Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk Says

Re:Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk Says by yid on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @01:04PM (#4877552)

Great comment, thank you. I'd just like to add that the "frunk" isn't new -- I've been stashing my gym bag in my Porsche 911's frunk for years (it's a rear-engined car).

Edit: While I absolutely live the Model S, I can assure you that exceeding stalwarts of the 5-series category, like the BMW M5, will not be as easy to disrupt as the market the Model S aims for.

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Re:Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk Says by jlgreco on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @01:16PM (#4877634)

Does Porsche call it a "frunk" too? I can't stand that word, it's cute, but awful. Sounds like a word I might use to describe a particularly pungent cheese.

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Re:Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk Says by CamperBob2 on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @02:25PM (#4878035)

Agreed, it's almost as annoying a word as "blog," and look how that one caught on. :(

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Re:Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk Says by sliverstorm on Thursday December 06, 2012 @12:45AM (#4880453)

It's a popular portmanteau. MR2 owners also call it a frunk.

http://carpron.com/multisite/d/356228-1/frunk4.jpg

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Re:Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk Says by loceng on Thursday December 06, 2012 @08:03AM (#4881561)

The iPad caused similar thoughts when it was released ...

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Re:Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk Says by blueprint on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @03:04PM (#4878240)

Fragrant + funk?

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Re:Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk Says by nnnnni on Thursday December 06, 2012 @06:47AM (#4881389)

It's like one of those old ladies who wear copious amounts of perfume rather than bathing.

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Re:Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk Says by paul on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @04:37PM (#4878736)

I have an M5 and would definitely consider getting a Model S instead if I needed to replace my car.

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Re:Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk Says by dave1619 on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @01:06PM (#4877561)

Yeah, but maybe the frunk + full trunk is new?

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Re:Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk Says by shiftpgdn on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @01:12PM (#4877608)

The MKII MR2 turbo had both a trunk and a frunk. Not to the capacity of the Tesla, but still.

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Re:Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk Says by sliverstorm on Thursday December 06, 2012 @12:47AM (#4880457)

As did, I believe, the MKI and MKIII. None of the rear trunks could hold much more than a golf bag, of course, but anyway.

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Re:Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk Says by bengl3rt on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @02:19PM (#4877995)

I assume the NA model was the same way? Or just the turbo?

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Re:Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk Says by sliverstorm on Thursday December 06, 2012 @12:46AM (#4880456)

I believe it was the same.

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Re:Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk Says by yid on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @01:07PM (#4877575)

Touche :)

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Re:Tesla Was Cash Flow Positive Last Week, CEO Musk Says by robbiep on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @11:55PM (#4880351)

And the VW Beetle - 1938 that one started up

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