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In reply to the discussion: Will Tesla Succeed? [View all]longship
(40,416 posts)8. Because drag racing ability is why people buy cars?
I buy a car that lasts more than a quarter mile. Mine is 22 years old and has over 200,000 miles on the odometer.
BTW, it's a four cylinder Volvo, one of the most reliable cars ever made. Sadly, no longer available.
If I still lived in SoCal, I might go for a Tesla, if I could afford one. Here in rural west Michigan, I wouldn't mind a Prius, although the hybrid tech wouldn't buy me much here in this rural environment with long winters where the Prius's advantages diminish. Still, reliability is a good reason and it is a very good car with a rather stellar reliability record.
Since I am on SS, I will continue to milk my old Volvo.
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If you don't kick someone's ass by the time you hit the speed limit, you've kinda lost the "race."
TheBlackAdder
May 2017
#25
The 1968 Dodge Dart and Plymouth Barracuda Lightweights (1500 lbs) could pull wheelies.
TheBlackAdder
May 2017
#32
Those were mid-500HP stock with a bit of tuning and still ran mid-10's in stock form, I believe.
JoeStuckInOH
May 2017
#39
Tesla will survive and thrive because it makes sense, even to the investment class
Alex4Martinez
May 2017
#9
I am really not a luxury type of person, just really like my iPhone's utility.
Blue_true
May 2017
#45
I dunno, others are coming out with electrics, not to mention the huge field of hybrid competitors
Baclava
May 2017
#18
You could get 3 used Toyota Prius hybrids for the cost of one new electric with only a 100 mi range
Baclava
May 2017
#43
How many private companies have built reusable rockets that land themselves?
Warren DeMontague
May 2017
#31