It doesn’t make that big a difference, especially in a lower powered car. Regen only provides moderate stopping power in most cars where weight transfer isn’t a big deal. When you mash on the brake pedal hard the pads are doing most of the work anyway.

Sure they will, because it’s cheaper. The lower-spec Teslas are RWD, and while they are slightly less efficient than the AWD counterparts, it’s not that big of a difference. Especially if you targeting the new vehicle as a cheap car of the people, the manufacturing savings in halving the number of motors would be…

I’m going to go look at and probably grab one on Friday. They’re just so cheap it seems to make sense for daily commute around town. I’m not even going to get a charger - just trickle on 110V and it’ll be fine.

Part of the reason they haven’t caught on with the enthusiast community is because they’re Fugly. I tried to talk my wife into one for the very reason others here have bought them: great around town car. She saw one and said, and I quote: “No fuckin’ way. It’s stupid looking.” And she’s not really a car person.

Ugh, sympathies.

Just pony up the little extra cash and get a Ford C-Max plug-in. I bought one as my second vehicle and it quickly became my primary. You’ll be much happier in the long run.

My first honeymoon started out as a disaster (and the fact I called it my first honeymoon tells you how the marriage turned out).

Just to be clear, I’m not talking about while I’m in there showering, I mean I have to pee really bad with morning wood, and I can’t contort myself to ensure my urine stream will actually make it into the bowl, so I stand outside the bathtub and spray in there.

User name checks out.

I like the cut of your butthole, sir.

Wait, you’ll eat the poop sausages but only give yourself 5 minutes to play with a freshly washed butthole?

As an Englishman who moved to SoCal...

2nd try

New car vs. new car? Probably.

I’m not as eloquent a writer as you so...

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These photos are absolutely stunning. Really captures your point, I think. Is there anyway to get a wallpaper sized version of the cover photo?

yeah seriously, great read. one of the better reviews I’ve seen on Jalop in the last year or so. Would love to see you do a Model X review!

I’m quite pleased with this article for two main reasons: