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Old Jun 9, 2025 | 01:48 PM
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Lots of wear and tear on roads.
Plenty of heavier vehicles on the roads.
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Old Jun 9, 2025 | 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by geko29
My son was behind a Hummer EV (basically the same thing) in the car wash on Friday, and it literally stopped the carwash dead--completely unable to move. Had to drive out manually.
Yeah, I think a Hummer would do that. I've seen a giant pickup shutdown a car wash
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Old Jun 9, 2025 | 02:51 PM
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Plenty of heavier vehicles on the roads.
Yep, now even more thanks to EVs compared to their ICE counterparts. Be prepared to pay more for roads.
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Old Jun 9, 2025 | 02:53 PM
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Yep, now even more thanks to EVs compared to their ICE counterparts. Be prepared to pay more for roads.
Eh, such is life.
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Old Jun 9, 2025 | 04:30 PM
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My Ody already gets its sideviews hit when going through a tunnel car wash. I can't imagine how that Hummer fits through there.
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Old Jun 10, 2025 | 06:46 AM
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Amirza, better not do any street racing in San Fran now!

https://patch.com/california/san-fra...ions-one-month
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Old Jun 10, 2025 | 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
Amirza, better not do any street racing in San Fran now!

https://patch.com/california/san-fra...ions-one-month
There's so much traffic in SF I have no idea how people are even able to speed
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Old Jun 10, 2025 | 02:15 PM
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Turning over a new leaf:



https://www.motor1.com/news/762223/2...rque-upgrades/

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Old Jun 10, 2025 | 05:16 PM
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Waymos taking a beating in LA. Maybe they can add in riot detection and go ahead and burn themselves down. lol
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Old Jun 10, 2025 | 07:04 PM
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Xioami SU7 Ultra now officially the fastest sedan around the
Nurburg ring. China would completely dominate the world in automotive if it wasn't for the restrictions. Crazy to think 15 years ago Chinese automobiles were cheap, crappy copycats of western vehicles. How quickly they have progressed is impressive.

https://carnewschina.com/2025/06/11/...roduction-evs/
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Old Jun 10, 2025 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
Amirza, better not do any street racing in San Fran now!

https://patch.com/california/san-fra...ions-one-month
I got one last week! good thing they are still warnings now
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Old Jun 11, 2025 | 03:27 AM
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South Carolina actually has a law that bans the use of cameras to issue tickets. Privacy and abuse for revenue purposes were the main reasons for the statewide ban. Still have a lot of small towns that are speed traps, but an officer has to witness it to issue a ticket.
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Cool look into Rivian's design studio & tech lab

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Old Jun 13, 2025 | 08:15 AM
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gjeebs model y update (his wife's pov)... very entertaining. and great full self driving and self parking in action.


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Old Jun 14, 2025 | 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
gjeebs model y update (his wife's pov)... very entertaining. and great full self driving and self parking in action.

https://youtu.be/ZVC4T28ev_Q?si=aKokrmbF4keqk1cK
The most profound thing I took from that video was the quote "Women are the opposite of men."
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