I was next to an Audi RS3 at a red light yesterday. I looked over and he didn't look at me, but revved his engine like he wanted to make a statement. I had just told my wife I would demonstrate how gently you can drive a Model S, on that ~15 minute drive back home. So much for that. I just had to make a statement of "What was it you said with your 340 HP engine?" while zipping near silently away from him. Of course, he couldn't have enjoyed that silence, over the roar of his own engine. (I didn't know at the time but looked up the specs of the RS3 last night)
"Meep Meep" and he was far behind me. But of course, he soon caught up, and must have been speeding to do so as he was quite far behind me.
I was in the inside lane all the time, and further up, my lane was blocked by road construction. Just before it I can see out of my mirror that he is accelerating to corner me in, but I am not having it. Flooring it again, I zipped in front of him so I didn't need to be stuck in that ending lane. He was already accelerating, but there was nothing he could do against my "fast forward" >> button on the floor. I thought I had enough and didn't mean to "play" at all to begin with, and further up when there was two lanes, I let him slip away and didn't pursue. I hope that made him regain some of his twice lost face for his race car being set back by a family sedan. A straight Model S that is, not even a "P".
What will he do next year, when the P85D comes? Oh, the world isn't fair, I feel so sorry for all those (ICE) sport car owners.
Having said that, there is nothing as nice as subtle power. Rather than adding noisy exhausts, fancy spoilers and other catchy eyeporn, I would much rather have a clean, sleek and discrete set of instant torque wheels. The contrast of what people want is amazing, and while me being "middle aged" these things still never fail to amuse me