11-30-2019, 08:13 AM | #23 | |
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The advantage of Tesla has for car enthusiasts, of which you are one, is most all EVs are direct drive and have no transmission, so the drivetrain acts like a well-driven (enthusiast-driven) manual transmission where the drivetrain is always in the correct gear for the desired driving action. As a car enthusiast who enjoys and practices the art of driving, any ICE automatic transmission drivetrain is undesirable to me. Of the electrics I've driven, the direct-drive electric drivetrain is a suitable replacement for a manual transmission. Now if someone would make a non-butt-ugly (inside and out) 4-door sedan EV, then I'd consider replacing my E90. The Model 3 didn't get there.
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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11-30-2019, 08:23 AM | #24 |
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Sadly all the good looking EV's are at a higher price tag anywhere from $70k+, Model S, Taycan, iPace, etc.
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11-30-2019, 08:30 AM | #25 |
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I've always loved cars and when I left San Diego in 2008 after living there for 10 yrs, BMW's (and Mercedes) where the cars to have, and they were just everywhere. A city (or county rather) with a fun car culture. Fast forward to 2019 - we stayed there this summer for a month - didn't see many bimmers, but boy where Tesla's everywhere. Coming back to the east coast one of my takeaways was Tesla is the next big thing.
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