Drew Dowdell

Oh, and SuperChargers were never intended to replace regular charging at home. They are a courtesy add-on. What was tacky was people parking there all day or using it for all of their fill-ups.

It's not a prototype as more of a development platform. The front P85D motor, will most likely be the rear Model 3 and possibly entry Roadster motor. The technical know-how to blend the front and rear motors for AWD was needed ahead of the Model X. All of the Tesla models are interconnected in this way. Gigafactory will pay off.... I work in the energy sector... our solar division is the fastest growing division in our company and home batteries are going to follow right behind. The company I work for is making huge global investments in both of these, I just sat through 90 minutes of presentation on the subject today. I will say that it will be the commercial sector that goes Solar/Battery combo first as they have the biggest incentive and biggest savings to do so. Gigafactory isn't just about car batteries.

Keep it nice.... I have the means, I don't have the place to keep them and I have other needs that come first..... also, it costs a LOT of money to keep C&G going. I could have a new car AND storage for my old car next month if I pulled the plug here. But I kinda like this site.

Storage, I don't want to get divorced before I get married, I have other things I need to save/spend my money on right now, the next purchase is a 3-row crossover to replace the CR-V. But if you're buying..... I could probably find a place to hide it.

Ah it was the later XL7 I was thinking of... which is just a crying Saturn Vue

Why can't people like more than one thing? I'm an Oldsmobile guy, but my secret love is the old Eagle Talon.

No he didn't. The Solstice, Sky, GTO, and G8 were attempts to save the performance cars at GM through globalization. It wasn't about saving GM per say, it was about saving performance. The Kappa cars in particular were about 75% parts bin products. He did them on the cheap and used a left-over production plant to build them.

I'm not assuming. Read the article. He straight-up says it: "Get in a fifth-generation Camaro (even the SS 1LE), and you're reminded constantly that you're sacrificing for performance. In the Mustang, not so." As for why he never used the '16 Camaro as a comparison point, I have a theory. It's called, because the comparo showed how dominant the Alpha Camaro is. "I haven't gotten to read a comparion yet(not going to read pictures somebody posted), on what grounds did the mustang lose?" All of them, pretty much. But you'll have to read the pictures to see. "I'm not trying to justify that the Mustang is a better car all around or this or that but you're the only person who is attempting to make the Mustang look bad." -uh... Once again, read the pictures. And don't try to make me out to be the only guy taking potshots at the thing. The Interwebs are ablaze with scathing criticism. Styles and tone vary, but the general consensus is that Ford just got royally panted, with no real fix in sight. Literally from that article (since some did not bother to read it before commenting). "The interior is nice, too. Get in a fifth-generation Camaro (even the SS 1LE), and you're reminded constantly that you're sacrificing for performance." It was a stupid comparison to make with the 2016 coming out and the 2015 no longer in production. I'm in the minority in that I've never felt like driving the Camaro was a sacrifice. I'm not a performance car kinda guy.... preferring cars with air springs to tough handling... but I've done multiple long distance trips in the 5th-Gen and it was perfectly comfortable for the 2 of us. Note: I'm not making a comment about the Mustang with this statement.... only the Camaro.

I didn't know Nick had moved over to Mashable, I'll see him next month in LA I expect. I like Nick, but some of the thing he mentions in that article are simply F.U.D. 1. The reason Tesla sent out those letters is because there are people who are abusing the Supercharger stations. It has little to do with reducing their energy bills as most Supercharger stations are off-set with solar generation anyway. People were leaving their cars charging at the supercharger station to charge, and NOT charging at home. Keep in mind that Tesla can see the data from the cars, and if they see a car that never charges when at its home address and always charges at a supercharger, that's abusing the system. Some stations in California had lines forming for charging because people weren't moving their cars when done. It's an asshole move at a busy gas station and it's an asshole move at a supercharger station too. 2. This one Mike (Z-06 here) and I found out about last Detroit talking to the Tesla people.... I thought this was fairly common knowledge. The D cars are just test beds for powertrain development of future vehicles. The AWD availability? That was for the Model X. The lower power front motor in the P85D? Every single P85D is a powertrain mule for the Model 3. The ability to blend power front to back using that smaller motor? You heard it here first I guess... there will be a Telsa Model 3D. 3. The Gigafactory isn't done yet. I'll give you that Elon has a problem sticking to timelines, but lets not count this one as a lie or hype just yet. Without the Gigafactory, there is no supply to do the battery swap program in any usable volume. 4. Yes it does, and they're charging for it. Honestly, I think if there is a downfall to Tesla, this fault will be it: Spending lots of money on developing far out there features that even the most dedicated, wealthy, future adopter would hedge on... Biodefense? Falcon wing doors that required special sensors and lots of extra development? Had Tesla stuck to just normal doors and made a normal luxury SUV with otherwise normal for the class features, it would have come in about $30k cheaper.

Well they're not going to beat the S-Class with that.

The thing is, while Lutz could be counted on to get engineers to do the right thing in a typical car, the market is quickly leaving him behind. He'd be the man behind the development of the world's greatest flip phone and doesn't understand what all this Apple fad is about.

Though I have no information to back this up, my suspicion is that they just did a gasket job with the same part numbers and called it a day.

What bothers me is that the prior fixes didn't work... so I want to know what will be different this time.

It just looks like a concept version of the current model..

The Telsa Model 3 is more of an Electric 3-Series killer. Telsa has no problem attracting talent, and Tesla has pulled away Google and Apple engineers just as much as those two pulling from Tesla. The guys that hacked those Jeep Cherokees got hired by Tesla to help make the connected cars more secure.

I'm not sure you could live completely off-grid unless you're Elon and can afford a LOT of Powerwall.

I'm sure it will be less chopped in production (if). But I'm mostly excited about the return of the rotary.

If you list it in the member marketplace, I can share it out to some of our social media.

huh... I always thought those Suzukis were FWD based.

They were 5-lug

1. Tesla will have to address the franchise model eventually, but that doesn't make Tesla unsustainable. 2. The Bolt is only a warning shot if there is a sleek, sexy, Cadillac EV3 followup. The Bolt and the Model-S are not in the same segment. The Bolt is a LEAF killer, not a Model-S killer. 3. The people buying Teslas aren't doing it to save $50 a week on gas. This is a straw-man 4. How does this hurt Tesla?

I would think pretty much all the Fox Mustang aftermarket performance parts could be adapted to one of those Continentals..one could be the basis for a sweet lux-performance sleeper... Engine/transmission, yes. Everything else is more closely related to the Thunderbird/Cougar. Which were also Fox bodies.. I suppose, but there were parts differences. Things like radiators, shocks, alternators, interior electronics, were all shared with the bigger coupes rather than the Mustang, Go on... ask me how I know. :-P

I would think pretty much all the Fox Mustang aftermarket performance parts could be adapted to one of those Continentals..one could be the basis for a sweet lux-performance sleeper... Engine/transmission, yes. Everything else is more closely related to the Thunderbird/Cougar.

I wouldn't turn down an '82 Continental if that was the only choice, but I do prefer the updates of the '86-'87 version, interior and exterior refresh, TPI H.O. V8. Lincoln updated and refreshed this car almost every year it was in production because it never caught on with the public. As much as I like the style of my GM E/K-Bodies, these Continentals were far far better built, with their only major flaw being their airbag suspension (which people make too big a deal about fixing IMHO, it's a 60 minute job once you have parts.)

The 4.1 version of our forum software was released today, we're currently on 3.4.8, It looks promising as an upgrade for us finally. The 4.0 release was riddled with bugs and missing features, so I didn't upgrade us to that. Have a test board installing now. If it works out, hopefully will migrate us in mid-december so we'll have enough time to shake out any issues before detroit.