The Times They Are A-Charging

[VoodooBoss]

I saw that. Maybe I should get one of those hammers you keep in our Tesla so you can break the glass. Got any suggestions?

 

[Fat Boss]

These seem to work well. I used one that was elastic like a sling shot when we cut up a Prius a couple months ago.

https://www.fire-police-ems.com/misc/winpun1.shtml

 

[blacksheep-1]

I used to keep one of those in my gear

 

[VoodooBoss]

I've got this sitting in my Amazon cart. It includes the cutter for the seat belt.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ASKSB0I/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=AQK11O1HS2GGC&psc=1

 

[TymeSlayer]

I have one similar to that. Is was a gift from my father-in-law that he gave one to every family member some fifteen years or so ago. I carried it in my Expedition, Jeep Grand Cherokee and Mountaineer but fortunately never had to use it. It now sits in my F-150 and is a nice piece of mind. Don't use it in my Boss because I don't want that thing flying around on the track.

 

[TMSBOSS]

In a pinch, a solid pocket knife will also break glass.

 

[VoodooBoss]

This is cool and maybe for $100K. But $300K? Yikes!

https://www.carscoops.com/2019/04/all-hail-the-worlds-first-battery-electric-classic-ford-bronco/

 

[302BOB]

This is cool and maybe for $100K. But $300K? Yikes!

Yikes is right!!!...I'l keep what I got for now..

 

[Fat Boss]

I charged my Focus Electric at work the other day since I was going to put some miles on at lunch. Total cost for me to drive the 32 miles to work, at high speed, was $1.38.

My truck would have cost about $8 for the same one way trip to work, based on current ~$4/G diesel prices. My old Fusion Energi would have cost me about $5.

 

[VoodooBoss]

I paid $4.35 for premium yesterday and I fully expect to see $5 a gal or more before this next rape the public cycle is over. We typically drive our Tesla whenever we can because the cost of using it is so much less than the other three vehicles we own. That is really going to be true this summer.

 

[302BOB]

I pd $3.00 a gal for regular to gas up the truck last week.The Boss is afraid to pass a gas sta. now.....electric will catch up very soon............

 

[TymeSlayer]

Paid $2.60 for the truck but 91 octane is running closer to $2.90. Paid $100 for 10 gallons of 100 octane a few weeks ago. My wife's '13 Ford Edge is getting close to 170K miles and now that she's retired, I'd like to talk her into a EV since her sales road trips have gone away but she won't settle for some cheap ass model. I keep telling her that she'd look hot in a 1971 Ford Pinto but she'll have none of it.

 

[302BOB]

. I keep telling her that she'd look hot in a 1971 Ford Pinto

Throw a 302 Roadrunner in it and she make take you up on it. I remember guys throwing Vette engines in Vegas back in the day...they were fast but the cars didn't last too long...no control at all...................BTW...was the Pinto supposed to be a baby Mustang??????........

 

[VoodooBoss]

This is one of the nice features of owning a Tesla and a few other EV makers, you can receive software updates without going to a dealer.

https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/0...atures-that-improve-safety-without-autopilot/

 

[302BOB]

Sure seems like Tesla is carving a way to a new future in car driving/ownership..............I'll stay old school with my Boss, for now.....hard to believe I'm saying this................where does the tyme go?????????????

 

[Norm Peterson]

This is one of the nice features of owning a Tesla and a few other EV makers, you can receive software updates without going to a dealer.

https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/0...atures-that-improve-safety-without-autopilot/

Didn't Tesla use that same method to eliminate the "back door" method of shutting off a couple of the nannies that a few people had found?

That capability makes me a lot uneasy, that a mfr could recalibrate most anything on my car without necessarily obtaining my permission to do so first.


Norm

 

[VoodooBoss]

Yawn

 

[VoodooBoss]

Or better yet

 

[302BOB]

Easy folks...I'll be the temporary Moderator here today.............................................

 

[The_Dead_Cow]

I was talking with a coworker the other day about jailbreaking a Tesla. Apparently a guy did it to add firefox to the touchscreen. Tesla knew he was doing it and sent him messages lol. I'm not sure about the capabilities of the "over the air" control car mfr's have but a lot of them seem to have it (Tesla, BMW, OnStar/GM).
https://venturebeat.com/2014/04/05/it-had-to-happen-jailbreaking-a-tesla-model-s/