depends on the shade of brown really. In the last few years an unseen before brown became popular and I think it looks pretty cool. It has a greyish tint added or something.
Before that, I had never seen a brown car.
depends on the shade of brown really. In the last few years an unseen before brown became popular and I think it looks pretty cool. It has a greyish tint added or something.It depends on the car. I've actually seen brown look really nice on a few cars, like certain VW's. Looks bad on most and terrible on some though
depends on the shade of brown really. In the last few years an unseen before brown became popular and I think it looks pretty cool. It has a greyish tint added or something.
Before that, I had never seen a brown car.
There's one I see in town on occassion. I think the same guy owns a GT-R so this must be his more economic "grocery getter".
It sits ridiculoulsy low to the ground, and it's different looking in person than I thought it would be. It's not cheap looking, but there's something to the styling that didn't translate as well as the pictures would show. Can't really put my finger on what that is. Crazy quiet though. All you hear is the gravel under the tires when he takes off.
It's very similar in size to my S80. I picked up a used Volvo a few months ago and it felt like a boat at first, but I got used to it pretty quickly. Volvo lists it as a mid-size luxury sedan; the Tesla S is only a bit bigger, so I think it'd be pretty easy to manage. I don't have a problem with the S80 in parking lots like I have with other large(r) cars.
I'd love to get a Leaf or Fit EV, but the range is just out of my comfort zone. The top-end EPA range on the Tesla S with the bigger battery is a whopping 265 miles, which is far, far better than the 70 & 80-mile ranges the less expensive electric cars are advertising.
I've been considering a Tesla because I spend so much on gas every month, but once you factor in the really good range & specs it just about doubles the price to $100k+, so you have to really look at the * in the $580* a month figure advertised on their homepage because that jumps up to $1,000/mo, haha. My Volvo eats about $85 a week in Connecticut premium gas, so an electric car would be nice both from a gas-savings point of view & from a low-maintenance POV, but with a car at such a high-end price, you're really not saving any money at all. $580 a month can be a car payment for a regular car plus gas (say $249 + 4 weeks of gas), but doubling that kinda takes the fun out of the math calculations
It depends on the car. I've actually seen brown look really nice on a few cars, like certain VW's. Looks bad on most and terrible on some though
People just aren't ideal for the Canadian winter.
They're all over the place out here. There are two in the parking garage at my work right now. One of them is baby shit brown - don't understand why anyone would buy a car that color
Why haven't you considered the Volt?
I've seen them in Denver and even Colorado Springs of all places. It was a novlety at first to spot one cruising by, but now I've gotten used to seeing them. I'd still love one, don't get me wrong, maybe in a few years they will get the price down to the 50k range and I'll scoop one up.
I see a lot of electric cars around here from Karmas, Teslas, Volts and Leafs. Out of all of them, the Leaf looks the most hi-tech. Not sure what in particular, but probably the amount of LED lights and shape. The Tesla S seems off in a way in person. Almost has that Kia Optima "sporty luxury" look but also seems cheap. It may be some of the body lines don't flow across panels or the use of plastic where you'd expect painted trim.
Doesn't really appeal to me, honestly. I was checking out my buddy's red one today though and it looks really nice in person. They start at about $40k without rebates and they advertise 900 miles between fillups, but you can get 800 on a TDI Passat. I'm more enamored with the idea of an all-electric car vs. any kind of hybrid.
I really wish Tesla sold an AWD model because there's no way I'd do RWD as my only car here in New England, not with our winters! iirc the base 200-mile-range Tesla S is around $55k after rebates, and when you factor in your gas savings it's a lot easier to justify it ($250 - $400 for your monthly car payment plus $300 - $400 in gas, plus maintenance etc.). However, if you drive a lot and don't have an eco-mobile already, you'd pretty much break even, so it'd pretty much be having an electric car for the sake of having an electric car, you know?
Tesla is coming out with a crossover model with AWD, the Model X I believe.
I just hope that Tesla licenses their supercharging technology, or if they haven't already, that the EV makers standardize on a charging plug. Tesla is beefing up their Supercharger network, and are saying that they should have full national coverage by 2015, and that by 2014, you'll be able to make a cross-country trip on the supercharger network.
Stopping every 200-250 miles is still a pain in the rear compared to a regular ICE vehicle, but it's free.
In 2013, Tesla canceled a 40 kW·h version of the car due to lack of demand. The customers who ordered this option have instead received the 60 kWh pack, but range is software limited to 40 kWh. It will still have the improved acceleration and top speed of the bigger pack, so will be a better product than originally ordered, and can be upgraded to the range of the 60 kWh upon request by the original or a future owner ($11,000).[47