To be a massive pedant, the bullets in a 22LR and 223/5.56 are the same caliber, but it’s the wrong cartridge.

My wife used to hate my i3 but it grew on her because it is a very cute car. They’re also way bigger than you’d think. I’ve had people that are 6’6" in mine with head/legroom to spare.

The number one thing to consider is having a heat pump. I live in SE Michigan with my i3, having owned one without a heat pump and now with, it’s night and day difference. Even when it’s -15F, I only lose about 30% range at most while it was closer to 50% without the heat pump. Preconditioning the battery makes that closer to only a 15% loss.

It’s not really as comforting as it sounds to say that there are people who care about trans rights when an even larger group wants us dead and gone.

You need to stop yourself for a second and realize that it’s not a larger group. It’s a louder group. Absolutely no one who mattered gave a fuck about trans people until we were turned into culture war fodder to distract people from the Right’s shitty policies. The vast majority of people do not care about trans people whatsoever, and that’s not a bad thing, because at that point we’re just like everyone else.

Sure, there are a lot of people who have been convinced they think trans people are bad, but the reality is that it’s a totally manufactured POV. They had nothing else meaningful to complain about, so they pick up on the easiest punching bags they can. But the moment they’re faced with a real issue, they will forget about you in a heartbeat.

I have family members who posted some absolutely vile anti-trans rhetoric during the election, and when they were shamed for their vote, they went on and on about how Trump was “protecting their daughters from trans people in bathrooms”. Now that their jobs are in jeopardy due to the tariffs and they’ve lost a significant number of benefits from all the DOGE cuts? Absolute silence on the anti-trans front.

I don’t mean to justify their actions or behaviors in any way, but I solely mean it as a way to protect yourself mentally from the shittiness going on in the world. It makes things just a tiny bit easier when you realize that it’s not that they hate trans people, it’s just that they are weak people looking for an easy punching bag, and unfortunately we’re the minority du jour they’ve chosen to latch onto for the time being.

That being said, it’s still a very real threat to us for the time being, and ensuring we’re all supporting each other and pushing back however we can is extremely important.

It absolutely does. Typically, all 4 wheel speed sensors are polled and averaged, so unless you’re doing lots of extended 4 wheel burnouts, you’re talking an incredibly small margin of additional error.

At a minimum they went along with it. “I was just following orders” is never an acceptable answer.

This is sadly exactly the kind of shit they have been saying. Especially as it’s pertained to the Judiciary pushing back and them saying “How dare you! The God-King was elected by the people! Who is this judge to tell the King what to do??”

And trans people. And a large number of Latino people who use a simplified name.

Well, they’re taking away the bread, and the circuses cost $80/mo now. So probably won’t be able to keep it up too long.

Nuttin’ for the mutton

Are they going to say that somehow the liberals crowded the place so there was no one there to back her up?

Yeah, that’s pretty much exactly what they’re doing.

Every accusation is a confession

They removed radar in 2021 for cost-cutting reasons and have never had LiDAR, which Elon called “a fool’s errand”.

Source: I worked on their ADAS systems.

Knowing the insanity of die-hard Tesla fans, it’s likely to try and protect himself.

“I love my Tesla, but” has been a meme for years now because if you ever went on forums to get help or complain what a giant heap of shit the car was, and didn’t bookend it with unabashed praise, you’d have people ripping you to shreds calling you a FUDster and Big Oil shill who’s shorting the stock and trying to destroy the greatest company the world has ever known.

People have learned over the years that even with the most valid of criticism for the company, the only way to even attempt to have it received is by showing just how much you actually love Tesla and Daddy Elon, and your complaints/criticism are only because you care so much about the company and want them to do better. Yes, it’s fucking stupid and annoying, but sadly this is the reality we’ve created for ourselves.

And why they completely ignore that trans men exist any time trans people come up.

At a buy-here-pay-here dealer that specializes in salvage title “luxury” cars.

Nah, he’s definitely been to Epstein’s Island

Also worth noting that he’s stated himself that his companies’ values are all heavily tied together, and that it’s a “carefully balanced house of cards”. If Tesla falls, so to does everything else.

The “pre-orders” weren’t pre-orders. They didn’t secure a VIN, were zero commitment, and were fully refundable at any time. You were literally just giving Tesla a free loan of $100 to say “I might buy one of these”.

Other models? Absolutely. Cybertruck? No, fuck those people. Elon was full mask-off fascist by the time deliveries started.