I got video! It's very thrilling.

The Biopharma Scientist in me just sees a double helix.

Yep. Thought I had a better pic of the Simca somewhere, but this is the only one I could find. I'm about to take dad out for the ride of his life on the Vespa

Sei italiano?

Nope, Irish/Welsh/German according to family lore. I think Mom and/or Sis did one of those ancestry test deals, but I've never asked to see the results, but I'm kinda skeptical of those results anyways.

I'm Canadian according to citizenship papers.

Je suis Canadien selon mes papiers de citoyenneté.

I see what you did there.

Je vois ce que tu as fait là.

Once again, I missed the window for a ride IRL, which is too bad because it looked AWESOME!!!!! I've been getting crappy sleep lately, so I started out thinking I'd just go lightly. I kinda did that for the first half, with the exception of the climbs which I did at FTP, but I went harder the last half. It was too much fun to dog it!

Anyway, here I am on the Epic KOM Bypass.

A birthday ride in December in the Pacific North-WET is not in the cards until Climate Change really steps on the gas. Even a metric version is out of the question.

Man, 5 months old, that ain't right. Looks like the license plate got a little mangled too.

You obviously have not seen the video of a Tesla absolutely smoking the hottest Dodge production car. The video is so funny because all the overconfident supporters of the Dodge were left slack jawed. This is just one example of many. Time to get with the times.

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I have a S too and absolutely love it. It’s quick in sport mode but can’t hold a candle to MrsRSbob’s VW EV which is a fricken rocket in normal mode. Have never put the EV in Sport MOde for fear of whiplash.

It's your birthday, you get to make the rules. Do it when you want, how you want, and as far as you want.

Totally. Might as well run it on the anti-birthday, so July!

I just had a system update and I am current.

The whole hatch under the tail light is wavy and dented but doesn't show in the pictures. The bumper cover and black valance are tore and will have to be replaced. It looks like the hitch was pushed in some. I'll be surprised it the bill is less than $15k. Car has 4k miles on it. Wife is pretty bummed.

FBMP mirror ad of the day. I kinda live for these. Only $10, if the ad is still up Sunday I might have to go snag it.

No question the Tesla will beat the Dodge in that type of race. Where the Tesla fails is the ability to make those runs multiple times. They overheat and have to stop and rest for a while. The Porsche EV, on the other hand, can make almost unlimited runs without that problem.

Pretty familiar with EVs having had a Taycan S for a couple of years. My reference to horsepower was meant to cover the EV power output. Maybe should have used the term "torque."

Wonder if you have to pay full price for a replacement plate?

Nope, I have another one.

My wife doesn't let me drive her 2023 Tesla Y very often but even after 2.5 years, the acceleration still astounds me.

Apart from the monstrous torque of EVs, the Hellcat is famously hard to start without slipping. - 700 HP to rear wheels only. When the Hellcat came out I remember reading a bunch of reviews detailing how hard it is to get good 0-60 or quarter miles with them.

The Tesla OTOH has all-wheel drive.

I never worked on a Tesla but I did work on GM electric cars for 10 years. When replacing battery cell sections in Volt cars, you have to balance the charge between the new section and the other 2 before reassembling the battery. There are temperature sensors in the cells and they don't like heat. I found if the battery was in direct sunlight the sensors would cause the control module to shut down the charge process. The first time this happened was quite a surprise to me and later I saw other guys struggling with the same problem so I graciously told them about it.

When the battery is in the car there is coolant flowing through it but it, and the inverter and motor are monitored for heat and power will be reduced or shut down if needed. I have no idea if that is what is happening in your scenario but I'm full of anecdotes.

Wow, slow morning everyone must be watching the Red Wings vs. The Rangers.

In other news, here are some Georgia volunteers which are quite obviously better than the Tennessee volunteers.

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