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Comment Re:Too bad, they're good cotractor/fleet vehicles (Score 1) 98

They'd be perfect if you could get a tradesman model with the big battery, but you can only get the upper trim levels with it, so you're paying extra for upholstery you're going to fuck up when you get in the truck with concrete on your pants or what have you. Maybe they're ideal for someone who only does cabinetry and trim, though.

Comment Re: Misleading Title (Score 1) 98

Most of the range anxiety goes away once you see how effective overnight charging is.

Pickups are bought by two kinds of people: those who will tow, and those who think they will. For the first group, range anxiety is real. For the second, they will only imagine it will affect them, but it would if they actually tried to tow.

To be clear there are lots of little trailers out there that don't affect range much, but there are also lots of TTs which absolutely do.

Comment Re:The persistent myth (Score 1) 18

You will find an "opinion" that is endlessly repeated in many forums (including right here) that it is impossible to build a f

How has Tesla proven that with their non-autonomous driving system (It's not even level 4, let alone 5) that mistakes the side of a semi trailer for the sky and drives under it?

Comment Re: Wrong approach (Score 1) 98

Ford is a real mixed bag, I'm not a superfan by any means, or even a fan frankly. I've bought two Ford pickups and regretted them both. But I also got frankly some of the worst examples, one of them was supposed to have been worked on and it turned out it was rebuilt incorrectly and the other was a 7.3 IDI with a turbo and I didn't know about their weak blocks at the time. But I also had a V6 Aero Bird which was a shockingly good car, and have only respect for the 80s F150 with the 300ci straight six even though I'd rather have a '60s Chevy with a 292.

The F150 Lightning also isn't a good enough truck for what they charged for it. Ford was banking on a larger supply of suckers. I'd love to own one, but I'm sure not shopping in that market segment. Ford also didn't plan to ever offer the Lightning I wanted, a tradesman model with the big battery.

Comment Re: Wrong approach (Score 2, Informative) 98

The cybertruck is pure shit. It is the least reliable Tesla by a wide margin, and Tesla was recently named the least reliable vehicle in America.

The lightning might be a vehicle without a business case, but it's a major revision from the normal f-series, down to having independent rear suspension. The f150 is also the most popular vehicle on the planet. While Ford has had some massive failures in it like the 3 valve 5.4, you're still barking up the wrong tree here

Comment Why maping (Score 1) 96

Maybe it's me who lived in apartment with much simpler floor plans than everyone else, but I never saw the need for room mapping and navigation.
I've always use the randomly going around and bump into things models, and they have always been good enough for the daily cleans in house with cats.

I really don't care how silly they bump into thing as long as they keep the pet hair low in their daily runs.

What I do care about are the batteries, but luckily after-market LiIon batteries that integrate their own BMS inside the battery and are drop-in replacement for Roomba, boosting up the run by a large factore arre a thing.

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