Tesla acceleration
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But where are the sounds?
One time about 15 years ago I was working outside in the hot Texas summer. It was easily 105 out, and I was moving in and out of cars on a dealership's lot. Every car door I opened felt like I was pulling open the door to an oven by the way the heat wave would just blast me in the face. After a few hours of this, I was incredibly thirsty, so I went into the dealership and bought what I thought was going to be a bottle of water from a vending machine. Instead, what came out was a CAN of water. It was literally a soda can but with water bottle graphics on the outside and water inside. I sat there in the lobby of this dealership drinking my water from a can, but every sip triggered a horrified reaction. I would get lost in thought, instinctively take a drink, and then be slapped back into reality as my subconscious struggled to reconcile the flavor in my mouth with its expectations. My brain simply could not comprehend the flavor of water coming from a can.
That's kind of how I feel about the way this car accelerates. I'm sure that 0-60 in 3 seconds in a Tesla is just as great as 0-60 in 3 seconds in any car, but it's just weird that there are no noises or drama. I don't know that my fragile little mind can handle the change.
One time about 15 years ago I was working outside in the hot Texas summer. It was easily 105 out, and I was moving in and out of cars on a dealership's lot. Every car door I opened felt like I was pulling open the door to an oven by the way the heat wave would just blast me in the face. After a few hours of this, I was incredibly thirsty, so I went into the dealership and bought what I thought was going to be a bottle of water from a vending machine. Instead, what came out was a CAN of water. It was literally a soda can but with water bottle graphics on the outside and water inside. I sat there in the lobby of this dealership drinking my water from a can, but every sip triggered a horrified reaction. I would get lost in thought, instinctively take a drink, and then be slapped back into reality as my subconscious struggled to reconcile the flavor in my mouth with its expectations. My brain simply could not comprehend the flavor of water coming from a can.
That's kind of how I feel about the way this car accelerates. I'm sure that 0-60 in 3 seconds in a Tesla is just as great as 0-60 in 3 seconds in any car, but it's just weird that there are no noises or drama. I don't know that my fragile little mind can handle the change.