Tesla Model S

[Maxakarudy]

As an aside I spent a couple of hours playing with a Range Rover Sport SVR yesterday, which was great fun. It was seriously quick and handled extremely well. It makes a fantastic NASCAR like V8 bellow and must have terrified the VW Golf driver I overtook. The interior is beautifully put together and the head up display was also really good (never used one before).

However, the car I drove had a screen price of £110K

Paul

Alternatively, lease it for £1150/48mth ( as all owners do) ....inc metallic paint btw

Martin

[Paul Blore]

I never buy new cars outright. There's absolutely no point in tying up cash on a depreciating asset.

I was once told by a very wealthy acquainting that if it floats, flys or f**ks, you should rent it as it's far cheaper in the long run.

Paul

[Roger King]

I never buy new cars outright. There's absolutely no point in tying up cash on a depreciating asset.

I was once told by a very wealthy acquaintance that if it floats, flys or f**ks, you should rent it as it's far cheaper in the long run.

Paul

OK, I give up - which one of those can a Telsa do?

I'm going to bet it's the last one...

[amulheirn]

I never buy new cars outright. There's absolutely no point in tying up cash on a depreciating asset.

I was once told by a very wealthy acquaintance that if it floats, flys or f**ks, you should rent it as it's far cheaper in the long run.

Paul

OK, I give up - which one of those can a Telsa do?

I'm going to bet it's the last one...

It'd be a brave man who tried that with an electric car.

[peterc]

So the decision is whether to maintain/ increase your carbon footprint or be Mr Green and go electric.
Sounds like either will be great fun.
Peter C

[Paul Blore]

I've pretty much decided that I'm going to have plenty of opportunity to drive electric cars in the future, so for the time being, I'm going to enjoy burning up copious quantities of carbon based fuel.

The choice is either:
Audi RS6
Range Rover Sport Supercharged
Porsche Cayman GT4

Decision, decisions.

Paul

[Roger King]

I think that's the right decision. I'd also want the infrastructure to be better. For a blast down to Italy, for example, you would have to plot the route between charging points and be prepared to wait for it to charge up every 220 miles or so, which would greatly extend journey time and dictate what route you could choose. I personally can't see purely electric being an option for a daily driver until they can get charging time down to 5 mins or so.
Out of your three, I'd probably go for the RR, but I don't know what I'm basing that on as I've never driven any of them.

Roger

[Paul Blore]

The problem with the RR Roger is that I spent a couple of hours hooning around in the SVR version on Saturday (the dealer didn't have a "standard" Supercharged on their demo fleet, only the SVR, which is significantly more expensive) and I fear that it may have spoilt me for the standard SC model and I can't afford the SVR.

The RS6 was brilliant fun as well. Very refined and smooth on its dynamic air suspension, but change the settings and it became a roaring monster, with really sharp handling. So far, I think the Audi is my favourite for its share range of capability and beautiful build quality.

I haven't driven the Porker yet, but it's obviously more of an out and out sports car than an all-purpose vehicle.

Paul

[peterc]

Checking technicalities.
RR V8 supercharged - 503 bhp - 460 ft lbs - 2335kg - 0-60 = 5 secs - £84,350
RS6 Avant - 552 bhp - 516 ft lbs - 1935 kg - 0-60 = 3.6 secs - £77,995
Cayman GT4 - 380 bhp - 310 ft lbs - 1340 kg - 0-60 = 4.4 - ??

For everyday all year round use the first two will cope with the adverse weather.
If the roads around you are bumpy and/or you need to look over the hedge for safety then the RR would be a little better.
Cheaper and faster the RS6 is the better punt and probably safer as well.
It also gives you the sort of performance you have come to expect from the 427.
My latest EVO mag has an article on the RS6 performance model. I'll bring a photo copy up this week end for you to read.
597 bhp - 553 ft lbs. Curiously no better 0-60 time albeit they suggest the other listing is wrong and should be 3.9 secs.

Enjoy making the decision. We are all a tweeny weeny bit jealous.
Peter C

[clive]

In days gone by I had an Audi A4 Quattro which I thought would be great in adverse weather including snow. This was when I was commuting daily from Perthshire to Livingston, some 50+ miles each way. One winter's morning I woke up to find about 3" of snow had fallen overnight and I thought it would be a great test for the Quattro. A couple of miles down the motorway, a lorry had got stuck on a hill and all the traffic had ground to a halt behind it. There isn't anything more frustrating than being stuck in traffic in a 4 wheel drive car when nothing is moving and you are blocked in!