Musk's Illegal Control of the US Government

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

Complete **** show

News flash, Don: they know exactly what they are doing.

The person who doesn't know what these Trumpers and Muskovites are doing is you.

[CMRivdogs]

On 2/16/2025 at 9:22 AM, romad1 said:

This is pretty funny

 

 

[ewsieg]

I used to perform audits a long time ago.  It would have been so much simpler if anytime I had an invoice in front of me the question was "Did paying this result in some of the money making it into my pocket?" and 'No' meant I told my company not to pay it anymore and 'Yes' meant I told my company it was worthwhile to keep.

[romad1]

1 hour ago, CMRivdogs said:

 

Nice

[oblong]

I’m seriously considering not flying this summer.  We were thinking of going back to Sedona or San Diego.  Tapped out on Florid. 3 of our last 4 were on the Gulf of Mexico. We love it but that’s it for awhile. Flagstaff/Sedona was 8 years ago and this time we thjnk we want to rent a place.  That last vacation was our last “hotel room” vacation. 

[CMRivdogs]

9 minutes ago, oblong said:

I’m seriously considering not flying this summer.  We were thinking of going back to Sedona or San Diego.  Tapped out on Florid. 3 of our last 4 were on the Gulf of Mexico. We love it but that’s it for awhile. Flagstaff/Sedona was 8 years ago and this time we thjnk we want to rent a place.  That last vacation was our last “hotel room” vacation. 

We've got a couple of flights coming up in the next 45 days or so and I'm a bit leery. We're coming into Detroit this weekend on the heels of a big snow forecast Wednesday and Thursday ( last forecast 6 plus inches for Richmond). It's a family thing as well as a work thing for my wife. Neither one of us want to drive in that mess plus my wife's recent knee replacement makes it hard to drive long distances.

Then is an 8 day cruise the end of March out of Fort Lauderdale. Still a lot of driving on top of hotel and parking fees. It's our first cruise, so we'll see.

[Tigerbomb13]

I know this is in Canada, but hey, let’s gut the FAA. That will make us safer, right? 
 

 

Edited February 17 by Tigerbomb13

[LaceyLou]

1 hour ago, oblong said:

I’m seriously considering not flying this summer.  We were thinking of going back to Sedona or San Diego.  Tapped out on Florid. 3 of our last 4 were on the Gulf of Mexico. We love it but that’s it for awhile. Flagstaff/Sedona was 8 years ago and this time we thjnk we want to rent a place.  That last vacation was our last “hotel room” vacation. 

Unfortunately, I think all forms of transit are going to become more dangerous. And some forms, such as what's left of rail and buses, might end up disappearing completely. I hope not-but I'm not seeing much support for transit with Democrats, let alone Republicans.

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

I know this is in Canada, but hey, let’s gut the FAA. That will make us safer, right? 
 

 

Has to be an incredibly rare circumstance for a fuselage to end up upside down but still intact. Appears to be a Boeing 717, make that a CRJ900. (Bombardier)

Edited February 17 by gehringer_2

[CMRivdogs]

My Pinto performed much better in the snow. And I could add chains if necessary

 

[gehringer_2]

42 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

My Pinto performed much better in the snow. And I could add chains if necessary

 

I can give the vehicle a little bit of a break because the driver doesn't have sense enough to pull straight out instead of pushing a front end with the steering at lock harder into the snow.

And the huge windshield wiper is doing a crappy job on the window.

Edited February 17 by gehringer_2

[romad1]

2 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

I can give the vehicle a little bit of a break because the driver doesn't have sense enough to pull straight out instead of pushing a front end with the steering at lock harder into the snow.

And the huge windshield wiper is doing a crappy job on the window.

Also the vehicle can't be towed because of terrible design of axles or continue operating in the snow for fear of fires.

[romad1]

 

[gehringer_2]

Just now, romad1 said:

Also the vehicle can't be towed

OK, that seems weird for an electric. Doesn't seem like it should bother an electric drive train to be over-coasted. I know you pretty much can't tow any vehicle with a 4 way differential like my Subaru. On the older chevy 4WD you could electronically uncouple the transfer case but that fact seemed to be kept like a state secret.

[CMRivdogs]

21 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

 

And the huge windshield wiper is doing a crappy job on the window.

Way back during the winter of '79-80 the radio station in Richmond my wife worked for purchases an International Scout to handle expected snows. We had received a couple of "heavy storms" the year before and early 1980 proved just as bad for the area. 
The Scout wasn't bad except for one flaw. The wiper blade on the drivers side broke during one storm  We had to use a safety pin until they got it fixed

[Tigeraholic1]

1 hour ago, romad1 said:

Also the vehicle can't be towed because of terrible design of axles or continue operating in the snow for fear of fires.

Stick to government work lol.

[romad1]

I'm ready to ape out on Tesla drivers.  They need to feel awful for what they are doing.  Particularly in northern Virginia.

[Tigeraholic1]

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

OK, that seems weird for an electric. Doesn't seem like it should bother an electric drive train to be over-coasted. I know you pretty much can't tow any vehicle with a 4 way differential like my Subaru. On the older chevy 4WD you could electronically uncouple the transfer case but that fact seemed to be kept like a state secret.

All EV’s are designed like this. They must be roll back towed. By a Medium Duty diesel due to the massive weight. 😂

[Deleterious]

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

OK, that seems weird for an electric. Doesn't seem like it should bother an electric drive train to be over-coasted. I know you pretty much can't tow any vehicle with a 4 way differential like my Subaru. On the older chevy 4WD you could electronically uncouple the transfer case but that fact seemed to be kept like a state secret.

EV's generate a charge when the wheels spin because of the regenerative breaking.  You can't two any EV with any of its wheels able to spin. 

 

EDIT: Two = tow 

Edited February 18 by Deleterious

[Edman85]

5 hours ago, oblong said:

I’m seriously considering not flying this summer.  We were thinking of going back to Sedona or San Diego.  Tapped out on Florid. 3 of our last 4 were on the Gulf of Mexico. We love it but that’s it for awhile. Flagstaff/Sedona was 8 years ago and this time we thjnk we want to rent a place.  That last vacation was our last “hotel room” vacation. 

I ripped the damn band aid off flying into Reagan last week.

[pfife]

FDA reviewing Neuralink.  Musks Doosh committee fires them.   

Hashtag drain the swamp

[Motown Bombers]

[gehringer_2]

2 hours ago, Deleterious said:

EV's generate a charge when the wheels spin because of the regenerative breaking.  You can't two any EV with any of its wheels able to spin. 

 

EDIT: Two = tow 

you would think that would be subject to electrical control - if you open the windings circuit on the armature then you wouldn't get regen breaking. If you think about it, it would seem the vehicle has to be able to waste regen breaking energy because you can't use the power if the battery happens to be fully charged. Obviously has to do with the way the motors are wired but off hand I can't say what the advantage/requirement is in a configuration that can't coast. One more thing to learn about before I buy one....

Edited February 18 by gehringer_2

[Deleterious]

35 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

you would think that would be subject to electrical control - if you open the windings circuit on the armature then you wouldn't get regen breaking. If you think about it, it would seem the vehicle has to be able to waste regen breaking energy because you can't use the power if the battery happens to be fully charged. Obviously has to do with the way the motors are wired but off hand I can't say what the advantage/requirement is in a configuration that can't coast. One more thing to learn about before I buy one....

Even more odd.  The regen rate is adjustable.  It will drop to almost nothing if you are on icy roads.  I even see people mentioning it happens on dirt roads sometimes.  Basically anything where you have less traction.

On some Tesla's you can even press on the accelerator lightly, but don't engage the motor, and it will reduce the regen rate.  People do this going down hills.  Seems like a lot of work to squeeze out an extra 10 miles on a charge.  

[gehringer_2]

14 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

On some Tesla's you can even press on the accelerator lightly, but don't engage the motor, and it will reduce the regen rate.

I've driven one EV to  date, which was a BMW I spent a day with in LA, but I didn't spend a lot of time with it to learn all the bells and whistles so I didn't know how to kill the regen braking on the fly like that, but it's certainly a feature I would want. With that Beemer it was quite irritating that if you killed the cruise control, instead of going into a coast, you were immediately slowing down fairly hard - not at all what you  normally wanted on the 405 in that situation! So you had to be ready to hunt for the neutral throttle position when disengaging the cruise. I'm sure there was a better way but I just didn't know it - or at least hope there was!

I have one acquaintance with a Tesla but he is so non-tech I don't know if I'd get much out of him to ask him about it. Worth a try next time I see him though. ...

Edited February 18 by gehringer_2