That’s sandalous.

That looks like a consulting firm power point. This is tips to sell games not toake them better.

That’s not the point of the tomb.

I was speaking of aero issues mainly, not only wet racing. And is there really no other places where cars could be lightened? Like the whole hybrid drivetrain has to be heavier than two thin carbon fenders no? So sorry but I feel like the weight argument is so easily worked around I can’t believe it’s the only reason. And they would be what 30kg and that’s pushing, this is not formula breaking weight.

And formula e has wheel fenders.

Ahhhh traditions. The anchor of progress. I would really like if someone gave me a proper reason as to why open wheels are desirable apart from, and even that would be a stretch, looks. Not that it would be proper anyway.

I can always dream but I’d be all for it. Let WEC be considered the pinnacle of motorsport and not that mockery of a sport we have now. At least WEC isn’t packaged like a weekend long superbowl half-time.

A little bit off topic but I’m seriously questionning how important is the completely open-wheel design. For a decade now we’re hearing the turbulence the tire creates is a major hurdle to aero development that inevitably leads to cars that can’t race each other. And I’m not talking about making aero cars like WEC but something more similar to a dialed down RedBull X2010. Open suspension, open cockpit but enclosed wheels. I just don’t understand why the tires have to be out.

Sure this wouldn’t fix the rooster tail spray modern cars create but it would mitigate all the water the tires displace. What am I missing here, why can’t we cover the tires?

Ah yeah the gear goblins are real I swear. They keep telling me I absolutely need a 6-string fretless to get good and I think they might actually be right you know, it just makes so much sense. Why waste time limiting myself to 4-strings. But they also think I’m too dumb and will have to get a 5 string before, I really need to take baby steps after all… Ahh well, it’s not like I needed that 5k anyway.

Honestly not a big issue. The vast adoption of the standard is going to make it much easier to find charge points as they will always be compatible. This is a good step in the wide adoption of ev’s. It was bound to happen anyway.

Adaptors.

Everybody will. It’s the new standard connection in north america. They don’t really have the choice so the sooner ther better.

True. But also equally true if you do buy equipment and indulge in every temptation. There is absolutely egregiously expensive gear in all shapes and forms.

Playing music has basically no skill ceiling.

You haven’t read the article then, you just took the sentence that fitted your point. At the end there is an update saying that Tesla did in fact confirm it was the same battery pack that was software locked.

The article specifies that Tesla confirmed it’s a soft lock.

It seems we agree on the fact that there’s a lot of “artificial value” added in many different fields. Aren’t you concerned about that? Don’t you take that into consideration as a consumer? That’s what I’m talking about here.

Anyway yes, if a product cannot sell at full price, they should lower the price not the product like what’s happening here. And yes wineries are full of shit anyway.

Also, people won’t be “able to upgrade” they will only be able to unlock what they already bought.

But they can produce this car that sell this price though, that’s my point. The technology is installed and fabricated, it’s just artificially locked to fake some loss in value. This is just a disguised way to say they’ve been asking 10k more for the same product beforehand. That’s where the scam is, you are either paying 10k too much or are fucked out of a full product. Nothing do do with unicef it’s just a blatant example of Tesla (the company) being shit again and I wanted to point it out.

Edit; And that also creates a huge problem on the second hand market where Tesla can take those car and unlock them to inflate the sale value afterwards. Actively shafting the previous owner out of massive resale value which everybody should consider. Cars are not investments, they are money pits. The more money you can recoup the better and this here example literally cucks you out of any resale value.

TLDR: It’s voice lines.

Thanks chat gpt. But I’ll give you my advice as a 10 year mechanic.

Don’t. You’ll look like a tool and you’ll ruin a perfectly good truck. It’s certainly not a “good investment”.

Apparently all software. Fuck these guys it’s just greed. They can sell the exact same but software limited cars for 10k$ less so everyone is getting scammed.