Ingenere

Judging by the activity here, I guess the youngsters are too politically correct, woke or whatever demasculine BS is being pushed today to post here!

Anyway, I was on my way to a little C&C to meet the guys. My neighbor didn't feel like driving so I had about 200 pounds of ballast this morning, when I caught the self righteous headlights of the big Rivian EV weaving through traffic trying to catch up. Most of the time the Mac attracts a lot of picture taking fans. Not this time!

We both come to the pole position at a traffic light. I can usually spy an open window with a cell phone popping out in these situations. Not this time! As the cross traffic light clicks to yellow the big EV starts lunging forward, waiting for the green. Could this guy be serious? Sometimes (most times) these EV characters are so full of themselves, they need a little spanking. I'm not a big drag racer. I much prefer some corners..... but here we are. Together at the light with him initiating the challenge. I had to stand up for papaya!

We get the green and he obviously nails it. As I roll on the throttle, he's got 3 car lengths on me. That was about all he had as the Mac just hit boost and left him for dead. My neighbor wasn't expecting this and there was a "holy xxxx", followed by him informing me that triple digits arrived in a tad over 5 seconds. What happened to the humbled Rivian? Rather than be a man, the soy boy retreated to an 1/8 mi behind. Chalk up another. Splash one Rivian!

theboogers

Stop embarrassing people.

Klebrmo

It's always interesting encountering different types of drivers on the road

Crito

I bet the new Porsche Taycan Turbo GT would give you a run for your money... er, uh, well, actually for about a million less than your money.

Ingenere

Probably...... right up until it needed to be charged for 3 hours.

I would rather stick pins in my eyes than drive that thing!

Crito

Dagnab whipersnappers with their fancy schmancy EVs! Back in my day we had to pump the oil out of the ground by hand! I went to High School with Abraham Lincoln though.

I can drive a Taycan to Walmart without attracting a crowd too, just sayin'. Some people! And there are a lot of them at Walmart.

Ingenere

Must be some screaming lease deals on them as they can't give them away!

Crito

Taycans are selling like hotcakes! Rivians are selling well too, though they lose money on every one that goes out the door... but that's a different problem. FWIW tho, watched a Jay Leno video where he had a message for all his friends who thought he was crazy for spending $2 million on a Mclaren, it's now worth $20 million.

Still, if you want to go 0-60 in puke seconds, there's really nothing in the $250K price range that can beat an EV:

Crito

Serpentine Green... Now I want one! LOL