Yep. It’s a shot from his Pacifica commercials.
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The issue people have is that this so called luxury car has a fucking half assed iPad stuck in the middle with ZERO thought to how to users will interact with it. It was fucking appalling when the Big 3 started sticking on screens like lazy bums, its downright baffling when Tesla one-ups them with a bigger screen with…
I put a deposit down on a Model 3, but this doesn’t bug me at all. My current car has a nav screen in about that spot, and I quickly glance at it all the time. It’s no more eye movement than looking down at the gauge cluster.
I had something very similar happen when the idiot ahead of me in the wash slammed on their brakes halfway through and jumped the push roller, which put them left them dead in the water on the track while my push roller kept creeping me forward.
I’ve never taken my cars to mom and pop repair places. If I can’t do it myself, I’d much rather take it to the dealers, where I can get a loaner car, and genuine OEM parts. I don’t mind paying a little extra for that, and the service departments I’ve worked with have been excellent.
Um, so where do I purchase a service manual again for a Tesla? Anyone? Bueller? Yes, they opened up their IP to other companies that want to licence the tech for their cars, but it’s not “open for anyone to check out and use for whatever purpose.”
Ok, I’ll bite:
Catted uppipe in a bugeye WRX.
This is going to be region-specific. As others have mentioned, if the buyer is in the PNW, a Subaru Outback is the best urban camo you can get. However, if you live in Florida, a Subaru sticks out like a sore thumb.
To be fair, my experience with our local BMW dealer was the complete opposite. They genuinely knew their cars through and through, answered all of my questions (including the test questions I already knew the answers to) correctly and quickly, and never pressured me into some higher priced car.
It’s hard to compare the two really. This Forester is based off the last generation Impreza, and the Outback is based off the Legacy.
We had 5 adults for a week-long conference at work, and had a group reservation for a medium SUV (Ford Explorer or the like). It was reserved several weeks in advance, and National had guaranteed a medium SUV would be available.
The same reason BMW still sells 7 series even though the 3 series is their volume seller...
It isn’t the wrong technology when parts are designed to use 3D printing technologies from the start though. You can 3D print things that could never be built any other way. For example, helical cooling ducts through the curved turbine blades of a jet engine (see Boeing 787).
We don’t have the volumes to justify injection molding, and you can’t cast plastic in the ways that we use it. CNC and 3D printing are our only real choices given the low quantities we have.
Plastic fluid delivery components used for heavy industrial applications.
That entirely depends on the type of 3D printed plastic used, and how it’s post-processed after printing. There are also other printing technologies out there. For example, I have a multijet printed part that has surfaces as smooth as glass. I could modify the material mix and get a part with a slightly springy, soft…
That’s not necessarily true. My company uses a range of 3D printing technologies to print full production parts. We print polypropylene (milk jug plastic), polycarbonate, PET, and others. Some of those can be annealed to relieve the stress concentrations between layers, and by designing the part for 3D printing in the…
Tom, you hit the nail on the head right off the bat: a Subaru Impreza sounds exactly like what your client needs. Safe, reliable, and great in Minnesota winters.