What do you enjoy most about driving your Tesla?
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It just feels futuristic compared to any other car I’ve had.
kkillebrew
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Mr H
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The amount of people that stare as if I’m riding through town on a unicorn!
for me I have had my performance model 3 since october and the biggest smile is going past the Petrol stations
Smoothness. The response to the pedal. The seamless push forwards when you press the accelerator and the seamless retardation as you ease gently off again. How did we ever put up with the constant interruptions to flow caused by gears and brakes? The motor(s) feel like they are ideally suited to propelling a car whereas a conventional engine now seems to be entirely unsuited to its purpose ... the revs of an engine have to be endlessly managed to make sure the car can be driven in anything like a smooth manner. Driving an ICE car now feels quite agricultural.
Sitting in traffic I notice the fumes from other vehicles. I can often see the plumes, as well as smell them if it's a diesel. I imagine how transformed our urban areas would be if everyone was driving electric. It was only when we banned smoking in indoor public places that we started to realise how pervasive and awful the pollution was. Very quickly we not only accepted the change but wholeheartedly supported it, and felt annoyed if someone broke the new rules of behaviour. Once the change to electric really takes hold we will surely wonder why we didn't do it sooner!
Sitting in traffic I notice the fumes from other vehicles. I can often see the plumes, as well as smell them if it's a diesel. I imagine how transformed our urban areas would be if everyone was driving electric. It was only when we banned smoking in indoor public places that we started to realise how pervasive and awful the pollution was. Very quickly we not only accepted the change but wholeheartedly supported it, and felt annoyed if someone broke the new rules of behaviour. Once the change to electric really takes hold we will surely wonder why we didn't do it sooner!
I’d not really thought of it like that, but it’s so true!
Florafauna
Member
I was going to say exactly all of this.
I still drive ICE vehicles but they all now seem like they are from a bygone era.
I feel like I’m driving an experiment that I’m only just getting to understand.
I also quite like the amazing acceleration.
I also quite like the amazing acceleration.
Akikiki
A'-Lo-HA ! y'all
I once put eyelashes on my mint green Fiat 500 (the headlights just look like eyes!!!!) and riding through central London I would get so many stares, cheers and giggles that even the Queen couldn’t compete!
so... I know how you feel haha
pow216
Member
Hardly using the brakes, because this means I won't have to pay for new pads / discs and I won't have to pay for the alloys to be refurbished when the brake dust eats them. Mind that pothole
Is that your Tesla in your profile pic Skye?I once put eyelashes on my mint green Fiat 500 (the headlights just look like eyes!!!!) and riding through central London I would get so many stares, cheers and giggles that even the Queen couldn’t compete!
so... I know how you feel haha
Naaaah....
Just thought it was really cool.
I’m more conservative... for now...
Planning a chameleon wrap blue/purple/aqua green in the short future
I’ve seen one on a model S... it was amazing!
Rustybkts
Member
I was collared by one of the company petrol heads who are all coming round mainly due to Youtube and Top Gear. He told me of a recent Top Gear episode with a Porsche EV I think and one of its features was that it "simulates" gear changes!
My comment was how stupid to copy such a limitation. They will need a trip to a fuel station next to stand in the cold and donate £80 to get that "warm fuzzy feeling" I certainly don't get.
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