{"id":1216,"date":"2021-06-17T16:32:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T23:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/?p=1216"},"modified":"2022-05-20T19:48:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T02:48:08","slug":"cars-tesla-model-s-plaid-is-a-bargain-at-131000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/cars-tesla-model-s-plaid-is-a-bargain-at-131000\/","title":{"rendered":"cars: Tesla Model S Plaid is a bargain at $131,000"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/cars\/2021-Tesla-Model-S-Plaid-6.jpg\" alt=\"Tesla Model S Plaid tearing down the dragstrip\"\/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motortrend.com\/staff\/renz-dimaandal\">Renz Dimaandal<\/a> for Motor Trend<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tesla Model S Plaid is crazy. Nitpicking fans are arguing over whether 0-60 in 2 seconds (!) is real because 1-foot rollout and special pavement blah blah, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motortrend.com\/cars\/tesla\/model-s\/2021\/2022-tesla-model-s-plaid-first-test-review\/\">Motor Trend managed to do it and found<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"1\"><li>Faster projected quarter-mile than the LaFerrari ($1.4M)<\/li><li>&#8220;Its blistering 0-100-0-mph result was 8.2 seconds, besting the previous record holder, the McLaren Senna [also $1.4M], by 0.3 second.&#8221;<\/li><li>&#8220;Ironically, the breathtaking straight-line achievements distract from another monumental achievement: The Model S Plaid is quite simply the best Tesla yet. It doesn&#8217;t matter if you&#8217;re cruising down the highway, slogging through city traffic, or slicing down your favorite back road. The Model S Plaid delivers, no matter what you ask it to do. On the highway and around town, the 2022 Tesla Model S Plaid is comfortable, quiet, and a delightful place to pass the miles.&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That combination is insane. Thousands of people who can afford a $1,000,000 supercar are going to buy a 5-seat, practical, better tech Plaid instead, or at least in addition. Tens of thousands of people who can afford a $150,000 sports car or performance sedan are going to buy a Plaid. Supercar-collecting YouTuber Manny Khoshbin, who has five white Rolls Royces at home for day-to-day driving in addition to his exotic collection, accidentally ordered a second Plaid and kept the order. Why not, it&#8217;s cheaper than the custom luggage for his specially-customized Hermes edition &#8220;#1 of 1&#8221; McLaren Speedtail. This is how the combustion age ends, from the top down (and from electric bicycles up).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"counterfactual-world\">Counterfactual world<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also notice from comments how so many people are deep into the illusion that the counterfactual \u201c&nbsp;<strong>\u2019d<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201d, as in &#8220;I&#8217;d still get the Taycan\/Nevera&#8221; or &#8220;I would never get one because of the funny steering yoke&#8221;, has real-world significance. When I was a kid I would participate: &#8220;I&#8217;d buy the Countach in gold over the Testarossa.&#8221; Now I actually have that kind of money, I spent it on a kitchen remodel \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tesla Model S Plaid is crazy. Nitpicking fans are arguing over whether 0-60 in 2 seconds (!) is real because 1-foot rollout and special pavement blah blah, but Motor Trend managed to do it and found: Faster projected quarter-mile &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/cars-tesla-model-s-plaid-is-a-bargain-at-131000\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cars","category-eco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1216"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1453,"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216\/revisions\/1453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skierpage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}