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    That was the strangest part when i went for a ride in a Tesla.. It's quiet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phillbo View Post
    That was the strangest part when i went for a ride in a Tesla.. It's quiet.
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    The only EV I have been in and driven was a test drive of the Chevy Bolt, I reported on here. I loooved the quietness.
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    One of my associates got a new Jaguar F Type while I was off. The first time I heard it start up I thought the 12 cylinder was back (it isn't it is an 8)----I loooved the sound
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    I’ve had two Jaguars - one of them a V-12 btw - and understand the old saying describing Jags, “Prettiest car on the side of the road.”
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    Quote Originally Posted by wacojoe View Post
    I’ve had two Jaguars - one of them a V-12 btw - and understand the old saying describing Jags, “Prettiest car on the side of the road.”
    I think they have gotten a little better---they really only had one way to go!
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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    I’ve lost track of what entity owns them now after numerous changes. Indians? The electrical problems with old Jags were legendary from the Lucas crap they used. Still, my old XJ-6 had the most sumptuous ride in any car I have ever driven overlooking the fact that for the 3+ years I owned it, it was never correct.
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    Tata Motors---which is Indian.
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
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    Quote Originally Posted by Truckman View Post
    Torque without that beautiful accompanying music of a diesel engine is just boring......Ben
    Mine has some extra sounds coming out of it. I could have sworn it was the AC clutch, even got a second opinion, it wasn't. There goes the rent monry.
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    Below is a pessimistic look at Tesla’s future under leadership of the peripatetic Mr. Musk —

    https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/t...w-it-will-end/

    I hope he is wrong and Tesla continues as a innovator.
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    If you had $1000 to invest in only either XOM or Tesla, which would you choose?
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    Quote Originally Posted by wacojoe View Post
    I hope he is wrong and Tesla continues as a innovator.
    I think it will...The writer offers a lot of opinion with little substance to back it...I think Tesla will survive, and grow, but perhaps better as a spin-off not under Musk's personal influence...The writer is correct in that Musk is his own worst enemy...He could take some instruction from Bill Gates and Paul Allen on how to grow a company, and yet pursue individual interests on other levels......Ben
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    Quote Originally Posted by Truckman View Post
    I think it will...The writer offers a lot of opinion with little substance to back it...I think Tesla will survive, and grow, but perhaps better as a spin-off not under Musk's personal influence...The writer is correct in that Musk is his own worst enemy...He could take some instruction from Bill Gates and Paul Allen on how to grow a company, and yet pursue individual interests on other levels......Ben
    Mr Musk is my favorite CEO. While lacking any judgement or self control, he treats his HR and Legal departments the way many of us wanted to treat our own.
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    What is Musk’s status now with the corporation he founded? Wasn’t he defenestrated with some funky ruling/agreement with the SEC last year after numerous strange actions on his part?
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