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Re:Tesla earns $690M less than expected in third quarter by dboreham on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @08:05PM (#37936503)
Montana here. If you have a petrol pickup you're considered a bit of a sissy. Diesel is what you want to demonstrate masculinity. Electric. Yeah no.
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Re:Tesla earns $690M less than expected in third quarter by dieselgate on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @08:40PM (#37936775)
Gassers are better for starting in sub-0F temps, thought it would get that cold in Montana but guess it's location dependent
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Re:Tesla earns $690M less than expected in third quarter by windowshopping on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @08:12PM (#37936561)
do people in the west really say petrol? east coaster here and never heard that outside of britain
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Re:Tesla earns $690M less than expected in third quarter by ethanbond on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @08:17PM (#37936602)
I grew up in Arizona around plenty of macho truck people and never heard “petrol.” I suspect an expat.
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Re:Tesla earns $690M less than expected in third quarter by msmith on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @08:23PM (#37936653)
I'm going to guess dboreham is Canadian?
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Re:Tesla earns $690M less than expected in third quarter by filoleg on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @08:44PM (#37936803)
I don’t think so. Been living in Seattle for almost 8 years, spent a lot of time in CA and Oregon as well. The only time I ever heard word “petrol” was in british media.
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Re:Tesla earns $690M less than expected in third quarter by kylehotchkiss on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @08:46PM (#37936825)
“gas” is ambiguous, especially when there are CNG vehicles on the road.
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Re:Tesla earns $690M less than expected in third quarter by elliotec on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @09:57PM (#37937344)
No, never.
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Re:Tesla earns $690M less than expected in third quarter by red-iron-pine on Thursday October 19, 2023 @09:28AM (#37942612)
I'm in Alberta, aka North Montana. Can confirm Diesel is big here, tho there is arguably a practical need.

There is some anecdotal story about how Chevy had a batch of diesel Colorado trucks and they sold out couple hours hour they made them available online.

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