# Stupid Fast **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [July 19, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-fast/90646 "2015-07-19T15:51:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-fast/90646/1 "2015-07-19T15:51:47Z")
I read in USA Today that Tesla has upgraded the power plant in the Model S Sport. This car can now go from 0 to 60 MPH in 2.8 seconds. Tesla cut the time roughly in half. And current owners of the S Sport can get the same performance for $5000 in modifications. Is that ridiculous or what? ---
**Author:** ![kmccune](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/kmccune/32/1237_2.png) [@kmccune](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kmccune)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-fast/90646/2 "2015-07-19T16:14:25Z")
Dont see the point,a car this fast would be dangerous in the wrong hands,always thought 8-9 seconds to 60 was plenty fast,this thing is on the verge of exceeding my reaction speed. ---
**Author:** ![wesw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wesw/32/2713_2.png) [@wesw](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wesw)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-fast/90646/3 "2015-07-19T16:25:23Z")
totally ridiculous. totally un necessary… …I just ordered two… ---
**Author:** ![MG-McAnick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mg-mcanick/32/188_2.png) [@MG-McAnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MG-McAnick)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-fast/90646/4 "2015-07-19T16:49:52Z")
Wes, when they arrive, can I borrow one for a long term test drive? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-fast/90646/5 "2015-07-19T17:23:12Z")
Totally insane. I want one. ---
**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-fast/90646/6 "2015-07-19T18:23:43Z")
And do that a few times and you need new tires. ---
**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-fast/90646/7 "2015-07-19T18:33:32Z")
Absolutely nuts. My wife won’t let me have one. A doctor friend of mine owns a late model Nissan GT-R that goes 0-60 in less than 3 seconds. I drove it upstate for him last summer and had a great time with it. The only problem is that you really have to be on top of your game or you could wrap it around a tree or light pole in a heartbeat. The other thing is that it’s so fast that tire technology has simply not kept pace with a vehicle like this. They break free at the drop of hat and you have to be alert just to keep the animal on the road. Rain…forget about it. Snow and ice…he won’t let it out of the garage. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-fast/90646/8 "2015-07-19T18:56:40Z")
Ok, ok, it’s mostly rediculous because I can’t afford one, even with the $10,000 tax rebate. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-fast/90646/9 "2015-07-19T19:20:39Z")
Elec motor torque is instant. some of the new hi-po hybrids do a similar trick but they use elec motor and gas motor together. Hybrids are interesting. Ferrari says they will only make turbo V8’s and hybrid mixes in future on most models. The govt fuel regs are getting tighter each yr. ---
**Author:** ![wesw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wesw/32/2713_2.png) [@wesw](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wesw)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-fast/90646/10 "2015-07-19T19:57:01Z")
sure MG , and if I wreck mine you can have the carcass for parts… …not mine, the tesla s. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-fast/90646/11 "2015-07-19T20:04:42Z")
Any high powered AWD car can pretty much match that. Physics, ya know. Electronic nannies keep the car from killing the driver by keeping all four wheels traction intact. I’ll bet it drains the dickens out of the batteries like any irresponsible, juvenile, non-green hoonigans. Now where can I borrow one, just for a few hours? ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-fast/90646/12 "2015-07-19T20:33:01Z")
> **Any high powered AWD car can pretty much match that. Physics, ya know.** There are only a handful of cars capable of sub 3 second 0-60. I don’t know of any that are AWD. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-fast/90646/13 "2015-07-19T20:43:24Z")
Our tax $$ at work. To give some rich person a huge tax rebate for a $100k+ luxury car is NUTS. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-fast/90646/14 "2015-07-19T20:45:31Z")
Better a tax rebate to individuals then tax breaks to extremely profitable oil companies. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-fast/90646/15 "2015-07-19T20:51:37Z")
What the heck? Where’d that come from? One’s a clearly bad idea (Tesla tax payments), the other is used by just about EVERY industry (including your IT industry, to a HUGE extent). We really don’t want to bog this down with that. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-fast/90646/16 "2015-07-19T20:54:59Z")
It also makes me upset, that you have to be quite wealthy, to qualify for a nice tax break Whereas people of average means don’t get a tax break, for their non-hybrid, non-ev, non-alternative fuel source family car And they are the ones that actually NEED a break 😡 ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-fast/90646/17 "2015-07-19T20:58:23Z")
“Better a tax rebate to individuals then tax breaks to extremely profitable oil companies.” But it should be to the “correct” individuals i’m more comfortable with the idea of some blue collar guy working hard to put food on the table and pay the bills, getting a tax break . . . versus giving a tax break to some smug INDIVIDUAL like Mitt Romney, for example 😕 ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-fast/90646/18 "2015-07-19T22:07:13Z")
> **One's a clearly bad idea (Tesla tax payments), the other is used by just about EVERY industry (including your IT industry, to a HUGE extent).** Because it’s used by everybody it’s NOT a bad idea? Gee that makes sense. > **But it should be to the "correct" individuals** I agree. And the little person can take advantage of some of those tax breaks. You can get $7500 tax credit for buying a Chevy Volt. In fact all electric and hybrids have tax breaks. There are some state tax breaks also. I’m all for it. The sooner we can get off of Big oil the better. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-fast/90646/19 "2015-07-19T22:32:01Z")
I think instead they should spend their time and effort on upgrading the tired styling. Isn’t anyone else a little tired of the sheet metal? Maybe it’s just me today. ---
**Author:** ![meanjoe75fan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/meanjoe75fan/32/552_2.png) [@meanjoe75fan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/meanjoe75fan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-fast/90646/20 "2015-07-19T23:07:57Z")
> It also makes me upset, that you have to be quite wealthy, to qualify for a nice tax break > > Whereas people of average means don’t get a tax break, for their non-hybrid, non-ev, non-alternative fuel source family CAR > > And they are the ones that actually NEED a break Well, I’ve said for a long time that environmentalism (as currently practiced) is a bourgeois affectation; stuff like this just serves to buttress my point. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stupid-fast/90646.md?page=2)