Goodbye, Old Butters. Hello, New Butters.
So I just came back from test driving a Tesla Model S, and
Holy
Fucking
Shitsnacks.
This car is out of this world. I don't care what kind of a gas-loving gear-headed oil-drinker you are, you HAVE to try one of these cars out yourself and at least consider making it your next car.
The Tesla location in Laval is a service station with about 7 Model S's on the lot. When I got there the sales rep was super friendly and took the time to show me the exterior of the car including the "Frunk" (awesome!). The car is super sleek and sexy and conservative in its styling.
But who cares about that. The real fun is inside.
The car's door handles automatically extend outward as I approach the car. When I get in the air conditioner is already on. As I sit my ass down the dash lights up. No keys except for a Keyfob I kept in my pocket.
The dash is all electronic. No out-dated mechanical gauges. A giant 17" multi-touch sensitive screen to my right is showing me endless data, status indicators, graphs and charts and maps and even an Internet browser for fucksakes. Perfectly positioned and angled and comfortable as hell to use even while driving.
To "Start" the car, you step on the brake, and move a lever sticking from the right hand side of the steering colum to "D" to drive or "R" to reverse. Thats it! No Engine to start. No rumble to life. Just ____________________ silence.
I take it out on the road. Fast. Responsive. Exactly what you would expect. The steering feels a little too wide / luxurious for me but hey - no problem. I press "Config" then then "Sport" on the touch screen and now the turning radius is shorter and the steering stiffer. Nice. You can even adjust the car's suspension and height from the ground, or let it adjust automatically based on how fast you are going. Imagine that! Via SOFTWARE, you can place your card in sport mode when you want to have fun, and standard mode when you just want to cruise.
After about 15 minutes of driving around and taking it easy I gun it. Well, I don't gun it, but I step on the "gas" pedal to see what it can do, and HOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS CAR IS FAST!!!
I can't emphasize this enough. It is not "fast" for an electric car. It's not "fast" for a V6 gas car. It's not "fast" for a super charged V8. It's F A S T! The acceleration is disturbingly, scary fast. When they say "Instant Torq", I now know what they mean. On the highway I kept slowing down to gain as much distance as I could from the slowpokes ahead of me then gunned the "gas" again and again. SICK FAST! and SO FUN!
Seriously. Forget whatever negative thoughts you have about Tesla or electric cars. No matter what you think, you are completely wrong. The Tesla Model S, and the upcoming model X are the future of cars that are actually here today, that you can actually buy, and without spending alot of money. And the best thing is, after driving around all that time I didn't even put a dent in its battery. I didn't once worry about driving distance, and just laughed as I drove past the gas stations selling fuel at $1.42 per litre. Fuck you, Gas, fuck you.
TESLA : AWESOME!