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Originally Posted by aigel View Post
I have been passed at Laguna Seca by a Model 3. Granted, it was heavily prepped, including suspension and wheels / tires. But even in the turns, it wasn't that the 993 was killing it!

The ICE will be in trouble in a lot of segments, that's for sure. Maintenance on an EV is next to nothing.

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Well, not so fast. Tesla is typically dead last in just about every reliability rating. Even though the battery and motor(s) are reliable and low maintenance, the control and cooling of the powertrain are not. Plus you have all of the same dodads as every other vehicle that like to break. Really modern ICE powertrains are very reliable, it’s all the other crap that breaks.
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