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Old 03-30-2016, 01:49 PM
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The power is right there, from zero all the way up. And I've only moderately test driven a regular S. The D's have to be damn near scary.



Haters. Whatever.

I do wish they had better interior materials though.
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I'd ride a D.
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I'd ride a D.



Who among us wouldn't ?
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Apparently reliability. But I've not heard much about them breaking down so I dunno.
It's just what I've heard. It kind of makes sense. Once apple starts building cars, I'm sure there will be gremlins. And apple is eleventy billion times bigger than Tesla. Just because you know electric motors, doesn't mean the same for suspension geometry, etc.

They are cool cars though. Very cool. I'd wait another 5 years before considering one though.
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Old 03-30-2016, 03:58 PM
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Google "tesla reliability"

The reports are all the same. Awesome performance. Shit reliability.
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So I finally had to cave and I took the miata to a muffler shop to have the o2 sensor replaced. For the life of me, I couldn't get the fucker loose. Shop struggled with it too and ended up dropping the entire exhaust to get better access.

While here, a guy had a sexy looking exhaust installed on his c63 black series holy fuck did that thing sound like a monster when it was done. Soooo nice.
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Old 03-30-2016, 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by TacoBello
Google "tesla reliability"

The reports are all the same. Awesome performance. Shit reliability.
Even more so if one is buying that car in a place like Alberta where the winters are brutal...

As cool as they are, I would be cautious.
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Old 03-30-2016, 04:58 PM
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I do have a new-car itch though...too bad we're building a place and brokeback mountain has taken a new meaning for me.
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I do have a new-car itch though...too bad we're building a place and brokeback mountain has taken a new meaning for me.
Sounds like you know how make a little extra scratch to buy that new car then, don't ya!
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Yum, what you need a new car for?
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The same reason you needed a new TL
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A new old TL, mother fuck face.
She's at Acura tonight...getting new rubber on to put some new rubber on the black TL too. Figured it wouldn't be cool to try and sell a car with shitty tires.
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I do have a new-car itch though...too bad we're building a place and brokeback mountain has taken a new meaning for me.
You know, you didn't have to pay cash for your $5,000,000 home. You could have mortgaged the last $60,000 and used the rest for a car
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A new old TL, mother fuck face.
She's at Acura tonight...getting new rubber on to put some new rubber on the black TL too. Figured it wouldn't be cool to try and sell a car with shitty tires.
Whoa, someone's looking to fight today

You're one of the only guys I know who'd put new tires on a car they're trying to get rid of and you are 110% the type of seller I look for when buying a car!!
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lmao!!!
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Also Adam...my thinking is...
hard to demand 9-10K for a used car when the person sees having to throw 500-1000 in making it safe immediately. In addition, I feel like it'll make it more plausible that I've done all the maintenance I have documented if the most obvious one (the tires) is addressed as well!
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Whoa, someone's looking to fight today

You're one of the only guys I know who'd put new tires on a car they're trying to get rid of and you are 110% the type of seller I look for when buying a car!!
I'm the same way about it. As long as I own the vehicle, it gets done right. I know eventually i'd sell. It's one of those things, its better to be done than not done.
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Also Adam...my thinking is...
hard to demand 9-10K for a used car when the person sees having to throw 500-1000 in making it safe immediately. In addition, I feel like it'll make it more plausible that I've done all the maintenance I have documented if the most obvious one (the tires) is addressed as well!
I have a guy in my town who is willing to spend 13-14K for my TL. I hear that price and cringe inside knowing that, it's a drop in the bucket of what's put in the car.
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Old 03-30-2016, 11:08 PM
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You know, you didn't have to pay cash for your $5,000,000 home. You could have mortgaged the last $60,000 and used the rest for a car


I'm not from Mainrand China, okay?!? Gosh.
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Yum, what you need a new car for?
Never said I NEEDED one...I WANT one.
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What are you wanting to get into?
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I drove a TL-S today
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Wanna cookie? Num num num.
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Depends on flavor. Are they Girl Scout cookies? I'd like one of those.


My allergies are kicking my ass.... Fuuuuuuuuuu
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Played cat and mouse with a new NSX this morning.

That car is so fucking sexy. It was all black. Body, wheels, accents, entirely blacked out. And it looked amazing.
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It's been drizzling so the collective IQ of the road-going commuters plummeted this morning. I hate people.
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I'm gonna buy those visors in the BM. Says it's missing 4 clips. How many clips are there total? Anyone know?
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I'm gonna buy those visors in the BM. Says it's missing 4 clips. How many clips are there total? Anyone know?
I think the oem visors have 2 clips on each visor.
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Damn so it's missing half of them. Hmmmmm. Those clips would probably be a PITA to source.

Thanks for the info.
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Probably impossible to source...and they've already seen some sun, meaning they won't last as long before fading. Spend the extra fiddy.

Kevin, really? Why?

I'm in a TLX right now...
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Gus, for sure, man...I gave up on my cost spreadsheet on the black TL. I had to otherwise I'd never be able to let it go.
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Kevin, really? Why?
He never mentioned what generation it was
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there's only 1.
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There 2. 2G and 3G

02-03 TL-S
07-08 TL-S

It's always at the end of the generation before a new style comes out. They just failed with the 4G.
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