Gilbert Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 3 hours ago, tigerwoodKhorns said: You are only half right. He spent very little and we are all discussing this. Lots of free advertising. They shot it with a 9mm and it bounced off, so technically bulletproof. Sledgehammer also bounced off but the windows did break. More marketing. We are talking about it. Dodge developed the Viper at a huge loss to promote their brand. I seem to remember an article in Car and Driver discussing a $75M investment and how that much would have covered California, but they received worldwide attention to promote their brand, including several covers of auto mags. Tesla took $100 deposits and some media stunts and is receiving a huge buzz about this. Very little spent, huge return in advertising. Very little spent on advertising, true, and that's a good thing. Elon needs all the free advertising he can get for Tesla, because he can't make a profit with that company. Most businessmen would have surrendered over a decade ago, but I guess Elon feels it's on the right track. Wonder what the company's expectations and outlook are over the next few years. I believe they're nearing their 20th year. I wonder how many millions in public funding Tesla has eaten. He was a coddler with Obama, and I know a guy (wife's cousin) who sat next to him at a Hillary big money diner in San Francisco. He said Elon was nut job, but most geniuses are, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason str Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 This may be more of a challenge. https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/trucks/a30000525/thor24-big-rig-sells-for-12-million/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, jason str said: This may be more of a challenge. https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/trucks/a30000525/thor24-big-rig-sells-for-12-million/ I wonder which truck would win in Elon's Tug of War? It amounts to about the same odds, only reversed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NADman Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Having been a fabricator and a target shooter for many years, I would like to see the 9MM bullets, the gauge of the 'said' SS and the angle of attack. I call BS. As for the 'glass' --BS again. At least not for 39G. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason str Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 5 minutes ago, Gilbert said: I wonder which truck would win in Elon's Tug of War? It amounts to about the same odds, only reversed. The odds may favor the supercharged 2 stroke diesel in this instance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted November 27, 2019 Author Share Posted November 27, 2019 1 hour ago, NADman said: Having been a fabricator and a target shooter for many years, I would like to see the 9MM bullets, the gauge of the 'said' SS and the angle of attack. I call BS. As for the 'glass' --BS again. At least not for 39G. Hope you got good results the other day ... and happy thanksgiving to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NADman Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 22 hours ago, BigStewMan said: Hope you got good results the other day ... and happy thanksgiving to you. Thanks BSM, quaffing a Molson's as we speak. Prolly be as Ok as anyone my age can expect. Still a few more tests. Hope everyone has a happy and safe thanksgiving. (We do thanksgiving in early Oct in the great white north) Don't Worry-Be Happy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted November 28, 2019 Author Share Posted November 28, 2019 27 minutes ago, NADman said: 23 hours ago, BigStewMan said: Thanks BSM, quaffing a Molson's as we speak. Good Man ... i have some in the fridge for after dinner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiva Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 The stopping power of real armored glass. 50 cal round into a hum-vee's windshield . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Elon's at it again, this time with a military grade attack chopper. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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