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Electricity or V8 ??
« on: 24 January 2016, 19:53:34 »
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Re: Electricity or V8 ??
« Reply #1 on: 24 January 2016, 20:00:17 »
I think I'll still take the HSV, thanks all the same. :D

In manual, though. :P
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« Reply #2 on: 24 January 2016, 20:29:42 »
Impressive stuff. One day all cars will be electric.

Shame yet another person cannot pronounce Porsche correctly. Idiot.
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« Reply #3 on: 24 January 2016, 20:30:22 »
Electric cars are the future!  :y
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Re: Electricity or V8 ??
« Reply #4 on: 24 January 2016, 20:52:49 »
Next test...

Both cars with 25mile range showing... a nice private test track, the M6 toll road would suffice, count to three and bury the (not so) loud pedal...

I suspect they will both run out at the same time ::)
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Re: Electricity or V8 ??
« Reply #5 on: 24 January 2016, 21:06:47 »
Quote from: Harris K Telemacher on 24 January 2016, 20:52:49
Next test...

Both cars with 25mile range showing... a nice private test track, the M6 toll road would suffice, count to three and bury the (not so) loud pedal...

I suspect they will both run out at the same time ::)


But how long before each can drive away? Although it would be interesting to try a Tesla; I suspect that most of my car use would suit it quite well. Then again, for my daily use over the last few years an Austin Seven would have sufficed 8)
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Re: Electricity or V8 ??
« Reply #6 on: 24 January 2016, 21:21:34 »
Whenever I see the front of the Tesla I always think late nineties Citroen.

It looks old-fashioned.

Not keen on glorified milk floats but I still prefer them to derv.
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« Reply #7 on: 24 January 2016, 21:46:09 »
If you do the kind of mileage that allows it, why wouldn't you drive an electric car? I would love one.
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« Reply #8 on: 24 January 2016, 21:56:51 »
Can't beat the sound of the Thunder From Down Under,will be picking mine up next weekend, glad it's not a poofy milk float ::)
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« Reply #9 on: 24 January 2016, 22:31:17 »
Think about it.....although the car I have bought is tweaked at north of 580 ponies, what is going to give you the most smiles when driving? something that's ready to turn round and bite you in the arse when you get a bit silly or the Duracell bunny car, that for all it's facets....it's not going to give you that driver involvement that the VXR is going to. Just a matter of personal choice really and let's face it Tesla will only be telling you what's good about their product and not the less favourable stuff such as battery life/replacement costs etc, and  also you won't be able to nip it up to Daz or Serek or any of our most honourable members who help us to keep our cars servicable.I'm firmly in the fossil fuel camp as I'm looking forward to a bit of hooning before I hang up the car keys and stick my licence in the shredder......sorry electrickery's not for me ;)
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Re: Electricity or V8 ??
« Reply #10 on: 24 January 2016, 22:42:13 »
Quote from: STEMO on 24 January 2016, 21:46:09
If you do the kind of mileage that allows it, why wouldn't you drive an electric car? I would love one.


Main reason for me is money. After all, a really nice Omega/E39/A6/Lexus/etc is £1500. How much is a Tesla?
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« Reply #11 on: 24 January 2016, 22:51:10 »
Give it a reasonable period of time and electric cars will be plentiful, cheap and practical. Then people will look back and say can you believe we had internal combustion engines in cars. All that delivering petrol to filling stations . Now we just exchange a battery already charged if needed but the car just charges itself wirelessly most of the time.

Having said that , in the meantime I'll keep looking for a V8.
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« Reply #12 on: 25 January 2016, 00:21:59 »
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« Reply #13 on: 25 January 2016, 00:28:22 »
V8  :y
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« Reply #14 on: 25 January 2016, 03:02:19 »
Having driven examples of both, I would struggle to choose between them... both are practical performance saloons, new both cost £50k+, making them all but unaffordable. The Tesla has a better warranty too... Second hand, the Tesla holds more of its value, but both might have been hammered. Both have the ability to be sublime or playful depending on your mood. A Tesla daily driver along with a Chevy powered weekend toy is probably the way forward 8)

In short, the only thing the Tesla doesn't do is growl...
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