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Discussion in 'Model S: Driving Dynamics' started by ai4px, Sep 13, 2018.

  1. ai4px

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    My dad used to say "That car would pass anything on the road except a gas station"... we sure fixed that.

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    We used to love those, then we grew up.
     
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    I wish my dad was still around for him to see/experience it.
     
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    I got a 800hp Chevy Malibu out front. Runs on 110 octane, $15 @ gallon. I have to bring gas to it. The Chevy pickup out front has 400hp crate motor.
    Gues who is Dailey Driver is now? Gasless in driveway. Love the errands now.
     
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    #5 scottm, Sep 26, 2018
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    Actually, my model S does this a lot on highway trips very similar to ICE cars -- just different stuff flowing down the feeding tube.

    I can't pass by as many of these stations as ICE cars pass by gas stations.

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    Here's the big difference: I don't pay any extra for the juice I'm on-boarding, as it was figured into the purchase price of the car I paid up front.

    Considering that gas prices are in the top two concerns for consumer inflation index... I'm laughing all the way the home.
     
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    Oh, I'd say you passed more outlets than gas stations. :D
     
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    #7 scottm, Sep 26, 2018
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    Outlets are analogous to these for ICE cars:

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    Not suitable counting these as "things passed by" on highway trips.


    I suppose you could fill an ICE car tank with a dropper at about the same rate as 120V filling a Tesla for range gained per minute. Hmmm. I wonder if anybody has done that "race" on paper to see how it works out? (Challenge put out there to any physicist in the crowd.)
     
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