OT - For Car Lovers: Some Recent Exotic Spottings

dbCooper

Foghorn said:

dbCooper said:

For me, that's the finest car @Ozzie_Isaac has posted to date

Teach me something.  What is that car and why do you say that?

@Foghorn - To clarify, I was referring to the vehicles Ozzie posted during his current trip, not all time.  Doubtful I can teach you anything as I was stating my personal preference (opinions are like a-holes, everyone has one).  Classic vehicles before the mid-70's appeal to me more than modern offerings.  As @DoubleEgger noted, the car is a DB2/4.

alaskanassasin

DoubleEgger

alaskanassasin said:

Bond drove a DB5 

JohnInCarolina

Corv

Oh, yeah.... there's a car in the background. Almost didn't catch that.

shtgunal3

Exotic indeed

Foghorn

Thank you @dbCooper

WeberWho

Looks kind of fun. Even in December. 

JohnInCarolina

WeberWho said:

Looks kind of fun. Even in December. 

Not in Minnesota.

WeberWho

JohnInCarolina said:

WeberWho said:

Looks kind of fun. Even in December. 

Not in Minnesota.

High 30's the last few days. Not enough snow for snowmobiling. 

alaskanassasin

WeberWho said:

JohnInCarolina said:

WeberWho said:

Looks kind of fun. Even in December. 

Not in Minnesota.

High 30's the last few days. Not enough snow for snowmobiling. 

We watched Furiosa last night! 

JohnInCarolina

WeberWho said:

JohnInCarolina said:

WeberWho said:

Looks kind of fun. Even in December. 

Not in Minnesota.

High 30's the last few days. Not enough snow for snowmobiling. 

Oooh high 30’s!  Practically shorts weather!

Ozzie_Isaac

alaskanassasin said:

WeberWho said:

JohnInCarolina said:

WeberWho said:

Looks kind of fun. Even in December. 

Not in Minnesota.

High 30's the last few days. Not enough snow for snowmobiling. 

We watched Furiosa last night! 

Watching Carry-On right now.  Not Die Hard, but a reasonable Christmas movie.

alaskanassasin

Ozzie_Isaac said:

alaskanassasin said:

WeberWho said:

JohnInCarolina said:

WeberWho said:

Looks kind of fun. Even in December. 

Not in Minnesota.

High 30's the last few days. Not enough snow for snowmobiling. 

We watched Furiosa last night! 

Watching Carry-On right now.  Not Die Hard, but a reasonable Christmas movie.

Okay but I was referencing the gnarly bike lol.

Ozzie_Isaac

alaskanassasin said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

alaskanassasin said:

WeberWho said:

JohnInCarolina said:

WeberWho said:

Looks kind of fun. Even in December. 

Not in Minnesota.

High 30's the last few days. Not enough snow for snowmobiling. 

We watched Furiosa last night! 

Watching Carry-On right now.  Not Die Hard, but a reasonable Christmas movie.

Okay but I was referencing the gnarly bike lol.

Lol!

me:

kl8ton

Watched carry-on and die hard.  Christmas is now over

Hook_emHornsfan_74

Binged Squid Game this weekend.  Does that count?

Corv

Drove a Cybertruck today for the first time. An old friend stopped by with it.

Ride - Very, very good. Maybe better than that.

Steering - It uses a yoke. I was skeptical but it was geared quick (a little motion of the yoke gives a comparatively large car motion) and the forces were light. It was the nicest steering I've ever experienced on a car. The yoke itself was more comfortable than the one on my own EV. I liked it a lot. I'd compare it to a well-designed sport airplane like one of Van's kits; the Corsair 27' trimaran sailboat handled as well. Steering was seriously impressive.

Throttle - the vehicle has more power than it needs. Throttle response is immediate and powerful (and on demand, overwhelming), yet it's easy to hold residential speed limits. The response can be set to various levels, like modest, standard or excessive (not the Cybertruck's nomenclature). For today's ride the owner had it on excessive; were it mine I'd reduce it.

Controls - They differ from my own EV but were reasonably placed and more or less did about what I wanted them to do. The turn signals were buttons on the yoke.

Menu - many of the controls were primarily or only accessible from the menu. That is similar to mine but the menu choices had variations. I'd prefer more buttons and levers. Maybe in another 8 or 10 years those will come back.

Bed - the slanted bed cover worked smoothly. The owner says you can walk on it. I didn't try. With it down, the rear view mirror was blocked and I had to use the back-up camera view, which was acceptable. I thought that the bed was too short and in fact, that's one of my two biggest gripes. But it had numerous features to make it useful.

Frunk - Comparatively small with no external power sockets.

Cabin volume - Was generous. I'd have happily traded half the rear seat space for a deeper bed, though.

Visibility - Good but no better. The view aft is non-existent and the windshield is huge. The wiper blade appeared to be yards long.

Efficiency - In the miles it has so far, above 5k, it averaged nearly 2.5 miles per Kwh. That's about 1.7 times what my much smaller car gets. Mine gets more than 4 miles per Kwh.

Esthetics - in my opinion it's butt ugly.

Bullet-proof claims - I saw a video showing that the stainless skin is indeed bullet-proof. I question whether the tires or windows are.

Tires - Huge things, with no writing on them. Not cheap to replace.

Overall - I was impressed. It's not something I'd buy but it's more practical than I'd thought. If someone wanted an electric truck, it would be worth checking out.

JohnInCarolina

@Corv - interesting take.  Just out of curiosity, what EV do you have?

Gulfcoastguy

I only get 2.7 miles/kWhr if my battery is completely cold soaked and I am in a big hurry up hill. 3.3 to 3.8 is more typical.

Corv

2023 Tesla Model Y.

It replaced a used 2005 Prius which was a decent car, except for being terminally uncomfortable and regrettably low-powered. Later ones were considerably better. But it was economical and reliable and surprisingly capacious. The Model Y is more capacious and more comfortable.

Also have a old Tundra.

kl8ton

Corv said:

Drove a Cybertruck today for the first time. An old friend stopped by with it.

Ride - Very, very good. Maybe better than that.

Steering - It uses a yoke. I was skeptical but it was geared quick (a little motion of the yoke gives a comparatively large car motion) and the forces were light. It was the nicest steering I've ever experienced on a car. The yoke itself was more comfortable than the one on my own EV. I liked it a lot. I'd compare it to a well-designed sport airplane like one of Van's kits; the Corsair 27' trimaran sailboat handled as well. Steering was seriously impressive.

Throttle - the vehicle has more power than it needs. Throttle response is immediate and powerful (and on demand, overwhelming), yet it's easy to hold residential speed limits. The response can be set to various levels, like modest, standard or excessive (not the Cybertruck's nomenclature). For today's ride the owner had it on excessive; were it mine I'd reduce it.

Controls - They differ from my own EV but were reasonably placed and more or less did about what I wanted them to do. The turn signals were buttons on the yoke.

Menu - many of the controls were primarily or only accessible from the menu. That is similar to mine but the menu choices had variations. I'd prefer more buttons and levers. Maybe in another 8 or 10 years those will come back.

Bed - the slanted bed cover worked smoothly. The owner says you can walk on it. I didn't try. With it down, the rear view mirror was blocked and I had to use the back-up camera view, which was acceptable. I thought that the bed was too short and in fact, that's one of my two biggest gripes. But it had numerous features to make it useful.

Frunk - Comparatively small with no external power sockets.

Cabin volume - Was generous. I'd have happily traded half the rear seat space for a deeper bed, though.

Visibility - Good but no better. The view aft is non-existent and the windshield is huge. The wiper blade appeared to be yards long.

Efficiency - In the miles it has so far, above 5k, it averaged nearly 2.5 miles per Kwh. That's about 1.7 times what my much smaller car gets. Mine gets more than 4 miles per Kwh.

Esthetics - in my opinion it's butt ugly.

Bullet-proof claims - I saw a video showing that the stainless skin is indeed bullet-proof. I question whether the tires or windows are.

Tires - Huge things, with no writing on them. Not cheap to replace.

Overall - I was impressed. It's not something I'd buy but it's more practical than I'd thought. If someone wanted an electric truck, it would be worth checking out.

I drove the one my son uses for the first time the other day.  I liked the radar or whatever it uses to show you where all the surrounding vehicles are.  It would be hard to crash it with all the safety stuff on it.  It will change lanes for you if the car next to you starts coming over.  I don't care for a touch screen gear selector!  (Tap for park, drive, reverse, etc.) But I am old. The other thing that is interesting to me (first time driving an EV) is that you don't really have to use the brake.  You just let off the throttle and it slows quickly....like my Kubota RTV.  I assume it has regenerative braking where it is reclaiming some power during deceleration? I wonder if the brake lights come on when you let off the throttle?  Do all the Tesla cars slow down like that when letting off the throttle?

Gulfcoastguy

Most EVs have modes where the car starts automatically slowing using regenerative braking if you take your foot off of the go pedal. How aggressively it slows varies by model.

zaphod

Corv said:

2023 Tesla Model Y.

It replaced a used 2005 Prius which was a decent car, except for being terminally uncomfortable and regrettably low-powered. Later ones were considerably better. But it was economical and reliable and surprisingly capacious. The Model Y is more capacious and more comfortable.

Also have a old Tundra.

yep, nice ride you have there. I traded in the 2018 model 3 for a 2023 Y with hitch and 3rd row seating. 7 seats come in handy when everyone is along for the ride. Looking at EC40 or EX30 for the new small about town car.

Corv

Yes, the brake light comes on when it's self-braking by using the regen. I don't know if all Teslas do that (it's a driver's option) but they'll all have that option.

zaphod

i'm pretty sure that the regen braking will always trigger the brake lights as the car is braking. I have never seen any setting to defeat that on my Teslas. However, the amount of regen you want from none to mild to strong is adjustable.

JohnInCarolina

Buckwoody Egger

a relic from the post-logging road enabled moonshine era

Gulfcoastguy

Well that’s a hot rod.

Ozzie_Isaac

LambJohnInCarolina said:

Lamborghini Revuelto $600k+ msrp
sad to see all the cars burned up, but nothing compared to the lifetime of memories and the lives lost.

Edit:  that is cgi from dizzyviper