"Manwich - now Keto-Friendly" (manwich)
10/08/2020 at 19:22 • Filed to: None
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"Manwich - now Keto-Friendly" (manwich)
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Well this article:
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Caused me to go down this rabbit hole:
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ranwhenparked
> Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
10/08/2020 at 19:48 |
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I swear, it's like there was some conspiracy among electric car builders in the '70s and '80s to make their cars as undesirable as possible. If Saudi Aramco wanted to keep everyone driving gas guzzlers, they would fund an electric car that looked like this.
SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
> Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
10/08/2020 at 21:57 |
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used to be a common thing to drop in the Rabbit Hole.
Lately The Drive is more interesting. I’ve even stopped by to see Murilee once in awhile. At least over there their politics stay in the glove box .
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Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
> ranwhenparked
10/08/2020 at 21:58 |
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I think part of it stems from the basis of the “beefed up electric golf cart” mentality that the entire industry had until Tesla came along.
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> ranwhenparked
10/08/2020 at 21:58 |
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or a truck that looks like this?
Chariotoflove
> SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
10/08/2020 at 22:01 |
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Still think that’s a Robocop set prop.
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ranwhenparked
> SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
10/08/2020 at 22:11 |
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That will actually appeal to Tesla’s existing demo. Of course, many of them are so sycophantic Musk worshippers, he could stick a “T” emblem on the front of a fully loaded and leaking honey dipper truck and they’d still buy it.
Whether it will sell to loyal buyers of existing domestic pickups is an open question.
I do think it would be cool if Tesla did a shot-for-shot remake of one of Chevy's old Like a Rock commercials. Fat guy slamming door of muddy Cybertruck, ridiculous amount of weight being dropped into bed from excessive height, slow motion footage bouncing through construction site, kids sitting on tailgate in a meadow, close up face shots of bearded workers in hard hats, some gratuitous American flags. Might be hilarious.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
10/09/2020 at 02:26 |
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that was o ne helluva rabbit hole you went down, the ones i go down are never that deep.
SmugAardvark
> Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
10/09/2020 at 02:47 |
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Those side windows make it look sort of like the car is melting somewhere in the middle.
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Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
> pip bip - choose Corrour
10/09/2020 at 08:11 |
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Yeah... one thing kept leading to another and then I hit that jackpot restomod link. I found the crash test video also to be quite interesting.
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Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
> SmugAardvark
10/09/2020 at 08:12 |
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Yeah... I think it was a 1970s approach to making it look futuristic.
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> ranwhenparked
10/09/2020 at 08:17 |
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“ Whether it will sell to loyal buyers of existing domestic pickups is an open question.”
I myself am not into trucks and wouldn’t buy the Cybertruck for myself. But it should be noted that Sandy Mu nro says he loves it.
https://insideevs.com/news/396785/sandy-munro-cybertruck-cash-cow-tesla/
So I’d say the Cybertruck will appeal to at least some demo outside of their usual demographic. It will be interesting to see.
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ranwhenparked
> Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
10/09/2020 at 13:10 |
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From what I understand, truck owners love to have statistics they can brag about, so if Tesla can push standard horsepower, standard torque, tow rating, and payload, and also make a big thing out of the toughness of the stainless steel body and the "ballistic" glass windows, that could do it.
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> ranwhenparked
10/09/2020 at 16:37 |
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“Most torque at zero RPM”
“Best efficiency/fuel economy”
ESC1000
> Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
10/12/2020 at 22:39 |
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I bought the brown one with the brown stripes also. Unfortunately got banned from the diy ev site I don't know why.
burner1979electrek
> Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
10/20/2020 at 17:31 |
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Jcs1000 here! We bought both the cars that were recently for sale in colorado. Shoot me an email! umelectrek at gmail