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Re:BYD EV Teardown in Japan Reveals the Secret to Its Afford... by delfinom on Thursday October 24, 2024 @07:25PM (#41940835)
The people buying Teslas must have a absolutely odd definition of sexy. I put them at a 4/10 at best. Shit I put my daily driver Civic at 6/10 because the driver cockpit is phenomenal and has a significant amount of attention to detail for a cheap car, but I have driven many high end 6-figure cars as well.
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Re:BYD EV Teardown in Japan Reveals the Secret to Its Afford... by dreamcompiler on Thursday October 24, 2024 @08:18PM (#41941121)
My Model Y accelerates from 0-60 in 4.4 seconds. That to me is sexy. Flooring the pedal in my car feels like being launched into orbit. And my car is among the slower models Tesla makes.

Can your Civic do that?

I'll answer for you: No it cannot.

https://www.zeroto60times.com/vehicle-make/honda-0-60-mph-ti...

We all have different definitions of sexy.

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Re:BYD EV Teardown in Japan Reveals the Secret to Its Afford... by dzhiurgis on Thursday October 24, 2024 @10:47PM (#41941804)
Sexy tech and sexy performance. Buying car for it’s looks is super dumb.

Admittedly i’m talking about first generation cars - roadster and S. Cars that decided Tesla’s fate.

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Re:BYD EV Teardown in Japan Reveals the Secret to Its Afford... by olyjohn on Friday October 25, 2024 @02:32AM (#41942765)
Buying a car for straight line performance is what's dumb.
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Re:BYD EV Teardown in Japan Reveals the Secret to Its Afford... by dzhiurgis on Friday October 25, 2024 @05:55AM (#41943741)
Less dumb than caring about exterior. I am the one using car - it’s better be comfortable and fit for purpose rather than meet someone’s elses expectations.

I agree we should actually limit top speed and acceleration so people don’t use them as weapons so much.

In a way - nerf and desex the cars.

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Re:BYD EV Teardown in Japan Reveals the Secret to Its Afford... by ninetyninenine on Friday October 25, 2024 @10:35AM (#41945671)
Agreed. Sexy cars are used for showing status and attracting women to have sex with you.

This is dumb because you can just have sex with your hand. Logically why even involve women? On this regard, you sir are a genius.

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Re:BYD EV Teardown in Japan Reveals the Secret to Its Afford... by dzhiurgis on Friday October 25, 2024 @03:54PM (#41949006)
Arguably it’s the most common form of sex
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