Modesty prevents me from answering that question, I'm afraid.
(Oh, OK then. YES!!, and as it was RWD and had the battery pack centrally mounted it was a drifter's dream! Now, I have to go and do some penance.) MW On 7 Mar 2013, at 21:47, J Smithy wrote: > While I'm sure the photos appeal to the "trashy and juvenile" let's look at > the bigger picture... Some might associate wheel spin with the gun shots and > explosions of movies, but let's not assume that applies to everyone! > > For some folks, that is not pornography, it is art. Your potential Tesla > buyer is more likely to own a fast, expensive car rather than a slow econobox. > > The SCCA (a U.S. grass roots racing organization) did a survey of their > demographics. The racers are wealthier and better educated than average. Yes, > they'd be interested in whether the car is able to spin the wheels. > Let's look at the big picture, it will help EVs succeed if they appeal to as > broad an audience as possible. > BTW Martin, apparently even you aren't immune to using the speed thing to > sell EVs! (Not a critique, this is a definitely a two thumbs up kind of > thing!) Here are some quotes from your evalbum page: > " It will aslo give the van much better acceleration" > "Clutch now re-instated with a home made flywheel. It is SO much easier to > drive!!! 0-60 acceleration DOUBLED!" > "Acceleration: Quite peppy starting from 0 in 2nd gear and frankly rather > scary in first! ... Overall, better than stock at low speeds." > I can't resist asking... Did you ever get wheel spin on your electric van? > Bonus points for answering, and double bonus points if the answer is yes! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Martin WINLOW > Sent: 03/07/13 01:23 AM > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Excellent ROAD & TRACK article on the TESLA-S > > The simple fact that R&T chose to show not one but two (and a half) photos of > the S doing doughnuts demonstrates exactly what a trashy and juvenile > publication it is and consigns it and anything it has to say to the dustbin > as far as I'm concerned. I imagine anyone over 12 years of age who is in a > position to seriously consider actually buying an S would feel the same way. > Thankfully, with the relevant fuse in, it's unlikely to be something an S > driver will be able to do anyway. Regards, Martin Winlow Herts, UK > http://www.evalbum.com/2092 www.winlow.co.uk > -------------- next part -------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130308/739d7d43/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
