The post whore thread.

[Irving]

Nonsense. Tesla Model S starts at $68000, and you automatically get a $7500 federal rebate, along with a $5000 Colorado rebate. Add in the delivery and paperwork fees and you're sitting right at $60k. Same 0-60 time (5.5sec), lots of neat tech. Free supercharging, estimated gas savings of more than $1200 per year with my mileage.
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Now, comparing a barebones F-Type R at $108k (0-60 in 3.9sec) to a Tesla Model S 100D, at $81k after rebates (0-60 in 4.2) is a little more interesting. F-Type definitely wins in top speed (Gas-burning cars will easily win at this for the foreseeable future), and the sound of a well-tuned exhaust is certainly something that turns me on, but the P100D can do 0-60 in 2.5 seconds. That sounds painfully awesome. Both cars have lots of things going for them, but the F-Type does look like sex.

Yeah but how would you compare a 20111 Dodge Grand Caravan Mainstreet with 286 hp and 173,000 miles (purchased with 144,000 in May of last year) for $8,000?

[HoneyBadger]

Yeah but how would you compare a 20111 Dodge Grand Caravan Mainstreet with 286 hp and 173,000 miles (purchased with 144,000 in May of last year) for $8,000?

It's got more horsepower than my 2003 BMW 525i with 184 horsepower and 130,000 miles (Purchased with 115,000 in April of last year) for $3800.

[HoneyBadger]

My 0-60 time is officially 7.5 seconds.

[HoneyBadger]

My top speed is anecdotally 135+mph

[Great-Kazoo]

My top speed is anecdotally 135+mph

My Versa hatchback was clocked @ 109 mph

[Great-Kazoo]

Quick navigation pro-tip. When the nearest cross street to the address you're looking for is 547th and 848th, just expect that your tablet GPS (Google maps) isn't going to work well. When you end up 20 miles North, on the other side a lake, know that is par for the course.

Like the garmin telling the spouse @ 1.20 in the a.m Exit here.. Turn left in .4 miles, proceed 1.4 miles. You Have Arrived at your destination.
Supposedly the Marriot in UT. When in fact we were on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere.

Told her, the gps is wrong, Oh No lets see where it takes us.

[CS1983]

Like the garmin telling the spouse @ 1.20 in the a.m Exit here.. Turn left in .4 miles, proceed 1.4 miles. You Have Arrived at your destination.
Supposedly the Marriot in UT. When in fact we were on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere.

Told her, the gps is wrong Oh No lets see where it takes us.

Reminds me of the joke about the 4ID patch's symbolism: 4 butter-bars pointing north

[Irving]

My top speed is anecdotally 135+mph

I forgot about top speed! I think it's governed at 107, but haven't checked. It has seen 99 mph several times though.

[HoneyBadger]

Also, since we're speaking about cars, I'm pretty sure I remember doing the price of ownership comparison on this forum and things have actually worked out even better than expected.

I projected my annual cost of ownership (gas, insurance, registration, depreciation, and maintenance/repairs) to be about $4600/yr for the next 5 years.
In the 11 months I've owned the car, I've spent $2913 (+/- $100) on those expenses, and about $300 of that was optional spending to replace floormats and headlight housings. Another $140 was spent on preventative maintenance that probably could have waited another 6-12 months. Sometime in the next 24 months, I'm expecting to spend about $1400 on suspension components, but that still leaves me well below budget. This is way cooler than being in debt.

[HoneyBadger]

I forgot about top speed! I think it's governed at 107, but haven't checked. It has seen 99 mph several times though.

Yeah, it turns out there are several different racing/driving clubs in the area, and one of them rents out the local airport once a month to do autocross and sanctioned racing on the runway. pretty cool. Lots of very proud Corvette owners in the area. Usually a Miata can beat them in autocross and it's hilarious.