The oil thread reminded me of this.
Not sure if any of you own, or have driven a Tesla. If you have not, I suggest you go down to the nearest dealer and pretend that you are in the market. They are freaking sweet.
My counterpart bought one a few months back. He let me take it for a ride and gave the sales pitch.
A couple things I learned.
They have no engine. When you open the hood there is storage, same with the trunk.
The motor is located on each tire. There is no transmission, which means no gears either. That makes the driving experience even better. When you floor it, the acceleration is constant; I kept waiting for the pause and shift like a normal care would do, but it never comes. It hits high RPMs for the begging and holds all the way up. Makes for an awesome feeling.
Of course there is no gas or oil changes. There is basically no maintenance at all. And, they are self driving, my buddy didn't demonstrate, but he said it's built in.
Anyhow....freaking phenomenal car. They are on back order now and supposedly there is a more practical 30kish one about to come out. They are the future for sure.
Not sure if any of you own, or have driven a Tesla. If you have not, I suggest you go down to the nearest dealer and pretend that you are in the market. They are freaking sweet.
My counterpart bought one a few months back. He let me take it for a ride and gave the sales pitch.
A couple things I learned.
They have no engine. When you open the hood there is storage, same with the trunk.
The motor is located on each tire. There is no transmission, which means no gears either. That makes the driving experience even better. When you floor it, the acceleration is constant; I kept waiting for the pause and shift like a normal care would do, but it never comes. It hits high RPMs for the begging and holds all the way up. Makes for an awesome feeling.
Of course there is no gas or oil changes. There is basically no maintenance at all. And, they are self driving, my buddy didn't demonstrate, but he said it's built in.
Anyhow....freaking phenomenal car. They are on back order now and supposedly there is a more practical 30kish one about to come out. They are the future for sure.