Turns out that drag race was actually 1/8mi


It still a stupid metric, but it's funny how they had to lie about it.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/tesla-...g-to-lock-diff

https://www.thedrive.com/uploads/202...=70&width=1920

https://youtu.be/xNE-NyaYBcg?si=fvkchboptSkkGLY1

Throttle House review.

Lol!

The rear axle steer components weren't strong enough to handle the abuse.

That truck is owned at Unplugged Performance. They where at King of the hammers.

https://www.optimabatteries.com/expe...of-the-hammers

They'll fix the wheel falling off issue in the next software update.

"We've detected you're off-roading were rerouting you to the closest paved road"

Anyone else think those rotors look absolutely tiny for such a heavy ass car ?

Tesla brake performance for all their cars has been a problem hahahaha

The rotors by themselves are never enough, I am sure the Tesla engineer says they calculate the braking force in conjunction with the regen braking, because in Teslas you can't turn the regen off, so it will always be part of the "braking system" on top of the frictional brakes.

I was going to say, the regen probably takes a good chunk of the load. Today’s cars brakes are massive. Really only required for track use.

You almost never use the brakes in a tesla.

Unless the electronics fail or a CV snaps.

Seem about normal size for rear brakes, they actually look a bit bigger than the rears on my F150.

This is probably a full e36 heavier than your f150 though

Unplugged performance said it was a broken bolt. Truck was mostly stock except for the front and rear quick-disconnect sway bar endlinks. They didn't specify if the bolt that broke was their sway bar end links though. They did say they pushed the truck very hard and to the limits since product development depends on this.

A sway bar end link won’t cause an issue. I fact it’ll probably help. Lol

Saw a Cybertruck parked at work today. Really threw me off. "Who left a fridge in an EV charging space?!"

It's a lot smaller in person than I thought. Doesn't seem in person much bigger than a Tacoma if at all. Interior room seems similar if not smaller. Might be something to do with that sharply sloping roofline.

In the distance and out on the street though, looks massive.

https://i.imgur.com/MjKW1Eo.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/LAqNuB2.jpeg

Reminds me of that robot from robocop lol

https://i.imgur.com/AysHQTZ.jpeg

Now there's a shop that's making bank off whatever they normally do every day with diesel trucks. But also somehow bored at the same time.

Living in Woods Cross, Utah probably helps with both of those things.

https://www.businessinsider.com/tesl...on-musk-2024-2

article doesn't have a pic, but it looks like the stainless steel is getting rust spots

It's stain less not no rust. Put it through the rigors of daily use I'm not surprised an unprotected steel panel would get some surface rust.

EDIT: Other thing to keep in mind, the surface of the stainless steel isn't non-stick either. Environment contaminants will stick on it and cause rust like looking spots. Anyone who drives a white car and lives or works near a railroad would know. My white MS3 was covered in orange rust spots because I worked in produce alley right next to the train tracks, but it's actually just contaminants and some elbow grease with a clay bar will take it all off.

I also suspect it's just normal contaminants from the road. Iron remover is not cheap to use on the regular.

Remember that there are different grades of stainless.

The Cybertruck is what? 301?

There's a reason they use 316 for marine parts.

The rigours of daily use?! These things are a fucking month old lol. If only they had figured out something to put on the metal body panels of cars that would prevent them from rusting in a month of use. Is there a software update for that maybe?
These things are just pure trash hahahaha.