The cars and bikes thread!

[geoffbot]

What game?

[Raza]

What game?

Forza Horizon 5.

That’s my 1965 Mustang set up with a drift suspension and an 8.4L Dodge Viper V10.

[Raza]

Graphics are pretty good for being played only on an Xbox Series S. Look at the light streaming down. You definitely didn’t get that in the last generation of consoles.

[Raza]

Maybe you’ll like this photo better?

[geoffbot]

Looks amazing.

[Raza]

Looks amazing.

It’s a lovely thing to drive, too. My blue one is only slightly modified, a little extra power, stiffer and lowered suspension, and it flows through corners the way an old NSX does.

[geoffbot]

The rebuild to end all rebuilds. Man what a roller-coaster https://youtu.be/IG1ce14OkOE

So good

[happyscrappyheropup]

Am I the only one that sees the humor in using a diesel or gasoline generator to charge an electric vehicle? Propane or natural gas allows forklifts to run inside closed buildings. Heat and some water come out of the exhaust. Far cleaner than most electric from the plug.

Propane forklifts generate CO, too.

And, charging an electric car with a gas gen just makes it a hybrid, right?

[happyscrappyheropup]

https://gizmodo.com/mix-up-with-tesl...por-1851328861

Tesla designs are literally too stupid for the law to protect us against them.

AI using the drive cameras, context, and GPS to guess at what gear you should be in
Touchscreen gear shifts (to override the guess)
Door handles that can’t be operated in an emergency

Linked in that article is an article about the grisly death of a family friend’s son when he crashed Model S couldn’t be opened up and he burned to death, beyond recognition, in a fire that lasted for hours.

However you feel about EVs, whether you think they’re the greatest thing in the world or the worst invention of man, Teslas should be avoided. You can’t put a tech bro’s mindset into a motor vehicle company where people’s lives are at stake and expect things to go well.

I think all of the EVs we drove had retracting or non-existant door handles on the outside of the car. When your family friend crashed his Model S it was an uncommon approach that's (unfortunately) now been adopted by other car manufacturers.

My Model Y has a physical gearshift stalk and a physical door release inside the car that is operated by a cable. I have driven the Model S Plaid with the touchscreen gearshift - I didn't have a problem with it. I'm not sure on the circumstances of Angela Chao's death because they haven't released details, so I can't comment on it.

[Samanator]

Propane forklifts generate CO, too.

And, charging an electric car with a gas gen just makes it a hybrid, right?

Having been downstream from a diesel generator at Sebring race last week I can tell you a diesel generator is nowhere near as clean as the 2007 E320 Mercedes I had with the first generation Bluetec turbo diesel engine.