Sorry, I grouped two quotes together, his logic was flawed from what I have seen. It doesn't surprise me at all that our country''s electrical system is inadequate. Don't worry, I am sure we will all pay fo it somehow.
Gutted Tesla Trolls The Streets
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Respectfully we can agree to disagree, but when the Mustang was sideways out past 250 ft it wasn't because he didn't have enough power. The Mustang I'm referencing was maroonish in coler and that car was a track car - not street. He left double streaks off the line for that matter.
And they raced again, he still got dusted. Like I said, they pulled fairly close off the line. They could have raced till his charge ran low, he still would not have caught him. Our track requires 8 to 10 psi in slicks being an air port runway, not all tracks have great prep or traction. That is like me saying, if my lane was a vertical drop and the other guy went up Mt Everest, I would win. Against some cars, I would need that. A real, well prepared track would sort this out but these guys are obviously fools. A good track is the great equalizer, for these street racing fools, none are smart enough to do it there. We could argue all day, but electric absolutely embarrassed on the street that night.
The Mustang driver was racing, he had to moderate the power to keep the car under control while the tesla driver was a passenger since all he did was to hit the button to accelerate and then the systems in the car took over. I don't see how the electric car embarrassed any of the competition since they had nothing to lose. I give the guys who competed more credit for building their cars than a guy who bought a car built by Elon and took out the interior.
Absolutely, the Tesla is a bought and paid for car. I honestly thought it would be the other way around, the Tesla would get the jump and the others would catch up and make it close. Maybe they let off once they realized they lost? Funny how technology gadgets like traction control for gas powered vehicles give dismal 1/4 mile times, due to wheel spin and therefore brakes clamp on. I would say a Subaru or Porsche AWD would be much better race. It probably doesn't help, I don't care for the Fox body Mustang's style wise. Every spoiled kid I went to school with had a 5L HO 5 spd and thought they were hot sh*t.
I don't like the Mustang either but that was not my point, the Mustang owner build the car and the driver had to drive it. My son has a 2017 4 series BMW with the M package. He can sit there and put in the launch mode, feet on the brake and the gas to rev the engine and and once a checkered flag shows up ion the screen he releases the brake and the car takes off....he has all wheel drive so the only skill he needs is the job to make the money to buy the car and the knowledge to put it in launch mode.
Look how the Hellcat closed the gap at the top end in the video above, big horsepower at work. We have cars that would give that Tesla a run for it's money at our track with old school tech. Like many people, especially home built cars, some of those Mustang's may not be a well matched combo or less power than they thought. I figured, I did this and that, it made this horsepower, the track told me I was way off. I had no idea there was 0 driver effort in so many new cars, interesting.
I am one too, the book said the earlier born Millennials are not as connected as the later born ones. It also stated that the newer generations are already even more internet dependent than Millennials. Also not every cohort member is exactly the same, its just general trends.
With cars becoming so complex, the future of hotrodding will likely take a team of guys to hotrod a single car. Along with professional training and maybe a lab instead of a shop. The days of the shade tree are gone. I don't even think most classic car bodies could even take the stress of high instant torque like that either.
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