Late arrival to this thread. Pull up a chair and I'll tell you my story why.
As a car enthusiast of 37 of my 40 years, ICE cars will never fully leave my heart, much like a first love.
I am not a tech guy. I don't work in IT. I work in the car business. My first car was a Camaro Z28. Me and my dad put a Vortech supercharger on it. We went to drag strips and autocrosses and our local road course. I was a punk teenager who liked to smoke weed and blast rap music, but me and my dad ALWAYS bonded over cars. That scene kept me involved with him and I had a blast constantly tweaking that car, trying out new parts, trying to make it faster, handle better, sound better, look better. It was just so much fun.
Fast forward 20 years. After starting a family of my own and helping build my career, I got a point where I was able to have two of my own fun vehicles. I had a 2016 Mazda 3i hatch as a daily commuter, and a 2004 Mazdaspeed Miata as a fun weekend toy. Neither vehicle really scratched my itch for having something fun AND comfortable every day. I went and test drove a few fun cars - new Camaro SS, new Mustang GT, new Charger Scat Pack. Even a new Genesis G70 3.3TT.
All of them were bananas to drive and put a huge smile on my face.
On a whim, I decided to check out the Tesla sales center and requested a test drive with a P3D+. They let me have one for a 24 hour test drive.
And NOTHING could prepare me for what happened when I mashed that accelerator pedal. You all know what happened next, because you all probably had a similar experience!
It's truly a perfect commuter. It can blast past almost anything up to 80 mph. It costs me next to nothing to charge at home. It's quiet and smooth. Sound system is excellent. It was super fun to take to the local drag strip last summer.
So what's it missing? Save for the software updates and dropping weight, I can't really mod it to go faster! I miss that tweaking and modding. That was so much fun to do. And for as wonderful as a silent powertrain is on a commuter vehicle, I do miss having a snarling engine to sound nasty when needed. And the acceleration above 50 mph... I wish it didn't quite run out of legs above 80 mph. I've had a fairly stock Mustang GT start reeling me in from a roll, and that was kind of a bummer.
I hope at some point to pick up a Porsche 991.2 or a 992. That's a bucket list car for me - there's no amount of pointing out EV advantages that can talk me out of it. They're nearly as quick as a P3D. I can tweak it. Legendary marque. I just really want one, no further explanation needed.
But until I get one... this P3D will certainly scratch a LOT of the performance itch!