Great review --FT Sent from iFōn
> On Nov 11, 2022, at 10:42 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Man the stereo is insane though. Almost makes up for the fact that it > handles like a RedBull soap box derby racer. > > View out the front is beautiful. > > Climate is controlled very well. > > Definitely a computer with wheels and a motor. > > It shows little diagrams of everything you are driving by, for no apparent > reason, as it doesnt seem to do much with the info. It beeps at you when > the light turns green, which helps you get a text sent at the red light > without slowing anyone else down, which I am not sure is any kind of > technical victory but more like enabling an alcoholic. > > Unbelievably crappy ride. And it makes some sort of a clunk which sounds > like a suspension component gone rogue. This has been a known issue with > some of the early forgings and ball joints. I mean come on - if you are > going to skimp, do it somewhere else. > > Combustion engines definitely save people from themselves. Max torque at > zero rpm is kind of insane. And pedestrians tend to underestimate your > speed or think you are farther away than you are because it makes no sound > speeding up. It slows really fast and intuitively with just the accelerator > pedal so it moves like something out of the Matrix speeding up and slowing > down so much more readily and naturally than a gas car. To get a gas car to > do the same thing, you have to burn immense amounts of gas through gear 1 > and high rpm, which is not reclaimed with braking and you think "hey I'll > just take it easy and save some fuel". But it seems free on batteries with > regen braking, as I am paying squat for the energy. So this is just another > level of around town speed up and slow down, as I expected but no one > including me seems ready for the capability of the thing. We are in close > traffic through Beverly Hills and honestly the car tempts you to do things > you should not and makes them seem perfectly reasonable. It does not need > 400 or 700hp or whatever it has. If they get that Aptera thing figured out > and it has real controls and no gimmicks I would probably prefer it. > Actually I would prefer a bike maybe with some electric assist, but I > prefer to live longer than LA traffic would allow, if I can. > > > > >> On Fri, Nov 11, 2022, 6:03 PM mitch--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> If I'm understanding Karl correctly, my hate for the touchscreen crap >> has multiplied tenfold. >> Having to take my eyes off the road and focus on a tactile free screen >> to do anything is a safety hazard. >> What pisses me off to no end is when my Chevy puts up a long paragraph >> of verbiage on the screen, and requires me to hit the "OK, I actually >> read all that bullshit while driving" button to bring the radio display >> back up. What's all the verbiage? A warning to not read the damn screen >> while driving!!! >> Makes me want to drive into a tree just so I can sue GM. >> >> But aside from the aforementioned horribly unsafe safety warning, I can >> live with the Chevy. The channel preset buttons are big, you can >> eventually learn approximately where they are, and you're better off >> using the buttons on the back of the steering wheel to just jump up/down >> the channel list anyway. >> >> Having to negotiate levels of menus while driving makes me think the >> best use of the Tesla would be to puncture the batteries, throw it off a >> bridge an enjoy the fireworks when it hits the water. >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
