Tesla roadster 0 to 60 in 1.9 seconds

It’s ok, you gave him money, there is a tomorrow you'll get a refund

 

Lol okay. So no talking about a car unless you’ve personally driven it. Makes sense.

The only person here who has a legitimate reason to hate it is Broome. The rest of you, I can’t figure out why you hate it so much. It don’t make no vroom vroom noises? Did you hate FI and radial tires too?

What a weird thing to want to see new technologies fail.

 

Ok. Ever use PayPal? Ever hear of SpaceX? Guess who's building a tunnel under LA to help deal with traffic? He's changed the way we use ecommerce and is making faster advances than NASA in aerospace. Even if Tesla doesn't work out, at least he's trying to make a difference and employing a lot of people in the process. But go ahead and hate, even if it makes no sense.

 

As long as that guy back in the day was selling a cure for not being able to reuse really expensive first stages for rockets. Yuk Yuk Yuk

 

I don’t hate the guy at all, I dislike the “good for the environment” lie. I thought strip-mining was ecologically unsound? Is that process okay for lithium and nothing else? And where’s that $30,000 car we were promised?

 

And the hordes of e-vangelicals who hang on his every word...

 

I get that, I despise paypal, but to pretend he's completely full of shit is a little crazy.

 

Do the Tesla vehicles have any “exhaust” note at all? I’ve seen plenty while driving, but never paid attention. Maybe they could put a speaker in the back w/ nice sound ...?

 

Porsche already has the speakered sound wrapped up.
I wanna see hugely spectacular Tesla coil bolts of electricity spewin' out the back on decel.

 

No fucks given.

 

And how the fuck is a two-place roadster a fluffy bunny type of vehicle? When does the city bus go into production?

 

Fer sher.

With all those municipal bus contracts he could buy Mars.

 

Sex sells. Public transportation aint sexy.

City bus doesn't get you on the front page to lure more investors in.

 

My Ecoboost F150 used to have the augmented sound through the speakers too until I deactivated it. Why would anyone take the time to engineer that is beyond me.

 

That's not what I meant. I meant has ANYONE driven it or are these claims he's making purely fictional at this time.

And nothing says "successful" like sellin 90k cars at a loss WHILE being subsidized by the government. It's cool. Keep drinking the cool aid.

 

I'ma have to throw the bullshit flag on that one.

As was just mentioned a couple of posts ago, municipal contracts for those buses would be quite lucrative.

Sex may sell, but what gets investors lined up is the prospect of making money.

Governmental programs, even small, local ones, are not known for choosing frugality over good PR. Even when that 'good' PR is based on a lie.

 

I drove a new Model S last week. They are basically small, sleek and simplistic spaceships.
The interior is ultra modern with a huge computer monitor in the center dash. Everything is push button activated and, when running or driving, makes no sound whatsoever. The acceleration is beyond description and so is the transmission. Any amount of over zealous throttle application mashes you deep back into your seat.
After the first full throttle take off, I had to pull over and stop to fully fathom what I had just experienced.

These cars are truly revolutionary.

 

There was a short story written by a guy named CM Kornbluth back in the 40's. It was called "The Marching Morons" and pretty much covers why Ford took the time to engineer an engine sound augmentation system...

 

I'm a Ford guy but a stock Ecoboost sounds like shit.