At the valet desk at Bal Harbour Shops, I saw a guy push his way to the front, present his ticket and loudly announce “mine’s the Ferrari.” The withering look from the valet guy was pretty great. For anyone not familiar, the valet lot at Bal Harbour is typically packed with every kind of exotic car, and this guy ended…
I’m not suggesting that the trucks should drive faster.
From the Teslarati report on the same test:
How to drive a manual transmission. It’s very helpful in understanding how to control a car, aside from the enthusiast angle. I also think it makes drivers more careful / thoughtful, since it’s not as simple as just jumping in and mashing the gas pedal.
Agree with all this. It’s just a shame that the editors here are happy to celebrate any anti-capitalist cause de jour, but don’t apply the same (or any) scrutiny to anything related to China. Their heads must explode when it comes to Tesla, since they hate Musk and Tesla with a passion, yet don’t spend much time on…
Yes, but China has the added factor of utilizing slave labour, imprisoning or executing dissidents, running concentration camps and not even making a pretence of giving two sh*ts about democracy and human rights in general. For some reason, there is always a flavour of cheerleading for China in the articles on this…
The plastics look hard and cheap, particularly in that shot of the rear console. Given that this vehicle looks so bland, and is basically just a more expensive long wheelbase Toyota Highlander, and doesn’t even appear to be that different inside than a Toyota, why not just get a Highlander?
I think the two I drove were 2022 (one a Hertz rental, the other an Avis one). I did a quick Google search and it seems that Tesla introduced a new “comfort suspension” setup for 2023, presumably because of customer feedback. My teenager daughter never usually notices this kind of stuff, but in the Ys we rented, she…
I’m not a fan of Tesla’s cars, but what you’re describing is perhaps the smartest thing they do. BMW will release a 3-series for a seven-year model run, with a “life cycle improvement” at about the halfway point. Then they’ll introduce a brand new 3 series. Many of the changes they make seem designed to appeal to…
It was the long range rather than the performance, but I have heard that Tesla improved the suspension for the most recent model years. In the two Ys I’ve driven, it was some of the worst suspension damping I’ve ever experienced, to the extent that it would be a complete dealbreaker for me to own one.
Good question. I suspect not, except to the extent that GM provides some kind of contribution to certain dealer ad campaigns.
Curious how you found the ride quality in the Y? I found the 3 comfortable and the Y unbearably harsh.
Yea, this is why cars like the Rimac are just not comparable with most of the McLaren (or Ferrari, Aston Martin, Porsche) range. They are hypercars for the top 0.0001%, whereas McLarens and other supercars get driven, at least a few thousand miles a year for the typical owner.
I think the important distinction here is hypercar vs. supercar. The Rimac is in the same bucket and price band as Bugattis, Paganis, Zondas and all the other ultra-expensive exotica. Most of McLaren’s cars compete with Porsche GT cars and V8 Ferraris (plus the newer V6 cars). It’s just a different market altogether,…
It’s interesting to put the advertising comments in context. GM spent about $700 per vehicle on advertising in 2022, on 5.9 million units sold (i.e. $4 billion in total spend). If Tesla had done the same, they’d have spent $890 million on advertising on their 1.3 million units sold. Would that have moved the needle…
I don’t think many people buying a new car are thinking about whether it will last for 200,000 miles. EV sales have slowed because they are more expensive than ICE cars, and the Covid car market is returning to normal.
See above. This is actually what he ended up getting, since he sent in this request for advice a year ago, and the post was only published today.
For anyone who’s interested, there is a pretty ridiculous Rennlist thread about someone deciding which 911 to get in Singapore. His budget is capped at $1MM.
They do lose that much, as evidenced by the rate at which they are burning through their cash. And you’re also assuming their market is as large as it needs to be to support that growth. The market for $100k+ vehicles, which is the price point they need to be at to make reasonable margins, even assuming they can cut…
Maybe not in this specific situation, but virtually every time I’ve gone to an EA charging station, where there are multiple 150 kW chargers and usually only two 350 kW stations at most, it’s very common for the 150 kW chargers to be empty and the 350 chargers to be in use by vehicles that can’t charge at that rate.
