• Chahk@beehaw.org
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      7 months ago

      Driving it, believe it or not. Even a car that’s used to commute to work every day still sits parked most of the day.

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        But, like, cats wear out by use, not time. (For the most part.)

        A car is good for, say, 300,000 km. If you drive 300K in it, then you “fully used” the car.

        That’s like saying a pad of paper isn’t used when it’s sitting on your shelf. Technically true, maybe, but the pad is used up when it’s out of sheets. It doesn’t make sense to measure the utilization time for a consumable, like paper or a car.

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          7 months ago

          Well true, the engine may be good for 300k miles. But if it sits parked all the time, the body will rust long before you get to “fully use” it.

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        7 months ago

        100% agree on “car” and came to the comments with it in mind.

        As much as it sits unused the majority of the time though, that isn’t what I was thinking - what I was thinking is how I’ve never get to “fully use” it, or any sports car I’ve owned for that matter, as to me fully using it would entail bringing it to a track, REALLY putting it through it’s paces, and pushing it to the limits it was actually designed for. While it is great fun to drive (safely) around town, and comfort and luxury were absolutely large parts of the engineering that went into it, it’s hardly living up to it’s full potential!

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      7 months ago

      The 200hp engine to move the metal box at a speed of 15 kmh in city traffic from one red light to the next…