Bay Area Tesla Model S P85D owner here. I drive similarly to how user Trump2024 (a D.C. driver) describes his driving experience.
Basically: go with the flow of traffic and let people crazier than you pass on your left by moving to the right in advance if possible and always using your signal. Briefly take her up to 100 whenever possible and no one would be put in real danger because it's just too much fun not to and it takes absolutely nothing to hit triple digits. It never gets old. The car is so quiet nobody even knows what's going on until you're gone.
Unfortunately there are a lot of Teslas on the road now with far less considerate owners so the car is really getting a bad rap in the Bay Area. Happens to every performance mass-market luxury car. Decades ago BMW drivers were well-regarded for genuinely appreciating the machine they were operating and the fact that the company was able to bring that quality to the mass market.
And P.S. I too am enjoying my anytime freeway speed right now, which I am not going to dare write down on a public forum. ;-)
Bet it would be fun to open up a Tesla in Texas or Montana! Glad I got to live in a time we could still own cars. I couldn't believe it when I made it to Palo Alto in less than 25 mins. My speedometer must have malfunctioned ; )
Bay Area Tesla Model S P85D owner here. I drive similarly to how user Trump2024 (a D.C. driver) describes his driving experience.
Basically: go with the flow of traffic and let people crazier than you pass on your left by moving to the right in advance if possible and always using your signal. Briefly take her up to 100 whenever possible and no one would be put in real danger because it's just too much fun not to and it takes absolutely nothing to hit triple digits. It never gets old. The car is so quiet nobody even knows what's going on until you're gone.
Unfortunately there are a lot of Teslas on the road now with far less considerate owners so the car is really getting a bad rap in the Bay Area. Happens to every performance mass-market luxury car. Decades ago BMW drivers were well-regarded for genuinely appreciating the machine they were operating and the fact that the company was able to bring that quality to the mass market.
And P.S. I too am enjoying my anytime freeway speed right now, which I am not going to dare write down on a public forum. ;-)
Bet it would be fun to open up a Tesla in Texas or Montana! Glad I got to live in a time we could still own cars. I couldn't believe it when I made it to Palo Alto in less than 25 mins. My speedometer must have malfunctioned ; )