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| ▲ | Petersipoi 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | > no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking Doesn't the fact that the original quote literally acknowledges "bums on the corner" imply that he wasn't referring to housing at all? | | | |
| ▲ | queuebert 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | A Tesla will out accelerate all but the most niche cars now. Even the cheapest cars can have giant screens and climate control. I don't think they are equal to a Rolls Royce, but extreme luxury has greater diminishing returns now than at any point in history. Where I live pretty much all new houses are being built with granite counter tops and hardwood floors. Whether that's a good thing is a whole other topic ... | | |
| ▲ | jerlam an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | > Where I live pretty much all new houses are being built with granite counter tops and hardwood floors. Whether that's a good thing is a whole other topic ... When land and labor (and fees leveraged by the city, state, etc.) are extremely expensive, the additional cost for these "luxury" items is very low by comparison. The buyers for these homes are buying everything new and it makes little sense to save $10k or so on such a visible amenity that is expensive to retrofit afterwards, on a home that costs $500k. It is the same reason why crank windows are gone from cars. They aren't really status symbols. | |
| ▲ | malfist 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | A Tesla Model 3, dual motor has a 0 to 60 speed of 4.3 seconds.
My F-150 lightening extended range can do that it 3.8 seconds. | | | |
| ▲ | hn_acc1 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | >A Tesla will out accelerate all but the most niche cars now. Claims presented without evidence. My slightly modified Subaru Wagon from '05 "out-accelerated" base Teslas - dead even in 1st gear, started pulling once the shift to 2nd happened. (Most) EVs cannot shift gears to get torque multiplication, so they start fast, but fall off as speeds get higher. My Kia gas car will outrun all but the model 3 performance - which the average person is NOT driving. Neither of those cars are "niche". | | |
| ▲ | Kirby64 20 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | > My slightly modified Subaru Wagon from '05 "out-accelerated" base Teslas - dead even in 1st gear, started pulling once the shift to 2nd happened. Slightly modified is doing some heavy lifting there. No 2005 Subaru wagon in stock config is anywhere close to beating a Model 3. > (Most) EVs cannot shift gears to get torque multiplication, so they start fast, but fall off as speeds get higher. Pretty much irrelevant, because they’re still blisteringly fast up to 60 which is where most of the acceleration happens in day to day. Nobody really cares about 60-80 or 60-100. > My Kia gas car will outrun all but the model 3 performance - which the average person is NOT driving. What Kia is that? Even the stinger GT (which is definitely a niche car) is slower than a regular dual motor model 3. | |
| ▲ | queuebert 11 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | EV motors can rev insanely high, so they don't need to shift gears, while most gas engines are limited to 6-7k RPM from factory. Thus the gassers need gears that essentially torque divide to reduce RPMs. You are very confused. |
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| ▲ | shaftway 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | That fancy Lamborghini is going to be sitting in the same traffic as my Honda. | | |
| ▲ | bartvk 24 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | You're equals in that regard, but try riding a motorcycle one day. I live in a country where lanesplitting is legal. There's nothing quite like getting passed by an extremely expensive car, and then at the traffic lights, cut in front of it. | |
| ▲ | skeeter2020 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | no - it will be getting very expensive servicing while you're enjoying 200K+ trouble-free miles | | |
| ▲ | Our_Benefactors 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Which is of course entirely besides the point. While it’s receiving service the owner will be in their Honda accord (they drive it daily), but they will always have the top trim and will probably get a new one once it’s out of warranty and needs its first “real entropy” repair. Being rich is better than being poor. The Warhol quote has nothing to do with that fact. | | |
| ▲ | wing-_-nuts an hour ago | parent [-] | | >Being rich is better than being poor. As someone who started out very poor, and is now ~ 30x above that. I strongly subscribe to the idea that happiness from income is very logarithmic. The first 2-3x income was life changing. I'm talking going from eating pasta, rice and beans for most meals to fresh fruit and veg, lean cuts of meat. From renting a room in a noisy apartment with 4 other people to having my own place that was both safe and quiet. My reading list was suddenly more constrained by time instead of price or library backlog. I suppose it's down to my starting position, a content disposition and a boring lack of imagination, but my expenses have now ~ 5x'd what they were when I was on the strugglebus, but still very modest, and I honestly can't identify any spending that would make my life better or make me happier long term. |
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