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I compared it to my buddy's Mercedes GT sports car and an Audi A5. The Tesla's instant acceleration is like driving a roller coaster. There is simply no compari
by SEJeff 7y ago
I compared it to my buddy's Mercedes GT sports car and an Audi A5. The Tesla's instant acceleration is like driving a roller coaster. There is simply no comparison.
My stepfather asked "So Jeff, how many gears does this have?" right as I pushed the accelerator to the floor. The glasses ontop of his head flew off and he said a few choice words. There are no gears in a Tesla and it is instant torque. The interior in both the Audi and Mercedes were nicer no doubt, but you I care about the driving more than the interior. The Model 3's interior isn't terrible, but isn't luxury by any stretch.
Does that make sense?
- dsfyu404ed 7y ago>There is simply no comparison. The numbers would indicate that Dodge makes several points of comparison though making such a comparison would certainly get everyone to recoil in horror as though you brought up Bud Light in a discussion of micro-brews.
- SEJeff 7y agoWhich one? Isn't the Hellcat their top-end one? A Dodge Hellcat's 0-60 is 3.6 seconds. A P100D Tesla Model S's 0-60 is 2.28 seconds. Tesla doesn't win max speed against really any of the muscle cars until they actually produces the Roadster v2, but I was referring to acceleration.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoThe Demon does 0-60 in .02 sec more than the P100D for $50k less (83k vs 133k according to Google). The Hellcat does 0-60 in .4 sec more and costs ~$10k more than the Performance trim Model 3. In any case, nobody ever won internet points (or the approval of snooty coworkers and neighbors) by driving a Dodge.
- xedeon 7y agoYou also get to cry every time you fuel up several times a week. I owned many performance gas cars before. BMW M3, MB C63s and now have a Performance Model 3 that is a joy to drive. The best part? it only cost me $20-30 a month in energy cost.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoI don't think anyone buying a $50k+ car that specifically caters toward performance (i.e. excluding work vehicle owners) is going to be doing much crying over fuel economy.
- davidgould 7y agoTesla Model S Performance is currently $99.990, not $133k.
- xedeon 7y ago0-60 is a much more practical metric as it lets you get away hairy situations and you get to use it everyday. How many times have you drove a car at max speed really? You'd be lying if you tell me all the time. Unless you track it every weekend.