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For values of "shitty" that include "runs out of power when it runs out of power"? By all reasonable accounts it is a very nice car. What this is all about is

by jlgreco 14y ago

For values of "shitty" that include "runs out of power when it runs out of power"? By all reasonable accounts it is a very nice car. What this is all about is allegations of dishonest journalism and bad PR. Who exactly is saying the car is shit?

tedunangst 14y ago
Are the accounts reasonable because they say it's a very nice car or is it a very nice car because reasonable accounts say so?
- jlgreco 14y ago
  It is a very nice car because reasonable accounts have said so. The limitations of the battery technology, primarily the long time to charge, are acknowledged by everybody as far as I can tell, and emphasized by most. Most reviewers have nevertheless not found the car to be "shit" because of that. Hell, not even Top Gear called the Roadster shit (and I, unlike Musk, would classify the Top Gear review of the Roadster as "reasonable").
  - jcroll 14y ago
    WHy are they reasonable and NY Times is not?
    - jlgreco 14y ago
      Did the NYT review conclude the car was "shit"?
      - jcroll 14y ago
        No, at least they certainly did not use that word however it was a negative review. Let me rephrase: Why is the NY Time review "unreasonable" because it was negative?