She's electric
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 12:33 am
Me"I've booked us a test drive, BMW are going to lend us an i3 for a few days."
Her"A what?"
"An i3. It's an electric car."
"Why!"
"I thought it might be a laugh."
<some days later>
Her "That's a fantastic car. We need an electric car. But not that one, one that goes further, is there anything?"
Me "There's a Tesla but they are very dear."
<some days later>
Her "I've booked us a test drive in a Tesla - I tried to get him to lend us one but he said no, still they are coming to Glasgow next week and we are booked in."
<some days later>
Salesman " Yeah we broke the other one, so it's not as long as we'd hoped, we can go down the motorway and come back through town."
Me "Can we not go up to Newton mearns instead?"
"Ooo we could do the Stewarton road but we've not time."
(Turns out salesman is local)
So the Tesla is VERY nice. We drove the slow one and it is really quick, it's comfy, the inside is lovely. Not as nice as Dom's E class (IMHO) but i think that is just a taste thing. The tech is VERY good, it has autodrive which works about as well as a good cruise control system. So not perfect, but it keeps it in lane and watches out for other cars. you have to watch but you can largely let it steer on the motorway.
It wasn't the best route or the best time of day but the car's really impressive, that is to say you don't really notice any downside to not having a petrol car. The failing was (other than the price) the size, it's a massive car, but we take bikes places and they'd always have to go on top. Ironically the Golf, which is much smaller overall, can take more bikes inside because it is slightly taller .
I should probably have taken him on the offer of coming back for a shot in the fast one, but I think that might have been a temptation too far...
I may have mentioned having an Elise and towards the end the salesman asked if I knew a guy who didn't wear shoes and had i ever heard of Scottish Elises... Turns out he's Andy G's cousin!
Her"A what?"
"An i3. It's an electric car."
"Why!"
"I thought it might be a laugh."
<some days later>
Her "That's a fantastic car. We need an electric car. But not that one, one that goes further, is there anything?"
Me "There's a Tesla but they are very dear."
<some days later>
Her "I've booked us a test drive in a Tesla - I tried to get him to lend us one but he said no, still they are coming to Glasgow next week and we are booked in."
<some days later>
Salesman " Yeah we broke the other one, so it's not as long as we'd hoped, we can go down the motorway and come back through town."
Me "Can we not go up to Newton mearns instead?"
"Ooo we could do the Stewarton road but we've not time."
(Turns out salesman is local)
So the Tesla is VERY nice. We drove the slow one and it is really quick, it's comfy, the inside is lovely. Not as nice as Dom's E class (IMHO) but i think that is just a taste thing. The tech is VERY good, it has autodrive which works about as well as a good cruise control system. So not perfect, but it keeps it in lane and watches out for other cars. you have to watch but you can largely let it steer on the motorway.
It wasn't the best route or the best time of day but the car's really impressive, that is to say you don't really notice any downside to not having a petrol car. The failing was (other than the price) the size, it's a massive car, but we take bikes places and they'd always have to go on top. Ironically the Golf, which is much smaller overall, can take more bikes inside because it is slightly taller .
I should probably have taken him on the offer of coming back for a shot in the fast one, but I think that might have been a temptation too far...
I may have mentioned having an Elise and towards the end the salesman asked if I knew a guy who didn't wear shoes and had i ever heard of Scottish Elises... Turns out he's Andy G's cousin!
