[luketych]

Does that include the episode on Top Gear that was scripted into breaking their Tesla down in the middle of a test run?

According to your logic, 3 percent of scientists deny global warming, so that is a statistic we should take seriously as well. I don't care what denialists say because I can appreciate the fundamental science behind global warming.

You seem to lack the vision to see that simplicity in design always wins out. It does so in nature, and it will do so in our automobile engines long-term.

You are suffering from an extreme case of cognitive dissonance my friend.

In a world of 7 Billion people, every anecdote has become a statistic. Figure it out or get left behind.

[dragontamer]

> Does that include the episode on Top Gear that was scripted into breaking their Tesla down in the middle of a test run?

Edmunds is a serious car site, and not an entertainment show like Top Gear.

The statistics include Consumer Reports, who surveyed over 1400 Tesla S owners and have come to the same reliability issue as Edmunds. http://www.consumerreports.org/cars/tesla-reliability-doesnt...

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And unlike Top Gear, which seems to be an anti-Tesla idiotic entertainment show. Consumer Reports was pro-Tesla until the survey came in.

http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/27/teslas-p85d-is-the-best-car-c...

Unfortunately, Consumer Reports does not do long-term reliability tests (see Edmunds for that sort of stuff). Instead, Consumer Reports has a very robust survey methodology. They rely upon a survey conducted at a later date. So when their survey results came in that documented the large number of Tesla problems, they had to retreat from their superb rating.

A 103 out of 100 by Consumer Reports (initially). And even then, the Consumer Reports guys could not refute the reliability concerns.

[knagra]

+1 for sticking to the engineering arguments and ignoring the ad hominem.

[dragontamer]

Part of it is acknowledging that the Top Gear show was truly awful though. It was unfair for sure, and I can see why someone who was only familiar with the blatant anti-Tesla Top Gear episode would be distrustful of these sorts of arguments.

Yes, there was an anti-Tesla conspiracy going on a few years ago. But I don't think we're at that phase anymore. Certainly not with these Consumer Reports surveys or Edmund's tests, which seem to check out as legitimate.