from the tardygrade's perspective is it playing a large violin or a normal-sized cello?
Nah, that's a cello, a viola just looks like a violin and plays like one, the difference in size is so small you probably won't notice unless they're sitting next to each other... The cello is played like in the picture and has a body that's noticably thicker than a violin or viola even if they were all scaled to the same size
Edit: you know what, on looking closer, I'm not 100% sure that is actually cello thick, but it's been a long time since I've seen them in person on a regular basis
https://hub.yamaha.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Violin-and-Viola-Sizing-for-Blog.jpg
Thinks cello's are too big for the one that microscopic buttworm has, which is why I thought of viola, which sits right between viola and violin. Didn't know they weren't played like cellos. Have never really paid attention to Viola's much.
I've only heard what they sound like and I feel like they're the redheaded step child of the string instruments. Who exactly likes this sound? Bass gives a deep sound for F clef and more somber tones, Celo provides a rich highly dynamic tone that can deliver low tones but also beautiful melodies, and the violin is the violin. With the viola, you're what exactly do you do here? The motherfucking recorder of the violin family.
Are your hands too big for the violin and you simply hate the beauty of the cello? Do you like shitty tones? Are you perma-drunk? Rhythm instrument in Bass not for you? Well, I've got just the inbred idiot for you.
Between price drops and the cybertruck recently qualifying for the federal EV tax credit, buyers can get a brand new unit for what this guy is asking. This early adopter paid too much and got a bad deal, but there's no mystery as to why no one wants to buy at his asking price.
No one will buy a used car for more than they can get a new one. Who knew?
One major issue for Sledder here is that since Tesla started Cybertruck deliveries, the starting price for his vehicle has significantly fallen...That further lowers the starting price to $70,500.
My man found out the hard way about depreciation. All my life people have said never to buy a new car because it loses 20% of its value the moment you drive it off the lot. If you really want to drive new cars the best way to do it is lease and change every couple of years (this is still not financially sound, just better than buying new).
cars are kind of a scam
The sadder scam is that most advertisements about car are like this https://youtu.be/KIvC5wsoW2Y (literally the 1st video I found) namely :
- you are alone on the road (even in a city center here!)
- you are driving in gorgeous scenery (here city without any ads or trash, country side, parks, above empty bridges, etc)
- you are smiling while driving
Whereas the reality is, for the vast majority of people (I'd wager 99%), you will drive bumper to bumper for hours to go from home to work then work to home in polluted cities, going through rings roads, stopping are red lights, etc.
Cars are a scam in so many ways but IMHO the worst one is the promise of pleasure while driving.
I get pleasure on my commute. I'm on the edge of a metro area and so is my job. I can sit in traffic for 30 minutes driving straight there or I can drive a little further out and around and drive country roads for 30 minutes. It's more distance but I love that drive.
Reminds me that someone posted a 1950s "the future of travel" video, and it was all retro futuristic cars doing 200 mph on almost totally empty highways.
The more expensive the car the higher the percentage lost by driving off the lot, I think
What's the best used electric car?
I'm afraid that logic doesn't translate because batteries don't last 300,000 miles like the engine on a good ICE Toyota.
Batteries do last 300,000 miles. They might give only around 80-85% of their original range, but they are still very usable vehicles. Again this also depends on the reliability of the manufacturer and on the how the user has maintained the vehicle.
Just like how a shitty hyundai engines from back in the day would not last 300,000 miles, poorly managed batteries (like in the older generation nissan leafs) will also not last that long.
I just went into an electric motorcycle shop here in my country, and I was told the battery would need to be replaced every 3 years.
Most electric vehicles that ive found will not last 300,000 miles. Worse, I can't figure out which will last and which won't last.
Motorcycles batteries won't last as long as car batteries. The main reason being motorcycles (at least in the west) are designed to be high performance, fun to ride machines. Smaller batteries (because motorcycles don't have much space) combined with higher discharge rates (because they are being driven fast for fun) means more cycles on the battery.
For comparison, I drive a moped/e-scooter that is has been tuned for slow, local rides. That thing comes with a 7 year, 80000 km warranty on the battery so the manufacturer thinks the battery will last at least that long before hitting 70% SoH.
Most electric vehicles that ive found will not last 300,000 miles. Worse, I can't figure out which will last and which won't last.
Modern 4 wheeled EVs (mainly cars) should last that long. Bikes/motorcycles will not and frankly, I have never seen a motorcycle or moped (ICE or EV) last for nearly 500,000 km on the original powertrain.
All of a sudden I don’t feel like the stupidest person for having my passport stolen and missing my flight.
Ooof sorry to hear that. Any chance of getting it back? Sometimes people take the money but return the IDs / passport to wherever was closest.
Sorry, I didn’t mean to concern anyone with my absent mindedness. I filed a police report and the police did examine the cameras and confirmed the theft but I didn’t choose to prosecute. I already made arrangements with the embassy to get a temporary pass and travel back home next week.
All’s well that ends well.
"I can't give this thing away."
FTA: He's not trying to give it away. He's expecting last year's used market value for it, but it's steadily depreciating. Someone offered him 50k for it. He overpaid for a new car.
Expensive lesson, try not being a sucker next time.
"Oh no my shitty car depreciated" god who would have guessed
That one is not as bad looking as the rest but it still screams 3rd grade art project
There is a Tesla dealership near my house that has a lot full of them. A ridiculous number. It seems that Tesla is struggling to get rid of them. Hard to believe that there is not a huge market for electric dumpsters sold by a conspicuous asshole.
