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PieceOfMeat wrote:It would be nifty to have enough disposable income to buy a 10 thousand dollar bicycle.

Jefe wrote:Did that Tesla test drive at La Encantada a few weeks ago. The P90D was being used so we got the basic 60. The one we were in was $72k and only had 315hp. I've always had fast cars but I was shocked at how quick the power came on and stayed on for a 4,600lb car. Braking was really cool as well. If you let off the gas quickly it would "engine" brake quickly. Let off the gas slowly it would "engine" brake slowly. If you time it right you literally never use the brake pedal. The sales rep said they have cars with over 120k miles still on the stock brake pads. Its an incredible car. The touch screen interface was amazing as well.



He told me to come back and they'll get me in a P90D. Im heading up to Gila Bend this weekend for some half mile racing and one will be there. Hoping to ride shotgun with my video camera. I added up approx what I spent on my last car plus gas/oil/upgrades and maintenance and I basically could have come out about even on the Model S 60 lol. Id love to get one some day but I think Id rather have a C6Z first

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CalStateTempe wrote:

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At happy hour set me back 16USD tonight.

CalStateTempe wrote:I just found pictures of the Rainbow Roll and Rock and Roll of the net. Generally I get one roll and a ton of nigiri, but this place has huge rolls for 5 dollars and pint of Kirin for 2.50, everyday between 2:30-5:30pm. And the bar has tv's so hello CATS day games in the future.

Can't wait to go to Japan someday. What does the sushi look like there?

scumdevils86 wrote:

PieceOfMeat wrote:It would be nifty to have enough disposable income to buy a 10 thousand dollar bicycle.

Seriously....that's a years worth of mortgage payments for most of us

rgdeuce wrote:Contrary to the warnings about hot tubs (eg: the maintenance, you will use it the first year and rarely after that, you will hate it from may-october due to the Tucson heat), I'm strongly considering a Bullfrog hot tub. My wife is always complaining about her back hurting and stress but tells me it would be a bad purchase. My already fragile body is banged up from years of year-round sports and I think it would be a great way to unwind after the kids go down for bed, and help both of us sleep better through the night. The kids will probably love it too.

Gato Salvaje wrote:And yes at 9,999.00 it's not even the high end one.

Gato Salvaje wrote:

Felt IA 2
And yes at 9,999.00 it's not even the high end one.

MrBug708 wrote:

scumdevils86 wrote:

PieceOfMeat wrote:It would be nifty to have enough disposable income to buy a 10 thousand dollar bicycle.

Seriously....that's a years worth of mortgage payments for most of us

I need to move to Arizona. That's less than 4 months worth of mortgage for me and I live in the poor part of town

Longhorned wrote:You bought it?

CalStateTempe wrote:So cool you want to drive a car funded by 4.9 billion in government subsidies, but then again you're likely a boomer with a "Imma gonna get mine, eff you all, especially the poor" mentality, supported by your posting style in the Tucson thread.

KaibabKat wrote:1980's?

Longhorned wrote:What outrageously expensive thing are you thinking about buying? You know, something that you can't justify, that really isn't a financial investment in your home's value or anything else that a financial adviser or family members would approve of. It doesn't make any sense, but you just might do it anyway.

I'm thinking about buying an Eames Chair. A $5,000 chair. I welcome anyone to talk me out of being such an idiot.

CalStateTempe wrote:We are saving for a house.

In California.

I'm not allowed to spend money. The checking alerts for purchases greater than 150 for chase are a far gentler reminder than the text from wife if I so much as purchase a bagel at the neighborhood coop on the way into work.

I'd rather have it this way than have married a spendthrift.

legallykenny wrote:

CalStateTempe wrote:We are saving for a house.

In California.

I'm not allowed to spend money. The checking alerts for purchases greater than 150 for chase are a far gentler reminder than the text from wife if I so much as purchase a bagel at the neighborhood coop on the way into work.

I'd rather have it this way than have married a spendthrift.

House? Lucky. I just spent well over a million just to get a townhouse in Santa Monica.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk sat down with a Danish TV show last week and had some interesting predictions to share.

Asked, for example, when he thought the company could produce a car that can “break 1,000 kilometers” (or 620 miles) on a single charge, he said his guess would be “within a year or two,” adding, “2017 for sure.”

As readers might recall, a new record was established last month by one enthusiastic Model S owner, who drove a painful 24-miles-per hour to make it a stunning 452.8 miles on a single charge. (The car is advertised as having a 265-mile range.)

Musk didn’t elaborate on whether someone would need to drive just as slowly to reach 620 miles in 2017. We’d guess that’s not what he had in mind, though.

Musk also said that self-driving Tesla cars are around the corner.

Already, owners of Tesla’s Model S models are expecting a software update that will allow their cars to start driving themselves in a hands-free mode that Musk calls “auto pilot.” Musk told the Danish interviewer that the software is still being beta-tested and will “hopefully go into wide release next month.”

(A March New York Times story reported the software would be released this past summer. It also noted that “serious questions remain about whether such autonomous driving is actually legal.”)
Perhaps more notably, Musk is now saying that Tesla cars should have “full autonomy” in “approximately three years.”

As for when regulators are ready to sanction self-driving technologies, they “probably will not allow for full autonomy for one to three years after that,” said Musk. “It depends on the market. Some will be more forward-leaning than others.”

Perhaps emboldened by Musk’s seeming candor, the interviewer also asked Musk what cars will look like 20 years from now.

Musk — who has famously argued that we need to put one million people on Mars to ensure the future of mankind — thought for a second. Then he said matter-of-factly: “I hope civilization is still around in 20 years.”

ASUHATER! wrote:Speaking of Denmark..their new right wing government just put a 120% tax on teslas.

rgdeuce wrote:
Anytime I think spending $300 on a bottle of cologne is ridiculous, I take the cap off and smell. Stuff is unreal. Some people say the opening smells like cocaine, which I wouldn't know, but my wife says cocaine doesnt have a smell

97cats wrote:nothing beats Creed or Bond -- nothing

and, $575 for a mortgage payment???????????

i wont even get into what my monthly nut is for my family of four where i live because its totally stupid.

ASUHATER! wrote:If I made $60k a year.... I'd live a upper class lifestyle with a huge amount of extra spending money in Tucson

Chicat wrote:Going through a bit of a mid-life crisis and was just about all set to pull the trigger on a '69 Chevelle, but then I remembered that we don't own a gun so my wife would have to use a knife to kill me and that would probably hurt a lot. So I do not currently own a muscle car.