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  1. Ford Performance Releases Gen 4 Coyote Aluminator Crate Engine The Aluminator line continues with Ford’s latest bulletproof versions. https://www.motortrend.com/news/gen-4-ford-coyote-5-liter-aluminator-crate-engines
  2. I'm with you. I'd take a new GT500 and be happy. Might not be as fast as the Plaid, but still way fun and cool. lol I don't street race like these clowns roll racing to nearly 200mph at night. I do love stabbing it from a dead stop in sport mode to like 60 (3.x secs). I also like when I see people trying to get on it from a stop (flexing) and I just give it enough to effortlessly and silently walk away. lol My M3P is just a slow 11sec car, but it's enough to have fun and pull away from 98% of the clowns on my daily drive.
  3. That Vette is over 1 second slower than a Model S plaid and a half second slower than a X Plaid SUV. I think you'd have more fun in the 9.2x sec S or 9.9 sec X. How would you feel to go to the dragstrip and get beat by me in a 6 seat heavy Tesla SUV that cost $91k in your 2 seat reverse engineered Ferrari Vette for $112k? lol Look, I love that ZO6. But after driving and owning a Tesla, I have seen the light. Plus, nearly nothing can beat a Tesla Model S Plaid, especially for its under $100k base price. https://www.tesla.com/models/design#overview Tesla Plaid's are smoking supercars and hypercars that cost 3x plus more. Helluva value to get a reliable 1,100rwhp daily driver that costs just a fraction to operate over it's ICE competitors. I have a value system. Don't hate me for it! lol
  4. If you listen to the far-left, that is their goal. Because they believe we're killing earth and the only way to save it is by neutering us. Meanwhile, China keeps building new coal fired power plants. Makes you wonder who is behind the madness?
  5. 1. The hysteria had to start someplace. Do elaborate. 2. None around middle TN that I've seen. More is gobbled up by new warehouses, apartment complexes and condos/townhomes/single family homes, etc., than anything else. Which makes freaking out over solar panels kind of silly. I bet 99% of your farm land is gobbled up by the aforementioned rather than solar by itself. That said... The decline is farming has been going on long before solar farming came along. It's mostly because it's so hard to make a living farming. Add the kids of farmers find out the land is worth millions in a quick flip and they cash out to the highest bidder rather than WORK the land for pennies. Even some of the farmers around here threw in the towel since land prices have skyrocketed due to demand for new housing. 3. Supply and demand economics. I don't like the decline in US farming and I fear depending on outside countries to supply our food for obvious reasons. but we're not arguing those facts. 4. I'm very politically active. Petitions are junk mail for politicians who don't care about junk mail. If you don't show up at their office, you're a nobody to them. 5. Because a lot of people have solar panels that sell juice back to the grid, etc. Why would there be windmills if they couldn't sell back to the grid? And lastly, because it is probably cheaper by some means (like buying cheaper green energy also gets them tax breaks), etc.
  6. Research the diversified TVA grid... Power stations[edit] Main article: List of power stations operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority With a generating capacity of approximately 35 gigawatts (GW), TVA has the sixth highest generation capacity of any utility company in the United States and the third largest nuclear power fleet, with seven units at three sites.[3][16] In addition, they also operate four coal-fired power plants, 29 hydroelectric dams, nine simple-cycle natural gas combustion turbine plants, nine combined cycle gas plants, 1 pumped storage hydroelectric plant, 1 wind energy site, and 14 solar energy sites.[17] In fiscal year 2020, nuclear generation made up about 41% of TVA's total energy production, natural gas 26%, coal 14%, hydroelectric 13%, and wind and solar 3%.[17] TVA purchases about 15% of the power it sells from other power producers, which includes power from combined cycle natural gas plants, coal plants, and wind installations, and other renewables.[18] The cost of Purchased Power is part of the "Fuel Cost Adjustment" (FCA) charge that is separate from the TVA Rate. In addition, the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant is the only facility in the country to industrially produce tritium, which is used by the National Nuclear Security Administration for nuclear weapons, where it is used to supercharge and boost the explosive yield of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.[19] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Authority Out of all those sources, only 4 TVA coal fired power plants (14%) in TN. We have a VERY diversified energy grid. We could probably burn no coal if we just built 4 or 5 more NG plans. So don't let that Fake News Media get you too excited.
  7. Folks need to understand, EV battery technology is still in its infancy. You know, like dialup was for internet. So it's only going to get better from here. That said, If I see battery degradation to the point I know it's going to be trash, I'll trade it off for a new one before I have to buy a battery. But fwiw, Tesla warranty covers the battery for 10 years 100,000 miles. I don't see my battery being dead by them as I follow correct procedures for prepping it. The people who had issues in the past were those folks driving them like taxis or Ubering, supercharging 3 or 4 times a day, and/or not following charging and prep procedures. Most EV's recommend you only charge to 80% for short daily driving and keep them plugged up when not in use to maintain the battery. You also set it up to precondition the battery before charging and driving. My M3P is setup tp be ready to drive by the time I leave for work and leave work for home. It is also setup to be ready to charge when I get home. Basically it preconditions the battery to drive or charge. It also will have your car defrosted, warm and ready to roll in the winter, or cooled off in the summer. Charging at home and only using superchargers on long trips like vacations is the best way to do it. I've seen no degradation in my battery in 24k miles. I charge at home 97% of the time daily.
  8. Well, give me time to own this car to report cost of ownership. For now, all I can offer is the above fuel savings over my F150 I daily drove. The Camaro SS would be expensive as the F150 because it gets like 10 mpg's right now on e85. I think it's a tune issue though. So far, just 1 cabin HVAC filter which is routine maintenance in 24k miles.
  9. Unrealistic... LOL Some regular car and truck batteries cost that much. You can't get the entire fuel system for a car or truck that cheap and that is what the batteries are for EV's is the fuel system. The fuel is the electricity. You have to look at this in an honest and accurate way, or you won't understand the benefits of EV's. I'm saving money by going EV. Read my post below:
  10. @Ashley P Haters gonna hate. Trucks are the benchmark, not high end sports cars, btw. But you like to argue stuff, so here goes some points to consider.... No other production truck does what the Tesla Cybertruck can do. Cybertruck out-pulled a F350 Diesel, and it's faster than the Raptor R and Ram TRX. A flat 11sec 1/4 mile is awesome for a heavy crew cab 4x4 truck! Raptor R does the quarter-mile in 12.0 at 112 mph. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a42096327/2023-ford-f-150-raptor-r-acceleration-performance-tested/ TRX does the quarter-mile in 12.7 seconds at 106.3 mph. https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2021-ram-1500-trx-first-test-review/ So Cybertruck when compared to production trucks is the best choice, except in looks. lol
  11. #1 07/09/2020 https://www.facebook.com/38410289/videos/pcb.2657766377687116/586899419566081 https://www.facebook.com/38410289/videos/pcb.2657766377687116/2093328177540403
  12. What's everyone up to? Baby #2 06/01/2023
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