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รีวิว Q&A toyota skid steer

Will Tesla eventually make their own chips?

They must surely have considered it. THE PLUSES: They already design their own chips for AI and such. They could avoid future shortages. They could save money by cutting out the profits of the chip makers. They are committed to “vertical integration” - and this would make them even more vertical than they already are. ANNOYING FACTS: The cost of building a chip fabrication plant is estimated to be around $10 billion. As of Q2 2020, Tesla had $16.5 billion in available capital. Tesla will probably make $1 billion in profits in 2021. THE MINUSES: Consider that the entire GigaTexas plant only cost $1.1 billion. So Tesla could build NINE more GigaFactories for the price of building a chip fabrication plant! Since each GigaChina is currently able produce around 600,000 cars per year - those nine additional Giga’s could represent 5.4 million cars per year - and when you add in the factories they already have - they’d be able to make more cars than either Toyota or VW, which would make them the undisputed biggest car make in the world. More factories doesn’t just mean more cars - it also means more ,KINDS, of cars. How about a Tesla convertible? A hot hatchback? A Tesla delivery van? A Tesla truck for people who want a traditional-looking truck? Electric construction equipment - skid-steers, back-hoes. Electric farming equipment - tractors, harvesters. SO WHAT IS THE MOST LIKELY OUTCOME? Given the cash they have available - they’s have to choose between the clear benefits of more vertical integration versus becoming the dominant force in car manufacturing in the entire world. I think it’s pretty clear that they’d choose to build more Giga’s instead. There are already clear signs of this: Rumors of negotiations to build a Giga in Russia - and clear negotiating with the government of India for another. The UK, Australia and another in the center of the USA are also things we’ve been hearing about. MY BET: BATTERIES: I actually think that their next big move will be to build a battery plant - probably at the GigaTexas site where we know they bought FAR more land than they needed - and are still buying more. Battery production is a FAR better use of their time and money - batteries are also in short supply around the world and being able to innovate battery design is FAR more profitable than chip making where they don’t have expertise right now. If they can drive down the cost of batteries, their cars will become cheaper than gasoline vehicles and far cheaper than cars from their competitors. If they can over-produce batteries then they can be sold into the solar-rooftop market for homes and businesses - and they can make more inroads into the grid-scale storage businesses - which we KNOW they are pushing hard on with things like the “AutoBidder” AI that buys electricity when it’s cheap - stores it in batteries and then sells it back when prices are high. Being able to store vast quantities of energy that way would revolutionize the power industry. CONCLUSION: While it must surely be tempting for Tesla to build their own chip fab - and I’m sure there would be spectacular benefits - the cost is just too high when you consider other ways to spend the money.

What is the most useless thing you ever bought?

I like to say that I’m careful with my purchases, but in almost 4 decades of life, I’ve made many mistakes. Divorce attorney - $30k in the end she hardly did anything but take my money and drag it out way longer than necessary. I wished I skipped the lawyer thing entirely. Professional landscaping - $25k and I left the house mere months after it was completed. Le sigh. Bobcat Skid Steer S185 - $31k as a business investment, but sold it within a year due to lack of heart and being too preoccupied with other areas Dark grey paint - somehow I envisioned dark grey would be a cool colour to paint my basement walls in a previous house. Upon execution, it looked practically black. I also thought it would look great with charcoal marble flooring. Marble was cold especially in the basement, and heavy to install. Back-breaking work. Such novice decisions and I’ve learned since :) I should write a book about all the crazy things that have happened. Now, some key things I am glad I bought: First, second, third, and fourth real estate investments. Always had people discourage me, but later these turned out to be excellent purchases. Camera gear - yes, initially it seemed pricey at first, but the investment returned many times its worth. My Toyota Rav 4 bought 10 years ago, still looks and drives like new! Apple’s iMac 27″ and iPhone have made life so much more efficient. Indispensable! Sanita nurse clogs. Yeah, so they look funny. But they make such a BIG difference vs regular sneakers after standing for endless hours in the operating room! These are the ones I have.

Do we really need gas or diesel?

Well and electric engine might work fine for your little Toyota Prius but if you notice those big things on the interstate called semis they weigh up to 80,000 lb and over if permitted. Now given the fact that trains don't run very many places how many Toyota Priuses do you think it would take to haul that much weight especially up a mountain? And that's not even mentioning the light duty pickups like the one ton dually that you see pulling 35-foot gooseneck with skid steers on them at job sites or hauling pallets of material there's only one thing that has enough torque to do that and it's not electric.

What farm equipment manufacture have you had the most success with?

I would concur with the other answers - all three of the big boys make decent equipment. That is John Deere, Case-IH and AGCO. Bobcat has done well with their skid-steers and mini-excavators, Kubota has been growing and has decent equipment as well. Kinzie makes good planters and grain carts, Unverferth makes goods grain carts, wagons, and other implements, etc. It used to be that each manufacturer had some holes in their line-up (and this is all highly subjective or subject to argument - there are a lot of die-hard loyalist users for each brand) with perhaps John Deere with the fewest holes. Case-IH used to be weak in planters and corn/grain heads for their combines. AGCO had some weakness in their combines and tractors (mostly perhaps from their big mess they made from trying to manage or integrate their different brands), etc. Recently it seems all have come out with new products to address these weaknesses. It can be argued that John Deere has the strongest dealer network with the most number of dealers, a deeper inventory of parts on hand, etc. Case-IH is also good in some areas, and perhaps not quite as good as others. AGCO lags behind in dealer support and number of dealers. Again, your mileage may vary (just like car dealers) because if you farm next to a good dealer you would be happy but if you had to drive a distance to get to a dealer (or your local dealer was crap) you wouldn’t be so happy with that brand. Personally we have had good luck with John Deere tractors and combines; AGCO (aka White) planters, Unverferth/Brent for grain wagons, and a mix of different companies for tillage tools. A lot of our grain handling and storage is GSI (a division of AGCO after they bought them out) but again that decision is primarily driven by a good local dealer supporting GSI products. Again, your mileage may vary and this question is sort of like asking if Ford, GM, Toyota, or Honda is better.

Is it true that all new US cars must have a hidden GPS tracker installed?

Well, yes, sort of … Remember the scandal a few years ago about Toyotas suddenly accelerating all by themselves? Toyota investigated it and said it was simply not true and those that claimed it was so were lying. After a 2 yr investigation, the NHTSA agreed. Subsequent investigations found that there may have been some of the many accidents that were, in fact, Toyota’s fault. In the course of the investigation and some of the lawsuits that followed, Toyota let it leak out that they had an onboard computer that records and stores all kinds of data about what the car and driver are doing. It acts like a “black box” on an aircraft. They tried hard to downplay the tracking aspects of this device and tried to imply it was used only for maintenance. However, it was entered into evidence as proof that most of the cars had not suddenly and on their own accelerated. This recording device also records the pedal positions and they showed that the owners had actually pushed the gas pedal - by accident or on purpose. Toyota was not found guilty or held liable for most of the crashes. In subsequent reports and news stories, it came out that most Japanese and German and a few American cars all have these systems. It uses the data collected by the OBD sensors and adds a few more, along with a clock and calendar and memory. It is, indeed, used for maintenance and also for confirmation that you have or have not violated your warranty. Data like these are increasingly being sought by insurance companies when there are high liability claims being made. A design that was tested in Japan added a BlueTooth module to this OBD/black box device. It was marketed as being able to communicate with your tablet or smartphone to give you detailed data about your car’s performance. It was, however, also used by police to read what a driver has been doing in the recent past as far as speed, sudden stops, and sudden accelerations. The police liked it and lots of car people liked getting access to the OBD data. It is not widely advertised as to whether these devices are on models sold in the US. Adding a GPS module to this device is a very simple and cheap add-on and may have already been done. Using wifi, RFID technology or some other longer-range broadcast (like GSM) of this data would allow police or insurance companies to record the data from passing cars along the highway. When the data shows any violations, it could flag the car for a stop by police or a rise in insurance rates. In the US, it is illegal to force someone to testify against themselves (self-incrimination). That is why the “no comment” response is allowed from witnesses. Using a device in your own car to give evidence that you have broken a law falls under this self-incrimination limitation. This is similar to the limitations placed on police access to your cell phone. In most states, it takes a court order or warrant for the police to use cell phone data without the owner’s permission. However, our legal system is filled with holes and ways to bypass the laws. “Contempt of Court” and “Probable cause” can be used to force witnesses to testify under threat of going to jail. Using “the greater good” or “public safety” is often used to justify using evidence from you that you do not consent to be used such as fingerprints, blood samples, your cell phone and DNA. It is a small step to access this car tracking data for “public safety”. It can be expected that as soon as the various manufacturers agree on some standard for the data formats, device communications and reader devices, these OBD/GPS/black box devices will be in every car, monitoring your every move and reporting it all to the police and to insurance companies. I expect this within the next five years…that is, if it is not already being used. UPDATE: A lot of comments have been made about this black box technology having been around for a long time. What is confusing is that in 1996-1997, all US cars sold in the US were mandated to use a maintenance device called OBD. It was later upgraded to OBD-II which is now standard on all cars. This is strictly a maintenance sensor system that records the status of dozens of sensors all over the car. It is a diagnostic device that every repair shop uses. Some carmakers have enhanced their OBD. It is a natural for adding additional sensors and processing power and would be the central component in a “black box”. However, a black box is different. The objective of the black box is NOT maintenance but to record what the driver and car are doing with the focus of providing evidence in case of an accident - exactly the same objective as a black box on an aircraft. Stuff like pedal positions, gear, the status of brakes/ABS, etc. There are some overlap with the OBD but also a lot of extras. The pure black-box functions are NOT a part of every car and not a part of the OBD. For some nuances in the law, a black box is not legal unless the owner/driver agrees to have it installed. There are also some laws on how and if it can be used. Yes, there are black boxes installed by insurance companies. These recording systems are installed only if you allow them to do so. They add the black box functions to the OBD and then record it and send it to the insurance company. If you drive totally within the law, this will give you an insurance premium discount but by and large, it is not a good thing. It records going over the speed limit by even 1 MPH, it records rolling stops and turns without turn signals, etc. All these violations are used by the insurance company to increase your rates or as an excuse to cancel your policy if you make a claim. If you are a “perfect” driver, then it is a good deal but it is remarkably difficult to NEVER break ANY law while driving. UPDATE 2: I did accident investigations while I was a cop and the amount of data and its implications that can be gathered from a black box is amazing. For instance - from time of beginning to brake to the time of coming to a full stop relates to how much you are paying attention, how fast you were going and the condition of your car. Measuring the “G” force during that time says how late you begin braking. Lots of fast and high “G” stops says you are driving too fast and waiting too long before braking. Light sensors can tell when you turn on your headlights, if you use turn signals and if you are “brake checking” people. The “G” sensor can also detect how fast you accelerate, how fast you take turns and if you are drifting around turns. What gear you are in and the engine RPM can be used to calculate exactly what your speed is at any given instance so they know if you are speeding prior to hard braking. On cars with antiskid sensors, they can also combine speed, gear, braking and other data to determine if you are driving too fast for conditions even if it is below the speed limit. This can also be used to estimate your tire traction, whether you are skidding or slipping on the road and if you have locked up your brakes. The rate of changes in steering wheel adjustments can indicate if you are drunk or drowsy. Virtually every aspect of your driving can be computed and proven by these black box sensors. When I was a cop, we had to get all this kind of data from taking measurements of skid marks, tire tread, and impact damage. The idea of a cop using a remote reader to ask your car if you have violated the law or if you caused an accident is probably in our not-to-distant future.

What is your favorite car and why?

1.Ford F350 Super Duty Crew Cab (for my use/farm use) 2. Mercedes-Benz G-Series (for the fiancé) 3. Mercedes-Benz G-Series Pick Up Truck (they may have only made one… but it’s sick and I want it) 4. Toyota Tacoma Lifted (for the fiancé, in case she needs a truck) 5. Tesla Model X (because I like tech and it's a Tesla… oh and I really don't like cars so that's why it's the SUV!) In all honesty, I wouldn't see us having more than 2 vehicles. I'd rather buy a dirt bike, ATV, skid-steer, excavator, etc. in order to have fun and/or get work done.

Is there any reason to turn off 'traction control' and if not, why is there a button to turn it off?

There is an important point that most people who are answering this (as well as the person who wrote the question) are missing. That button on your car doesn't just control the traction control system. It also controls the stability control system. Traction control prevents wheelspin in slick conditions. Sometimes it's good. Sometimes it's just counterproductive. For the most part, it is, as other answers have said, a way to save poor drivers from themselves. And in many cases in inclement weather, it's counterproductive. I could get my wife's Veloster Turbo (FWD) with snow tires up a steep hill when I turned it off. With the good tires, it just clawed its way up — there was wheelspin, but also enough forward progress to make it up the hill. With traction control on, the ECU detected wheelspin, and cut all power. However, the more important feature, which I believe was required by law in all cars sold in the US in model year 2009 and later (not 100% on the year, but it is a government mandate) is stability control. Stability control detects when there are different levels of force at one end of the car than at the other during cornering (called “yaw”), and deduces that one of the ends has lost traction. In order to regain traction, it automatically applies the brakes at one or more wheels in such a way that all wheels regain traction. This function is less important when the front end loses traction, because most people manage to fix that problem on their own (let off the gas and turn the steering wheel a bit straighter). The real problem occurs when the rear end loses traction. Most drivers do not know how to handle this. Even some good ones can have trouble with it. Especially with lift-throttle oversteer, it's hard to predict and hard to recover from, and often occurs when you lift off the throttle to try to control understeer. I have autocrossed and driven on track, and although I'm no great shakes amongst the drivers in that world, I'm better than probably 95% of the people on the road. I still did not manage to recover from the tail coming out on track in my Chevy SS, and now I no longer have a Chevy SS. :( Some stability control systems are overly restrictive and shut down all the fun before it starts happening. Others allow a bit of slip before they kick in, which can be great fun and still keep most drivers safe. Some of them can't be fully disabled. Still others not only can be fully disabled, but also offer one or more “Track” modes that have very high thresholds before they intervene (my SS had one, and the Corvette has something like 4 or 5). But they all have something in common: they save lives. Mandated safety features generally have a problem: they end up introducing new problems that cause injury and/or death. ABS, for example, caused many people to steer right off the road when it was newish, because people were used to having to turn the wheel in exaggerated ways to counteract a skid under braking. With ABS, you should just drive normally… but they didn't know that. Airbags killed or injured a lot of smaller people who sat too close to the wheel or dash before they introduced dual stage bags that would explode with less force if the seat was farther forward. Even the latest mandate, backup cameras, has caused people to miss fast moving cars that are out of the view of the camera. Stability control isn't like that. Try as they might, researchers can't find any downsides from a safety perspective. The kinds of accidents it prevents are ones that most people can't avoid on their own, and the people who have the skills to get out of oversteer without crashing tend to have the ability to take the actions of stability control into account when it kicks in. EDIT: As a couple other answers have also pointed out, even experienced drivers are unlikely to respond better than stability control does in an oversteer situation, especially on-road. Some answers on here say traction control is only useful on slick roads. That's not at all true. It's possible to lose traction even on dry pavement. I've done it, more than a few times, in older cars without stability control, with mixed results. I've also done it in cars with stability control, and actually felt it as the rear end started to swing out and then was brought back in line by stability control. Some answers on here also say it takes all the fun out of driving. In your average family sedan, yeah, that's probably true, but how much fun were you going to have in a Toyota Camry in the first place? But most sporty cars produced in the past 5 years or so have specially calibrated stability control that is actually designed to be compatible with high performance driving. My 2015 WRX was the result of years of refinement by Subaru engineers and got rave reviews about the handling when it came out. My SS had Track mode. My Stinger GT has significantly higher thresholds for intervention when you're in Sport mode, to the point that I actually avoid using it on a daily basis, especially on wet roads or in the winter, because I'm never sure exactly when it's going to get the tail out just a bit too far. Generally, that button the question asks about has two functions. If you just press it quickly, it turns off traction control (and on my SS, two quick presses was what you needed for Track mode). But if you hold it down for 5-10 seconds, it turns stability control off. If you want to turn traction control off, be my guest. But I would advise against turning off stability control unless you're in a wide open parking lot or really know what you're doing. Even then, keeping it on for day-to-day use is still probably wise.

Why do they tell you to turn into the skid when every fiber of you wants to turn the steering wheel the other way?

In my experience, from driving gravel roads since I was 15, the default reaction is to turn “into” the skid anyway. If the tail end of the car comes around, it pushes the nose of the car in the opposite direction, and your immediate reaction would be something like ,Oh no, the car is heading left, I will steer towards the right to correct it! A bit like this: But in cases where you are almost completely sideways already, it is quite common to freeze up, or to overreact by turning the wheel too sharply. The common advice espoused in those 4 words comes down to 1) doing something instead of freezing, namely to steer into the skid, and 2) steer, don’t overdo it! I am not a racing driver and has had no training other than driving very loose gravel roads from a very young age. The last time I ended up in a sideways skid was in 2012, in a front-wheel drive Toyota Corolla with a very heavy Diesel engine to make matters worse. By the grace of God I instinctively turned the wheel about 90° into the skid, saving both the car and likely the passengers too.

How do I steer a car having power steering if the engine is not running?

One thing you “forget” to do with power steering is make the car move, even if very slowly, so that you’re not trying to scrub the tyre sideways. The three point turn in a 1980’s standard UK family saloon was quite a feat of coordination. It’s actually good to practice this even when the pump is working as it saves wear on the tyres and the pump… plus if you ever lose the pump, now you know what to do. Losing the steering is nowhere near as bad as losing vacuum on the brakes though. Often they are driven by the same belt. Some cars have a reservoir and give you one shot of good braking, so use it wisely. Toyota Town Ace 4WD did this. Others, I’m looking at you, 1999 Mitsubishi Shogun 2.4TD, if you lose the belt going down hill you nearly need to stand up on the brake pedal. The steering on the other hand was quite reasonable. It is sometimes surprising to go back to a car you drove in your youth like the old Morris Mini Minor 850 and find out just how heavy the steering was in a normal car, at least one where you didn’t have five hundred turns lock to lock… I’m looking at you 1989 Vauxhall Astra 1.3 - almost impossible to control a skid because you couldn’t turn the wheel fast enough, but the steering was light in normal driving.

How hard is driving a high performance car like the Mercedes SL65 AMG compared to an average car?

Well it's not that hard, but you have to be experienced and understand your cars performance, it's characteristics, and the surface you are on. Because cars of that nature can be unforgiving. Average car 2017 Toyota Camry 200 hp engine front wheel drive, slow and predictable also fairly light weight, gives under steer instead of. Over steer SL65 AMG OVER 620 hp Very fast Can be unpredictable when power is applied fully Heavy weigh with axle behind Tend to over steer and drift under heavy driving. Its not harder, but you have to take more care. Because with, much power comes more responsibility. My personal experience, I daily drive a Toyota Matrix, I drove a friends tundra for a week and boy was it giving me wheel spin at every corner, and under heavy acceleration, the cat became a bit floaty, I had to be more cautious of what terrain I was on as the cat could slip and skid while on sand. I have experience with Rear wheel drive cars that's why I could handle the extra power, but an armature might probably crash that car if they give it full gas, while on sand or a slippery surface.

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