Tesla unveils new sports car...

Rusty

Wonder if Musk took lessons from GTM?

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markesc

Just yesterday I was ahead of a tesla, wife was checking out my car the entire time, so bored/rich/conspicuous consumers gravitate towards them. Personally if I had the money, it would go to a vehicle that keeps the Z's visceral driving fun, not some yawn mobile.

I now see more Teslas than 370's around here. They must be enjoying their checklist lifestyle! I love the Z, and it can haul goods just fine, you just have to be good at tetris

DCNISMO

I had a guy behind me once in a Tesla, who tried to follow me on a twisty two lane road when I had my Nismo.....first turn I was not in very hot, to see what he wanted to do....second turn I was in deeper, he tried to keep up and I could see his front end push a bit but he got through, third turn I wicked it up, I looked back and as he apexed his front end pushed as his oversized and overweight golf cart under-steered and he almost hit the guardrail on the other side of the road. So yes, I sort of egged him on and gave him the false impression through two turns at least, that he could keep up. His wife probably cut him off for a few weeks after that.

Rusty

That's the game I play with most idiots who try to tail gate me.

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Kingbaby

^^^
You two gentlemen need to stop picking on the newbs lol

It’s crazy how many people with big performance cars don’t understand entry/exit of a turn

Makes my 05 Civic look like a S2000 lol

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ZCanadian

And the funny thing is, the Tesla (Model S, anyway) is very clever at torque vectoring its way out of trouble in fast corners. I had one blow by me on the track at the entry to a fairly tight bend at far faster speeds than I was comfortable taking my 4C into (and I was on semi-slicks, he was less experienced than I on track and was riding street rubber, but had an instructor onboard). Despite making a dog's breakfast of the entry line, the car (bless it) got him out of trouble. I think the driver wet himself, though, as I was right on his tail by the exit and on the following straight when he should have launched himself out of my slight, I passed him easily!

Bottom line, I guess you can't really beat the laws of physics. Even if you can cheat them occasionally!

DCNISMO

The weight of the Tesla and it’s narrow tires, even torque vectoring can’t overcome the physics of that combined with the radius of the turn. Once that weight starts that direction the inertia is hard to overcome.