Yeah, works going down hill too. I was dumping some metal out our landfill and had to go down a very steep hill - didn't have to touch the brakes. Really surprised. Brooks 2019 Model 3 midrange.
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Yeah, works going down hill too. I was dumping some metal out our landfill and had to go down a very steep hill - didn't have to touch the brakes. Really surprised. Brooks 2019 Model 3 midrange.
If you're ever in an accident pray hard that it is totaled. I've been hit twice, first by an illegal u-turn into the side of the car and second rear ended sitting at a stop light. Both times other driver was totally at fault. First time took 3 months to get parts and repair, second time 11 weeks and I'm still wait for parts from Tesla that were ordered in June.
gavine
Petrol Head turned EV Enthusiast
We had a 2007 Buick Enclave. That thing would downshift on the slightest incline on the highway. It would scare me every time because it was such a jolt and loud noise. I started to actually slow the cruise control on ascents so as to avoid the downshifting.
It seemed to downshift from 6th to 4th too. It was so eager to maintain speed I guess and it didn't have enough torque.
The only ICE vehicles I’d be interested in would be for occasional entertainment only... Corvette or Ferrari. Then again, I’d probably prefer a Cybertruck or the new Tesla roadster.
I’m a life-long motorhead and an airplane pilot... very anxious to buy another airplane but I dread the thought of the ICE motor, gasoline, oil changes and scheduled maintence! It’s just all so antiquated.
I’m a life-long motorhead and an airplane pilot... very anxious to buy another airplane but I dread the thought of the ICE motor, gasoline, oil changes and scheduled maintence! It’s just all so antiquated.
aesculus
Still Trying to Figure This All Out
The FAA has not established maintence schedules for electric aircraft. It will take them forever! There will have to be manufacturer recommended inspection and service, plus a study of which parts and components actually fail and when. Of course the airframe inspection (the mechanical equipment and controls) is the same as for ICE aircraft.
Lots of unknowns still. But if the electric airplane ends up using technology similar to modern EVs, there really isn’t anything on the powertrain to maintain, and the computers know the condition far better than anyone can learn from a physical inspection.
So maybe some sort of electronic parameter analysis - plus the airframe inspections, of course.
swengl
Member
I'm pretty set on never purchasing another ICE. Now, if only Tesla would start making farm tractors....
When I took my written driver's test, it was at a kiosk with a screen and 4 answer buttons. The screen would show a picture, associated question, and 4 choices. The only one I remember was "What vehicle should you give the most following distance behind? A - motorcycle, B - car, C - schoolbus, or D - dumptruck" (actually, I'm guessing on the last 3) And the associated picture was: the driver's view when following a motorcycle.
The hardest thing I had to do in the driving test was turn the correct direction onto a one-way street when approaching from a T intersection.
As someone who recently had a windshield shattered by rocks falling out of a dump truck..... I give them about a mile of distance.
gavine
Petrol Head turned EV Enthusiast
I'm pretty set on never purchasing another ICE. Now, if only Tesla would start making farm tractors....
And convertible/rag-tops
ddrmr
Member
We get the same comments with our Model X. While there are several Teslas in our city, there are only about 4 MXs! Then we open the Falcon Wing and jaws drop further! 48,000 miles later, it's still fun!
henderrj
Active Member
Just talked to a neighbor a few houses down, that probably hasn't said 10 words to me the whole time we've lived here. He says "You're the guy that owns the Tesla, right? And you love it more than any car you've ever driven, right". It's amazing that everybody knows that without me even having to say anything!
I've had my M3 for 8 days now. Absolutely love it! I had told my doctor that I was getting one, and today I went in to get some paperwork and saw him. I said I had the car now and he went and grabbed his iphone and went outside and took pictures of it. He said his kids were going to be so excited that one of dad's patients has a Tesla.
ThisIsTrue
Re-member
tonybelding
Active Member
The afternoon was sunny, calm, 73°F. February days like this are not entirely unheard-of here in central Texas, but they are not typical at all. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to take a spin in my Roadster with the top off.
Taking the curves on a nearby farm-to-market road, I pondered all the intangible, difficult-to-define ways that the Roadster is fun to drive. It couldn’t be more unlike my Model S. The S does many things extraordinarily well (including several that the Roadster does extraordinarily poorly), but it doesn’t have this special magic. It’s the nimbleness, the smooth and responsive acceleration, the steering feel, the open top, the connection to the road, and even the driver’s view of the hood and those purposeful air intakes.
I soon returned to town and decided to cruise the city streets for a little while. The sun was sinking low, well into the Golden Hour, so I brought out my camera. I have a new lens on it that I wanted to try out, and it was loaded with a roll of Kodak Ektar 100 — which has its own special magic and produces colors I’ve never been able to mimic from a digital camera.
I zipped around this little town and stopped to snap an occasional scene, and I experienced the sort of serenity that comes from being engaged in a pleasant and relaxing task. As both the sun and my roll of film were running out, I found a spot next to the park where just enough sunlight was filtering through the trees, and I turned the camera toward my car for the final few shots. The film rewound, and then, I thought, it was time to go home.
As I started to drive away, there were some folks playing in the park, and a younger man among them turned his gaze to my car. I lifted my hand to wave politely as I passed, and I heard him say clearly: "Daayum, I love that car!"
Me too, buddy. Me too.
Taking the curves on a nearby farm-to-market road, I pondered all the intangible, difficult-to-define ways that the Roadster is fun to drive. It couldn’t be more unlike my Model S. The S does many things extraordinarily well (including several that the Roadster does extraordinarily poorly), but it doesn’t have this special magic. It’s the nimbleness, the smooth and responsive acceleration, the steering feel, the open top, the connection to the road, and even the driver’s view of the hood and those purposeful air intakes.
I soon returned to town and decided to cruise the city streets for a little while. The sun was sinking low, well into the Golden Hour, so I brought out my camera. I have a new lens on it that I wanted to try out, and it was loaded with a roll of Kodak Ektar 100 — which has its own special magic and produces colors I’ve never been able to mimic from a digital camera.
I zipped around this little town and stopped to snap an occasional scene, and I experienced the sort of serenity that comes from being engaged in a pleasant and relaxing task. As both the sun and my roll of film were running out, I found a spot next to the park where just enough sunlight was filtering through the trees, and I turned the camera toward my car for the final few shots. The film rewound, and then, I thought, it was time to go home.
As I started to drive away, there were some folks playing in the park, and a younger man among them turned his gaze to my car. I lifted my hand to wave politely as I passed, and I heard him say clearly: "Daayum, I love that car!"
Me too, buddy. Me too.
dedicatedtek
Member
tonybelding
Active Member
I’ll have to wait for those to come back from the lab. That’s the down side of film.
However, this is the car I’m talking about. ↓
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