RE: New Tesla Model 3 Performance gets 510hp

[Gordon Hill]

Terminator X said:

Gordon Hill said:

Terminator X said:

Gordon Hill said:

It seems like the PH Jehovah's Witnesses have a new convert, I baptise thee brother Potato, welcome to the brotherhood.

It will be one of the usual suspects with a 2nd account

TX.

One can only summise that with the amount of time that they spend on here doing wisdom sh#ts on everybody and the sheer length and volume of posts that they are all unemployed Walter Mitty's with absolutely nothing better to do.
Anyway I'm still drooling over the sheer quality of the interior and aching to own one.

The simplicity is beautiful



TX.

Reminds me of a gocart that my dad knocked together in the 1970's but with my dad being a highly skilled engineer the build quality would have been far superior.

[Acuity30]

otolith said:

Hopefully you bought something with an ICE engine worth enjoying and not the Audi TT you were asking about.

Ended up with a Giulia as my daily. What colour is your Model 3 Performance?

[WhyOne]

otolith said:

Acuity30 said:

100%, leave the silent soulless Tesla for retirement pottering around, enjoy ICE while we still can

Hopefully you bought something with an ICE engine worth enjoying and not the Audi TT you were asking about.

Really?!

Oh my goodness!!!

[otolith]

Acuity30 said:

Ended up with a Giulia as my daily.

Good choice, nice six cylinder petrol engine.

Acuity30 said:

What colour is your Model 3 Performance?

I won't know for a couple of years, unfortunately the imminent ULEZ forced my hand into a car change about six months too early. I'll keep the 335D for another couple of years, though it is a white goods appliance, and see what the electric options are then. And I'll keep the Z4M a while yet. And the Elise forever.

[KingGary]

Acuity30 said:

otolith said:

Hopefully you bought something with an ICE engine worth enjoying and not the Audi TT you were asking about.

Ended up with a Giulia as my daily. What colour is your Model 3 Performance?

I think I know the answer, please let me try. It’s one of these:

White
Blue
Red
Green

I’m going for white.

[GT9]

Terminator X said:

I'm in the kitchen though, WTF

TX.

Mine's a milk and no sugar. Ta.

[cerb4.5lee]

GT9 said:

Terminator X said:

I'm in the kitchen though, WTF

TX.

Mine's a milk and no sugar. Ta.

I nearly said exactly the same as that when I read it earlier!

[otolith]

KingGary said:

I think I know the answer, please let me try. It’s one of these:

White
Blue
Red
Green

I’m going for white.

Nope - not a Tesla owner, just not prejudiced against EVs. Would have bought a Model 3 if I'd been buying my last car a bit later - certainly wouldn't choose a modern automatic turbo four over one. I can understand the scepticism from people who intend owning cars with charismatic engines and manual gearboxes, but the vast majority of the cars on the market would be better for being electric.

[carlo996]

Gordon Hill said:

Reminds me of a gocart that my dad knocked together in the 1970's but with my dad being a highly skilled engineer the build quality would have been far superior.

Pretty sure the margins aren't there for the interior after the batteries and controls?

[JAMSXR]

otolith said:

Nope - not a Tesla owner, just not prejudiced against EVs. Would have bought a Model 3 if I'd been buying my last car a bit later - certainly wouldn't choose a modern automatic turbo four over one. I can understand the scepticism from people who intend owning cars with charismatic engines and manual gearboxes, but the vast majority of the cars on the market would be better for being electric.

This. I love motorcycles and ICEs but EVs are just better for mundane day to day driving.

[911Spanker]

JAMSXR said:

otolith said:

Nope - not a Tesla owner, just not prejudiced against EVs. Would have bought a Model 3 if I'd been buying my last car a bit later - certainly wouldn't choose a modern automatic turbo four over one. I can understand the scepticism from people who intend owning cars with charismatic engines and manual gearboxes, but the vast majority of the cars on the market would be better for being electric.

This. I love motorcycles and ICEs but EVs are just better for mundane day to day driving.

None of my driving is mundane...

[Frimley111R]

I really like this but lease costs are £500+ a month plus initial rental for a std car, so this will be £600+. That's a seriously chunky amount unless you are a CC or business owner.

[JAMSXR]

911Spanker said:

None of my driving is mundane...

I guess you don’t have kids or live somewhere very remote, that or you do all your driving in the early hours of Sunday morning.

[WestyCarl]

Frimley111R said:

I really like this but lease costs are £500+ a month plus initial rental for a std car, so this will be £600+. That's a seriously chunky amount unless you are a CC or business owner.

I recently was quoted to replace my LR and it was £900 / month on a 3yr lease (15k miles), this will be over £1000 I think

[Familymad]

My local LR dealer has 230 cars in stock and they are not moving them. Was offered deals on every FFRR and RRS and Defender. If interest rates were 3% and PCPs at 5.9% I think they would be moving metal.

[Nomme de Plum]

JAMSXR said:

911Spanker said:

None of my driving is mundane...

I guess you don’t have kids or live somewhere very remote, that or you do all your driving in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Or drive much in the SE around the M25 and it's associated towns.

[911Spanker]

Nomme de Plum said:

JAMSXR said:

911Spanker said:

None of my driving is mundane...

I guess you don’t have kids or live somewhere very remote, that or you do all your driving in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Or drive much in the SE around the M25 and it's associated towns.

Tick for all of them chaps. Work in the city, largely live near the M25 and have 2 kids...

[jwdh1]

911Spanker said:

JAMSXR said:

otolith said:

Nope - not a Tesla owner, just not prejudiced against EVs. Would have bought a Model 3 if I'd been buying my last car a bit later - certainly wouldn't choose a modern automatic turbo four over one. I can understand the scepticism from people who intend owning cars with charismatic engines and manual gearboxes, but the vast majority of the cars on the market would be better for being electric.

This. I love motorcycles and ICEs but EVs are just better for mundane day to day driving.

None of my driving is mundane...

I don’t really understand where the enmity comes from wrt EVs , it’s not an either/or situation with ICE cars! We’ve recently bought an EV to do the mundane stuff (town, shopping, school runs etc) and it’s brilliant. On our EV tariff, it costs £8 to ‘fill it up’ and it will do 250 miles on that, compare that to any ICE car and you’ll come up short. Would I replace one/any of the Ferraris with it for a drive out in the sunshine; nope - but wouldn’t take one of those to the supermarket either…

[Fastlane]

jwdh1 said:

I don’t really understand where the enmity comes from wrt EVs , it’s not an either/or situation with ICE cars! We’ve recently bought an EV to do the mundane stuff (town, shopping, school runs etc) and it’s brilliant. On our EV tariff, it costs £8 to ‘fill it up’ and it will do 250 miles on that, compare that to any ICE car and you’ll come up short. Would I replace one/any of the Ferraris with it for a drive out in the sunshine; nope - but wouldn’t take one of those to the supermarket either…

absolutely. It's very odd and irrational. There are many posters on here (who usually drive cars that have all the modern comforts to make everyday driving more comfortable, at the expense of pure driving involvement) who like to suggest that someone who has an EV can't be car enthusiast/doesn't like driving/hasn't had a nice car before etc...

Most EV owners will have driven countless ICE cars and therefore have very valid views on the comparison. But when they try to explain this to the people who hold the above views, they are labelled EVangelists, or worse.

We have 2 EVs, both used daily covering 25k miles a year between them. I am on my second EV and we are awaiting a replacement EV for my wife. 99% of our journeys are for a purpose other than driving pleasure and an EV is brilliant for this. For the other 1% I take my supercharged Atom...

[ChocolateFrog]

911Spanker said:

JAMSXR said:

otolith said:

Nope - not a Tesla owner, just not prejudiced against EVs. Would have bought a Model 3 if I'd been buying my last car a bit later - certainly wouldn't choose a modern automatic turbo four over one. I can understand the scepticism from people who intend owning cars with charismatic engines and manual gearboxes, but the vast majority of the cars on the market would be better for being electric.

This. I love motorcycles and ICEs but EVs are just better for mundane day to day driving.

None of my driving is mundane...