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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Got to drive a Tesla Model S 85D. It's crazy. It's the smoothest, most powerful, most fun cat I've every even sat in. Even cool things like adaptive cruise control that reads speed limit signs and adjusts your speed blew me away. Headlights even automatically dim to oncoming cars. It's so eerily quiet when you punch it and man it hits top speed fast. My stomach was in my throat
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I love what Tesla is doing to shake up the industry, but this is one thing I really dislike about it and most new cars...the lack of engaging sound. Electric cars basically have no sound (which can be a good thing in most driving conditions, but not so good in terms of fun factor), and all the small turbos that are replacing their bigger NA engines, sound pretty whispy and boring in comparison to the NA engines they replace (so bad that some cars are piping in fake sounds now).
Unfortunately that's one of the pitfalls of progress I guess. What gives an engine a great sound is exactly the inefficiency that new tech is helping to minimize. Good for efficiency and power, bad for visceral engagement. Even Ferrari is going with Turbos now, and all 911's will ALL have turbos starting with the next gen. Get ready for prices to go up even more on the classics.