While I'm sure the photos appeal to the "trashy and juvenile" let's look at the bigger picture... Some might associate wheel spin with the gun shots and explosions of movies, but let's not assume that applies to everyone!
For some folks, that is not pornography, it is art. Your potential Tesla buyer is more likely to own a fast, expensive car rather than a slow econobox. The SCCA (a U.S. grass roots racing organization) did a survey of their demographics. The racers are wealthier and better educated than average. Yes, they'd be interested in whether the car is able to spin the wheels. Let's look at the big picture, it will help EVs succeed if they appeal to as broad an audience as possible. BTW Martin, apparently even you aren't immune to using the speed thing to sell EVs! (Not a critique, this is a definitely a two thumbs up kind of thing!) Here are some quotes from your evalbum page: " It will aslo give the van much better acceleration" "Clutch now re-instated with a home made flywheel. It is SO much easier to drive!!! 0-60 acceleration DOUBLED!" "Acceleration: Quite peppy starting from 0 in 2nd gear and frankly rather scary in first! ... Overall, better than stock at low speeds." I can't resist asking... Did you ever get wheel spin on your electric van? Bonus points for answering, and double bonus points if the answer is yes! ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin WINLOW Sent: 03/07/13 01:23 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] Excellent ROAD & TRACK article on the TESLA-S The simple fact that R&T chose to show not one but two (and a half) photos of the S doing doughnuts demonstrates exactly what a trashy and juvenile publication it is and consigns it and anything it has to say to the dustbin as far as I'm concerned. I imagine anyone over 12 years of age who is in a position to seriously consider actually buying an S would feel the same way. Thankfully, with the relevant fuse in, it's unlikely to be something an S driver will be able to do anyway. Regards, Martin Winlow Herts, UK http://www.evalbum.com/2092 www.winlow.co.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130307/18cba228/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
