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Cake day: July 14th, 2023

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  • Interesting. I saw the Qidi X-Plus 3 advertises 600mm/s vs Bambu P1S 500mm/s. And the P1S doesn’t offer a heated chamber. Have you noticed a difference in quality from the heated chamber?

    I haven’t yet been convinced of the bambu cool-aid mainly because of closed software. Klipper support is a big value prop. Who knows how long bambu will support OS versions and what happens if they start charging for cloud. It’s a young company, so not a lot of confidence yet.




  • I understand something like a GMC Suburban or a Cadillac Escalade, but the Porsche Macan (in article thumbnail) and many other compact SUVs take up the same curb space and about the same weight and length as a standard sedan.

    • Porsche Macan (SUV): 4400lbs, 186.1"
    • Honda CRV (SUV): 3285lbs, 184.8"
    • Audi A4 (sedan): 3700lbs, 187.5"
    • Pegeout 508 (sedan): 3290lbs, 187"

    vs

    • Cadillac Escalade (SUV): 6200lbs, 211"
    • Range Rover (SUV): 6025lbs, 207"

    Unless they put weighted meters at every parking space, would be interesting to see how they enforce this. Compact-SUVs are useful and are well equipped for their weight (AWD, safety features, space-efficient).

    Here is a cool chart showing weight vs road wear. Not sure how scientific it is, but shows cars around 4000lbs are considered normal wear.

    Unless the goal is to move drivers to the subcompact-sedan form factor.

    • Mini Cooper: 3144lbs, 159.1"
    • Citreon C3: 2226lbs, 156.7"

    Then they could make low cost parking spaces ~170" long and any cars that do not fit in that would have to go in the bigger spaces with a higher rate. Very curious how they would implement it without costing the tax payer too much.