Tesla roadster

[GuruMeditation]

i mean gas engines break down all the time but a kid with a wrench and some spare time could probably fix alot of things, i fear with electric vehicles you have alot of relatively delicate hardware as well as electronics that would require professional service for alot of otherwise simple problems, which totally takes away that "connection" you make with your car.

That was also the case with petrol cars decades ago. They were these fanciful contraptions that only experts or someone with excellent knowledge in mechanics could deal with.

Computers only a couple decades ago were these complicated machines that no one could touch.

Electric cars will seem simple in a short enough while. The technology just needs to be properly defined, and the core elements required to understand it be taught in class.

yeah - it's the same reason that a few gasoline-powered cars with CVT's have a computer emulate the "shifting" jerk... which is pretty hilarious but also interesting, that apparently people are so used to that feeling that they had to do it.

I'm glad mine doesn't. Going from 20 mph to 60 mph while maintaining 2000 rpm is great :P

[Displaced]

dont get me started on CVT, another "feature" that I absolutely despise on cars...

[Money]

kinda like driving a golf cart.

[GuruMeditation]

dont get me started on CVT, another "feature" that I absolutely despise on cars...

*shrugs* To each their own. If you want to be actively involved in the driving of your car then a manual shift is by all means the best way to do it.

If you want gear shifting to be taken out of the equation and driving to be a minimal fuss experience then CVT is the way to go.

Automatic is just a half baked CVT. It isn't as smooth as AT and isn't as performant as a manual transfer.

[Kahlan]

I remember hearing about this car a couple years ago on TW Forums. Hooray for rediscovery of the same item.

[Money]

hooray for ppl who accuse everyone of lag inducing when they lose!

[Soup du Jour]

Other than the extremely high price, it makes sense for commuters. Power and torque don't make a difference when you're sitting in a traffic jam. :P

As far as not being able to grab a wrench and tweak the car, it's getting harder and harder to do that with modern cars anyways because everything is getting run by a computer or some electric system.

[WuTang420]

ill wait for a top gear review

[Jerome Scuggs]

As far as not being able to grab a wrench and tweak the car, it's getting harder and harder to do that with modern cars anyways because everything is getting run by a computer or some electric system.

I refuse to buy anything after y2k for this reason, and as my income grows the cut-off year will shrink until I can afford a 1969 plymouth superbird. If I fail to do this before some jackass bans gasoline cars, I will be forced to burn the government down and create my new society because I am that serious about wanting to own RICHARD PETTY'S CAR





do you feel me

[paradise!]

I want a car that pretends to be electric but actually runs on my sense of smugness for driving an elecrtic car.

Haha great south park episode. GAH THE SMUG FROM GEORGE CLOONEY'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH AT THE EMMYS IS MERGING WITH THE SMUG IN SAN FRANCISCO...oh dear god its spreading....it's going to form a...............giant smug cloud.

[Epinephrine]

I want a car that pretends to be electric but actually runs on my sense of smugness for driving an elecrtic car.

Reminds me of the Simpsons episode when Ed Belgy Jr. had a car that ran on his own self-satisfaction.

[Money]

ill wait for a top gear review

^^^

[kthx]

I remember when I was in a Krogers (food store) parking lot down here in Texas, I had my friend with me and we were going inside to get some drinks before we went to play some disc golf. Anyways, there was a few other people in the parking lot when all the sudden with no sound at all.. a car backed out of a parking spot a few feet away. It became the subject of every eye around us as it backed up silently and pulled away. Shortly after it also became the subject of everyone's ridicule as we began to profess the level of gayness involved in driving an electric car. Basically the people of America should become united soon in the global truth of electric cars are gay, and I doubt they will sell well.

[DankNuggets]

so when it says 200 or so miles per charge, does that mean you'll never be able to drive 400 miles in a day? Will you have to stop somewhere every 200 miles and "plug" up your car for several hours? Sounds like a hassle i'd like to hear some answers for.

[Displaced]

aye, 200 miles per charge.. so after about 200 miles (depends on how you drive it ofc) you have to plug it in and recharge the batteries.