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[tomfakes]

I am willing to stand up to be a customer of Fisker, but not of Tesla.

I have places I go that are > 200 miles from home. I want to drive my fun car to these places. The Tesla can't do this. I can never be a customer of Tesla's with this restriction.

I will be buying the convertible Fisker Karma if they ever get to the point of selling it!

[hugh3 → tomfakes]

You'd be much better off getting, say, a Nissan Leaf for local journeys and a Porsche Boxster (or whatever fun car you like) for longer trips.

You'll have better fuel economy and about $20K in change.

[tadfisher → hugh3]

I wish you could just rent a generator on a trailer. A single-speed turbine should still win for highway efficiency.

[hugh3 → tadfisher]

Well, you can rent a trailer and you can rent a generator, so I don't see any reason why this wouldn't work!

Could be fun to try driving a Tesla transcontinentally with a trailer and... however many generators it would take to keep it running.

[Lukeas14 → tadfisher]

Or you could buy a Corvette. I believe a generator defeats the whole purpose :)