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Title: Tesla Sportster
Post by: Scratchy on September 02, 2006, 09:56:43 AM

http://www.teslamotors.com/ (http://www.teslamotors.com/)

$100,000 - the first 300 that will be made are already sold for cash.

Title: Tesla Sportster
Post by: amishrabbi on September 02, 2006, 03:30:23 PM

id buy it, apparantly you can go 130mph in reverse since the motor just runs backwards for reverse

Title: Tesla Sportster
Post by: ArsenicPants on September 03, 2006, 01:31:10 AM

very cool

i like the lotus-based body too, slick

Title: Tesla Sportster
Post by: blarneyman on September 03, 2006, 07:28:29 AM

Quote

id buy it, apparantly you can go 130mph in reverse since the motor just runs backwards for reverse

I believe they have a governor on the reverse gear as do the hybrids that are out there right now. I can only hit 25 in my SUV
 ;)  

Title: Tesla Sportster
Post by: amishrabbi on September 04, 2006, 06:28:45 PM

way to take all the fun out of it :(

Title: Tesla Sportster
Post by: blarneyman on September 04, 2006, 09:51:50 PM

Sorry! :P