Automobile Magazine, November 2009, Six full pages dedicated to the Tesla

as always an awesome article that talks about an awesome car. too bad i will never buy one. but sure would be nice to take a test drive in one if anyone here at PC would be so kind.

if need be, i can drive to you if less than say 1000 miles

 

Delightful review. One wonders what might be available today if General Motors had not killed and crushed all the EV-1s five years ago.

 

true true... a Ferrari which is SLOWER btw, cost more than double

 

The Ferrari may be more, but a Vette isn't and is also in many cases faster than the Tesla.

I'd rather have the Tesla!

 

At the Kempton show a couple of weeks ago we had a guy who lives
in eastern PA and owns one. It's his daily driver, well, in
nicer weather but it's not just a weekend car. He said his
out of pocket all told was closer to $120K after all was said
and done. I didn't get who he actually was, maybe someone else
can fill in here.
.
He's very cavalier about it. We were getting covered with dust
from passing vehicles on the fairgrounds perimeter road, and he
didn't seem too worried or wanting to get it out of there. And
the body has *lots* of open gaps for airflow here and there, so
it was getting into there too.
.
Astoundingly, he let me give it a sit. [No drive, though!]
My butt was on the *ground*. It would take a while to get used
to something that low, especially if I was out there mixing
it up with the SUVs. The old Subie gave a hint of that and
I didn't like it much, but this put my head about thigh-level
on the owner.
.
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