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polak · 09-25-2012, 01:14 PM

Not interested. I drive a lot and

- Tesla S is a city car only.

- If your batteries break or need to be replaced you're so effed. Battery swapping will not be feasible for decades when you may start to see wide scale adaptation and by then your batteries will be long gone.

- For the price it's very slow and if you want to go fast, then your range plummets. Yes I realize my interest in performance puts me out of their target market... just sharing my opinion.

- This thing is competing with the 335i, S4 and C63 Amg, all of which blow it out of the water in everything besides fuel efficiency and if you're able to afford a car like that, you're not buying it for fuel savings.

- No AWD, No Thanks.

- If the car should break, there will probably only be what? one? maybe two shops that work on them? It will be insanely expensive to maintain once your warranty runs out.

If I wanted to save on gas in the city, I'd buy a leaf or wait until one of the small euro hatches comes out here with diesel.

09-25-2012, 01:14 PM	#46
polak In the Sin Bin Join Date: Aug 2012 Exp:	Not interested. I drive a lot and - Tesla S is a city car only. - If your batteries break or need to be replaced you're so effed. Battery swapping will not be feasible for decades when you may start to see wide scale adaptation and by then your batteries will be long gone. - For the price it's very slow and if you want to go fast, then your range plummets. Yes I realize my interest in performance puts me out of their target market... just sharing my opinion. - This thing is competing with the 335i, S4 and C63 Amg, all of which blow it out of the water in everything besides fuel efficiency and if you're able to afford a car like that, you're not buying it for fuel savings. - No AWD, No Thanks. - If the car should break, there will probably only be what? one? maybe two shops that work on them? It will be insanely expensive to maintain once your warranty runs out. If I wanted to save on gas in the city, I'd buy a leaf or wait until one of the small euro hatches comes out here with diesel. Last edited by polak; 09-25-2012 at 01:20 PM.