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Happy Father's Day, gents! This time I mean it.

Had a great afternoon meeting Chris, his wife and son. @A Horse With No Name Thank you for taking the time out of your trip to meet me with a wonderful face to face discussion with your family. Got some great ideas for posts from our chat. For those that have wondered how big I am, Chris can attest that I am not a small man. He got to see my Escalade. Safe flight home Kim and Chris. See ya soon.

Workin on Father’s Day (with my son).

Pro-level race vehicles are completely gone through after EVERY RACE. Some motorsports rebuild the entire engine after every race. I would not choose to call that 'durable' as related to passenger vehicles.

Teslas's do seem quite durable. Mercedes used their Formula 1 powertrain team to help develop the EQS motors, and the new AMG plug-in hybrid powertrains. Formula 1 parts have to be pretty durable.

Oh f@#king stop it. Their claim is as valid as Mercedes and the EQS which is almost assured to not keep the 400 miles range. It’s been well discussed as to why so just save it. As far as Lucid, their quality can be no worse than Tesla’s is TODAY. Screw ten years ago. So, in other words (and without the fanboy superlatives), they haven’t buried anyone. They can’t even beat BMW and Tesla at this point. That is not “king of the mountain” in sales but then again, fanboy logic.

It is not all that matter. The Model S is a freakishly fast car though, that is going to attract sales. But the Model 3 Performance also is really fast for less money, and the Model S was dated. Perhaps with this refresh the Model S will see an increase in sales.

Mercedes is #1 in the world in luxury cars sales. Mercedes has the Nurburgring record holder, and 7 consecutive Formula 1 championships. They are king of the mountain at the track and the sales chart. Although Tesla and BMW beat Mercedes in the USA last year, so they need to get that sales title back.

A6 E-tron will probably come up short of 400 on the EPA rating, but still adequate range for sure. Audi and Mercedes pose the biggest threat to Tesla. Lucid Air claims over 400, let's see what happens, they never have even built a car yet. And how is their quality going to be? Probably where Tesla's was 10 years ago. EQS is currently in production, as is the Model S. These other guys are concepts, pipe dreams, and "coming soon" product.