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Svetlankas Toy · 06-15-2009, 09:56 PM

Funny facts :Cost of a Roadster is 135-170K.....(This is after adding all the bells and whistles...) Ummmm...Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?????? for an overweight Elise that handles like a Karman Ghia???? Ummm...no thanks......

Also, the infamous "S" is not a real car at the moment, (Is a cut and paste job that looks great in photoshop....) IF they DO make it...look at a WORKING prototype around...oh...2012/2013.....MAYBE

(I caught a roadster on the 101S not long ago.....very UNIMPRESSED with what 135-170K does against a stock Exige S......) Not to mention how the wobbly goblin handles in hard turns.....can u say like snot on Teflon????

Between recalls, political infighting, the fact that most of the internal talent is either "Software or Hardware" self proclaimed "experts" who have NO automotive experience.....as well as a disproportionate amount of females who really have no idea what selling a HIGH end car, or running a manufacturing company is...(Agent X being the ONLY exception....)

I will give Tesla a snowballs chance in hell....and that's ONLY because Mercedes Benz gave them a cash infusion which will get them through the next quarter or so before they collapse and go the way of the Yugo......(MBZ is in there just to harvest some R&D treasures, and bootstrap their own hybrid/electric tech...)

As Jim Morrison used to say, "The future is uncertain and the end is always near!"

06-15-2009, 09:56 PM	#71 (permalink)
Svetlankas Toy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA USA Posts: 91	Funny facts :Cost of a Roadster is 135-170K.....(This is after adding all the bells and whistles...) Ummmm...Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?????? for an overweight Elise that handles like a Karman Ghia???? Ummm...no thanks...... Also, the infamous "S" is not a real car at the moment, (Is a cut and paste job that looks great in photoshop....) IF they DO make it...look at a WORKING prototype around...oh...2012/2013.....MAYBE (I caught a roadster on the 101S not long ago.....very UNIMPRESSED with what 135-170K does against a stock Exige S......) Not to mention how the wobbly goblin handles in hard turns.....can u say like snot on Teflon???? Between recalls, political infighting, the fact that most of the internal talent is either "Software or Hardware" self proclaimed "experts" who have NO automotive experience.....as well as a disproportionate amount of females who really have no idea what selling a HIGH end car, or running a manufacturing company is...(Agent X being the ONLY exception....) I will give Tesla a snowballs chance in hell....and that's ONLY because Mercedes Benz gave them a cash infusion which will get them through the next quarter or so before they collapse and go the way of the Yugo......(MBZ is in there just to harvest some R&D treasures, and bootstrap their own hybrid/electric tech...) As Jim Morrison used to say, "The future is uncertain and the end is always near!" __________________ Fly Fast, Fly low, and keep the ECM turned up to 11!