2022 Porsche Taycan 4S Cross Turismo

• It's electric and electricity is cheap in the Seattle area, especially from 11pm to 7am for me when it's $0.044 per kwh
• It charges very quickly on roadtrips, up to 270 kw or 5%-80% in about 20 minutes (did Seattle to Vegas and back in it!)
• it's a wagon so it's very practical. both our big dogs fit in there and we've taken them on some shorter roadtrips. I even got a roofbox for it, and it didn't impact the range as badly as I'd feared
• the driving experience is wonderful. it's not even close to the fastest Taycan but the 4S even at second lowest trim is without question fast enough, but the real enjoyment comes from the handling on top of that, it's just so so so good
• keeps up with GT3 RS at the track, though that might be more about GT3 RS owners babying their cars than anything else
• its comfy and quiet and communicative

While I'm not exactly thrilled about the massive depreciation, I don't see any other car now or in the foreseeable future that can also do all the things it does well without being a fucking SUV or crossover or truck.

Also if Taycans get cheap enough for more people to get into them, I hope more people do, cuz even the absolute lowest spec, zero options, smallest battery sedan is a solidly excellent car

feral furry here. THANK YOU. Seems like a great instance from what I've seen.

Hell yeah, Planetside 2 was outstanding when it was good. Huge scale, really good interactions (q to tag targets was so cool), really fun land and air vehicles

Fuck, I miss that game now. Shame it's declined!

Don't let your (justified) dislike of Tesla dull your senses towards other automakers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/technology/carmakers-driver-tracking-insurance.html

Impossible Burgers already exist and are fucking delicious.

But, sure, if I can have pastrami or corned beef again without requiring a cow experience a life full of torment, emit a cow's lifetime of methane, or have any of that happen where a forest should instead have been left untouched, I'd try it!

Loud music in restaurants

People reacting loudly at sports (sudden clapping, yelling, etc)

Velvet

Leather not letting sweat evaporate

Advertising

Nearly all modern cars are a privacy nightmare. That is not a valid reason to avoid Tesla in favor of a different modern car.

All the other points are spot on, though. Fuck Tesla and fuck the nazi shitbag that pretends to run it.

Beware superchargers, they are only 400 volt at the moment. Right now, any 800+ volt EV will charge worse on Tesla superchargers than on 800 volt CCS chargers.

That will probably improve but it'll take years.

Live and drink!

Why do specifically need a pickup?

earth is round

Fuck him and his insane and dangerous suggestions about medical stuff.

But "ask your doctor about X" ads where X is a prescription-only drug should definitely be banned. Why the fuck would I ask my doctor about a medication if they haven't already suggested it to me?