Re: MIT Engineers
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 5:50 pm
Model S or the new, cheaper one they are rolling out?
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Re: MIT Engineers
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 6:05 pm
I don't know. I won't be getting a new car for a couple years. But, probably a cheaper one. I don't like the idea of spending a lot of money on cars.
Re: MIT Engineers
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 6:14 pm
Agreed. I don't imagine ever buying a new car again.
Re: MIT Engineers
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 6:42 pm
The wife is interested in the Tesla. I may want to wait a few years for some kinks to get out of engineering before I buy.
The Tesla dealership (or whatever you call them) in Charlotte is a large former Mercury dealership lot. They have 3 cars there to test drive and then you order. It's just funny looking at these 3 cars siting in a huge vacant lot.
The Tesla dealership (or whatever you call them) in Charlotte is a large former Mercury dealership lot. They have 3 cars there to test drive and then you order. It's just funny looking at these 3 cars siting in a huge vacant lot.
Re: MIT Engineers
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 3:06 am
My brother likes his. So do I. Hopefully I will inherit it in 5 or 6 years...
Re: MIT Engineers
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 7:09 am
eCat's a MOD! now you neeed a military parker, chrome it up a bit more,a long flag stick on the back with a phony foxtail hanging from it--and stay away from Rockers ( I have photos!)
eCat wrote:The best part is that motorcycle riders have this unwritten rule you wave when you see a fellow rider
used to be just between harley riders and over the years its expanded into japanese cruisers and then to japanese tourings and sport bikes
but if you are riding a scooter - even one capable of going 110mph , you don't get the wave.
You aren't a real man. You're an Italian villager wearing a beret going to the park to earn money as a mime.
Re: MIT Engineers
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 8:39 am
heh..sorry no foxtails for me
I might get a cupholder though
I might get a cupholder though
Re: MIT Engineers
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 9:28 am
My cousin bought his wife one of those. Same color too.eCat wrote:I bought this as an impulse buy today
its a 2004 with 10K miles so its a long way from being new
this is the motorcycle you buy when you finally admit you would rather carry groceries than a woman in a tube top
Honda Silverwing - 600C, automatic CVT transmission, top speed - faster than I'll ever ride it.
Re: MIT Engineers
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 10:09 am
lots of women like them
Re: MIT Engineers
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 10:20 am
buddy bought Toyota Avalon sunday the hybrid supposed to get 40mph with an electric motor that takes over when you don't have your foot on gas pedal, all the bells and whistles. nice looking car, rides smooth and quit. no real pickup is the only bad thing I can say about it--oh and it lies about mph spo far 29mpg
costr him 47K hes out of his fucking mind
costr him 47K hes out of his fucking mind
Re: MIT Engineers
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 10:37 am
wow
I read that in 10 years electric cars will be cheaper than gas.
That will be the start of civil war in the middle east
I read that in 10 years electric cars will be cheaper than gas.
That will be the start of civil war in the middle east
Re: MIT Engineers
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 11:18 am
I'm surprised you didn't get one of those motorcycles with 2 wheels in the front...
Re: MIT Engineers
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 11:19 am
29 mpg doesn't seem that great, esp. for a hybrid. Hell, my grand marquis (12 years old) gets 22 mpg with mostly highway driving...
Re: MIT Engineers
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 11:35 am
hedge wrote:I'm surprised you didn't get one of those motorcycles with 2 wheels in the front...
I'm a cheap bastard. Those things cost as much as a car
Re: MIT Engineers
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 11:36 am
Assuming what oil price? Or do you just mean that the actual car will be cheaper to produce?eCat wrote:wow
I read that in 10 years electric cars will be cheaper than gas.
That will be the start of civil war in the middle east
Re: MIT Engineers
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 11:39 am
just assuming the start of massive drops in the consumption of oil/gas - not immediate but the beginningaTm wrote:Assuming what oil price? Or do you just mean that the actual car will be cheaper to produce?eCat wrote:wow
I read that in 10 years electric cars will be cheaper than gas.
That will be the start of civil war in the middle east
Re: MIT Engineers
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 11:45 am
Exactly. The Saudis are doing their best to choke out Western oil production and also stave off electric car production. The China growth situation doesn't hurt, but I'm convinced Saudi (moreso than OPEC) has done research at what average oil price a consumer looks at substitute goods because pump prices are becoming prohibitive.aTm wrote:Assuming what oil price?
Re: MIT Engineers
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 11:47 am
yeah I though 29 kinda sucked too--its all city driving--granted there is only 200 miles on the car now so who knows
Re: MIT Engineers
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 11:51 am
29 city is probably 10 - 15 mpg over the average of a 6 cylinder sedan in the same conditions. That's not bad.
Re: MIT Engineers
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 11:51 am
I'm not sure OPEC is acting in unison at this point.Bklyn wrote:Exactly. The Saudis are doing their best to choke out Western oil production and also stave off electric car production. The China growth situation doesn't hurt, but I'm convinced Saudi (moreso than OPEC) has done research at what average oil price a consumer looks at substitute goods because pump prices are becoming prohibitive.aTm wrote:Assuming what oil price?