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Tesla Model 3 early reviews: swoons, sticker shock
San Jose Mercury ^ | July 31, 2017 | Louis Hansen

Posted on 07/31/2017 7:41:10 PM PDT by artichokegrower

The Tesla Model 3 has arrived with a whoosh, leaving some tech and automotive writers breathless and blushing.

Wired gasps its “much more than an electric car.” Mashable swoons the Model 3 is “pretty damn awesome.” Business Insider has a topper, saying “the entire world will want this car.” Others getting a few minutes behind the wheel — Tesla limited exposure — found it quite fetching. The first 30 cars were handed over to early supporters and employees Friday.

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To: fella

Wouldn’t six days, six hours and six minutes be a better bet?


61 posted on 08/01/2017 6:12:38 AM PDT by gnickgnack2 ( Another bad day for Trump, he only got seven major things accomplished .)
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To: yarddog

“it lasted them almost 8 trouble free miles”

Sounds like a 1972 Ford, Fix or Repair Daily.


62 posted on 08/01/2017 6:16:49 AM PDT by gnickgnack2 ( Another bad day for Trump, he only got seven major things accomplished .)
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To: gnickgnack2

I like 7 and 13.


63 posted on 08/01/2017 6:26:40 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: gnickgnack2

I can’t believe I wrote such an unintentionally funny line.

Of course I meant 8 trouble free years.

Still I am going to remember that one and use it again, this time on purpose.


64 posted on 08/01/2017 6:26:55 AM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: MountainWalker

Ok, so it doesn’t work for you.

What I don’t get is the prolific vitriol spewed by so many people on FR just because a machine/product doesn’t match _their_ particular, and well-supplied, needs.


65 posted on 08/01/2017 8:03:54 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: adorno

I’d be happy with a base T3.


66 posted on 08/01/2017 8:05:38 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: artichokegrower

The 300 mile range is likely under ideal conditions. Using the air conditioning, heater, defroster, lights, radio or windshield wipers will reduce that range. Also environmental factors affect battery life...below freezing temperatures or temperatures above 100 degrees. Consider the hours long charging time if you are on the road..longer still if you have to wait at a charging facility while someone else is spending hours recharging.


67 posted on 08/01/2017 8:12:00 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcherhttp://www.stone)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

“This is meant to be a competitor for the Mercedes C-class, the BMW 3 series and the Audi A4. “

No way. They are clunky because of how light they have to make them. They are not in a 3 series class whatsoever.


68 posted on 08/01/2017 8:21:40 AM PDT by CodeToad (AA)
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To: CodeToad

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You are 100% correct!

Tin Cans is the most apt description of these throw-away cars.
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69 posted on 08/01/2017 8:23:15 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: American in Israel

1 HP = 745 watts.


70 posted on 08/01/2017 8:23:23 AM PDT by CodeToad (AA)
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To: The Great RJ

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Consider the coal that has to be burned inefficiently to power them!
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71 posted on 08/01/2017 8:24:52 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

And don’t forget...some Teslas will be nuclear powered as well. That should make some greenie heads explode!


72 posted on 08/01/2017 8:43:33 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: neverevergiveup

“At this point in my life, my fantasy is to buy some land (at least a couple hundred acres with some water on it),”

Stop dreaming and do it!
Just go! The farther the better!
Rural life rocks.

Unless you are raising cows or horses you don’t need water on it. That is what a well is for.


73 posted on 08/01/2017 8:52:31 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: yarddog
Toyota Corolla (...) it lasted them almost 8 trouble free miles.

That does not sound particularly impressive.

74 posted on 08/01/2017 9:32:07 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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To: ctdonath2
I’d be happy with a base T3.

Okay, for this argument, you would be happy with a base T3. But, in reality, you would not settle for the base T3, and neither would the majority of T3 purchasers.
75 posted on 08/01/2017 9:56:59 AM PDT by adorno (w)
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To: roadcat

If she’s only driving 20 miles a day now, she could have bought a Nissan Versa and probably looking at 10 years before the premium she paid for her hybrid pays off - even longer if she financed.


76 posted on 08/01/2017 2:50:54 PM PDT by MountainWalker
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To: artichokegrower; All
"Tesla Model 3 early reviews:
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77 posted on 08/01/2017 2:54:17 PM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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To: MountainWalker

Nope. The Altima is over 8 years old now. She paid cash for it new, got it for about $26,000, and it’s loaded with features the Versa (a cheaper car) doesn’t have. She has well over 100,000 miles on it, and has traveled back and forth between California, Kansas, Texas and Iowa, with no problems at all. Batteries still going strong. She plans to pass it on to her daughter (now 5 years old). I told her that’s a stretch, but who knows maybe she will. After all, I’m still driving a 1966 car.


78 posted on 08/01/2017 4:06:49 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: MountainWalker

Oops, her Altima Hybrid is 10 years old, not 8, she bought a 2007 model in 2007.


79 posted on 08/01/2017 4:09:41 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: roadcat

My wife’s hybrid, a 2010 Honda Insight, now has 110k miles. We bought it barely used with 3k miles. When we first got it, it got 43mpg average with my wife driving lazily. Now she gets 37, which is around what a standard gas-only compact car will get you.

I’d be willing to bet your daughter’s car is not nearly as efficient as it was when she got it unless she’s extremely lucky.


80 posted on 08/01/2017 4:44:16 PM PDT by MountainWalker
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