Plaid vs McLaren

[Jolly]

Now, drive the Plaid from Jacksonville to Denver.

[Mik]

Plaid - 0 to 60 in 2.1 seconds.

[Mik]

@jolly said in Plaid vs McLaren:

Now, drive the Plaid from Jacksonville to Denver.

My friend drove his from New Braunfels up here and back. The Tesla will tell you where you need to stop.

[George K]

@jolly said in Plaid vs McLaren:

Now, drive the Plaid from Jacksonville to Denver.

Exactly.

We drive about 9K miles per year. NEVER more than 100 miles per trip. But in our condo, getting a charging situation is prohibitively expensive, and that cost is probably greater than any savings I'd gain by ditching dead dinosaurs.

[Mik]

Plan your trip.

https://www.tesla.com/trips#/?v=MS_2020_Performance&o=Jacksonville, FL, USA_Jacksonville Duval County FL@30.3321838,-81.65565099999999&s=&d=Denver, CO, USA_Denver Denver County CO@39.7392358,-104.990251

[George K]

@mik said in Plaid vs McLaren:

Plan your trip.

Okay...

25 hours, 1750 miles.

37 hours, 1967 miles.

Gas savings, $267. Add a motel for the extra 12 hours, plus meals, etc.

Nah...

[Mik]

Nonetheless, if you want to you can do it. And the charging stations are still in their infancy. The time factor has to do with the amount of time it takes to charge.

It's coming, like it or not.

[George K]

@mik said in Plaid vs McLaren:

It's coming, like it or not.

I know. The tech isn't there yet to do "gas station" fill-ups, yet.

I would go nuts spending half an hour charging my car.

The time factor has to do with the amount of time it takes to charge.

Yes, but it's still part of the trip. Who wants to hang around a gas station charging station for 30 minutes?

[Mik]

Tesla gives you games to play and stuff while you wait. You can do a race car course using the car's steering wheel.

[George K]

@mik said in Plaid vs McLaren:

Tesla gives you games to play and stuff while you wait. You can do a race car course using the car's steering wheel.

Yeah, that'll make it a LOT better....

[Mik]

You are even more of a Luddite than me!

[Doctor Phibes]

12 hours playing computer games in service stations while your car charges up? Living the dream!

[George K]

@doctor-phibes said in Plaid vs McLaren:

playing computer games in service stations

YOUR OWN CAR, MAN!!

That's totally different.

[LuFins Dad]

Who’s paying for all of this electricity? I’ve got no problem with electric car charging stations being installed as part of the infrastructure bill, but who is actually paying for the juice?

[Doctor Phibes]

@george-k said in Plaid vs McLaren:

@doctor-phibes said in Plaid vs McLaren:

playing computer games in service stations

YOUR OWN CAR, MAN!!

That's totally different.

OK, sitting there playing games in your car and telling passers-by 'This thing is faster than a Mclaren, you know!'

Why not just paint a bit 'L' on your forehead and be done with it?