Yes, thanks, Karl! This is good to know, never having even sat in a Tesla. Makes me want one even less. Although I would like to experience the acceleration.
-D > On Nov 11, 2022, at 9:24 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Great review > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > >> On Nov 11, 2022, at 10:42 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Man the stereo is insane though. Almost makes up for the fact that it >> handles like a RedBull soap box derby racer. >> >> View out the front is beautiful. >> >> Climate is controlled very well. >> >> Definitely a computer with wheels and a motor. >> >> It shows little diagrams of everything you are driving by, for no apparent >> reason, as it doesnt seem to do much with the info. It beeps at you when >> the light turns green, which helps you get a text sent at the red light >> without slowing anyone else down, which I am not sure is any kind of >> technical victory but more like enabling an alcoholic. >> >> Unbelievably crappy ride. And it makes some sort of a clunk which sounds >> like a suspension component gone rogue. This has been a known issue with >> some of the early forgings and ball joints. I mean come on - if you are >> going to skimp, do it somewhere else. >> >> Combustion engines definitely save people from themselves. Max torque at >> zero rpm is kind of insane. And pedestrians tend to underestimate your >> speed or think you are farther away than you are because it makes no sound >> speeding up. It slows really fast and intuitively with just the accelerator >> pedal so it moves like something out of the Matrix speeding up and slowing >> down so much more readily and naturally than a gas car. To get a gas car to >> do the same thing, you have to burn immense amounts of gas through gear 1 >> and high rpm, which is not reclaimed with braking and you think "hey I'll >> just take it easy and save some fuel". But it seems free on batteries with >> regen braking, as I am paying squat for the energy. So this is just another >> level of around town speed up and slow down, as I expected but no one >> including me seems ready for the capability of the thing. We are in close >> traffic through Beverly Hills and honestly the car tempts you to do things >> you should not and makes them seem perfectly reasonable. It does not need >> 400 or 700hp or whatever it has. If they get that Aptera thing figured out >> and it has real controls and no gimmicks I would probably prefer it. >> Actually I would prefer a bike maybe with some electric assist, but I >> prefer to live longer than LA traffic would allow, if I can. >> >> >> >> >>> On Fri, Nov 11, 2022, 6:03 PM mitch--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> If I'm understanding Karl correctly, my hate for the touchscreen crap >>> has multiplied tenfold. >>> Having to take my eyes off the road and focus on a tactile free screen >>> to do anything is a safety hazard. >>> What pisses me off to no end is when my Chevy puts up a long paragraph >>> of verbiage on the screen, and requires me to hit the "OK, I actually >>> read all that bullshit while driving" button to bring the radio display >>> back up. What's all the verbiage? A warning to not read the damn screen >>> while driving!!! >>> Makes me want to drive into a tree just so I can sue GM. >>> >>> But aside from the aforementioned horribly unsafe safety warning, I can >>> live with the Chevy. The channel preset buttons are big, you can >>> eventually learn approximately where they are, and you're better off >>> using the buttons on the back of the steering wheel to just jump up/down >>> the channel list anyway. >>> >>> Having to negotiate levels of menus while driving makes me think the >>> best use of the Tesla would be to puncture the batteries, throw it off a >>> bridge an enjoy the fireworks when it hits the water. >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
