I rate them average, but definitely overpriced for what you pay.

No clue, but they did go over 100,000 miles from what I hear. I think most of their driving was a long commute.

Because build quality is more than just the exterior material. Build quality is also the quality of components and reliability of them. Which car has better build quality, one where the exterior is resilient but breaks down all the time? Or one which has an exterior that breaks down but interior keep on trucking?

So what is the story here? The Saleen car or the fact that Steve Saleen and Noel Lee have voice boxes and are capable of talking to each other?

Aesthetics yes, build quality no. Even in the laptop days, Apple's build quality was below that of even Dell.

I agree beats are the iphones of the headphone world. Over priced and NOT functional.

You are not factoring in superchargers though which charge at 120kw, soon 135kw.

The 3rd party would have to be a Tesla certified warp drive shop, otherwise the warranty is not covered.

I have heard of much more lamer rewards than that.

It is being held to the standard of other cars, you seem to want to push some kind of new standards on it that no one else has to abide by.

The two issues you described didn't even need service for. One was a reset, the other was a software update. Consumer Reports rated Tesla's reliability as average. There you go, a…

It doesn't require so much upkeep though, review sites go in for every minor thing because they want content to post about. In reality, all those stuff can be handled at the same time. I mean do you go in for every minor thing?

The powertrain replacements were all refurbs, not brand new. Tesla replaces the powertrains to get the car into the hands of customers quicker. In reality, none of those incidents needed a powertrain replacements.

There is no escaping the fact that first year production models are always going to have minor issues here and there. Tesla is being proactive in replacing the components, so it is too early to judge at this point.

A bill sponsored by California Senator Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) attempts to address the fact that nearly 80 percent of those rebates went to households bringing in more than $100k and that almost half of Tesla Model S owners receiving a rebate are making at least $300,000.

IT is fooling it because it has 4000lb of torque. The dyno is just limited to 2000.

It might be the case. If I remember there is a law in China that if you are caught stealing trademarks, you could get hefty penalties. Obviously China rarely enforces this law (they might be enforcing it in this case due to the pollution in China and push for more electric cars in China) and it only works if they copy…

Gasoline cars generally randomly combust if that makes you feel better.

You have no clue what you are talking about, first of all, hydrogen is not cheap by any measure. The cheapest hydrogen is made up of fossil fuels. Due to the inefficiency of the fuel cell, hydrogen is no different than a gasoline car on emissions. (other then local emissions)

There is nothing wrong with denying there is a problem if there is no problem. The NHTSA and the german safety agency confirmed there is no problem. So where are you getting?

The formula 1 team is not there for sales or expectations. They are there for improving efficiency of the process.