[DeTomaso] Tesla Drivers???
steve at snclocks.com
steve at snclocks.com
Sat Sep 3 13:41:28 EDT 2022
Spot on. We have a Smart fortwo electric - danged, 60 miles for 2 bucks. Park it anywhere. Perfect for going into the ghetto that Portland is turning into. Would I park a decent car on the street in Portland - are you kidding???
Flip side, if folks would use electrics where they make sense, danged, we would be in a lot better situation. Tesla's with the massive horsepower are a boost to the ego, but useless in the real world. Test drove a Porch Toucan (or whatever they call that barge). Can you say understeer? 5,000 pounds does not a sports car make. And, danged, with their massive batteries - you could make 10 small electrics like our little car. Our smart car - just plain handy. And no, I don't want to take it on a long trip - that is where cars like our Pantera come in.
Stephen
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From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> On Behalf Of Konrad Szwab
Sent: Friday, September 2, 2022 8:54 PM
To: Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
Cc: Detomaso List <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Tesla Drivers???
Nuclear and hydroelectric are the way to go but it will take centuries.
Until then all the hysteria against fossil fuels has to stop.
There is progress and then there is politically driven hysteria.
I am an electrical engineer :)
Both gasoline powered and electric cars have a place in the world. They are not enemies but complementary in my opinion.
On Fri, Sep 2, 2022, 5:19 PM Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:
> When will all the nuclear power plants be built and the grid updated
> to charge them.
>
> China and India are increasing emissions faster than we can reduce
> ours, so average Americans will suffer for nothing.
>
> [image: Inline image]
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>
>
> On Friday, September 2, 2022 at 01:49:32 PM PDT, Konrad Szwab <
> kszwab at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I think electric cars are the way of the future, for better or worse,
> due to governmental regulation. I hate my cars being demonized by these
> arrogant "holier than thou" hypocrites, personally, although at some
> point I do plan to get an electric car just to get used to it. I think
> as commuter cars for going to work they are great and that is about it.
> I still recall about a year ago the pissed off looks a Tesla driving
> dude was giving me when my now dead truck was idling nicely with the
> exhaust perfectly placed near his open window at a stoplight. The V8
> being a straight pipe the noise was an added factor for Konrad enjoying
> himself being a total ass :)
>
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2022 at 3:42 PM Julian Kift <[1]julian_kift at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> A A Yes, I see that often now, there's a proliferation of Tesla's
> here in
> A A Reno with the Gigafactory close by.
> A A I drove my first Tesla about a month ago in Montreal, rental
> cars were
> A A in high demand, and all they had available was a Tesla 3. Once
> I
> A A figured out the card (key) swipe to make it work it was easy. I
> have to
> A A say that rush and pinning to the seat as you press the go pedal
> hard is
> A A exhilarating, but (and it's a big butt) everything else was
> just
> A A boring, there is literally nothing else to get excited about,
> it has no
> A A soul, it gets you from A to B in a utilitarian there's an 'app
> for
> A A that' kind of way. On the interaction side I found it annoying
> more
> A A than anything (in a kind of nagging wife way) and I ended up
> navigating
> A A using my iPhone for a more direct route.
> A A So, to answer your question, I think it's more of a case of the
> only
> A A pleasure one can derive from driving a Tesla is the
> instantaneous
> A A torque away from the lights, after that the battery efficiency
> warning
> A A light comes on and one is chastised into fictitiously saving
> the planet
> A A once more.
> A A Julian
> A A
> A __________________________________________________________________
> A A From: DeTomaso <[2]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on
> behalf of
> A A Corey Price <[3]coreyjprice at gmail.com>
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> A A Subject: [DeTomaso] Tesla Drivers???
> A A So reading about Konrad's unfortunate experience, he mentioned
> A A something about Tesla drivers. I have had multiple Tesla
> drivers
> A A wanting to race me since I got my Pantera on the street. The
> first one
> A A was interesting and I let him go, not wanting to race on the
> street.
> A A The next few got annoying and I wanted nothing to do with that.
> I'll
> A A enjoy my car the way I want to, thank you. Anyone else
> experienced this
> A A sudden desire of Tesla owners to race you?
> A A Corey
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