I was kind of surprised about their description of the handling. I haven't pushed it THAT hard, but my P85 with standard 19" wheels has always felt like it was on rails when I cornered.
Mike On May 25, 2015 4:19:23 AM MDT, Chris Tromley via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >Actually this story has nothing to do with eats and everything to do >with >filler for the magazine. I'm betting a deadline was looming and other >stories weren't ready in time. Why else do a page on the most boring >of >driving experiences, driving across the midwest? Trying to spice it up >by >subjecting a mildly controversial car to the use to which it is least >well-suited and using overly-florid prose didn't hide the real purpose >of >the story. It's filler. > >Chris > >On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 4:36 AM, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> >wrote: > >> >> >> >> >http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/travel/features/a25736/a-supercharged-midwestern-jaunt-in-a-tesla-model-s-70d/?click=welcome-ad >> A Supercharged Midwestern jaunt in a Tesla Model S 70D >> By Alex Kierstein May 19, 2015 >> >> [image / Alex Kierstein >> >http://roa.h-cdn.co/assets/15/20/980x490/landscape-1431625375-img-0724.jpg >> >> >http://roa.h-cdn.co/assets/15/20/980x653/gallery-1431625494-img-0721.jpg >> >> >http://roa.h-cdn.co/assets/15/20/980x653/gallery-1431625595-img-0727.jpg >> >> >http://roa.h-cdn.co/assets/15/20/980x653/gallery-1431625744-img-0741.jpg >> ] >> >> Tesla's entry level Model S gets slightly more interesting, just like >an >> Applebee's parking lot with a Supercharger station in it. >> >> I'm crossing back over the median from a bathroom break at a desolate >> Chipoltle's in the shadow of an enormous Meijer grocery store, making >a >> beeline for the 2016 Tesla Model S 70D plugged into the Supercharger >> station. Inside it, the prize: The take-out Chick-fil-A sandwich I'd >> snagged >> earlier, presently off-gassing a delicious chicken grease fog into >its >> interior. I'm focusing intently on the future and its palatable >delights as >> I'm walking, while abstractly pondering the scene before me: A sexy, >> futuristic EV capable of more than 250+ miles on a charge, sucking >down a >> vast quantity of electricity behind an Applebee's, next to a >dumpster, in >> Lima, Ohio. >> >> The spiderweb catches me totally unaware as I pass between two >> Superchargers. Sheer, abject terror. I sputter and juke, pawing at my >face, >> stumbling towards the future as determined by Elon Musk. Focus too >much on >> the metaphorical novelty of the thing, in this nowhere place, and you >miss >> the enterprising spiders' masterpiece entirely. >> >> It's time to leave. I've taken on 94 miles of charge, 440 calories >worth of >> fried chicken sandwich, and a surfeit of spider silk. The door >handles >> extend as I lurch closer to the door, still tensed, waiting to feel >eight >> legs skittering on my neck. Inside, hopefully without an arachnid >> hitchhiker, there's no cliched starter button to push, just select >"Drive" >> and go. The ultimate in convenience in Ohio's monument to convenience >> itself: The interstate rest stop. >> >> The 70D is the new entry-level Model S, replacing the 60S and >slotting in >> below the 85D and Tesla's more manic P85D. This particular one is an >odd >> beigeish gold, treated with black and buttermilk leather and a >stripe-y >> wood >> inside, but otherwise it's not significantly different than any other >Model >> S. Despite the dual motors, Tesla is quick to point out this is not a >> performance variant. Sure, but it's not slow. Blowing past the >occasional >> lane-challenged Malibu Classic driver or a trailer full of hogs is a >tickle >> of the go-pedal away. >> >> Perhaps a change of tire would bring out a little more "P" in the >70D, as >> the Michelins squirm and complain under anything resembling a >spirited >> corner. Here on the Ohio-Indiana frontier, that means off-ramps are >> squirrelly affairs at enthusiastic velocities. The interstate—dead >straight >> to the horizon—is no problem. Cruising is effortless, passing is a >laugh, >> although speeds above 70 mph eat up enough juice to make a dent in >the >> range. Slow and steady, with spurts of electroceleration, is the >ticket. >> >> Later: I'm parked at another Supercharger behind a La Quinta Inn in >south >> Indianapolis, trying to be discreet. Meanwhile, the inescapable >presence of >> the bizarre beige car plugged into the even more bizarre, bright red, >> toroidal object heightens my paranoia. What's the man with the >unusual >> sedan >> doing loitering behind a low-rent hotel in Beech Grove? Perhaps I'm >> broadcasting my agenda too loudly without saying anything, a street >> preacher >> of sorts, barking the Silicon Valley gospel at a hostile heartland. A >man >> approaches. >> >> Oh no. >> >> Despite the RealTree outerwear, he's all smiles. "That electric? How >long's >> it take to charge?" I wait for the other hunting boot to drop, but I >> indulge >> his questions. Curiosity satisfied, he thanks me and saunters off. >> >> A closer look reveals less glaring hostility among the natives >whizzing in >> and out of the surprisingly busy La Quinta and surrounding chain >stores, >> and >> considerably more rush-hour-induced tunnel vision. No one gives a >whit that >> I'm assaulting their Heartland values with this Bay Area >> alternative-lifestyle-mobile. So much for my delusional freak >flag—I'm the >> only one who sees that Bear Republic standard snapping in the stiff >breeze >> above this little patch of Musklandia. >> >> And what's more, traveling via Tesla in the great Midwestern >expanses—prime >> real estate for traditional "you have to pee again? Hold it in!" >American >> road trips—is bracingly refreshing . No, you can't be in too much of >a >> hurry, but isn't it really ego and pride that cause us to steam >through the >> flyover states? Fuel nozzle goes in, a sprint to the can, hop in the >car, >> and you're back on the road, perhaps one-handing a fried chicken >sandwich. >> As the greasy crumbs sprinkle onto your shirt like saturated snow, >you're >> making good but uninspired time. There's probably a merit badge in it >for >> you. >> >> Back to the present: I'm at a Supercharger station. It's behind an >> Applebee's, next to a dumpster, in Lima Ohio. I've got cobwebs on my >face >> and 20 minutes to burn while the Tesla gets an electron infusion. I'm >> dropping crumbs on the grass. The Tesla and I are making truly crappy >time, >> but it gives me the headspace to contemplate the trip ahead, the >gaggle of >> chain restaurant signs sprouting behind the Applebee's, and the >delicious >> chicken grease. Thinking, just like time, it's a rare luxury that I >hardly >> ever experience in a car. >> >> Much like time, or thought, the Tesla itself is still a luxury item. >> Traveling this way, with enforced stops well under iron-butt >certified >> distances, is a luxury, too. There are plenty of things I wouldn't do >with >> the Model S—catching another spiderweb with my beard being first on >the >> list. It's stiffly sprung and squirmy, but it covers the long >straight >> paths >> from nowhere to some other nowhere pretty nicely. I'd choose a >different >> steed for plucking the winding strings over the Continental Divide, >but >> it's >> not a bad way to meander down the central plains, content in the >fried >> chicken afterglow. >> [© roadandtrack.com] >> ... >> http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-eat.html >> n. (eats) inf. food or snacks: people would stop for soft drinks or >eats. >> >> >> >> >> For EVLN posts use: >> http://evdl.org/evln/ >> >> >> >http://www.ibtimes.com.au/tesla-unveils-retail-store-richmond-third-australia-1449154 >> Third Tesla Retail Store In Australia, In Richmond.au >> >> >> >http://www.turnto23.com/news/8-million-penthouse-comes-with-free-brand-new-electric-car-051815 >> $8M downtown San Diego penthouse comes with brand-new Tesla EV >> >> http://phys.org/news/2015-05-e-bikes.html >> More cycling smiles with e-bike miles >> >> http://www.eeherald.com/section/new-products/owns201505210001n.html >> 1200V hi-power SCR thyristor TN5050H-12WY 4automotive,EV,PV,RE,+ >> >> >> >http://ktar.com/22/1833755/First-universal-electric-car-charging-route-between-PhoenixTucson >> 1st universal EVSE route between Phoenix-Tucson AZ >> >> >> >http://www.eastoregonian.com/eo/local-news/20150518/tesla-supercharger-coming-to-wildhorse >> Tesla supercharger coming to Wildhorse Resort & Casino Pendleton-OR >> + >> EVLN: Time Lapse of Tesla-S EV Getting A Bosch Aton-Tech Fitting (v) >> >> >> {brucedp.150m.com} >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> >http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-R-T-more-interested-in-their-eats-than-the-Tesla-S70D-tp4675755.html >> Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive >at >> Nabble.com. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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) >> >> >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150525/bd6b9174/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) _______________________________________________ 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)
