Re:Tesla ‘Easter Egg’ Makes the Fast-Accelerating Model S Ev...
by mikeash on Thursday November 17, 2016 @09:03AM
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The tires also cost tens of thousands of dollars. The wheels need to be replaced fairly frequently as well, and they also cost tens of thousands of dollars. Supposedly there are Veyron owners who ship their car to a destination and then follow along in their private jet because that's cheaper than driving the car there. The P100D isn't cheap, but the Veyron is a whole different category of expensive.
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Re:Tesla ‘Easter Egg’ Makes the Fast-Accelerating Model S Ev...
by BMFX on Thursday November 17, 2016 @11:06AM
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There's a lot of cars that are like that. Cost in Fuel, Miles and general depreciation. Just ship it. Its not that crazy.
Also if anyone wants to see someone do a full on heavy run of the Veyron check out Ben on Goldrush 2015? He ran his I think to 255mph if memory serves me right...
Re:Tesla ‘Easter Egg’ Makes the Fast-Accelerating Model S Ev...
by mikeash on Thursday November 17, 2016 @11:09AM
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What's crazy about the Veyron isn't that it's cheaper to ship it than to drive it. It's that it's cheaper to ship it and fly there on your private jet than to drive it. Your car needs to be pretty expensive to operate for that to be a net win.
Maybe there are still "a lot" of cars like that in the realm of million-dollar supercars. But I think it qualifies as crazy when the context is a family sedan that's fairly cheap to operate.