesla to it though. Now, tesla is a reference to a legendary scientist, Mr Tesla, but of course, what comes before someones surname? Their first name. Nikola Tesla. Check his work out.
    You claim to have not heard volvos first vehicle was a truck, nobody said that, they specifically said that volvos truck came after their first car.
     
  15. General S'mores

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    I already know about Nikola Tesla, he's the one that made the Tesla coil.
     
  16. SixSixSevenSeven

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    did a lot fucking more than the tesla coil. He also invented the AC induction motor.

    What drives a tesla car?
     
  17. General S'mores

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    ...does it look like I know?...
    Also, did Volvo actually make the first seatbelt? (Well, maybe I'm being a bit too broad.)
     
  18. SixSixSevenSeven

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    you are sat on the internet. A vast wealth of information at your fingertips. Use it.


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    A tesla car runs off of an AC induction motor, hence the name, tesla.
    No. Volvo introduced a 3 point safety belt in 1959 which was mostly based on the work of a pair of engineers working for a different swedish firm.Seat belts otherwise existed as far back as 1885, notably: before the car was invented, and many of the first cars did have some sort of belt
     
  19. General S'mores

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    I guess I read it wrong, I don't have great hearing. (No, I'm not deaf.)
    Thank god I didn't say Autopilot, and I'm sure I would've been wrong anyways.
     
  20. Googlefluff

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    Okay, this has to be a troll account.
     
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