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it never ceases to amaze me the extent to which people pick bones with a technology they haven't even tried. If i were tesla i'd figure out a scenario for test driving that would give people some understanding of just how different and how fun the power profile of an electic car can be. Tesla needs to figure out how to get people to let go of the sound of baseball cards taped into the spokes of your bicycle.
I just see it as all these people picking on something and they have no idea what they're missing.
I can't afford one... but the only other car i could imagine spending 100k on would be an old bmw z8 becausee they're just plane beautiful... the REAL fun factor that the tesla offers of any street legal car, i think, is totally unsurpassable. REAL fun factor, not imaginary! We're on public roads right? Why any lotus driver would be intersted in a viper i totally don't understand unless they ONLY reason that person has a lotus in the first place is because it's the most expensive car they can afford.
Another thing i think tesla should do is slap some slicks on the thing and do an alignment to the stig's preference and let him do some laps around some famous tracks and see what times he pulls. If it's not that great, don't publish it, but people might be surprised. Unless it runs out of top speed, the thing does 0-60 in 4 seconds... it ain't gonna be slow. will it run long enough for the average track day if trailered? Maybe not but how short will it fall?
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