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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTesla vs pickup truck. This is what MAGAts are doing now.
https://drivetribe.com/p/model-x-drags-22-ton-pick-up-away-CkhClrAaTB6VJOGJ7JDiZAThis video though, shows one Tesla owner taking action into their own hands, using their four-wheel-drive Model X to pull the huge pick-up truck out of the way.
The Model x uses the massive amount of torque from the electric motor, to pull the 2.2 ton Chevy out of the way with ease.
The video in that was staged to show capabilities of the Tesla
Here are photos of what MAGAts are apparently doing now
https://driving.ca/tesla/auto-news/news/ice-ing-trend-sees-trucks-block-tesla-charging-stations
msongs
(67,438 posts)House of Roberts
(5,180 posts)and let him get a ticket.
I drop off a housemate at her job at a hospital, and they 'clamp' the cars that illegally park on their premises.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)Terminally_Chill
(76 posts)those fat-ass trucks couldn't keep up with the tesla if they were to chase.
i'd show up at the station w/ a full charge just to do that.
Terminally_Chill
(76 posts)and even smaller brains
albacore
(2,405 posts)... thru the wheel holes. 3 inch bolt thru both ends of the chain. Nut onto bolt. Peen to destroy protruding threads on bolt.
They can get it off, but they will need tools. And time.
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)I'm usually against vandalism, but I'd be okay if someone just slashed all their tires.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)Especially if you can pop the hood. I've read about a trick with thermite that doesn't even require that and sounds fun.
Stinky The Clown
(67,818 posts)Sinistrous
(4,249 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,818 posts)It was the driver's sister's truck.
Sinistrous
(4,249 posts)The rear wheels on the truck were locked; which, to me, means the car dragged the truck.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Merely showing the capabilities of the Tesla.
As I stated in the OP
fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)That is super dangerous. I've seen those snap off, and the ball become a deadly projectile. (In my case I saw it take out the windshield)
Its counter-intuitive. You would think a hitch ball designed to tow many thousands would be suitable, but it's not. I think it has to do with elastic built into a recovery strap which greatly magnifies the load in a way that traditional trailer and coupler do not.
They do make a recovery hook designed to do what this guy did. I keep one in my truck, along with a strap but I've never used it.
Sneederbunk
(14,298 posts)Note grass between back of chargers and parking lot. Not clear how vehicles pictured are obstructing access.
NBachers
(17,135 posts)Although the red Tesla sign is on the truck side.
progressoid
(49,997 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)Zorro
(15,749 posts)Transformers are typically nearby but not adjacent to the actual superchargers.
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts).
Just another control that helps to transfer money from people, who based on this picture, are barely getting by, to large industry.
They think they are sending a message, when the only one is that they are too stupid to prepare for the future, by taking up a manufactured cause brought on by others--to which they buy into. They enjoy pumping a thousand or two into a lift kit, a grand to be able to "roll coal" in their diesel trucks, and passing everything on the roads except for a gas pump.
Now, smoking is a little different, because of its high addictive qualities, but that too disproportionately affects those with lower incomes, as the price per pack takes a greater percentage of take-home pay.
This reminds me of the movie, The Last Starfighter, where most of the kids are resigned to go to city college and live in their trailer parks, and take trips to the bar or to the lake on the weekend, never venturing out of the county.
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Buckeyeblue
(5,500 posts)Initech
(100,100 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,159 posts)What is the point of "ICEing"?
How does an electric car negatively affect somebody else?
Not getting what these drivers are protesting!
salin
(48,955 posts)The assumption is that the only people who would pay/drive such a car must be liberal - and thus by definition should be messed with for the Lulz.
Yes. It is stupid.
Initech
(100,100 posts)Just a new way for anti-envionmental conservative bullies to show what dicks they can be. That's all this is - a dick move.
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)backscatter712
(26,355 posts)This is why we have tow-trucks.
Call the shittiest, shadiest, local towing service you know, get these shit-chariots sent off to the impound yard, and let the Trump trash fork over hundreds of dollars to get their prosthetic penises back.