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2013 Tesla Model S Long-Term Road Test

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It needs a bumper sticker: "Climate change is a pipe dream"
gee your mother must be proud of you.... now go home to your basement and maybe those evil aliens will take you for a ride in their UFO...
Just in time for the TESLA Model X....
Here's the thing - Of course there are trade offs with any car. You wouldn't drive the Miata or the SLS or a 'Vette cross country if you didn't have to. They are really cool fun cars but not comfortable for a long haul and with limited cargo capacity.
The Model S is the same. It has great practical points (100MPG, fast, rides beautifully, low maintenance except tires, and is - to my eyes - beautiful) - but, yes, 250 miles per charge (although I usually exceed that) means that you need to find a supercharger and stop for 40 minutes every 3 hours of driving or so.
I've recently been stuck where I needed to stop at the parking lot of one of the Tesla stores for 30 minutes to get enough juice to make it to the supercharger in Milford (although with the new one in Darien that won't be a problem anymore for me).
In any case - people should look at their real needs and the real limitations of any vehicle they use and pick accordingly. But - if your needs match the Model S's capabilities, and you want to buy something made in the US, and reduce our reliance on oil and maybe help reduce carbon emissions if you care about that - and you want a car that takes you at over 90 MPGe around 4sec 0-60 and with a range that is realistically over 250 miles then I can't think of any other alternative out there that is close.