Either way, not going to be missed.
I did exaggerate my position and enthusiasm by a bit, but it's also fully honest. Unless Tesla totally misses the spec (they never have), then the CT will smoke anything but well built Gladiators off road, while approximating a 3/4 ton on road, and blowing away every sports car in acceleration. While costing almost nothing to run. We've saved more than the Tesla is costing us just in fuel, never mind all the other maintenance we don't have to do any more.
Or, carry extra fuel during winter? Or how about just walk to the station and fill a jerry can? You cant do that with an EV. I guess you can put a generator in the bed and haul it around with you.
Can confirm, there is a noticeable smell
False, you should read up on the new motors that have re-harnessed eddy currents to actually make more power instead of kill it like older motors. That's just one small hidden example of how they actually are different.
I’ve got the same mind as you. I’m cautiously optimistic for how the next gen batteries will shape the vehicle landscape.
The top point is what i find funny about the tesla fan boys. Saying its super late is literally the equivalent of over promising and under-delivering. They consistently over-promise specs, technologies, delivery dates, and visions of the future. Some of it eventually happens like the m3 LR that finally matches announced specs. So much of it though never does or at least not in any timely fashion such as the Semi-Truck that needs battery tech to catch up, the robo taxis, full self-driving thats in a really rough beta finally (lets see how long that takes), the CT, the roadster, actual build quality (not a huge deal on the volume models as i think its pretty par for the course but the S and X panel gaps and interiors really are a tough pill to swallow at 100k+).
I take it you forgot about the Colonial Pipeline hack/ransom a couple months ago? Lots of areas were nearly out of fuel altogether. I admit I got nervous when I was down to 1/2 a tank and topped off when I probably shouldn't have.
I got the trifecta of shitty smells today. It's garbage day and I was stuck behind the truck in my neighborhood. Then, as I'm waiting to pull out of my neighborhood a Nissan Titan burning a quart of oil per hour comes by in front of me. I thought I was going to choke. Last one I was at a stop light waiting to turn and there was a sewer vacuum truck doing it's thing in the parking lot next to me.
