Buh buh buh you're not a car enthusiast! Amen man. Once you own an EV everyone else revving their motors starts to feel like that annoying lifted pickup truck with big wheels and the confederate flag hanging off the back blowing diesel smoke clouds at red lights. lol
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Buh buh buh you're not a car enthusiast! Amen man. Once you own an EV everyone else revving their motors starts to feel like that annoying lifted pickup truck with big wheels and the confederate flag hanging off the back blowing diesel smoke clouds at red lights. lol
CarPlay is nice but it takes away from the experience of some of these newer UI's which have gotten significantly better....and more aesthetically pleasing.
Bioweapon Defense Mode
Wow - I am glad I live in a city with good air quality
To be honest, this feature was awesome when the Canadian fires were blowing into the US.
Embarrassing people who start revving their engines at red lights is my favorite part of owning an EV. You. can't. beat. me.
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Why is everyone in such a rush? 😂
It's okay to slow down once in a while, you'll probably live longer if you do.
It's a small point but it's nice not to deal with it. And I didn't realize it until I sold the Tesla and had a car that synced it automatically.
in pure length sure, but cargo size and carrying capacity its more align with the x5 and gle thanks to not having an engine and a transmission.
If you live in Los Angeles, I’m happy to give you a ride in our plaid. I went from a v8 to it and it has plenty of soul, but from the suspension and driving characteristics.
Funny enough with its AI based self driving, there is actually an argument that it literally has a soul. Lol
"On average, 213,000 cars catch fire every year in the United States. This averages out to about 600 car fires per day."
I was a passenger in a Tesla for the first time last week. Uber. It was... okay.
Wife and I are in the compact SUV world right now, because some of that space not in your typical sedan is needed. We also realize in the next six years I think 60% of any model car in Canada must be electric, then 100% five years after.
So, that probably gives us a decade to really stress about it. We don't drive much as we both work from home, so when those trips to the gas station do occur, it's about once a month tops.
Anyway, I thought I'd ask the driver what he thought of the Tesla after a year, and he really liked it.. saying he gets about 400km per charge, about 30 km less than advertised.
Questioning him on the range in winter due to cold, and suggested it was likely another 50km less (It doesn't get significantly cold in southern Ontario), but bigger issue was poor handling in the snow.
Also looked a bit weird that he needed to mount his phone for Uber, with maps running, because none of that was integrated in to Tesla.
Alright, but I don't drive for Uber. Maybe I've still got some interest? Nightmare of getting in to a frozen handled Tesla stories aside...
But I've got a lot of questions on how any of this transition is going to happen... There's a huge tax on gasoline in Canada that I presume funds roads. A network of heavier electric vehicles surely is going to eat up already crumbling asphalt faster, and where will funds come to repair that road? Presuming it's at some point going to be higher electric tax.
Electrical infrastructure? Demand will increase. What sort of situation will we be in regarding electrical grid stress?
It has me wondering if solar panels on our house is a better investment first and foremost.
I have always been impressed by older cars in great condition. Lots of us have owned those cars, and they bring back memories. Most drivers of those cars are like you; no desire to show off. I traded my 2013 Audi S5 for a Model 3 in 2018. Similar tires and handling, better acceleration, much better navigation, no cost to charge at Superchargers and full self driving.
Thanks, I do appreciate that but I'm in the UK, would be a bit of a trek over to Los Angeles 😭
My gripe is probably more that the Tesla is just a solid modern car, with lots of electrical systems that are constantly enhancing the drive for the everyday motorist, I feel "disconnected" for lack of a better word. I just like a bit more engagement in my drive. I'd say the same about a modern ICE BMW too, there's nothing engaging around driving them anymore.
To be fair, any Uber driver will have a phone mount because that's how they choose which jobs to pick up.
Unless we get a magical transformation where ICE cars are instantly replaced with EVs overnight, electric demand and the grid that supplies it will grow organically as it has for a century.
Yup, this is me. I have a 20 year old Maserati 4200 with the F136-R 4.2 V8. For its age, it's in excellent condition, and definitely been well looked after by its previous owners. I hope to hang on to it for the foreseeable future, and just enjoy the time I'll have with it - it's something I have for the pure pleasure of it, rather than a tool or necessity.
I totally get the advantages of modern cars, everything you listed there is totally valid, but they're just not for me.
compared the curb weight of a model 3 to a gas sedan equivalent, its about the same, also true for model y and all the weight up to the x. gas price was probably the biggest incentive for me to switch to tesla, charging off peak at home gets me 300 miles range for 5 bucks at 5 cents per kwh, where my previous merc costed me around 60-70 bucks per tank.
That’s fair, I remember feeling that way when we switched from carburetors to fuel injection. One more computer thing that’s hard to work on. Traction control also takes the skill out of driving high-performance vehicles.
It'll never happen because Tesla wants you to subscribe to their connected services.
I can’t believe all the people that waste their time with such useless comments. If you don’t own a Tesla or don’t care about Tesla then move on. Those rude comments are so not useful. What is wrong with some people and guessing they have nothing better to do than criticize?
Mod - please delete all these useless comments.
Mod - please delete all these useless comments.
Some people have confused not liking electric cars with having a personality. It's really odd. We've been an EV household for quite a while now and the number of total strangers in parking lots who volunteer truly absurd commentary on how awful our car is or why they would never buy an EV is something else.
Ah, I don't think I've driven a carburetor-fed car before, will watch out for an opportunity though!
I generally keep TCS on for everyday driving, especially in the wet. I can feel it kicking in now and then, but until I build my confidence in the car (I've not had it too long), I'll keep it on.
As long as the demon that is Elon Musk is in charge, I will not support that company.
Also, "Bioweapon Defense Mode" is the dumbest feature I've heard yet, and is definitely some crap that Elon made up because he thought it sounded cool, like "Blaze Your Glory!" He is officially the most cringe human on Earth. Nobody else is even remotely close.
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my bad it turns out to be 1.8 cents per kwh 😂
That's a shame you have to put up with that. Personally I couldn't think of any reason why I'd criticise a total strangers car.