[quote=AN][quote=earlyretirement]Most younger people know the car/model already but I’ve had several older people ask me “is that an Aston Martin”. LOL. I’ve gotten that about 4 times. And speaking of Aston Martin, I thought this video review was pretty cool from the UK of the Model S smoking an Aston.
I wonder if they’ll put more battery in the Model X to greatly extend the range, since they have a lot more space to work with. Imagine a 6000lb Model X tank that can go 500 miles. I think I’ll be totally interested in that.
I’m loving all these new tech that’s hitting the car market. Love this one from Toyota as well: http://www.autoblog.com/2013/09/11/toyota-yaris-hybrid-r-frankfurt-2013/#continued. Super-capacitor vs traditional batter. That’s cool. The new MBW i8 sounds cool too. For the car that size, I’m really impressed that they can get it to weigh ~3200 lb.[/quote]
There was a Tesla S at the August autocross.
It was a Model S 60.
It was brand new, I don’t think it had a plate on it yet. Spoke to him briefly. Nice guy. He did a 100.965 on a fast course. 64/100..However, I’m pretty sure it wasn’t representative of the car, but more likely he’s a new(er) driver and probably not trashing the car as much as other people were… The fastest X class was a near bone stock 04 miata with a 87.808, but that driver is not representative of the average either..He’s really good, since he normally stomps most everyone else regularly…
If the tesla driver shows up next time, I’ll see if I can get the time when the instructors runs it on the first practice lap. A few of us are curious about it as well..
ER…
Bring out your Tesla to play….$50 membership annually and $65/event and maybe a $200 helmet if you don’t want to borrow one……
