TMS Doc - great review. Having driven electric cars for the past 10 years, I know a few things about driving EVs. The main difference is that the Model S is a production EV with an AC motor, huge battery, and more power than any sane person would know what to do with. Up to this time I've owned converted EVs (I did the work) with DC motors, and they are electric, yes, but performance-wise inferior to the AC motor cars. At any rate, the power that you have available in a Model S is downright scary! You can dart in and out of traffic spots in no time and accelerate / brake in ways that I've not seen in a gas car. This is the fastest road machine I have ever driven, period. On the highway you can simply toy with others (speaking hypothetically of course!). Especially the sports-car drivers. They try to show off and pass you by, however at will and in the blink of an eye you can end up 3 blocks ahead of them - they simply don't know what hit them!
More than anything this is the most impressive feature of the Model S.