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I guess i don't really hear anybody saying that a $100 to $170k car is reasonable or cost effective. Sure marketing and sales may argue it's "green" but marketing and sales job is to play into emotions so you'll buy something you don't need. Who hear NEEDS an elise? A 1995 honda civic DX will get you anywhere an elise will go for alot less money, more fuel efficiently, with more space, and cheaper to fix. Are elises for rich suckers? you could argue that. Miata owners had said much the same... we drive a fragile, expensive to maintain and repair car who's performance benefits out of the box, don't justify the cost. A tesla at least is basically silent, which i think is humongous! i can't justify the purchase of one either, but it just sounds to me like people are picking on the BS that comes out of marketing and sales, or picking on the car for the reasons it doesn't make sense financially... not often enough picking on the cars for what it actually is.
I wished the tesla looked cooler like an elise, and i wish it cost less, but if i was in a financial position where i were able to "convince" myself it was acceptable to spend that much money on a single car... it would be my first choice... well, maybe i'd rather a mercedes G55k (a tarted up solid axle service vehicle with 500hp, the poorest marketed vehicle line in the US today)... but i think i'd rather have a tesla and my old g500.
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