US Marine/bike user working to carve out more space for sustainable/active transportation.
Valparaiso, IN
Joined May 2011
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Cargo bike is ready for Black Rock City. I'm looking forward to visiting a car free city right here in the US!
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In the U.S. alone, 108 people died yesterday, 108 people will die today, and another 108 people will die tomorrow in vehicle accidents. And yet the national mainstream media won’t say a word about it.
But if ONE Tesla robotaxi, after months of zero injury incidents, merely bumps into a human leg without injury, it will make headlines all over the world.
That’s how fucked the reporting is around autonomous vehicles. Tesla knows this, and they are being ultra cautious with the robotaxi rollout.
Road accidents have killed approximately THREE TIMES MORE Americans than all wars combined. Human operated vehicle accidents have killed over 4 million souls since 1899. Every Tesla engineer working in FSD is a fucking hero.
My Tesla was violated by an F 350! Stoked about waiting 6-9 months for a pretty basic repair that I could probably do myself for 10% of what it's going to cost 🙃.
Toyota, GM, and all of the other legacy OEMs want a world where half of our cities are dedicated to cars that sit idle 94% of the day.
Tesla wants to eliminate that waste.
Is anyone else noticing maybe improvements with HW3 FSD after the 2025.14.7 update? Are they slow playing us?
I recently conducted an experiment. I canceled my FSD subscription to see if I could go without it.
I made it 10 days.
With several steel mills already being idled due to declining demand, the situation could worsen by 2030 when U.S. annual auto sales potentially fall below 10 million, driven largely by Tesla's disruptive technology. The backlash against Tesla may intensify significantly, and as BTO would say, "we ain't seen nothing yet... b-b-b-baby."
We all dream of a safer, more balanced world where cities aren’t choked by cars, and kids can move around freely. Yet, we criticize the company poised to revolutionize transportation by replacing private, human-driven vehicles that sit unused 94% of the time and devour 50% our urban space.
Black mirror is back!
My ranking
1. Hotel Reverie
2. Eulogy
3. Plaything
4. Common People
5. USS Callister sequel
6. Bete Noire
Do people see how crazy this is? Half a city’s space—50%—goes to cars. And drivers? Through gas taxes, excise, and registration fees, they cover just 50% of road building and maintenance costs. Is this sustainable?
Can Tesla's AVs bring us a more sustainable balance?
I think we can all agree that the low capacity utilization of privately owned, human driven vehicles, carries with it massive negative externalities- like having to set aside 50% of the space in your city for vehicles that sit idle 95% of the day.
Can AVs increase capacity utilization? Will that be a good thing? What else could we use the space for?
Buying a Car: Legacy Dealer vs. Tesla
Legacy: Spend hours (or days) scouring multiple lots to find the vehicle you want.
Endure endless back-and-forth haggling with a salesperson and their managers.
Watch the salesperson try to "hold" on your trade.
Have your credit application blasted to multiple lenders—racking up inquiries that can ding your score—just to lock you in and deter you from shopping elsewhere.
Meet the Finance & Insurance (F&I) rep who tacks on a 2% markup to your rate and tries to sell you GAAP, ext warranty, window etch, rust proofing, etc.
Tesla Experience:
Handle everything online—simple, transparent, and fast.
Download the app and sync it instantly with your car.
Get in, drive off, and enjoy the ride.