What was THAT car?

The street I live on is like a rolling car show. Lambos, Ferraris, Bentleys, Nissan Godzilla, etc. Even saw a Ford GT come by. But today, I was heading to the store and this swoopy little thing pulled out in front of me. Did not recognize it, but when I got close, it was a Tesla! Never saw or heard of this model. Anybody familiar with these? Looked real nice. More like a Ferrari than anything else.

I want to live where you do.

Tesla Roadster, I'll bet.

Maybe one of the first Teslas that were base on a Lotus Elise?

Keith beat me to it!

I live on a street that is nothing like a car show. I see a lot more people walking their dogs or riding their bikes than I see cars.

I live on a dirt road.

Woody wrote: I live on a dirt road.

If I were in your situation Woody, the P-cars would never leave the garage. Seriously.

Woody wrote: I live on a dirt road.

Me too! Makes tire choices interesting when you shop for high performance stuff too lol

In reply to Woody:

I wish I did. At the very end of a very long one.

Yeah, I think it was the roadster. Nice looking thing. I live close to several very high end marinas, lots of wealth going to those places. But across the street is a place with hundreds of very quiet folks. Cemetery. But would you believe that we have cops parked in our front yard rather regularly. Surveillance. Seems that they have car break-ins during ceremonies.

In reply to cwh:

Ft. Lauderdale. I concur, great car scene. One Saturday afternoon last February Annie and I were sipping cocktails in front of The Riverside Hotel on Las Olas. (On vacation, we're not residents!) There was a multitude of spectacular cars driving past ... like a car show, but probably an ordinary afternoon on Las Olas. I remember one particular Maserati I swear was running straight exhaust. He must have seen me give him a thumbs up. He had an open stretch in front of him and lit it up. That was memorable.

The Tesla Roadster is a travesty, IMHO. Let's take a Lotus Elise and add a thousand pounds of batteries to it -- sure, it's fast but that's missing the whole point to the car.

Nothing like my street either. Just counted 7 SUVs of different flavors, a late model Accord, and an early 2000's Thunderbird. Not counting my cars of course. I want your neighbors!

Not really. It's now a different car.

In reply to codrus:

When TG tested the Roadster they had an Elise along for comparison. The Tesla acquitted itself quite well, even though Clarkson hated it. It wasn't exactly nimble compared to the Lotus, but the Tesla wasn't remotely slow either.

In reply to codrus: Amazing how they added "thousand of pounds" of batteries to the car but ended up with a car only weighing 600 pounds more. ;)

codrus wrote: The Tesla Roadster is a travesty, IMHO. Let's take a Lotus Elise and add a thousand pounds of batteries to it -- sure, it's fast but that's missing the whole point to the car.

I don't know. It was extremely light for a gas car, now it's extremely light for an electric car. Technology marches on and all that. It's not like it hurt the Elise's already in existence, or that were to come.

I live next to the cheap apartments in a poorer town. My '09 Civic is on the higher end.

Most notable is a big rusty bro dozer Ram flying a huge Confederate flag between the stacks.

dculberson wrote: In reply to codrus: Amazing how they added "thousand of pounds" of batteries to the car but ended up with a car only weighing 600 pounds more. ;)

OK, I went and looked it up. An S2 Elise is listed as 2006 pounds, a Tesla Roadster as 2877. 871 pounds rounds to a thousand.

There are a few garages in Beverly Hills with 2 hr free parking. When I lived 5 miles away, I would go for a weekly walk just to see what I would spot in the wild. Malibu seemed to have the really niche stuff - that's where I saw a Veyron driving down the road like it was a normal thing.

No Veyrons yet, but have a regular that uses the rev limiter as a shift indicator. Maserati

My street sees a Ford Ranger, a Saturn SL and a GMC Suburban. Not a Chevy mind you, the GMC version!

In reply to Gary- That stretch of Las Olas is our version of Worth Ave. in Palm Beach. Very high end shops and restaurants. I don't go there very often.

When I worked in Seattle it was like that. Always some rich brogrammer at the wheel.

Fueled by Caffeine wrote: When I worked in Seattle it was like that. Always some rich brogrammer at the wheel.

My rich bro-engineer brother just bought a roadster at the beginning of the summer. I think he got the 400-mile battery upgrade for it. He's not into cars, though. I think he got it because he likes the tech of it.