Subject	I have barely scratched the surface
Posted by	LJZTT on May 19, 2019 at 1:14 PM
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In Reply To	You have some very good points. posted by MixManMash on May 19, 2019 at 12:37 PM
Message	The reasons for avoiding Tesla, especially concerning their financial health and practices, are very numerous. As if everything else wasnt bad enough, given Tesla's precarious situation, it is very bad to have celebrity brand-champions turning on your company publicly while it is in dire financial straights during the age of social media.. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/sheryl-crows-tesla-malfunctions-and-singer-asks-twitter-for-help-2019-04-03 https://www.autoblog.com/2019/04/09/ben-baller-tesla-model-x/ or the car becomes known as a death-trap... https://www.autoblog.com/2019/02/28/tesla-fiery-crash-closer-look-door-locks/ Tesla supposedly has a significantly higher fatality rate than any other "luxury brand", although I havent seen the data source for this assertion, it doesn't seem unlikely. A lot of very relevant information that consumers need to know if they are considering buying a Tesla is simply obscured from public discourse. With too many people getting all their information from social media and other corporate controlled outlets, it is not surprising that public perception of Tesla is largely wholly misaligned with reality and almost completely aligned with Tesla's PR and marketing departments....but the truth about reality is out there and with incidents like the recent ones above, more and more folks are coming to a realization that they have been taken advantage of by an unethical company and a massive dereliction of duty on the part of the government. I mean seriously, so If this car malfunctions and I get locked in it on a hot day my options are to smash a window, hope I can get out through the trunk, or be a big enough celebrity that the CEO will resolve the matter after I tweet about it and it gets retweeted by however many thousands of followers I have? It isn't even enough to be just a famous celebrity, you need to be on twitter or facebook live AND have enough followers to get Elon Musks attention.. No thanks. If I want to spend 100k+ on an EV, I'll get one from a manufacturer without a history of BS and unethical practices 30 years ago...or now? "I torch my soul to show the world that I am pure deep inside my heart...." --William Patrick Corgan
Follow Ups	Chicagoland Dyno Trip. - Boostjuice 17:57:33 05/14/19 First dyno graph from september - Boostjuice 18:02:03 05/14/19 Chicagoland Dyno Trip Graph - Boostjuice 18:03:19 05/14/19 Nice results..similar setup to me. E85 is great on the 530s! - Stanky (BC) 18:29:59 05/14/19 e85 on the 530s definitely makes for a fun street car! - Boostjuice 18:47:44 05/14/19 How is fuel efficiency on the E85? - ZXoltan 10:32:48 05/15/19 Theoretically it's worse, but in real life not by much - Stanky (BC) 12:29:54 05/15/19 fuel efficiency isn’t terrible, I filled up full tank - Boostjuice 12:41:01 05/15/19 I have been wondering myself if the difference between the - LJZTT 12:24:01 05/19/19 Fuel economy is ~17% worse - megaDan 14:35:03 05/15/19 I heard your car did well dan, i only got to see a couple - Boostjuice 14:52:26 05/15/19 Ouch! 800 HP is exciting. A blown motor is not :-( (n/m) - ZXoltan 17:09:49 05/15/19 You make very good points. Not sure how available it is - ZXoltan 17:07:27 05/15/19 It's just a higher quality fuel than gasoline. No carbon - not4resaleZ 17:25:27 05/15/19 lol (n/m) - LJZTT 15:44:39 05/16/19 Frankly we should have phased out internal combustion - not4resaleZ 18:16:19 05/16/19 GM does a good job of getting in their own way. (n/m) - MixManMash 21:10:38 05/16/19 GM is actually quite ahead of Tesla, at least 10 years - LJZTT 09:48:58 05/18/19 Things you could research-Sandy Munro, Maxwell Technologies (n/m) - not4resaleZ 15:54:51 05/18/19 Re: Things you could research-Sandy Munro, Maxwell Technologies - LJZTT 12:05:53 05/19/19 You have some very good points. - MixManMash 12:37:55 05/19/19 I have barely scratched the surface - LJZTT 13:14:51 05/19/19 I've seen it all. Everyday I do a Tesla search on Google - not4resaleZ 15:41:29 05/19/19 ^exhibit A: "cognitive dissonance" - LJZTT 16:41:00 05/20/19 OK, what about GM is 10+ years ahead? - not4resaleZ 17:59:10 05/20/19 GM was almost 20 years ahead. - MixManMash 19:01:06 05/20/19 In retrospect, I have it backwards, it took over 100 years - LJZTT 19:43:18 05/21/19 yikes man, you have a lot of assumptions that simply aren't - LJZTT 17:48:15 05/21/19 I'm sorry I don't have more time to spend responding. - not4resaleZ 18:12:40 05/21/19 You misunderstand me - LJZTT 19:29:07 05/21/19 Coming to pass? Ethanol production continues - not4resaleZ 20:17:48 05/21/19 so?...let's see retail sales/consumption figures vs gasoline - LJZTT 20:44:52 05/21/19 a few mins on the web reveals that very little data is out - LJZTT 20:53:20 05/21/19 "accomodative" monetary policy... lol - vorpalZed 09:15:41 05/21/19 I dont know how it works in Canada, but the Federal Reserve - LJZTT 18:12:40 05/21/19 you're right, I misunderstood the 'Fed' system - vorpalZed 21:48:42 05/21/19 actually if you look back over a decade ago - LJZTT 08:00:37 05/22/19 research 10 year old tt.net posts? - vorpalZed 08:52:58 05/22/19 No one told you to do it, I plainly said "IF you did - LJZTT 09:39:18 05/22/19 and just to send some of you into a real tizzy - LJZTT 10:15:50 05/22/19 I think I'd be more concerned for Nissan than Tesla - vorpalZed 11:32:17 05/22/19 Well Nissan and Tesla aren't really in the same boat - LJZTT 11:58:00 05/22/19 Re: I have barely scratched the surface - spicyZ 08:00:46 05/21/19 Apart from Paul Walker no car guy should have a beef with - LJZTT 19:35:35 05/21/19 Going fwd I will just link co-workers here when they ask... - Ted (92TT) 15:37:29 05/19/19 Re: Things you could research-Sandy Munro, Maxwell Technologies - LJZTT 12:17:05 05/19/19 bottom line: all Tesla owners risk becoming the "bagholder" - LJZTT 12:21:08 05/19/19 don't be a bagholder.... - LJZTT 12:38:18 05/19/19 then why do their e-cars look like jellybeans with glued on - vorpalZed 22:13:47 05/18/19 dunno, I guess that is what your cars look like 10 years - LJZTT 12:07:50 05/19/19 I run the car on e85 almost all the time, and I - Boostjuice 17:43:41 05/15/19 Re: I run the car on e85 almost all the time, and I - Jason300zxTT 05:44:33 05/18/19 I'm flex fuel. I read a sensor's display after fillup and - not4resaleZ 09:27:35 05/16/19 Love it. Similar setup to my Sp550 build. - Waco300zx(DFW) 12:32:48 05/15/19 Ask me how many E85 stations exist in VT - Zeus 12:58:10 05/15/19 Happy face.....you can get 55 gallon drums delivered in VT - SirpriZ 18:47:39 05/15/19 I converted to ethanol on Sport 550's. Huge difference. (n/m) - outkaZTT 20:48:46 05/18/19 Out of curiousity how much boost are you running on e85 now? (n/m) - RAGTPZ 10:55:24 05/20/19 Hi Mike. I'm real curious as to how the 550s perform - SirpriZ 15:50:31 05/20/19 Was the tune put on a chip or do you have standalone? thx (n/m) - ZUL8R 13:47:24 05/15/19 Harry just put both my tunes on a chip, and made me a toggle - Boostjuice 14:49:13 05/15/19 So I guess you can't use them at random without pretty much - ZXoltan 17:40:20 05/15/19 You can use them if you had to. The best way is to get - Boostjuice 18:00:20 05/15/19 I like the SZ MAP switcher, Seb setup mine with 8 maps based - puchy 11:00:55 05/16/19 they do (n/m) - LJZTT 15:46:42 05/16/19
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