Elon Musk: Smartest Guy in The World or Complete Clown?

**pfluffenmeister** · 06-18-2016, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by iceman

Are there really flat-earthers out there?

Yes.
But we're not crazy, we believe that the world is round.

Like a table.

**Bromontana** · 06-18-2016, 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by pfluffenmeister

Yes.
But we're not crazy, we believe that the world is round.

Like a table.

Go on...

**highangle** · 06-19-2016, 02:06 AM

Reminds me of that chick who told me the reason Taos was so magical is because it's directly on the other side of the earth from Tibet.
I'm like, "So it has the same Lat/Long, just reversed?" She's like, "Huh?"

**pfluffenmeister** · 06-19-2016, 09:38 PM

Originally Posted by pfluffenmeister

Yes.
But we're not crazy, we believe that the world is round.

Like a table.

Originally Posted by Bromontana

Go on...

I guess I forgot the

**Bromontana** · 06-19-2016, 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by pfluffenmeister

I guess I forgot the

Tease

**abraham** · 06-19-2016, 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by pfluffenmeister

I guess I forgot the

I like it. Made me laugh, then think about it for a minute and laugh some more

**Dantheman** · 06-20-2016, 09:31 AM

Originally Posted by highangle

Reminds me of that chick who told me the reason Taos was so magical is because it's directly on the other side of the earth from Tibet.
I'm like, "So it has the same Lat/Long, just reversed?" She's like, "Huh?"

My Dad lives in Mt. Shasta, which sees it's share of new age-types there to experience the "energy" of the mountain. A lady once told him that energy originates from a giant "crystal" of obsidian deep in the center of the mountain. Unfortunately, he chose not to tell her that obsidian is an amorphous material and non-crystalline by definition.

**BigDaddy** · 06-20-2016, 10:20 AM

Details are for nerds...

Crestone, Colorado is the Shambala of the Rockies: http://www.crestonecolorado.com/shambala.html

**The AD** · 06-20-2016, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by highangle

Reminds me of that chick who told me the reason Taos was so magical is because it's directly on the other side of the earth from Tibet.
I'm like, "So it has the same Lat/Long, just reversed?" She's like, "Huh?"

By my math the spot directly opposite Taos is actually a few hundred miles west of Perth, Australia in the Indian Ocean. But I guess that sounds decidedly less magical.

**The Suit** · 06-21-2016, 06:41 PM

Solar City purchase doesn't seem so smart. Maybe focus on building all those Model 3s instead?

**muted** · 06-21-2016, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by The Suit

Solar City purchase doesn't seem so smart. Maybe focus on building all those Model 3s instead?

Maybe this was a done deal a long time ago and at the end of a long process, started before the Model 3 release.

Or maybe not.

**Art Shirk** · 06-21-2016, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by The Suit

Solar City purchase doesn't seem so smart. Maybe focus on building all those Model 3s instead?

Or some sort of infrastructure around current model maintenance and repair. Growth at the expense of sustainability is a short-sighted. Anecdotal I know but pretty well supported on a large scale, my buddy's was in a fender bender and his was off the road for a month. Two days back in the saddle and he got t-boned. New door and new seat = delivery expectation date a YEAR out.

**mefa30** · 06-21-2016, 08:21 PM

Elon is a dbag.

I worked at a machine shop programming a machine that made (polished) the awd gearbox for the model x.

Project was a nightmare.

They tried to pretend that they are Apple and would only share the design on the gearbox eventhough I am under NDA.

Ive done machine programming for Ford (new F150, steering seals), Chrysler (2.4l engine, rubber seals/ hoses) and GM (AWD seals). GM is by far the best to work with and has their act together, Tesla is the worst.

Today someone cut me off to go to Maverick on the 40 in Heber in a model x. Danm that thing is ugly. Wish I saw it before I worked on the project.

**abraham** · 06-21-2016, 08:23 PM

Originally Posted by commonlaw

New door and new seat = delivery expectation date a YEAR out.

Do they pay for a rental during that time?

**iceman** · 06-21-2016, 08:25 PM

@mefa: Awesome beta, thanks. I can totally see that. Keep making shit work for America brother.

**Art Shirk** · 06-21-2016, 09:00 PM

Originally Posted by abraham

Do they pay for a rental during that time?

Not for my buddy. He's been straight up Corolla'ing it.

**Mofro261** · 06-21-2016, 09:10 PM

Originally Posted by commonlaw

Not for my buddy. He's been straight up Corolla'ing it.

that's kind of a cheap trick.

**shroom** · 06-21-2016, 09:11 PM

the worst. how commonplace. can't imagine.

**Mofro261** · 06-21-2016, 09:18 PM

m m m my Corolla.

Guess that's not so cheap trick after all.

**BmillsSkier** · 06-21-2016, 09:25 PM

Originally Posted by commonlaw

Not for my buddy. He's been straight up Corolla'ing it.

Share-ride the custom-jeep-woody maybe?

Unless that console is broken of course.

**Benny Profane** · 06-21-2016, 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by commonlaw

Not for my buddy. He's been straight up Corolla'ing it.

Jeez, is a Nissan Leaf too dorky?

This merger of Solar City and Tesla reeks of desperation. He better have not crossed or pissed off Hillary, or it looks like he's fucked fairly soon.

**Vt-Freeheel** · 06-26-2016, 01:41 PM

elon-musk-has-finally-lost-it

Hubris, arrogance, is just one step ahead of loss of integrity.” – Charles Koch

"Earlier this week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk called his proposed takeover of SolarCity a “no-brainer” that could ultimately create a combined solar, battery and electric car powerhouse with a record $1 trillion market valuation."