I couldn't resist!

Bud, thank you.

I really wanted the model S but would have had to wait more than a year just to order it. There’s going to be upgrades along the way and this will get me a great taste of what EVs have to offer while meeting all my needs.

If you love speed, a Plaid S with a 2 second 0-60 time will be epic. I was actually starting to get nauseous in the Performance Y doing launches today so I’m more than happy with the plain old long range.
 
3 close friends have Model Y's and 2 have dual motor 3's. Based on my experience with these you will not be disappointed ;)
 
for an everyday car, have always loved the Model S.

the issue is i love to go canyon carving and these heavy cars just die up there. my M2 is a 4 sec 60 and fast enough. note, Tesla uses a rolling start for its numbers which isn't always apples to apples.
 
KeithR said:
for an everyday car, have always loved the Model S.

the issue is i love to go canyon carving and these heavy cars just die up there. my M2 is a 4 sec 60 and fast enough. note, Tesla uses a rolling start for its numbers which isn't always apples to apples.
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I just couldn’t part with my Go Kart car either.


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As a former competitive driver with six season championships & numerous other awards, I have found this to be of value (most recently was posted in FaceBook):

IMO & IME, do yourself, family & friends a huge favor:

Book several track days at your nearest competitive track. They will be more enjoyable each time, but that's not the reason I am recommending this.

And it's not about exploring the car's limits, at least not yet.

It's about finding YOUR limits in maneuvering that gorgeous hunk of metal.

Seems like every other time or so that I have a new RoomPlay Reference client, he will be in a Porsche, Maserati, Corvette, etc…

When I mention the track day - after the RPR learning/listening session – I'm continually amazed that almost none of them have ever put themselves on the track with their cars.

When they do book a track day or two, they report back at how much more confident they are when driving now, and how much more fun they are having, even in simple daily driving.

In fact, I wouldn't be alive today if my car had continued along a totally unexpected patch of ice in a curve in the mountains back in 2008. Just a few feet before the car headed off the 1800 foot drop, I managed to reverse it's direction.

Without my track experience, as well as auto-x, it would have been all over.

More fun, yet more safety! What's not to like?
 
Excellent advice, as always, Jim. Thank you for that and thank God you survived the ice patch.
 
Andik777 said:
Congratulations!! It looks beautifull.
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Thank you. I’m so excited. Now that I’ve told some friends/coworkers, I’m hearing about so many people that have Teslas and some have two in the family.
 
Thanks!

Just a bit more info – in no way do I want to distract from your awesome purchase, but hoping that this might enhance it…

1 – TRACK DAYS

When you have signed up, and attend the event, you will be assigned an instructor. Depending on your progress, and on the driving school that is conducting the track day, you may be set free to drive on your own that day, or maybe the next…

The track will be relatively full of drivers, each with instructors on board. Your instructor will stay on board – at least for the first few sessions - until he is satisfied that you have improved enough to be set free.

2 – CAUTION - DRIVING COMPETITIVELY OVER THE AGE OF 50 OR SO

Referring to the mountain drive mentioned above, after reversing my direction away from down the side of the mountain, the next correction was out of my reach. I had been leading four other drivers on this mountain run, which proved to be exceedingly fortunate, because I was about to desperately need them.

The car switched lanes (fortunately no one was approaching from the other direction). It crossed both lanes and hit the mountain's rock wall at about 55-60 MPH.

The impact was so hard, that my car bounced off the wall and landed in the incoming lane. Fortunately I had my racing gear hooked up, and I stayed in the car. But I could not move. It required an emergency vehicle to come and take me to the nearest hospital.

Trying to abbreviate a long story – my back was broken and I could not move.

As days & weeks went by, my friends & family kept saying "Why don't you write that book about audio that you have always complained that needs to be written?" And six months later, Get Better Sound was completed.

Two years later, after multiple surgeries, I managed to win my sixth Atlanta area auto-x season championship. But it was VERY close – it took the last event for it to happen. And the next year, I was way-y-y too slow, IMO...

The following year, my wife (!) insisted that I acquire a much faster & more nimble car, and so I did. Modified it within a hair of its' life. I go out in it to compete at the beginning of that season, and I am easily in the fastest (both power/weight ratio & handling) car out there. There were probably 60 competitors out there that day. I was 45th out of 60… :( I realized that I still knew what to do, but my reactions had slowed. IMO, that's why you don't see successful race car drivers at age 50-60 or beyond.

And it's why doing a track day or three can be a real help to you as you learn your limits, not the car's.

Sorry for such a long-winded post!

I hope & expect that you will be thrilled with your Tesla!
 
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