Tesla Model S Plaid
06-02-22, 10:33 AM
#1936
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Most people know Tesla's are fast, but what makes a Plaid a sleeper is there is no badging on it that identifies it as a Plaid. It just looks like a Model S. Even I can't tell if It's a Plaid until I see it in action. The week before I was in Southern Cal and someone in an Audi A8 was trying to race someone in what I thought was a Model S...until I saw him disappear. Than I knew that was not just a Model S, but a Plaid
06-02-22, 10:37 AM
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, especially if you own a home and have a family. Can all Plaid owner afford a Ferrari or Lambo? That all depends on how affluent they are how much their disposable income is
06-02-22, 10:43 AM
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06-02-22, 10:43 AM
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I like cars I can drive every day. Thats why the Plaid would appeal to me before a Lambo or Ferrari would. I don't have any desire to have a bunch of different cars that I have to worry about housing and taking care of etc. Hence why I don't like performance cars, I don't want to drive around a stiff, firm overwrought car when most of the time I'm just driving up and down the highway every day. If I wanted to own multiple cars and I didn't have to drive it every day then sure I'd buy a performance car.
06-02-22, 10:45 AM
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06-02-22, 10:46 AM
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If you can buy a Plaid, you can buy an exotic car if you really wanted to. Lots of different financing options available on exotic cars (especially Ferraris) than bring the payments down to where you would be surprised. The big issue there is those cars can't really be your daily and a Plaid can be your only car.
Point is you don't have to be wealthy to buy an exotic car either, it just takes some finagling.
06-02-22, 10:48 AM
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No but I would never drive it that fast, so the top speed is irrelevant to me. I'm would be most interested on how fast it got 0 to 80, which would be the top speed I would ever drive it. Where I live in California, most friendly races are either light to light, or freeway on ramp, with the occasional quick lane changes and merging. Even illegal street racing which is prevalent in places like San Jose where I live and Los Angeles, a race never lasts more than 20 seconds and is over. We just don't drive steady fast speeds here like they do in Europe
06-02-22, 10:49 AM
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Theres nothing different about housing and caring for a performance car, the point is having ANOTHER car to house and care for, because I would want a comfortable soft luxury cruiser for every day AND a performance car if I had a performance car. Meaning, I would need 3 cars where now I have 2.
06-02-22, 10:50 AM
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06-02-22, 10:53 AM
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Most people know Tesla's are fast, but what makes a Plaid a sleeper is there is no badging on it that identifies it as a Plaid. It just looks like a Model S. Even I can't tell if It's a Plaid until I see it in action. The week before I was in Southern Cal and someone in an Audi A8 was trying to race someone in what I thought was a Model S...until I saw him disappear. Than I knew that was not just a Model S, but a Plaid
06-02-22, 10:54 AM
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06-02-22, 10:56 AM
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That wasn't my point. What I was trying to say was I had no idea this was a Plaid, the the A8 driver apparently had no idea. I've been in a Model S and they are insanely fast, but this was beyond insane fast. It looked like the A8 was driving backwards trying to keep up with Plaid. I think if the A8 driver actually knew what he was up against, he would have not tried to engage. That was all I was saying
06-02-22, 10:58 AM
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I do, I have driven them. They ride great. In an SUV I would buy a Range Rover long before I bought a high performance Cayenne though for that money.
Theres nothing different about housing and caring for a performance car, the point is having ANOTHER car to house and care for, because I would want a comfortable soft luxury cruiser for every day AND a performance car if I had a performance car. Meaning, I would need 3 cars where now I have 2.
Theres nothing different about housing and caring for a performance car, the point is having ANOTHER car to house and care for, because I would want a comfortable soft luxury cruiser for every day AND a performance car if I had a performance car. Meaning, I would need 3 cars where now I have 2.
06-02-22, 11:01 AM
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06-02-22, 11:04 AM
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