Test drove an iPace and a Tesla S

[Tiggsy]

I know they are not pitted against each other - but I need boot space and they are both perfect for my dogs (unlike the Tesla 3)

And I get the price is different and if you have Jag budget you can't get the Tesla....but if you have Tesla budget you could get the Jag...and I wanted to, if only because I've never had a Jag.

But after a day with the iPace (top marks to Jag for their test drive process.....sent an email, car turns up few days later and they come back to get it at the end of the day - no hard sell, no soft sell......er....no sell, they just quietly gave me a car for a day!) I can't get over the lack of excitement.

I gave it back thinking "hmm...nice quick car" - I gave the Tesla back thinking I'd just been for a ride in a fking spaceship.

And to nail down the coffin.....my snowflake leftie kids (who all think my V8 AMG is a noisey lump killing the planet) think getting a Tesla makes me the coolest dad in the world. Getting a Jag, doesn't.

Being a Tesla salesman just seems to be a process of saying.....when these lights change from red, plant your foot.....sold another one boss.

[Tiggsy]

hyphen said:

Tiggsy said:

I know they are not pitted against each other - but I need boot space and they are both perfect for my dogs (unlike the Tesla 3)..

Why not the X?

a) too expensive. have to draw the line somewhere.
b) I like the idea of having the fastest Tesla (right now) - childish, i know!

[Tiggsy]

Frimley111R said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

https://youtu.be/ZXquGvwzcxE

That start footage!!!! It's just left them for dead

(I need one now!)

Don't drive an S then - it is mind blowing quick off the mark.

[Tiggsy]

I think for many an EV right now is going to be their first go at one....they want it to feel special (to go with the cost and hassle of being an early adopter) - I just got out of the iPace thing "nice enough.......but man that Tesla was special"