The Tesla Roadster is an innovation in electric cars. The fossil-free coup will travel up to 125 mph. Unfortunately, it's made for the greenie with deep pockets, since the base price is $110,000. Sure, you'd love to be that kind of environmentally friendly, but what if it was a choice between a Tesla and Dayna Delux, the pin-up girl who recently appeared on the cover of Hot Rod magazine?
Check the comparison, vote and see another pic of the dynamo that is Dayna after the jump.
Tesla
Pro: Fuel cost is only $0.01/mile.
Con: Has to sit in your garage for 30 hours to get a full charge.
Pro: Will let you mock every other car on the road, from the Hummer to the Prius.
Con: It's a two-seater. You'll have to leave the dog or the girlfriend behind.
Dayna
Pro: Playful beauty can mimic the classic 50s pin-up or modern goth looks.
Con: There are several people out there wearing her as a tattoo.
Pro: She knows a lot about cars and music.
Con: She knows a lot about cars and music. Are we sure she isn't a dude?
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Wednesday 13 August
By br549
Regarding the original pic of the guy driving the Tesla with the model on the hood: with photoshop in common usage, he's obviously NOT driving with the lovely model on the hood. He can't possibly have his eyes on the road. Rather he's looking right at her lovely tushie in front of him. What a view he has...scrumptious.
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Wednesday 13 August
By Peter B
Your numbers on the Tesla are wrong. A brand new, never-charged Tesla does take 30 hours for its initial charge, but recharges thereafter are 3 -4 hours un less you drain it almost completely, then it takes overnight.... Like your cell phone...
Regardless, I'd still rather have the girl...
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Wednesday 13 August
By gxavier
You have a source on that big guy?
Friday 15 August
By Darkmetal
Wow, this really shows a problem with the testosterone level of the modern male when you have 44% of men who would rather drive a glorified prius than have Dayna Delux.
Oh, and saying that any electric car is "fossil free" is wrong. The bulk of electricity is generated via COAL.
In Summary, eating bean sprouts and playing too much Nintendo Wii will lower your testosterone, make you vote for Barack Obama, and covet a $110,000 electric car. Personally, I would buy a used Ferrari and use the other $40,000 for gasoline;)
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Tuesday 19 August
By HORNY!!!
id take the car the girl is hot yes but if you have the car you can probably get hotter girls
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Thursday 21 August
By Phydeux
I'll take the car. With wheels like that I'd have my pick of the ladies just wanting a ride in my new car. Many hot women, or just one hot woman? No contest.
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Wednesday 20 August
By Lukas
0-60 in 3.9 seconds.
220 miles on one charge.
One charge takes 3.5 hours.
Energy cost is less than 2 cents per mile.
The source for this info? Tesla performance specs:
http://www.teslamotors.com/performance/perf_specs.php
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Wednesday 20 August
By gxavier
Don't believe the hype Lukas:
Tesla's VP of Marketing confirmed
that the amount of time needed to charge a Roadster's lithium-ion battery pack using the same outlet you might plug a toaster into would actually exceed 32 hours.
http://blogs.edmunds.com/straightline/2008/07/32-hours-needed-to-charge-tesla-using-15-amp-110-volt-outlet.html
Wednesday 20 August
By Lukas
Do you routinely confuse your car with your toaster? Do you frequently park your car in the breakfast nook? Or is it just that you enjoy making toast whilst scrubbing the oil spots off the floor of your garage?
Wednesday 20 August
By Lukas
Yes, it may take longer if you are on the road and don't have access to a 220v outlet. At home, however, the Tesla uses the "at-home High Power Connector unit," as stated on teslamotors.com.
I wouldn't think the couple hundred bucks for 220v outlet would deter anyone buying a $109,000 car. What a silly argument you make--presenting the worst-case scenario as though it is the expected scenario. At-home, EVERY Tesla owner will recharge in 3.5 hours or less, unless they are morons. ;)
from Teslamotors.com:
"Charge At Home or On the Road
Plug your Tesla Roadster into its at-home High Power Connector unit, and you'll be fully charged in about 3.5 hours. But we consider this a "worst case" for someone starting with a completely dead battery. Even after a 100-mile trip, you can be completely charged in less than two hours.* And should you need to charge on the road, packed away in the trunk is an optional Mobile Connector that lets you charge from most standard electrical outlets while away from home."
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Wednesday 20 August
By Lukas
Just to clarify, your "CON" for the Tesla, that it will sit in YOUR garage for 30 hours charging, only applies if YOU are a moron and plug it into the wrong outlet.
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Wednesday 20 August
By Lukas
By the way, you fail to mention that the VP of Marketing, Mr. Siry, also explains that MOST american homes already have 220v. Please read what he had to say again, since you seemed to have missed the import of his comments:
http://blogs.edmunds.com/greencaradvisor/2008/07/32-hours-needed-to-charge-a-tesla-roadster-using-common-electrical-outlet.html
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Wednesday 20 August
By gxavier
So how much is Tesla paying you?
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Wednesday 20 August
By Lukas
Tesla isn't paying me. I just enjoy reading about electric cars. The Venturi Fetish is my fave, actually. They don't pay me either. How much are you being paid to destroy the reputation of Tesla Motors?
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Wednesday 20 August
By gxavier
Nobody's paying me. I just derive satisfaction from being able to say that I killed the electric car.
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Wednesday 20 August
By Lukas
Glad to hear about your (and Asylum's) high journalistic standards. I suppose you also encourage people to believe that Iraq had WMD, Barack Obama is a Muslim, and that smoking is beneficial to your health.
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Wednesday 20 August
By gxavier
Psst. It's a humor site. Shh, don't tell anyone.
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Wednesday 20 August
By Lukas
Just because the site is humorous doesn't mean it has to be inaccurate. If you wrote the 30 hour comment to be funny, why not just admit that you were wrong and write a correction instead of defending your error? While I see the humor in comparing the two "models," I don't see at all the humor in making false claims about a fantastic automobile. This kind of car is the future of cars. What's funny about trying to kill something that's fun and could save American lives?
Wednesday 20 August
By Lukas
Just because the site is humorous doesn't mean it has to be inaccurate. If you wrote the 30 hour comment to be funny, why not just admit that you were wrong and write a correction instead of defending your error? While I see the humor in comparing the two "models," I don't see at all the humor in making false claims about a fantastic automobile. This kind of car is the future of cars. What's funny about trying to kill something that's fun and could save American lives?
Friday 22 August
By Darkmetal
Wow, I believe my point is made:
1. Thinking that a mere car will win you a hot chick because she thinks you are cool and hug trees, have a major crush on Al Gore, and disregards the tape on your glasses and 30 pens and pocket protector. Sorry guys, but Brad Pitt will still get more chicks phone numbers driving an AMC gremlin...it ain't the car.
2. Feverishly trying to justify paying $110,000 dollars for a car that will never pay itself off...ever. If you have a brain you will simply buy a used Mazda RX-8 (2004, 30K approx price $14,000) and then spend the rest of the money on a Harley Davidson motorcycle ($16,000), Jet ski ($6000), Jeep for offroad use ($16,000) and still have $27,000 left over to bring beautiful women out on dates which would include dinners in Paris and Tokyo.
Excuse me, but this is why Liberals are considered hopelessly stupid.
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