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https://electrek.co/2019/08/09/porsche- ... -launches/


Electricity


The first run starts at about the 4 minute mark
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billy.pilgrim wrote:
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https://electrek.co/2019/08/09/porsche- ... -launches/

Electricity

The first run starts at about the 4 minute mark
Cool, thanks, but maybe not very green. :problem:
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Vrede too wrote:
Sat Aug 10, 2019 10:52 am
billy.pilgrim wrote:
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https://electrek.co/2019/08/09/porsche- ... -launches/

Electricity

The first run starts at about the 4 minute mark
Cool, thanks, but maybe not very green. :problem:
I don't think they were shooting for green
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Love that going green sound!


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billy.pilgrim wrote:
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I don't think they were shooting for green
:lol: :thumbup:
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https://youtu.be/rRTDAf6CPxY


Could be I'm buying too soon, but damn, it's been 16 years, this greedy consumer is ready for something now.
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billy.pilgrim wrote:
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https://youtu.be/rRTDAf6CPxY


Could be I'm buying too soon, but damn, it's been 16 years, this greedy consumer is ready for something now.
The truck is way cool but I'm not too sure I'd want to do that lariat gig with the power cord when it was time to charge up. I don't have a cowboy hat or none of that other shit. And I put Elon in the trump bucket when he talks about this thing being anywhere near equal to a Porsche 911 in any category other than battery capacity.

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neoplacebo wrote:
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billy.pilgrim wrote:
Sun Aug 11, 2019 2:51 pm
https://youtu.be/rRTDAf6CPxY


Could be I'm buying too soon, but damn, it's been 16 years, this greedy consumer is ready for something now.
The truck is way cool but I'm not too sure I'd want to do that lariat gig with the power cord when it was time to charge up. I don't have a cowboy hat or none of that other shit. And I put Elon in the trump bucket when he talks about this thing being anywhere near equal to a Porsche 911 in any category other than battery capacity.

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billy.pilgrim wrote:
Sun Aug 11, 2019 5:15 pm
neoplacebo wrote:
Sun Aug 11, 2019 4:44 pm
billy.pilgrim wrote:
Sun Aug 11, 2019 2:51 pm
https://youtu.be/rRTDAf6CPxY


Could be I'm buying too soon, but damn, it's been 16 years, this greedy consumer is ready for something now.
The truck is way cool but I'm not too sure I'd want to do that lariat gig with the power cord when it was time to charge up. I don't have a cowboy hat or none of that other shit. And I put Elon in the trump bucket when he talks about this thing being anywhere near equal to a Porsche 911 in any category other than battery capacity.

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I didn't get that from the video if it was there. There's more than a dozen iterations of the 911 and I believe the quickest one does zero to sixty in 2.6

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That's quicker. The model 3 comes in at 3.2 and the other models around 3.
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Top 10 production cars 0-60 here...
https://driving.ca/auto-news/news/top-1 ... -to-60-mph

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Thanks; the Tesla is faster than I thought it was. But that is logical in the sense that the Tesla electric motors are probably direct coupled to the drive wheels but the gasoline engines have to convert up/down or in/out motion of pistons to rotary motion. The Tesla provides rotary motion from the get go.

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Going Green 0-135mph in 9.7 seconds


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I have decided to get me one of these but will have to live in it and also find some room mates.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/buga ... 00763.html

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neoplacebo wrote:
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I have decided to get me one of these but will have to live in it and also find some room mates.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/buga ... 00763.html
:D Get a bunch. Do you think 17 Russians would be enough?

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Not bad, but I'd rather have some Russian ballerinas instead. :)

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I really thought about buying the StingRay raffle tix, just so I could brag here if I won, but between taxes, transport, speeding ticket/s, selling it, etc. I decided that winning would be more hassle than it was worth.
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Vrede too wrote:
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I really thought about buying the StingRay raffle tix, just so I could brag here if I won, but between taxes, transport, speeding ticket/s, selling it, etc. I decided that winning would be more hassle than it was worth.
I feel the same way about that trump winning he used to talk about before the election......it turned out to be whining instead, and it sure as hell is all hassle and no worth. I expect a significant increase in whining, as well as not winning, over the next year.

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