ZachShahan
Active Member
I raised an eyebrow at this as well. Even though CR gave the P85D such I high rating, and good on them for it, the interview leaves me with the feeling that they are still conventional car guys at heart, and are a bit begrudgingly admiring the MS. Only Jake Fisher said, independent of money, that he would buy one.
As for us, our two Model S's ARE our primary cars; the Roadster is now the "secondary" but extremely fun car. The only ICE we have in our garage is our snowblower. Anybody know of a good electric medium-duty snowblower? :wink:
Sadly, I mostly felt the same, which I'd hope and expect wouldn't be the case with guys who owned a P85D. However, my actual view was that the tall guy on the left (who would have chosen a BMW i8) loved the car but is just the type of guy who wants something really unique, flashy, and new. His whole argument for not hypothetically getting the Model S was that it was all over California. I almost feel like he was just trying hard to not come across as a fanboi. The guy in the middle was simply lame. He hates "true believers" and then called someone who commented on a previous video that even though the commenter just made some basic, simple points. He seems like the type of person who'd be a middle-of-the-pack or later adopter. Jake Fisher clearly loved the car, and I think he was trying hard to not look like a fanboi as well. I imagine they get some slack for that. Look at the stupid WSJ response. I think he accidentally made that comment about "primary car" ... but he obviously made some other ridiculous comments, like all P85D owners having another car, and the car not being good for road trips. Inane. I don't really see how you could think so unless you didn't know anything about Tesla owners or real ownership. Do these guys not get to take the car home and live with it for weeks at a time? Do they not go for road trips in it? Genuinely a little confused how he could make such dumb comments. Anyhow, though, he was clearly a huge fan, and I think a little on the defensive since he was the biggest fan and the head of testing.
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Wow! I'm very surprised to hear Consumer reports make such a statement. Since I've purchased my Model S 11 months ago, I've wracked up approximately 34,000 miles with very little in maintenance costs incurred. In the last 11 months, I have not owned nor driven an ICE vehicle. The car is simply amazing as my daily driver. Since I'm a geek, I've crunched the cost savings and while I've driven 34,000 miles, I saved almost $10k in gas and other maintenance costs while only seeing an approximate $2,400 increase in my electricity bills year over year.
My electric utility doesn't offer a time-of-use plan so just imagine how much I'd be saving if that option was available to me. Because I drive a lot, I use the entire spectrum of chargers available to me from home charging (my primary method) to superchargers to level 2 public chargers. Being that I live in California where the charging network (both superchargers and public chargers) is fairly robust, I'm never left stranded for where I need to go.
Mike
I thought all CA utilities offered TOU plans... ?