Very cool... and this is definitely the best and most informative ownership report I've seen with tons of great suggestions for TM. Congrats on your car - it's beautiful.
Not to take anything away from a great post, but regarding that drag race with the Maserati... unless the Maserati were quite old, I suspect the driver wasn't trying too hard. The Model S is a fine performer... great acceleration and handling. But all Maseratis made since 2005 will easily out-accelerate a non-performance Model S, and quite a few of them could beat a Performance model. source here. Again, I'm as blown away as anyone with the performance of this fine auto... it's a wake-up call for the industry. But I wouldn't recommend going out seeking a ton of drag races in our Model S's. 5.6 seconds to 60 is nice, but there are MANY many mid-range cars , even lots of unassuming looking sedans (not to mention the above-suggested vettes, porsches, mustangs, and lambos) that will beat us quite easily. We can take pride in performing admirably in such tests in this large car with such smooth acceleration and doing it with all electric power, no emissions, and in near silence!
Don't forget that it will be much easier to get a perfect launch with the Model S. Also interesting is that almost none of the Maserati 0-60 times were faster than the MSP's 4.4 seconds.
GSP