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So are SUVs from BMW, Porsche or Audi. But heh I live in Europe, I guess the trucks in the US are way worse.

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7 points

Aren’t you guys seeing a surge in SUVs and similar kind of “useful” vehicles?

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12 points

Almost everyone I know with an SUV only has one because “I might need the space someday!” And 99% of the time either leaves random shit in the back or it’s just empty.

Same things with trucks. That bed is almost always vacant.

But the one time they actually use it for the space, it’s suddenly all “see??? I sure am glad I bought a (blank)!”

There are a few exceptions I know, but if the ratio is anything consistent across America, it would explain a lot.

Meanwhile my friend who drives a Prius can fit a surprising amount of stuff in that hatch and still has better acceleration and gas mileage than any of them…

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4 points

It’s interesting seeing how many around me have pickups essentially as a personality trait with a pristine bed. I only use a pickup when I absolutely need to because diesel is expensive and I get much better mileage in my sedan.

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-7 points

“Prius…better acceleration”

Lol

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2 points

Unfortunately yes

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1 point

Sorry to hear that, then. One could hope the government tries to step in, but there sure will be loads of people to try and defend their right to buy wannabe monster trucks to haul their fragile egos around.

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48 points

It’s actually a very pretty car, to be fair. Too bad it has the build quality of this spice rack

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28 points

I mean it’s ok… It’s not ugly, but I personally wouldn’t call it pretty.

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-1 points

Pretty if you like flames, terrible if you worry about the environment, torn if you are both ;-;

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21 points

I thought it was pretty when it was novel, but it’s been around long enough now that it just kind of blends in. I think it’s still a nice clean design, but not really eye catching anymore.

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7 points

To each their own when it comes to aesthetics, I guess 🤷

The build quality is still objectively abysmal though, that’s not a matter of opinion…

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3 points

Yea, the early ones were bad but current Model 3s and Ys are good.

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10 points

Damn, what a funny meme.

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-4 points

Im 🤣🤣🤣 and 🫄

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2 points

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-3 points

For me the worst part about Tesla’s (and other electric cars in general) is when you’re driving behind one and they have the regenerative breaking set to maximum. When they release the gas and start coasting, they decelerate a lot quicker than I do when I start coasting behind them which forces me to brake constantly.

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24 points

maybe just keep a bit of distance and don’t climb in their trunk? that also applies to non-EVs driving in front of you.

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Even when I keep my distance, it’s happened to me plenty of times that I gotta press the brakes after the EV in front of me coasts for a while when I do the same. Non-EV’s don’t have the same issue since they coast down at the same speed as me. Not cool to assume that everyone drives like a Dodge RAM owner.

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9 points

That’s really a driver problem not a car problem. You’d see the same behavior with a manual car in front too. I’ve got a Y and it’s the easiest thing in the world to keep a set distance with the guy in front.

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2 points

They’re not talking about that. The issue is that with the aggressive regen braking, those cars decelerate very quickly, way more quickly than an ICE would with engine breaking. The lack of brake lights therefore means lots of drivers are caught off guard when a Tesla starts coasting before them, which sometimes almost feels like they’re on their brakes.

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6 points

The brake lights come on when decel reaches a particular rate, which means it comes on when regen kicks in. Perhaps try driving one?

The engine braking on my 500cc bike is as aggressive, if not more, than my car. And that one’s got no decel based brake lights.

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