I'm a committed petrol head - decades of V8 only for me including Ferrari., corvette camaro. Paid a small fortune many times for good sounding exhausts etc. I've had a P90D now for 4.5 years - the best car I've ever had - just in respect to performance versus cost. While the MS is a bit heavy in corners - it exceeds in everything else including flogging motorcycles from the lights. You will not miss ICE.
Recommend you check battery range (mines V1battery and still 470klms Rated range). Go for free supercharging if you can.
I came from a long-ish line of AMG benzes and //M BMW's. Fast, powerful, vehicles.
Do I sometimes miss the exhaust note/engine revs of a supercharged V8? Yes.
Would I go back to one?
NEVER. ICE is old/past. EV is still in it's infancy and getting faster, cheaper, longer range every few months it seems. Less complex, but all the advantages over ICE.
Never going back. Faster, smoother, quieter, no drama, no transmission shifts, no hesitation waiting on gears to shift, no waiting for torque to build.
Just..fast.
I predict within 3 years...4 elec motors on next model S. one smaller, lighter, more powerful elec motor for each wheel.
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