What will it take to make you seriously consider an EV?

Not as bad as I thought.

 

Yeah, if you're making that much money and purchasing a $100k car, I wouldn't think losing a $7500 credit would be too painful. lol.

 

Getting an EV that can't use Tesla public charging is a disaster. I totally get that for 90% of usage home charging is OK but Electrify America cannot be counted on.

I've always dismissed fear of EV fires as fearmongering, but now that the realities are pretty well known, will there be regulations on where EV's can park and such? The standard way to deal with them is to just let them burn themselves up and they burn way hotter so might present dangers to structures.

 

After Hurricane-Caused Flooding, Some EVs Exposed To Saltwater Caught Fire

 

Well that’s terrifying but also not surprising

 

I forgot about this guy's video that I think I posted somewhere in this thread. But you need to upgrade your wheels. Those 50" wheels are too small. You need 115s and then ride the horses upside down.

 

Laughable why anyone would get another ev especially if they barely raise prices like in the eu.

 

At least in the US no one other than tesla is selling many evs. All the other companies combined don't sell half as many evs as tesla.

 

That’s with the old 3/y, s/x. With this update, the gap is even greater. In fact, they added so much of the s/x features to the 3, no wonder they had to just cut s/x prices immediately by $20k. A similar update to the Y is coming next year.

 

Looking at the massive price drop for a new X Plaid, it gets really hard to justify buying the Taycan Cross Turismo Turbo 4s. Costs more than twice as much, and the X Plaid wins on every single metric.

 

Except one is a Porsche.

 

Well yes, that's also what my buddy says who has one, he loves it. But the X Plaid for 90k... I mean, that's what I just paid for my Y Performance.

Maybe I get the X Plaid and then eventually swap out the Y for the Porsche Tayan Cross Turismo Turbo S.

Although the Y is a nice every day car, too.

 

From a dollars and cents perspective electric should eventually win out. The EVs are nearly as efficient as the power plant itself, so a lot less energy is required the actually power the car.

 

Ya..

Having owned fast cars....quick 0-60 runs get old...QUICK. it's a fun party trick but few sets of tires later, the fun comes from the overall driving experience and emotional/intangible aspects of it.

I know it's subjective but to me the Taycan looks worlds better than the overly simplistic soap bar looking cars Tesla is making.

And having had experiences with Porsche as a brand, I am going to trust they have the driving dynamics figured out better than Tesla.

 

Yeah, I'd prefer a Taycan over the large, extra large, and jumbo egg-shaped vehicles that Tesla is producing. When I get into vehicles like the Taycan, I know it's overpriced, but at least I feel like I know I'm getting something other than 0-60 acceleration. That being said, if I were spending 6 figures on a car, I'd be buying something non-electric.

If y'all are looking to get a Model S Plaid (or anything) to actually track the car and not sit in freeway traffic to look cool, consider getting the track package. The standard equipment on a Model S Plaid probably isn't good enough to track the car much without going through tires, brake fluid, etc. It's like strapping a rocket to a car and leaving the brakes, brake fluid, rotors, tires, seats, etc. as standard equipment for a daily driver.

The Model S Plaid also has issues with tires being eaten alive because of the negative camber on the tires combined with the weight of the car - I don't know what the solution to that is. Maybe better tires, I guess. But if you do go with the Model S Plaid, be sure to keep checking the inside wear on the tires since the negative camber causes the insides of the tires to wear faster than the outside, but of course, that's the portion of the tire you never see unless you're looking at it from behind and hopefully catch it. I can't remember if this issue affects the regular models or just the Plaids (could be specific to the Model S Plaid, too). There were people reporting issues of having blowouts or replacing tires every 5-10,000 miles.

 

Seems like there is a misconception about Plaid being extremely quick 0-60 cars only.

If you believe that then you havent driven it.

Forget the Plaid S, but just the Plaid X itself, which weighs like a tank, besides the 2.6 second 0-60, does the quarter mile in under 10 seconds.

A Plaid X actually gaps and keeps pulling on a Porsche 911 Turbo S on the top end, which is absolutely ridiculous. The motors keep pulling.

A Plaid S takes it even further.

To put it simply, even on highway speeds you can overtake anything but nothing can overtake you if you dont want it to lol, all the while hauling 5 other passengers.

It is a total blast to drive. Drive it and then you will know. And no, that insane thrill ride acceleration never gets old.

For 90k Plaids are absolute STEALS.

That being said, if you are an irresponsible driver and have a sketchy driving history, you should not be behind the wheel of one.

 

Pretty much my exact thoughts.
If I am spending 6 figures on a toy, I am not spending it on an EV.

 

Well, there's one exception for me and that would be to piss people off and buy a classic car like and restomod/convert it to be an electric vehicle. lol. I think those conversions probably run $50k plus. Tony Hawk did that a while back with a 60's 'Vette. I don't know if I'd have the guts to do that, but maybe a '32 Ford or something else from the 1930's.

 

man that's got to be illegal lol.

i have a 87 air cooled 911. until they stop producing gas......i can't even think about putting an EV motor in there.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/17/23687169/everrati-us-first-delivery-porsche-911-964-restomod

 

https://evcompare.io/cars/compare/?...s-cross-turismo-vs-tesla-model-x-long-range-1





It's kind of hard to justify the Porsche...would be purely an emotional thing.

The Porsche is more than twice as expensive now (the price shown for the Tesla X Plaid there must be an old one), has less range, fewer seats, worse acceleration, less cargo space, worse charging infrastructure...

...and yet I kinda want it lol...

By the way, Tesla now going for aggressive sales tactics, mails, calls, texts...