That’s all part of the fun! Sometimes you have to just go out to the garage and look at it and dream about the next ride. I think you know what I’m talking about
A classic symptom of Slingsanity.
Don't worry, the weather will soon be better, and we'll all be outside leaving little bits of rubber on all the corners we encounter.
I don't know how often you'll need it but I'm sure it won't continue to be free next time.
The challenge with any virus is that they eventually mutate, and the more hosts, the greater the possibility of a new mutation. Hence the several new strains that have cropped up over the past few months. Only widespread testing will tell if these new mutations are also impacted by our current vaccines. Some very early testing appears to show they are effective, but this is not yet 100% certain. Note that in the US we have two vaccines available today, but another from Johnson and Johnson is due out soon. This one doesn't require the cold storage temperatures, it is a single dose, and early feedback is that it may be more generally effective against these new strains.
It is possible that over time defense against future versions of Covid will be much like our annual flu shots. Fingers crossed.
Especially Musk!
But I do appreciate his work and push... Mad genius type stuff where he doesn't really care about lives, just his goals and technology.
On average 102 Americans lose their lives EVERYDAY in a car accident, 38,800 people in 2019. This is what Tesla is looking to address.
Agreed, Tesla has taken some bold risks moving forward with autopilot and full self-driving. Their massive volume of real-world data gives them at least an 18 month lead over others in the industry, and late to the game companies like Ford are years behind.
To date, Tesla's Autopilot has had 15 accidents worldwide, with six deaths linked to these accidents over the past five or so years, roughly one death per year. This data can be found here: https://www.tesladeaths.com I'm sure some will find this surprising.
Some would say that one death, per year, as a result of an autopilot accident is actually extremely good, given the alternative, unless of course, it was your relative in the accident.
If you own a Slingshot, then everyone else thinks you're the weird one, trust me. I say screw them, I'm going out for a ride.
Yeah, but clearly the visitors center survived. Perhaps it was one of those soft meteor landings we so rarely hear about.
You are getting cooler denser air which means the turbo isn't working as hard as it would when it's warm and humid. So as you get warmer air...you technically lose a little performance. So it's not just your butt dyno...it's real.
It's a science thing, ideal gas law PV = nRT, where pressure (P) times volume (V) equals the actual number of gas molecules (n) times the gas constant (R) times the temperature (T). PV = nRT. If the Pressure and Volume side of the equation stays relatively the same and the temperature goes down then the number of gas molecules MUST go up so you end up with more oxygen to improve combustion.
This discussion exposes our individual technology biases.
In general older folks, 70+, have a general distrust of technology, primarily because most don't understand the core science or the enormous amount of effort that went into building it. They BELIEVE that their decades of experience alone is far better than any collection of cameras and microchips. What they fail to grasp is that:
- They only have two eyes, which have likely been getting worse over the years, and which can only see in the visible light spectrum and are easily confused by such trivial things as darkness, fog, and precipitation.
- Their reaction time to a stimulus has also degraded, though most may strongly debate this one.
- They also only have two motion sensors, found in the ears, which also after decades of use have degraded. Some might argue the gut as a third, but at this point does it really matter.
We are rapidly approaching, and in some very specific cases may have already surpassed, a technology tipping point where the dozens of sensors in a car, combined with the vast computational power, millions of lines of code, and many training models for people, cars, cows, deer, etc... far exceed what even the finest race car driver is capable of on their best day.
Last fall while I was buying a Slingshot my cousin purchased a Tesla Model 3 Performance Edition with the full-self drive. He's said that on the highway it does an amazing job, but in downtown San Francisco it's like driving with a teenager. This will of course get better over time as computational power, code, and training models improve. Add to that future wireless automotive networks where cars will be talking with each other wirelessly, and exchanging their data to best negotiate traffic patterns, and traffic accidents will be dramatically reduced. Self-driving Slingshot owners like us will eventually become the anomaly.
Demolition Man, while not entirely accurate, is a pretty close approximation of where we're headed with regard to self-driving cars. iRobot is also pretty close. Can these cars be hacked, sure, anything mankind makes, mankind can corrupt, but with each passing year, it's becoming increasingly harder and harder as vulnerabilities are being exposed and dealt with. The car industry had been resistant to change, but in recent years, even that has changed. I was there when the team that hacked the Jeep Grand Cherokee presented their findings at DefCon, and then the following year when they returned to cover even more exploits they'd discovered. Detroit was embarrassed and has acknowledged that they've had their head in the sand for far too long. Things appear to be changing for the better, but only time will tell.
Isn't it great when safety technology works as designed!
Other than being a little shook up and having something cool to post about, the collision avoidance system prevented any harm from coming to you or your family, and also resulted in no damage to either vehicle, how awesome is that!
you are correct, Just double checked and the shiny one says only 8 gauge where the one I purchased after says AWG8
The devil is always in the fine print, especially when it's printed on the wiring itself.
I'm going to let everyone else in the country get the vaccine, then I won't have to.
Imagine if everyone thought like that?
Is that Wilson's Slingshot (from Home Improvement)?
We originally had a 6" +/- well pipe and a correspondingly sized "bucket" about 4-5 ft long that we dropped down the pipe. It had a flap valve that opened when it hit the water and then closed as the bucket was lifted back out. We kept a ladle we drank from hanging on the side of the bucket we used to take the water inside the house. Once we added the pump, it fed water into a tank and the water never stayed as cold as when it had been freshly drawn up out of the well.
This article has a pic of a well bucket that was pretty much like the one we had - https://acornabbey.com/blog/?p=4493.
From drawing drinking water up from a hole in the ground with a rope to driving a Slingshot, look har far technology has come.
At one point in time we had a thread that posted a wide variety of receipts for all kinds of foods. I can fry a hamburger...
I enjoy smoking a burger to well done every now and then, along with some seasoned tots...
We need some warmer dryer weather so we can organize a ride
Sign me up, I'm in Raleigh NC, and am itching for a nice day to take a long ride. In the meantime, I'm modding as I have the time and disposable cash.
This is a shout out to TricLED and the great products and SERVICE they employ.
I reached out to them about a few LED'S that had gone out on my driver side switchbacks. I explained that I did not purchase them nor install them but they came with my new ( to me ) SS. Long story short just like prior with my last SS they went above and beyond. They are sending me a new one with only postage due. WOW! Could not be happier! Prompt, above and beyond customer service! Thank you!
I just purchased two sets of their products so I'm thrilled to hear they stand behind their stuff!
dewman Welcome to the show. Hope you find a home here. If you have a SS you’
re in the right place!
Thanks, SoCal I've been reading everything I can, and this looks like the place to be for SS owners.
Given the chilly weather in NC these days I've probably spent more time modifying my SS than driving it.
May not have a record crowd but I think that there will be over 350 Slingshots there during the week. Always hard to figure .. in the end Slingshot Roadsters will have a count of those who paid the entrance fee. In 2019 we had close to 500 Slingshots there. The main host hotel is book full. I've stayed at the Four Seasons the last several years....older but nice and clean.
Welcome to the "World of Slingshot Insanity".
We booked at the Quality Inn, hopefully, things will come together nicely for the event.
EJFord, thank you, I'm looking forward to becoming active in the community.
How about Slingshots in the Smokies (NC) in June, anyone think that it will be seriously attended? Since I picked up my SS in November this would be the first event I'm considering attending.
