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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that’s the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

  • @Madison420
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    86 months ago

    Maybe don’t do that? Catch a train it’s significantly cheaper anyway.

    • @[email protected]
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      46 months ago

      No passenger rail. It’s car or a once a week bus that doesn’t even stop in the town my family lives in.

      • @Madison420
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        -26 months ago

        That’s an infrastructure problem you can help solve and regardless going on long trips for most people is 100% optional.

    • @[email protected]
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      6 months ago

      That would become a 15+ hour trip then…

      Edit: On further investigation, it’s also not significantly cheaper than flying, and is much more expensive than fuel for driving.

      • @Madison420
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        66 months ago

        But much better for the environment, sometimes others matter more and when more people use rail it’s more likely our country will catch up and build hyper train networks.

      • @[email protected]
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        16 months ago

        Sadly, yes. I live in Germany, and here you need a BahnCard50 (or better) for the train to be cheaper than the gas for driving.