Jalopnik. It must be exciting to accelerate like that in silence; going fast must be a complete different experience.

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

I really, really, like the Model S. Its a nice slice of the future, and not bad looking really.

I'd consider one, but only after it seasons for a few years on the market. Don't want to end up with something like a Fisker Karma...

Plus luxury cars are a dime a dozen, but no one has a Model S yet...

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Half a year ago you would see Fisker Karma's all over LA; now they completely disappeared. Bad ass looking car tho.

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

What happened to the Fisker?

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

The dash on the Model S would take some getting used to. Maybe it looks better in person?

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

How long can that thing maintain it's capacity??

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1987 300SDL (324000)

1986 Porsche 951 (944 Turbo) (166000)

1978 Porsche 924 (99000)

1996 Nissan Pathfinder R50 (201000)

Do an endurance race and then see who wins

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Spontaneous combustion and Justin Bieber.

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

The Tesla with the 300 mile battery pack would be pretty close or win. M5's burn fuel.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Perhaps the tesla would edge out the Bimmer now. But what happens later on down the road, when the batteries have some years and mileage on them? Will they GO 200K miles. Will they last at least 20 years?? Just how long will it take before that originally phenomenal performance begins to deteriorate?? And, by how much?

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1987 300SDL (324000)

1986 Porsche 951 (944 Turbo) (166000)

1978 Porsche 924 (99000)

1996 Nissan Pathfinder R50 (201000)

Too bad Tesla is a failure.

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

The couter point is that you can put in a new battery pack and be right back to the original performance or at least very close to it. The electric motor itself should last much longer than the internal combustion engine.

Everytime I fill up my gas tank and read the cancer warnings I wonder what the long term health benefits of having a electric car would be. It would also be nice to not have the mess related to oil and oil changes. I am not suggesting that disposing of the batteries is easy on the environment, but as a user you would be exposed to fewer chemicals and my garage floor would have fewer oil stains.

I like the concept of electric cars. As with most things there are advantages and disadvantages.