As the owner of a Ghibli S Q4 and a Tesla Model S P85D all I can say is that’s great. The only thing the Maser has over the Tesla is engine sound. Other than that the S decimates it in 0-60 and 0-100. The S costs zero to maintain. The Ghibli requires a $1000 service every 12,500 miles.

This store encapsulates my problems with Jalopnik. The car has both intermittent wipers as well as rain sensing standard. The UI you’re seeing isn’t a customer facing product as right now all of the Model 3's in existence are in the hands of Tesla employees.

Tesla owner. The car doesn’t need to be plugged in to pre-heat. One of the benefits of an electric car is never having to step into a.mn oppressively hot/ cold car ever again. That and they heat up instantly. No waiting for an engine to warm up.

I have thoroughly studied the man and the companies. Please provide any eveidence (not speculation) that supports this theory.

But I think it’s fair for me (or anyone else) to assume that you’re responding within the context of the article which would seem to suggest you think he’s a dickbag because of this when in reality he’s not doing anything wrong.

Why? Because he wants to bring an ide he suggested to life? You realize this “dickbag” is allowing other companies to use the trademarked Hyperloop name with no intention of stopping them. This dickbag opened up Tesla’s patents to other companies to further the advent of electric cars. There are so many unconventional…

Patrick, how did you like the Bose Panaray system?

What does this have in common with the Phaeton? The Phaeton was a monumental flop but also somewhat of an engineering marvel. This is just a front wheel drive Volkswagen. A nice looking front wheel drive Volkswagen but a front wheel drive Volkswagen nonetheless.

I think you missed the joke. ;-)

This seems likely. At cruising speed you probably wouldn’t be able to discern between engines idling and engines off. So they probably pulled the power to idle and descended.

The interior was the sole thing holding me back from buying. I was coming from a recent stint of Audi A8's and BMW 5 series and the spartan Model S interior was a step down. A year later and I can say it doesn’t bother me nearly as much as I thought it would but I do find myself missing the cockpit of the 5 series…

Yes. I own a P85D and I’m cheap as snot. I don’t mind spending money but nothing bothers me more than getting nothing for my money. Parking tickets, fees like this, my wife asking me to buy apples and then nobody eats them. That stuff melts my brain.

I can appreciate that but I think I spelled out pretty early in my article that I owned the 535 after the M5. So it wasn’t a matter of someone striving to marginalize the difference between a higher performing car and their lower performing car because the better of the two was out of reach. The 535 was just the…

I received so much hate here when I said a modified 535 was actually a better daily driver than the S85 M5. The M5 is no doubt the better car but in terms of how most people drive and where most people need their power, the tuned 535 provided a better experience.

People wouldn’t have noticed it in traffic anyhow as the moment the steering wheel was turned beyond 15 degrees the program would have been disabled. So basically pulling out of your driveway or the first turn you made.

Considering the old panel was barely able to charge the 12v battery, I think it’s pretty clear to anyone that cares that the claim was a total load of s.

They uh, charge in the rain you know? A lot more than a cup of water there and no chance of electrocution. :-)

They can do it. It’s been done and is actively done with salvage cars. The original 40kwh car was just a 60kwh car that was software limited.

I live in the Hollywood Hills where there are test mules aplenty. I see this guy with manufacturers plates on it semi-often. If you look close you can see the wires and sensors taped to it. This one has never made any sound when I see it but that might just mean it hasn't depleted it's battery.

Don’t get me wrong. I love it. I use the extra lease miles we have to keep miles off my Tesla and in terms of regular around town driving I don’t feel like I’m really giving up anything.