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Tiffany pedalling well.

I'm probably in the crowd and will pics, somewhere.

nuttinnew wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 9:59 pm

Watched the Calibra-Corrado-Prelude-Probe segment of this whilst getting ready this morning, and it just reminded me of reasons Clarkson always annoyed me. Generalised statements with very little detail, and a lot of focus on stoopid dog/coffee/city/anything analogies. "If this car was a cable, it would be an RS232 interface lead" or some pish. And they have left in totally nonsensical statements like (referring to the Probe) "You have to stir the gearbox to really make it move at low revs".

Sorry for giving you an itchy stabbing hand to start your day

I had to play this a second time on the TV through the stereo..... TURN IT UP!

That is wonderful.

I don't think Tesla tricked any car guys on the internet

@nuttinnew Good analysis (which blows the claim apart even whilst making generous assumptions in favour of the truck).

I like that he drew a triangle and a beetle to represent the two vehicles in question.

How does he keep getting away with such blatant lies and misleading information. There weren’t even asterisks or cleaver wording to his statements on screen. Especially in America where you expect everyone to sue everyone.

I guess he’s got away with it this long he’ll keep doing it.

I think engineering explained was very conservatives with his estimates, the extra aero and rolling resistance drag of the truck plus trailer will surely make a decent dent in its last 1/8th performance.

integrale_evo wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 7:32 pm I think engineering explained was very conservatives with his estimates, the extra aero and rolling resistance drag of the truck plus trailer will surely make a decent dent in its last 1/8th performance.

Musk uses Trump tactics.

And your point is exactly what I was referring to above - there is absolutely no way that the 11mph difference between solo-truck and truck-towing-911 at the 1/8 mile mark would actually be maintained to the 1/4 mile mark, so it's would never get anywhere close to the figure he calculated.....

mik wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 5:56 pm I like that he drew a triangle and a beetle to represent the two vehicles in question.

That's EE for you, all about the details

mik wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 7:53 pm

integrale_evo wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 7:32 pm I think engineering explained was very conservatives with his estimates, the extra aero and rolling resistance drag of the truck plus trailer will surely make a decent dent in its last 1/8th performance.

Musk uses Trump tactics.

And your point is exactly what I was referring to above - there is absolutely no way that the 11mph difference between solo-truck and truck-towing-911 at the 1/8 mile mark would actually be maintained to the 1/4 mile mark, so it's would never get anywhere close to the figure he calculated.....

his entire career and success is based on continual lying. The number of amazing things he has announced are "we can already do it" or going to happen next year is hilarious.

Mito Man wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 5:48 pm I don't think Tesla tricked any car guys on the internet

Maybe not, but without proof it's just another opinion

Here for the RS2 content:

My old car. Selling it was the second stupidest thing anyone has ever done (selling the Countach being top of the list).

Oh gosh. Regretting selling a watch has nothing on that. What a lovely machine. Did you directly replace it?

I was always fascinated by the Jalpa in the 1980s; you got magazine articles about the Countach but virtually nothing on the little Lambo.