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Quote from a Model 3 track test... "having plugged in overnight and immediately hit the track with a full 310 miles of range, we could have run just over 30 full-speed laps before needing to unspool the extension cord. Right? Not exactly. Heat buildup is inevitable. After three or four laps the car begins to reduce power output." How much time do you figure 3 or 4 laps is? I'm being generous in saying 10 minutes. That's why I'm pointing out that in say, 10 minutes of track time the Model 3 will no longer be competitive with a M3 and you'll be in 4-cylinder Honda Accord territory until the car cools down.
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Those are last Gen batteries. They just keep getting better and better. I will gladly buy a PHEV M-Car for daily and track duty. By the time you're dead and gone we'll have full electric M-Cars.
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Perhaps the future will deliver EVs that can lap a road course with the same speed and endurance as a ICE-powered vehicle, but we simply aren't there yet. Not even close.
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Similar power-train set up to i8 but w/Turbo 6 cylinder. Allowing Zero Emission driving in the city.
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To each his own, but for me the desire for zero emission driving ranks someplace below having a version of the owner's manual available in a language I can't read.
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So vote with your wallet buy what you want and buy it now because eventually you will not even be able to purchase it.
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Thanks but I'm good.
My car can make the trip to the city of London in 1 day... an electric can't. I'm sure you meant London, Ontario. Otherwise neither vehicle that I own can make it into London anyway today, I'm sure that's not gonna change, unless Tesla builds a bridge over the Atlantic or the Boring company a tunnel under it. |
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And then learn some real science and not rely on the shit they brainwashed you with in school. Stop telling everyone else they are killing the planet and don't give a shit "about the children". It is seriously getting old. Last edited by Efthreeoh; 12-17-2018 at 11:28 AM.. |
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Sad you cannot see beyond yourself. You can or cannot make a little different, but the choice is yours.
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Befitting because I am not your son.
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I think the self driving is mostly based on insurance and the fact that many youth don't even want to drive.
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If you're not aware- whenever specific instances of high-profile environmentalists not acting "green" comes up, the standard retort is that "environmentalism isn't about individual choices. It is about enacting systemic change." So don't blame me for following the creed of the environmental loons!
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It's actually a collective effort.
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In the end, you are using a car for something it's not designed to do - track. Very few cars do well at track. The message here is do not buy a Model 3 for track use. I doubt 99.5% of Model 3 buyers ever go to a track.
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CTR overheat: https://www.vtec.net/news/news-item?...tem_id=1329332 335i overheating: https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=412156 370Z overheat: https://my350z.com/forum/2009-370z/4...d-courses.html Corvette Z06 overheating: https://jalopnik.com/fourth-class-ac...-go-1823190855 And for Model 3 users going to the track? Why would you take a car to a track that can only do 10 minutes of track time before it overheats?
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