A lot of people in the states are already paying almost $1/Gal in gas tax (18.4 cents federal, 71.3 cents in California).

Exactly. Anything over 1/4 mile, and the Hellcat walks away with an easy win. But from 0mph, the Tesla has a massive grip and torque advantage.

Of course you can calculate out the torque but the tesla has 700lb-ft of torque at 0rpm. Combine that with awd and no changing gears, the tesla has a far greater consistent and faster 0-60 than the hellcat. the tesla removes almost all the human error the hellcat driver creates. Very few drivers can achieve the the…

In a mile long race, almost any driver in a Hellcat would catch the Tesla, but in a 1/4 mile race, the Tesla has the ability to launch off the line extremely consistently. The Hellcat is, I'm sure, not very easy to maintain and manage power off the line, especially if it's a manual. 1/4 mile race, I'd say the Tesla…

Which is when it matters in a drag race- off the line. The hell cat has a ton of HP, but it takes some serious skill to make it work. Drag racing is all about the launch, and the Tesla has that in spades. Any driver in a Hellcat would easily catch up with a Tesla in a mile-long race, but I'm willing to bet the Tesla…

While some of the FAA regulations surely have made aviation safer, they have also been the biggest hindrance to the aviation industry advancing in the last 50 years as much as it did the first 50 years.

The P85D can do an 11.6 second 1/4 mile with almost any driver behind the wheel. The Hellcat can do an 11.2 with a Dodge test driver behind the wheel. I'd venture to guess the Tesla would win 95% of the time up against 100 different drivers in the Hellcat.

Maybe, with a professional driver in the Hellcat. That Hellcat takes some serious skill to manage a decent time on a drag strip. The Tesla has a "GO" button on the floor and very little problem managing traction.

Not sure in what world this looked like a fair fight. A Tesla with AWD and almost 700lb-ft of instant torque is not a surprising win.

That's the most high-tech, redneck idea I've seen in a while.

I sat in one of these last year at an outdoor show. The seats had the softest leather I've ever felt. They felt like a $3,000 leather jacket.

I drive this stretch of freeway between Oregon and Idaho twice a month (driving it tomorrow). It can be extremely nasty this time of year.

IF it wasn't a slushmatic.

As a side note, I was in Park Place a few years ago and they had a newer VW Bug built by HPA with the full R32 running gear and 500-some-odd hp for around $30k. Seemed like a decent deal for someone who wanted an insane Bug.

I had a conversation this week with a friend about kit cars/replicas. We came to the conclusion that many of the current kits are tube chassis with fiberglass bodies, making some of them almost no different from the way the originals were made. When it comes to original cars with hand-formed aluminum bodies, it gets a…

Fairly reasonable price for what it is. Tavarish can always swap this tan interior for black if you you want.

The lens on the camera might be a bit deceiving, how high off the water is typical?

Looks 10x better than a Rally Fighter.

It is all of those things. The first gen was sleek and muscled. Same with the current X5, the previous generation is my favorite because it looked much more muscular. They tamed it and made it more square. Killed the whole design.

That narrator is painful to listen to.