[stoopid]

Originally Posted by Nor Cal ZL1

Naw I get paid far above the norm and cover all of Nor Cal, plus the commute is done in a company vehicle with a company gas card. The way I see it is an hour and fifteen to work and back, that's pretty normal here. Some do that just to cover what should be fifteen minutes in the city.

That's a personal/professional choice, but it isn't the norm. ie - anecdotal.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...-gotten-worse/

1 percent of American workers (660,000 50+ miles 90+ minutes, you'd be a slight outlier) join you in the joyous waste of their personal time in pursuit of the golden dollar.

More info:

http://www.census.gov/hhes/commuting...20the%20US.pdf

Google's great.

[Mr. iNCREDIBLE]

Originally Posted by Camaro_Corvette

Want to drive one.

Originally Posted by trademaster

Right? It's hard for me to imagine 0-60 in 3.2 with no engine noise. Hell, it's hard for me to imagine acceleration that fast in a sedan at all!

The owner of the former company I worked for has one, and while I no longer work for them, Ed calls me for side work all the time.

He let me drive his p85 from PCH and Sunset Blvd up to Sunset and the 405 freeway.

If you know this area (or look on a map) Sunset thru Pacific Palisades is twisties and 45+ speed limit in some areas. Freaking amazing car to drive on a road like that, takes a bit of a learning curve because your natural habit is to brake into the turn and accelerate out of it, but with the single gear electric motor you almost never have to touch the brake pedal, the car slows down incredibly fast into the turn and sling shots out of it.

the day I drove the P85 Ed also let me drive his Porsche 911 GT-3 on the same road and it is night and day driving the 2 vehicles, they handle completely different..

[Nor Cal ZL1]

Originally Posted by stoopid

That's a personal/professional choice, but it isn't the norm. ie - anecdotal.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...-gotten-worse/

1 percent of American workers (660,000 50+ miles 90+ minutes, you'd be a slight outlier) join you in the joyous waste of their personal time in pursuit of the golden dollar.

More info:

http://www.census.gov/hhes/commuting...20the%20US.pdf

Google's great.

Well since I make over twice what the local pay scale would be, I shall pursue the golden dollar. I also receive pay for driving, so it is no big deal. So in other words I work a 8 hour day, receive 10 hours of pay, and don't pay for the vehicle or gas. This situation is very normal for commuting where cities are spaced very far apart. About 500,000 cars commute into San Fran a day, most of that number fit into the sample you provided alone in just one city. Hell I bet So Cal is double that figure by itself.
But this thread is not about this, so I will chase the dollar, and take long drives in my Z on the weekends.

[Bizaro]

Originally Posted by Nor Cal ZL1

Well since I make over twice what the local pay scale would be, I shall pursue the golden dollar. But this thread is not about this, so I will chase the dollar, and take long drives in my Z on the weekends.

Damns someones dishing out asswhopins on the haters today!

[stoopid]

Originally Posted by Nor Cal ZL1

Well since I make over twice what the local pay scale would be, I shall pursue the golden dollar. I also receive pay for driving, so it is no big deal. So in other words I work a 8 hour day, receive 10 hours of pay, and don't pay for the vehicle or gas. This situation is very normal for commuting where cities are spaced very far apart. About 500,000 cars commute into San Fran a day, most of that number fit into the sample you provided alone in just one city. Hell I bet So Cal is double that figure by itself.
But this thread is not about this, so I will chase the dollar, and take long drives in my Z on the weekends.

You posted as if your situation was normal, and it's not. It's normal in the microcosm of your particular geographic space, but it's a very small space compared to the whole and very abnormal when figured against overall averages.

Frankly, commuting is the least fun thing I do. Necessary evil, and factors into my employment decisions. Like you, I could make more if I was willing to commute further, or live in traffic hell NYC. But I choose to sacrifice a couple bucks in my wallet for less aggravation and greater personal time/freedom. We only live once.

Didn't even mention traffic jams, which only compounds those numbers when they happen.

[trademaster]

Originally Posted by Nor Cal ZL1

Naw I get paid far above the norm and cover all of Nor Cal, plus the commute is done in a company vehicle with a company gas card. The way I see it is an hour and fifteen to work and back, that's pretty normal here. Some do that just to cover what should be fifteen minutes in the city.

So. . . you would be just fine with a Tesla since your extensive commute isn't done in your personal vehicle. Even at 140 miles per day, plug in the Tesla at night and you're good to go for your daily commute, no problem. Yeah, if you drive in your own car from Chicago to New York on a regular basis a Tesla might be inconvenient, but you will probably want a hybrid or something super efficient in that case, not any of the cars we talk about here.

Again, unless you plan on weekly road trips halfway across the country a Tesla will do just fine. I haven't driven 800 miles in one trip since I was in college. That's what airplanes are for. I can understand if you're going on a family vacation or something, but then you'll probably want an SUV anyway. It seems to me you're searching for situations where a Tesla wouldn't be ideal, but in almost all of those cases a Camaro wouldn't be ideal either.

If you could automatically leave your house every day with a full tank of gas, how often would you fill up? That's essentially what the Tesla Model S range offers now.

[Kyle2k]

So is the new performance version AWD or?

[stoopid]

Originally Posted by Kyle2k

So is the new performance version AWD or?

AWD