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Eric Vance Walton
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RE: A Beautiful Daydream
There are lots of interesting things to explore in NM and AZ.
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The Pub
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RE: Missed Opportunities
I’d go with your gut feeling about the job. I made one of the worst mistakes of my life in 2009 when I accepted a position that offered higher pay, more responsibility, and a lot more stress. In hindsight,
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RE: A Beautiful Daydream
Thank you. Lol, the food was phenomenal but some of the restaurants were so overpriced this time. Some of the dishes are pictured in the slideshow. I think this will be the last time we drive. From here
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RE: Graduation Day
You're welcome @bozz! I'm sorry to hear that you were feeling that sorrow on your birthday. Although I laugh thinking about it now but my 40th birthday made me feel that way. I just felt the world was
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in an EV (Part 3)
It was so good we stopped on the way back too. : ) That's cool. I'd really like to experience a hot air balloon ride someday. You're right. Since autonomous driving isn't fully approved yet you'd probably
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Worldmappin
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RE: Winter Walk - Urqhuarts to Sunnymead
It's so beautiful there! One of the YouTubers we watch has been featuring Australia and I'm learning so much about it. I hope to experience it someday, it's such a long flight from the US! Who keeps downvoting
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RE: Graduation Day
Happy birthday! I hope you enjoy your celebration and this next trip around the sun! Mine is coming up in a few weeks too. Keeping cynicism at bay feels like a full time job as we get older, it takes real
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in a Tesla (Part 2)
Yes, it's pretty unnerving when it swerves—especially when there's no good reason for it. If I see any marks on the highway I'm ready to disengage FSD and take over now. Hopefully the newest version works
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in an EV (Part 3)
Thank you! Trusting the car takes time, it did for me. The hot air balloon ride is on the bucket list for sure. I hope you enjoy your weekend Nancy!
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in a Tesla (Part 2)
It was really unique! The owners were younger, in their 20's. I do remember Deadwood! That town of Trinidad, CO was probably a wild West mining town at one point. It's definitely ready for mainstream,
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in a Tesla (Part 1)
300 miles per charge is about the minimum I'd want. That gives you the flexibility to do road trips. Thank you! I've seen two VW ID Buzz vans since you left this comment! One was orange/white the other
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in a Tesla (Part 2)
Good morning Luis! I'm glad you're enjoying the series and wish you a wonderful rest of the week!
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in a Tesla (Part 2)
Yep, FSD is pretty much full autonomy at this point—you just have to supervise it because autonomous vehicles aren't legal yet. The older version I'm on (v14.2.2.5) is already better than a human 99.9%
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in a Tesla (Part 2)
Not a stupid question at all! Yes, you can stay hands/feet off 100% of the time but the cameras track if you take your eyes off the road for too long and will nag you to pay attention (since the law still
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in a Tesla (Part 2)
It can be unnerving when the tech glitches like that. After it happened to me I just started watching out for it. The weird thing is FSD will handle the situation fine sometimes but will glitch other times.
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in a Tesla (Part 1)
Those are really cool but the limited range is what made me shy away from the Volkswagen ID Buzz. I love the design though. It would be an excellent everyday vehicle. Fuel prices are insane here too and
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in a Tesla (Part 1)
Yes, FSD is to the point it feels sentient. It's pretty crazy. It even reacts to hand signals if there are flagmen in construction zones. It's not perfect though. I'm going to explain some of the mistakes
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in a Tesla (Part 1)
$6 is insane! I think gas is around $8 in California now because of the additional taxes they have. Yeah, the additional time didn't take long for us to adjust to. Growing up whenever we'd take a road
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in a Tesla (Part 1)
The first time I used it I was uncomfortable, especially at four-way stops, but the car earned my trust pretty quickly. It's actually about 7x safer than a human driver at this point. It sees everything
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in a Tesla (Part 1)
The first long road trip definitely was an adventure. Now that I've learned to charge 10-20% above what the car's computer tells me to at each stop I think there will be far less range anxiety. I love
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