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Tesla's site is a bit frustrating. I get most of those same benefits driving a Nissan Leaf. So I'm not really interested in a "true cost" comparison to a gas ve

by ssmoot 13y ago

Tesla's site is a bit frustrating. I get most of those same benefits driving a Nissan Leaf. So I'm not really interested in a "true cost" comparison to a gas vehicle I wouldn't be buying anyways. Turns out the Model S at $1,466 as optioned is more expensive than a Leaf. :) Not that I wouldn't kill for a 300 mile range...

assholesRppl2 13y ago
do you realize how much money you could make from networking opportunities that arise from driving around a Tesla? invest in your future
- stcredzero 13y ago
  Tesla is the new Country Club membership? (They are also being granted as perks of employment.)
  - poopsintub 13y ago
    An old-man Jaguar costs a fraction of the price. Does a Model-S come with the country club membership? I'm in!
    - stcredzero 13y ago
      Does a Model-S come with the country club membership? I'm in! It's more likely to come with a hackerspace membership.
jack-r-abbit 13y ago
I'm sure the Leaf is a fine vehicle. But I see them directed at two different audiences. That logic would also question why get a Porsche 911 when you can get a VW Beetle for a fraction of the price? They are both German engineered gas vehicles, after all.
- Xylakant 13y ago
  Fun fact: The Beetle was originally designed by Ferdinand Porsche, so you'd even drive a "real" Porsche in both cases.
  - Crito 13y ago
    Not to mention that 911s look like smooshed Beetles anyway. I kid, I kid...
    - Xylakant 13y ago
      That's not much of a coincidence: The 911 is actually a fairly old design (early 1960s) and the follow up to the Porsche 356 [1] where the similarity is even more striking. They are also from a technical point of view fairly similar: Both have an air-cooled boxer engine in the back which certainly influences the design. There's also the "Berlin-Rom-Wagen" [2], a sports version of the beetle which was built for a planned long distance race from Berlin to Rome. It already looks very much like the Porsche 356. So the history of the two cars is actually quite mixed up. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_356 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_356 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_64 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_64
      - jack-r-abbit 13y ago
        It was no coincidence that I picked those two vehicles. :) Although I was more thinking the new model years since both are currently being produced.

by ssmoot 13y ago

assholesRppl2 13y ago

do you realize how much money you could make from networking opportunities that arise from driving around a Tesla? invest in your future

stcredzero 13y ago
Tesla is the new Country Club membership? (They are also being granted as perks of employment.)
- poopsintub 13y ago
  An old-man Jaguar costs a fraction of the price. Does a Model-S come with the country club membership? I'm in!
  - stcredzero 13y ago
    Does a Model-S come with the country club membership? I'm in! It's more likely to come with a hackerspace membership.

jack-r-abbit 13y ago

I'm sure the Leaf is a fine vehicle. But I see them directed at two different audiences. That logic would also question why get a Porsche 911 when you can get a VW Beetle for a fraction of the price? They are both German engineered gas vehicles, after all.

Xylakant 13y ago
Fun fact: The Beetle was originally designed by Ferdinand Porsche, so you'd even drive a "real" Porsche in both cases.
- Crito 13y ago
  Not to mention that 911s look like smooshed Beetles anyway. I kid, I kid...
  - Xylakant 13y ago
    That's not much of a coincidence: The 911 is actually a fairly old design (early 1960s) and the follow up to the Porsche 356 [1] where the similarity is even more striking. They are also from a technical point of view fairly similar: Both have an air-cooled boxer engine in the back which certainly influences the design. There's also the "Berlin-Rom-Wagen" [2], a sports version of the beetle which was built for a planned long distance race from Berlin to Rome. It already looks very much like the Porsche 356. So the history of the two cars is actually quite mixed up. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_356 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_356 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_64 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_64
    - jack-r-abbit 13y ago
      It was no coincidence that I picked those two vehicles. :) Although I was more thinking the new model years since both are currently being produced.