{"id":4471,"date":"2020-08-01T01:09:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T06:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gallopingcow.net\/?p=4471"},"modified":"2020-08-02T02:38:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T07:38:20","slug":"model-whee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallopingcow.net\/index.php\/2020\/08\/01\/model-whee\/","title":{"rendered":"Model Whee!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/ACtC-3e0YT1CIx3qlX1dKQ2WaztcBm_0XQScZJ-2nRnBvXTy_eQKEo2dSnh5ZedxZNRK1X4J5R_8efsDq_qLpLaRN3mhCvaM1b8vPL-SfbTrukZAdTmpJYw8v1o5Ppn5H7w9AJRP2XvV50HcwlvgaRwtCc_sGQ=w987-h1315-no?authuser=0\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today was our makeup holiday for Independence Day falling on a weekend, so I had the day off with the girls. They slept in pretty late, so I played a little <em>Overwatch<\/em> before getting ready to leave the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ethan finished training a bit early and came to town to show me around his Model 3. We didn&#8217;t waste any time getting to the ride along, and I was kind of surprised how quiet the car wasn&#8217;t. Everyone always goes on about how electric cars are so silent, but I think the wet roads made everything quite a bit louder than usual. The road noise, some low music, and the air conditioning made for a pretty normal sounding ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He demoed the self driving for me, and I was surprised to see that it worked in town except for lane changing and braking for lights. I don&#8217;t know if that has changed for current models, but if it hasn&#8217;t, then I don&#8217;t really see much need to drop another $8k for the full self driving package yet. We made a pretty big loop around town, and then he said I could drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Holy torqueamole.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I expected the driving to be a bit different, but it didn&#8217;t take long to get used to the regenerative braking. In fact, I really liked how sensitive and tight the controls felt, and single-pedal driving was pretty awesome. I didn&#8217;t wind it up too high, but he let me floor it a couple times and the instantaneous torque was just incredible. It really was like nothing else, and it didn&#8217;t even matter what speed I was already going. It just <strong>went<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We stopped to say &#8220;hi&#8221; to Summer, then chatted for a while longer after the drive. We ended up getting rained out by a sudden and slightly heavy shower, so we both dove into our cars and I headed to Mark&#8217;s office to do some more work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/ACtC-3fdYU8mLe3omHKRzXhFe9tlSVRHTflo5z-C3xX8qwkAImm3YOjtn7HC86bIuRjj_I15ejJoNXfDPLYBbD3Eh_Ow6rx66nQ6FuEcfgm1hlksquLm86CmNQVOH1AI-1ZTxyhtdMAVqA2LW4lzKIY0EBiFVQ=w1754-h1315-no?authuser=0\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We wrapped up pretty quickly, and I got a check made out to the description I wrote for the job. Then I stopped across the street to chat with Robert for a bit. He seemed excited for company, and eventually Felix showed up as well. He gave me a tamale, and then I went back across town to check in with Summer before going home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The girls were still laying around watching TV. Eventually I started the oven to warm up a loaf of bread for an Everything Sandwich. Summer got home after work, and they watched TV and ate. I poked around at a few things for a bit, and it wasn&#8217;t long before everyone filtered off to bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>BYE401K<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was our makeup holiday for Independence Day falling on a weekend, so I had the day off with the girls. 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