I knew she was famous from somewhere!

you just don't have enough boost.

It was a bit of a joke, but their track is more to test that the car works when it leaves the factory. Almost all plants have something similar. What they don't have however is a Vehicle Dynamics pad, a road surface test facility, hill test facility, brake test facility etc etc.

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friends who work, and have worked there.

that's not a test track, this is a test track.

I believe we've only just broken through the outer crust of a larger criminal enterprise

I don't believe that's really an issue for Tesla as much as it's an issue for the traditional automakers selling their EVs and Hybrids, mainly because Teslas are currently marketed towards the upper class. People WANT a Tesla too, it just so happens to be electric. No on really wants a Nissan leaf, but it's made cheap…

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they still have 4 wheels, a cabin, suspension, and crumple zones. As I said, the only benefit they have is their proximity to UCB and Stanford egg heads (though I also hear those egg heads are annoyingly arrogant). Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Ford, GM, Chrysler are all largely based in the midwest for very good reasons:…

I'm just saying at the earliest opportunity, meaning the money has to be right. SV is an expensive place to do business and there's a reason why few other auto companies set up shop there.

Tesla as a product has a lot of potential, Tesla as a company (at least from what I've heard/read) isn't sustainable currently. They treat their employees like dogs on the promise of a better tomorrow. It works for a boutique company but if they have any intention of becoming a mainstay they need to make the company a…

How else are they going to defend against godzilla?

I'm just going from the shape of the car, this mercedes looks like more of a GT car, what with its long nose and cockpit so close to the rear wheels.

posted this as a comment but whatever I'll copy-pasta

I have an escape titanium, the thing is freaking awesome. seats are comfy, tons of room in the back to haul my bikes/lumber/tools/dog, can tow 3500 pounds, fuel economy is pretty decent at 25 all around with the tow package (lowered gearing)

nose is too long to really be a 911 fighter... the only thing this is going to fight is over/understeer

but but, rational analyses of a modern social trends don't grab readers as much as

the certain type of people I'm alluding to typically live in California, specifically los angeles, but there are no LA plates

the egg heads in silicon valley don't have even the most remote idea of how difficult it is to build an automotive empire. How many automotive start ups have failed? All but Tesla, and Tesla has a long term viability problem. Not only that but GM, Ford, Chrysler, VAG, Daimler, BMW, Toyota, Nissan-Renault and Honda are…