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Getting a Tesla Model Y!!!

Good News!! We have a Tesla Model Y Long Range on order. The Car has been optioned with the metallic blue paint job, white interior, FSD, and the Base Gemini wheels. The car should arrive sometime in June if all goes well. At a whopping 70 grand the new Tesla will be by far the most expensive vehicle we have ever purchased. But a bad situation last year actually resulted in us being in a perfect position to pull the trigger on the car and NOT have the monthly payments put us in the poor house. Its strange that this will be the first time in my life that I will be driving a vehicle on my list of dream cars. .... not to mention that the Model Y is one of the most technologically advanced cars on the planet. Excited Chipmunk is Excited.

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KennyKitsune

2 years, 11 months ago

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Ohh boy! I hope you like it! Also hope your home has a good charging system too!

moyomongoose

2 years, 11 months ago

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Edited 2 years, 11 months ago by Owner

First off...I offer my congratulations on you getting your Tesla electric car.

I notice the electric cars now days are actually built as real cars, and no longer like glorified golf karts.

And to think, the typical electric cars back in the 1970s were only a two seat, upright, plastic booth on wheels not much bigger than the wheels go karts have. And 30 mph was top speed for those cars...if you were lucky.
https://youtu.be/ilIozuRmTQs?t=31

The first electric cars I've ever seen that were actually built as a real car had the brand name, Miles (Miles Electric).
On two separate occasions in 2007, I saw a car carrier load of them aboard a semi rig parked at a gas station in Clinton, Arkansas. Those cars were about the size of a 1980 Honda Civic.
I never saw any of them on the road though. And those two loads of them were the only ones I've ever seen...After seeing no more of them, I've often wondered if production of the Miles Electric cars was stopped because of George Bush Jr. who still was president at the time, considering the Bush family are rich and powerful oil barrens.
By the way, during the Bush administration, I remember reading where Wikipedia quoted a federal statute limiting the top speed capabilities of electric cars to 25 mph...Obviously that law has been repealed a long time ago.

moyomongoose

2 years, 11 months ago

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Edited 2 years, 11 months ago by Owner

@ moyomongoose

I've seen a car today that the Miles Electric cars in 2007 looked very much like. Those Miles Electric cars resembled in both size and appearance to a 2010 Hyundai Accent.
https://www.google.com/search?q=2010+hyundai+accent&...

Pakrat

2 years, 11 months ago

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Edited 2 years, 11 months ago by Owner

I can't afford a Tesla, therefore I drive a used Prius (2004). I got it for about $7700, and I love it. ;) I'd like to keep driving it until hybrids and electrics become as common on the road as normal cars. When I parked it last night after work, the fuel economy for this tank so far was 55.9 MPG. ^^ I saw a Tesla going the other way on Monday, and I was driving with electricity alone (which the Prius can do for a few minutes at a time). Just be a smart chippy and don't play dangerous tricks with Autopilot. *hugs* Otherwise, have fun with it, and I thank you for doing your bit for the environment. ^.^

moyomongoose

2 years, 11 months ago

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@ Pakrat

Most of the time, with few exception, the cars I've been able to afford have been old beaters going for several hundred dollars. Most times I've been thankful to have a car as long as it has four wheels, it runs and it has not yet begun falling apart.

tamiasthechipmunk

2 years, 11 months ago

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@ moyomongoose

Oooh my family and I were in the same situation. Financial hardships limited us to winter beaters and we were lucky we had that much.

Pakrat

2 years, 11 months ago

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@ moyomongoose

That was about double the price of my previous used car (which was double the price of the car before it), so it was definitely an investment. :) I don't think I'll ever buy a car new, the value drops as soon as you drive it from the dealership. Electric cars competed with gasoline cars over a hundred years ago, now they're finally making their comeback. Thomas Edison was an early promoter of them as well, with his nickel-iron battery powered cars.

https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/overview-of-early-elect...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_electric_v...
https://www.prewarcar.com/edison-s-electric-cars
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210223-the-battery...

moyomongoose

2 years, 11 months ago

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@ Pakrat

Many of the very first cars were electric.

There were two reasons for that:
#1. When cars first starting making their appearance, gasoline engines still had development to be done to be practical for use in a vehicle.
#2. Electric cars were also ideal for women drivers because they didn't have to crank up a gasoline engine which took some strength to do. However, once electric starters were invented, the electric cars no longer had the advantage of appealing to women drivers. And by then, gasoline engines were refined enough to be practical for use in cars. And back in those days, gasoline powered cars were faster and more powerful than electric cars, which is what killed the further production of electric cars.

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