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Originally Posted by ckissick View Post
But wasn't that 55 miles of genuine track-driving? Anybody who's ever driven on the track instead of driving fast on a twisty mountain road will notice a huge difference. Track driving is very demanding. My 911's stock oil-cooling system could not handle 15 minutes at Sears Point. Maybe the Tesla can make 100 miles in normal driving?
Yes, 120miles is what the sales guy at Tesla told me was the most he could reasonably manage - said he liked the fun acceleration too much.

If you got a call - gumball - you wouldn't jump in the Tesla: that's for sure.

...not even going to take that from LA to SF w/o time and planning.
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