The competition for EVs as a hobby isn't old cars, it's all of the other things you can do other than cars. I'm just replacing my car enthusiasm with non-car things.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The competition for EVs as a hobby isn't old cars, it's all of the other things you can do other than cars. I'm just replacing my car enthusiasm with non-car things.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
That's great if you can. If I had non-car things I could replace car things with I would have done that long ago as I would be in a much better financial situation today. Unfortunately I'm locked into what I like at this stage of my life. A car is a car to me whether it be ICE or EV.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
You've talked a lot about why acceleration (i.e., performance) is no longer a differentiator with EVs. This is certainly true. One thing I can't reconcile though, is it's still fun to go fast. Do you only like to go faster than others, as opposed to just going fast?This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I'm w/ HeavyD. Cars will still be fun, just different.
Preach. I wish I wasn't into cars, it's the stupidest hobby.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Cars are cool because they are complex and interesting.
There is nothing interesting about an EV.
Am EV going fast is the CGI of cars.
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i was going to write a longer post saying exactly this in a less interesting way.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Speed is only one component of exhilaration. I mean, you're going WAY faster in a 787 flying to Toronto. Yet that's not interesting.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Well. I think 787’s are interesting.
Originally posted by Thales of Miletus
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Originally posted by Toma
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To me even as a kid into R/C, nitro cars/trucks were more interesting than electric even though electric was quicker. They were just boring.
I'll enjoy ICE while I can until I can't. It has nothing to do with being stubborn. When EVs is ultra cheap and you have super high end performance models that aren't $150k+, I'll bite the bullet.
On a totally unrelated note, isn't it more "interesting" to cook on a gas stove than electric?
Fuck electric stoves
Gas all the way
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I cook on the rendered fat of my vanquished foes.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Now that modern vehicles are using EPS and electrically adjustable dampers and differentials, I feel the only we are really losing going to EV's is the visceral rush of intake/exhaust noise. I suppose people that like to do stuff like oil changes, intakes, exhaust, etc lose the odd weekend in the garage turning a wrench but the reality is that modern car engines are so complicated you can't do a lot on them anyway. While my EV is a little different from my ICE cars how it goes about some things it still drives and feels like any ice car outside of the fact the lower center of gravity provides less sensation of body roll which is welcomed.