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I'm a car guy, the type that loves manual transmissions, etc. My 'brand' is Toyota/BMW. I scoffed at electric cars as being even worse than an automatic, all th
by fleitz 10y ago
I'm a car guy, the type that loves manual transmissions, etc. My 'brand' is Toyota/BMW. I scoffed at electric cars as being even worse than an automatic, all that changed when I stepped into a Tesla.
I agree that Tesla's are an economic substitute for Toyotas but when you step into a Model S as a car guy you know it's different.
There's only two reasons I didn't buy it 1) I love road trips and there's one supercharger station in my province, and more importantly 2) I couldn't afford it. Tesla's are like BMWs you know they aren't that reliable, are really expensive, but there's nothing like driving one. Like BMW, it's a smiles per gallon car you buy it because when you step on it, it goes, not because it gets great gas milage.
- beachstartup 10y agoso it's too expensive, and isn't practical, yet you pine and lust for one. it's also really really fast, and looks super duper cool and it's somehow better than the others. does any of this sound familiar? in other words, same basic product as any high end fast car. this is coming from someone who has a high end fast car, is a car guy, has a 'brand', and has ridden in all the high end fast cars. they're all basically the same. musk is a car guy and lives in LA (bel air), car capital of the known universe. he's a genius for recognizing this market angle.
- foobarrio 10y agoIsn't that exactly the point that Tesla made electric cars desirable (not practical)? Not sure that can be easily dismissed. They took a class of car that usually seen as weak and put into the same class as Porsche. That is no small feat IMHO.