r/SipsTea • • 1d ago

SMH Museum of Useless Inventions

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u/ExiledCanuck 16h ago edited 14h ago

So, at face value, maybe not so useful. But one thing I was thinking about, was especially with the self-driving mode, imagine it being able to use that capability to avoid an accident? Especially if there was no time to slow down. Could be useful there.

But of course for the most part all I see on Reddit is Musk=Bad, so no real discourse over it.

Edit: Seems people are getting really hung up on my shower thought of accident avoidance. It was a single idea, don’t get caught up in the semantics. This could have more use cases we don’t see, because this kind of thing has never been possible.

Like with the first flight of the airplane. Nobody needed to slowly coast a few hundred feet somewhere, but today, planes are pretty useful. Same goes for cars, when they first came out, they couldn’t hold a candle to a horse, and now? Horses as a means of transportation are quite rare when compared to cars (yes, they’re still used, but not as common as cars)

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u/CIS-E_4ME 16h ago

Except there's a reason the stunt car had blacked out windows. The propellant gas tanks probably took most of the space inside the cabin.

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u/Proud_Field1968 16h ago

They admitted on top gear that is exactly the case. On tank in bank another in passenger seat. Cool thing to watch but no way it becomes street legal.

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u/RemaniXL 15h ago

They've already stated it isn't street legal and that it only seats one person.

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u/Dramatic-Fly761 10h ago

So I’m still not getting my roadster

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u/GhostMaker26 15h ago

Umm...they opened the car on stage and yep you are wrong.

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u/Kitiseva_lokki 14h ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdkIOhFmbKI 27:30

Only 1 seat in the stunt version

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u/Da_Spooky_Ghost 15h ago

Tesla says this version will never be street legal but I love the smart Redditors that figured this out on their own…

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u/Nervous-Fennel3325 14h ago

I mean it doesnt take a fucking PHD to realize a car with thrusters is never going to be street legal lol.

Thats just asking for so many deaths.

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u/Proud_Field1968 12h ago

But at least you'll be smiling as you die lol

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u/bladex1234 12h ago

Well the Thrust version that only has rear thrusters is.

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u/RelevantDream6589 14h ago

JFC dude, how hard is it to proof read a three sentence post before you hit the comment button?

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u/Proud_Field1968 12h ago

As hard as it is for you to shower