He wouldn't have tried running the vehicle to the edges of its optimal-condition performance in non-optimal conditions. Or he would have been expecting trouble

He wouldn't have tried running the vehicle to the edges of its optimal-condition performance in non-optimal conditions. Or he would have been expecting trouble and reacted early enough to avoid being towed. Or, most of all, he would have emphasized in his writing that his experience is unusual and that the article will be obsolete in a year. An average consumer with one of these cars will be able to draw on years of wisdom and infrastructure that the early-adopters had to develop for them.