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Screw you, Model 3

Discussion in 'Model 3' started by Mosby, Sep 11, 2020.

  1. RayK

    RayK Active Member

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    Are you sure it was a feeling of "confused"? And not "inadequate"? :p
     
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  2. Webeevdrivers

    Webeevdrivers Active Member

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    sigh...probably....:(
     
  3. RayK

    RayK Active Member

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    My wife is quite the opposite when it comes to cars. Every time I gush over seeing some fairly rare vehicle (early 70's De Tomaso Pantera, most Lambos, BMW i8, even a Model 3 when there were hardly any around), she'd sigh and say "it's just a hunk of metal". You would never catch her purring over or caressing the seats of any car. To her it's simply a way to get from point A to point B.

    She likes her Ridgeline; don't know if she's in "love" with it. Although it probably scores higher in her estimation than I do :eek: . So I guess I'm in the same boat as you for being inadequate ;). Never thought in a million years she'd go from an Odyssey to a (4 door) pickup....

    My 3 is the most favorite car I've owned, although each has had it's good points. The last car that had me enraptured was my 1980 RX-7. I went to a couple of conventions, joined the national and local RX-7 clubs and went on skiing trips, wine tasting trips and autocrosses set up by the club. Made lifelong friends from the BARX7 club. Met an optometrist when we joined the club (1983?) and we're still seeing him. And also some other old members from back then when we get together once a year for a brunch.
     
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  4. yerEVan

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    This is how my wife and I can make some friends!

    I’m actually not kidding.
     
  5. Wiff Peterson

    Wiff Peterson New Member

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    As another vet, I'm with you, although I've loved owning and driving sports cars for as long as I've been able. Although much smoother and eminently more practical than most all "conventional" (i.e. gas powered) sports cars it's been great so far (just under 5K miles)...
     
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  6. Raechris

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    Thank you for your service.
     
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  7. JacknNeo

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  8. JacknNeo

    JacknNeo New Member

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    Very well said and thank you for your service!!
     
  9. XLR82XS

    XLR82XS D M C

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    Nice click-bait title. Thanks for your service and enjoy that Tesla in good health. :cool:
     
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  10. KC0514

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    Love this post but, more importantly, THANK YOU for your service!!!
     
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  11. REH3P

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    Thank you to all that have served. I did not serve in the military, but as a police officer for my entire career of 42 years. Proud to say that our son is a Captain in the Navy, a submariner. I too love my M3P. Like another I had a list of hot cars, including 11 Corvettes and enjoyed the friendship of many thru that one car, the Corvette. I still have the friends, but not the Vette! Unreal that the Tesla is quicker to 60mph than any car I have owned, including the 10 Corvette ZR1. The 3 is an amazing car/computer and I love the one pedal driving!
     
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  12. StealthP3D

    StealthP3D Well-Known Member

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    I'm confused. How did you spend $200 in maintenance in only 8,500 miles? :confused:

    Designer windshield washer fluid? Including car wash soap and wax?
     
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  13. rdunniii

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    I wonder how many of us veterans are in some way pleased with Tesla's success because maybe, just maybe, some future veteran will not have to fight and die in some far off foreign land protecting oil?
     
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  14. shinytop

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    Two years Vietnam and 27 years total. Bought my X because if I don't buy my dream car at 72, when?
     
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  15. SpearCatcher

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    I love my M3P, so does my daughter Amy! Awesome vehicle.
     
  16. pbernard

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    That car is gorgeous.
     
  17. pbernard

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    Great post. I feel the same way.
     
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  18. tander

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    My Grandpa is 98, also WWII vet (3x Purple Heart+POW in Germany as a Jew). He had to quit driving before they came out, but seriously considered letting him try in a parking lot (probably a terrible idea), but if the self driving thing happens does that still count?
     
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  19. Sans-gas

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    Thanks to you vets for your service. Wow, 93 and driving the best EV ever. What did HE think about it?
     
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  20. Videographer

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    My now-80-year-old mother-in-law got a LR RWD M3 out of one of the first batches over two years ago. Whenever I tell people about her experience, I always say:

    "That woman loves that car like no human should love a piece of machinery."
     
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