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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/danluu/statuses/111461841130226661">Dan Luu (danluu@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Nov-2023 06:19:06 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@danluu" title="danluu@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/35339-48-20221122073124.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Dan Luu" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Dan Luu</a><div><a href="https://mastodon.social/@danluu/111461756066809011" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>Per <a href="https://mastodon.social/@danluu/111259147243696579" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://mastodon.social/@danluu/111259147243696579</a>, I find consumer preferences about cars to be quite funny, so I'm not reading much into this, at least w.r.t. rational preferences.</p><p>People used to tell me all sorts of objectively incorrect reasons they bought Teslas, e.g., hydroplaning.</p><p>I've never hydroplaned because you have to drive too fast for conditions to hydroplane. To the extent this is about the vehicle, it's about the tires and the weight/tire width ratio/tire pressure, with the former being dominant.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2369636#notice-4679275">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-11-24T06:19:06+09:00" title="Friday, 24-Nov-2023 06:19:06 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@danluu/111461841130226661" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@danluu/111461841130226661">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1873892">Silona Bonewald
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Ok I don't talk much about the Tesla X but it is amazing in heavy rain and light flooding. The weight distribution and aero Dynamics means it rarely hydroplanes (ie hasn't on me yet) and laughs at passing 18 wheelers. .
The safety aspects is bar none.Silona Bonewald
Also no worry about flooding the air intake...
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Or water coming up the exhaustSwitch von der Cosmos
I seriously doubt that the battery box is rated for submersion.
I would NOT Ford any high water crossing in an electric vehicle designed specifically for on road use only.
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A quote from your article:
"Musk noted that the battery pack and the drive unit in the Model S are sealed, helping make them more resistant to water. However, he made it clear that he still does not recommend driving the Model S through high waters."
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Those items are sealed, in the same way that a rear differential is sealed. Water *shouldn't* get in there, but the seal specs from a Jeep Wrangler and a Honda civic will not behave the same in off road conditions.
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So you have researched how Tesla handles it? There would have been many fires in Houston if this was true.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/461/830/714/610/040/original/ad138408e85a2c72.png" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/461/830/714/610/040/original/ad138408e85a2c72.png</a></li><li><article><header><div>No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.</div><h5><a href="https://mastodon.social/@danluu/111259147243696579">Dan Luu (@danluu@mastodon.social)</a></h5><div> from <span>Dan Luu</span></div></header><div>Cars are a great source of this because their cost and consumer preferences being heavily based on style means that a relatively large amount of engineering effort can be expended on signalling.For example, luxury cars are associated with having a short front overhang (distance between wheel and front of the car) and a long hood. This makes sense with a front-engine RWD car, but FWD cars do all sorts of contortions in order to mimic this look, e.g., Volvo's SPA platform</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Dan Luu (danluu@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Nov-2023 06:19:06 JST Dan Luu
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Per https://mastodon.social/@danluu/111259147243696579, I find consumer preferences about cars to be quite funny, so I'm not reading much into this, at least w.r.t. rational preferences.
People used to tell me all sorts of objectively incorrect reasons they bought Teslas, e.g., hydroplaning.
I've never hydroplaned because you have to drive too fast for conditions to hydroplane. To the extent this is about the vehicle, it's about the tires and the weight/tire width ratio/tire pressure, with the former being dominant.
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1. Silona Bonewald · Ok I don't talk much about the Tesla X but it is amazing in heavy rain and light flooding. The weight distribution and aero Dynamics means it rarely hydroplanes (ie hasn't on me yet) and laughs at passing 18 wheelers. . The safety aspects is bar none. Silona Bonewald Also no worry about flooding the air intake... 4y Reply Raul Pineda Or water coming up the exhaust Switch von der Cosmos I seriously doubt that the battery box is rated for submersion. I would NOT Ford any high water crossing in an electric vehicle designed specifically for on road use only. 4y Reply Switch von der Cosmos A quote from your article: "Musk noted that the battery pack and the drive unit in the Model S are sealed, helping make them more resistant to water. However, he made it clear that he still does not recommend driving the Model S through high waters." 4y Reply Switch von der Cosmos Those items are sealed, in the same way that a rear differential is sealed. Water *shouldn't* get in there, but the seal specs from a Jeep Wrangler and a Honda civic will not behave the same in off road conditions. 4y Reply Silona Bonewald So you have researched how Tesla handles it? There would have been many fires in Houston if this was true.
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  Cars are a great source of this because their cost and consumer preferences being heavily based on style means that a relatively large amount of engineering effort can be expended on signalling. For example, luxury cars are associated with having a short front overhang (distance between wheel and front of the car) and a long hood. This makes sense with a front-engine RWD car, but FWD cars do all sorts of contortions in order to mimic this look, e.g., Volvo's SPA platform

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