Roger Ransome

@runaway_vol I don't follow the reasoning. He wasn't a Trillionaire when he made his initial investment was he? How much did Jeff personally invest in Amazon?

ok i checked his stake is actually 160 billion and he invested a couple million which is basically nothing for a trillionaire

Elon Musk's stake in Tesla is worth $400 billion — despite investing nothing.

@KRoelandschap I guess that's the end, the internet has run out of content /s

Now these are the kinds of tests that make the difference Get rid of your HW3 and trade it in for HW4 Who gives a damn about FSD when you can have lightning speed tailgates?

@ChrisBarnes3D In yr31 how much will a renter pay each month, compared to someone who has paid off their mortgage so no longer has that outgoing each month?

everyone loves to point out renting is "just dead money" until you point out they'll spend £240k in mortgage interest over 30 years

@au_tom_otive An EV is a bit like your mobile phone, plug it in and walk away while it charges. With petrol/diesel you need to stand there for several minutes while the tank fills, then faff around with payment before or after.

The average petrol forecourt dwell time is 7 minutes (yes, it is - I worked for bp). The average fill is circa 20 litres (200 miles). Charging an EV isn’t the same, but 100 miles in 8 minutes shows how vanishingly irrelevant the difference is becoming.

@KirstiMiller30 Sounds very similar to Bulldogs we played in the UK in the 80s

I grew up in Wagga Wagga where the kids growing up used to play a game called "Red Rover Cross Over". It was mainly a boys game where all the boys would gather in a group at the end of the playground with one boy standing in the middle of the playground. He'd yell "Red Rover Cross Over” and all the other kids had to run to the other end of the playground without being caught. The kid in the middle had to catch and hold one of them while yelling "caught 123" The kid caught would then join the kid in the middle for the next call of "Red Rover Cross Over" during which both kids in the middle would catch another kid who would stay in the middle and so on. The last kid caught would win the game and he'd be the one to stay in the middle for next round. It was good fun (my three daughters used to play it most afternoons with me) while giving the kids exercise and training for future rugby teams or other sports. Can anyone else recall playing the same game?

@MercuriusFilius As usual with these the question leaves room for interpretation. If you assume only 1 fuel transfer stop is permitted, 1750 miles. But if the fuel stops has to be exactly half way then 1600 miles.

How would you answer this common Goldman Sachs interview question?

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@TaffyTezla @7hashtag7 Same, usually 8 but once 800.

Anyone else with octopus energy? When you put your meter readings in at the end you can spin the wheel to win something,I’ve been with them for years,not once had it landed on win 🤷‍♂️😀

@IvanEscobosa @SawyerMerritt Agree, however I unfortunately do not know of many companies that actually listen to customer feedback in this way, so Tesla are much better in that regard (and not just car companies, any really ..)

@SawyerMerritt Honestly a bit surprising they needed community feedback just to implement this. You would think that enough engineers would realize that most interventions are navigation related, even on my HW3 car is a bit surprising.

Yep, Tesla has officially added “Navigation” as a selectable disengagement reason in the just updated FSD popup in V14.3.2 (software version 2026.2.9.9). Picture from my Model Y screen:

@tesla_jokes Isn't is two different approvals, FSD Supervised (hopefully EU May/June, then UK at some point), separately FSD Unsupervised approval for London testing and later Robotaxi - I read somewhere they're aiming to start testing that in Q3 but cannot find the source.

Dutch RDW pushing for EU-wide FSD Supervised approval this summer 🇪🇺. UK 🇬🇧 owners watching our neighbours gear up for OTA updates while TfL has no approvals yet for London. Catch up by autumn or another year of waiting?

@AaronPowell131 @tesla_jokes 80 months, so just over six and a half years.

@RogerRansome @tesla_jokes Does the one-off stay with the car or User(Driver)?? If User it would still take 80yrs to get pay back.

Tesla is killing the one-time FSD purchase country by country. UK 🇬🇧owners: FSD at £99+ p/m worth it or no?

@tesla_jokes Yes, most likely they will. Hopefully there is a bit of an overlap window after approval before they remove that option.

@RogerRansome They will get rid of it one approved like they did in other markets

@tesla_jokes Just to clarify, HW4 I'm planning to keep until 2032 at least.

@tesla_jokes Not a fan of subscriptions so I would consider the one-off purchase, but not until it's approved for release here 🇬🇧 (already have EAP so the upgrade cost is slightly less painful, but I'll still wince when I click the button!)

Right then Android, what's going on here? If there's only one choice why bother asking!

@HullTeslaModel3 Makes you wonder why we bother with energy saving appliances and led lightbulbs etc when the standing charge just keeps trending upwards regardless 🤔

That didn't last long! 😩😁😁😁

@tesla_jokes Not sure about the first question. The other two are reasonable. Surprised FSD rollout by country isn't in the top3, but not expecting an answer on that yet anyway - so maybe people are learning what type of questions to ask, finally!

Hmm are these actually GOOD questions for the Tesla Earnings call on 22 April? ❌ ? ✅ ?

@GrahamCompton @grok Oh, I genuinely never realised that. Interesting.

@RogerRansome @grok is 20% tax relief on SIPP contributions the same amount as a 25% bonus on LISA contributions? Explain the logic with an example.

If you invest £200 every month at 8% return and increase your contributions by 5% each year, after 20 years you would have: ISA - £171,548.28 LISA - £214,434.67 (assumes limits keep up) SIPP (20%) - £214,434.67 SIPP (40%) - £257,321.96 Which are you choosing + why? 👇

@GrahamCompton Agreed. SIPP is 20% (or 40%), but LISA is 25%.

The SIPP is a 20% tax rebate that goes into the pension. So you put in 80, the gov puts in 20, which is 25% of 80. It can make your head hurt! Of course there are tax implications, but I didn't want to make the post too long. A mix is sensible for most people. Check my profile for detailed articles on stuff like this. x.com/i/status/20426…