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I would add another data point to the screen shifter. My MIL got into a fender bender in her X because the screen apparently doesn't like to register touches if someone regularly lotions their hands. She was reversing out of the spot, swiped to start moving forward, it didn't register, and she bumped the person waiting for her spot. Thankfully low enough speed to leave no marks on either car, but still not ideal. She now wipes her finger on her clothes before shifting
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Ugh winter driving efficiency hitting hard. I've got a long roundtrip commute that I do once a week. The way there is a slight elevation gain for most of the drive there and I was at like 2.1 mi/kWh during the summer and on the way back I'll get 2.4 mi/KwH. Now it's closer to 1.8~1.9 there and maybe 2.1 on the way back. Still have plenty of range if I charge to my normal 80% but it's getting a little closer than I'd like.
Went to the airport to pick up my wife yesterday morning and at 73mph and 24F out, I was hovering around 1.8 mi/kWh which made sad because I knew my lifetime efficiency was going to start dropping.
Went to the airport to pick up my wife yesterday morning and at 73mph and 24F out, I was hovering around 1.8 mi/kWh which made sad because I knew my lifetime efficiency was going to start dropping.
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anyone looked into getting this?
https://teslahubs.com/products/tesla...42756471685259
my Y is already very quiet though.
https://teslahubs.com/products/tesla...42756471685259
my Y is already very quiet though.
My old 3P was also pre-heat pump and got hot fast which I appreciated
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Oh, no heat pump will really eat into efficiency. Heat pump does take a little longer than element heaters, but not that much longer. My car is usually pre-heated before I leave in the morning
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdSusCDZcDg
Xiaomi has a giant screen and physical buttons
edit: and Carplay
Xiaomi has a giant screen and physical buttons
edit: and Carplay
Last edited by AMIRZA786; Dec 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM.
Impressed for the price of it all ($42K USD). It's also got a bunch of random accessories that you can add like a karaoke mic
Of course it would never make it to the US at that price but the Chinese manufacturers are expanding fast. My friend recently came back from Mexico City and was very impressed with the BYDs he saw while over there
Of course it would never make it to the US at that price but the Chinese manufacturers are expanding fast. My friend recently came back from Mexico City and was very impressed with the BYDs he saw while over there
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There is a reason for that, and the reason it optionally folds flat is so that the top of the adjacent storage area can fold over the shifter to create a massive flat work desk.
If you don't want to use the desk, you just leave the shifter up. And if you don't need or want a truck shifter, you can change it out for a rotary dial shift in just a few minutes.
If you don't want to use the desk, you just leave the shifter up. And if you don't need or want a truck shifter, you can change it out for a rotary dial shift in just a few minutes.
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Just make sure it's done when nobody is watching. Lol
Kinda like the booger pickers that wait for the red light to go all in.
-> Bad form. Haha