Note: I drafted this post in 2013 but obviously I never finished it and I definitely never published it. In 2025, when Typepad shut down and I moved these posts to a new domain, I discovered this old post sitting here drafted. I am publishing it now as-is (backdated to 2013) to capture my thoughts, but please be aware that it is just a bunch of notes, which I obviously intended to flesh out but never did. That said, here I go, pushing the publish button …
As a local electric vehicle (EV) activist, I have a lot of connections with people that are similarly excited about these cars. One of them is a guy (Buckhead finance guy) who has a Tesla Roadster, which is a groundbreaking electric sports car. Think electric Ferrari.
A couple times a year, our local EV nerd group shows up in local parades, showing off the future of personal transportation technology. My friend with the Tesla Roadster is too busy to bother with that, but he’s willing to swap cars with me for a day, so I can take his car to the parade, and he gets to spend some time in another EV and check it out. And so that’s how, last weekend, I got to spend 24 hours in a Tesla Roadster.
an hour of joy rides at Roswell gathering
biblical amount of power
handled well at cornering limit (rear wheel drive)
driving just for fun
loud on highway
no storage means having to plan outings
noisy fans when charging
PEM thermal overload during “spirited driving”