[angrais]

Not only cost, but why is accelerating quickly or reaching 200mph important? GP also mentioned 5 seats as important, and to me, those are counter needs.

Even on the autostrada I would say it's typical t go 130km/h (80 mph) so I'm not sure of the context where 200mph is required.

[manuelmoreale]

For me it would be completely pointless because I enjoy chilling while driving at 80kmh on country roads and not being hyper focused on what’s happening around me because I’m doing 200 on the autobahn.

But I get the thrill of launching a car at insane speed. I just don’t personally see the point and would never spend those money for a car.

I’d much rather buy a few hectares of forest with those money.

[osrec]

A few hectares of forest for what though? Genuinely interested :)

[manuelmoreale]

To decompress, enjoy nature, leave the dog free to run around and chill on a hammock with a good book.

[mensetmanusman]

If you're not going 200 mph, how can you enjoy a book!!!?

[manuelmoreale]

I’m waiting for full self driving to arrive and enjoy a book while doing 200mph!

[hef19898]

German Autobahn, for those handful of sections without at least temprary speed limits. And on tracks, but let's be honest, vehicles like the Plaid, and similarly heavy vehicles, suck at tracks. Going fast in an almost straight line is easy.

[rasz]

Yes, track times similar to Zonda F or Enzo suck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_N%C3%BCrburgring_Nords...

[hef19898]

I said heavy cars suck on a track. Why? Because they have a harder time cornering, consuke more energy, increase tire wear and brake performance degrades as well. That is a question of weight, and weight alone.

Also, and every racing series shows that, one fast lap doesn't guarantee good results in a race.

[mensetmanusman]

The autobahn where I have driven is quite straight. Track performance depends a lot on the tires, and weight can help with right turns due to friction enhancement. Also, tracks through mountains are where EVs shine.

[Seanambers]

Because max speed is only useful on roads like the autobahn. Acceleration is something that will available from 0. It sure brightens up your day.

To get supercar performance in a normal car is pretty nice and unheard of until Tesla came along. Yes it is still expensive, but less so than other cars with worse performance. You had to get the 911 or similar with all the addons for like 300k to get worse performance and not even close to the same comfort levels.

[rad_gruchalski]

> but why is accelerating quickly or reaching 200mph important?

We can talk about top speed but the acceleration is good for safety. Better to overtake a truck in 3 rather than 10 seconds.

[spiderice]

I feel like it's hard to get how important fast acceleration is until you have it. Kind of like people who insist that their 60Hz screen "looks just as good", or how their 10 year old laptop is "still super fast and why would I upgrade it?".

Edit: Just to clarify, I'm not necessarily talking about Plaid levels of acceleration. But just going from a Suburu Crosstrek (One of my cars) to a Tesla in "chill" mode (which I usually keep my Tesla in for tire longevity and not making my wife car sick) feels so much safer.

[rad_gruchalski]

When in doubt, flat out.

[thatfrenchguy]

Acceleration makes you a much worse driver, because you don't anticipate anything anymore. I've noticed this after buying an EV, and the Tesla drivers on 280 are even worse than me :-).

[catchnear4321]

acceleration makes you a much worse driver - in the perception of others.

acceleration makes you a badass race car driver. those slowpokes are just in the way, but that doesn’t have to slow you down.

vroom vroom.

[rad_gruchalski]

Hah: “it’s the car, not the driver”. No, acceleration does not make you a good race car driver.

[joecool1029]

Around me the plaids drive way under the speed limit everywhere and it's unsafe to pass them because of their ridiculous acceleration capability.

[rad_gruchalski]

> because of their ridiculous acceleration capability

Because of idiot owners.

[w0m]

This is unappreciated until you have it. In Pittsburgh - there are multiple highway onramps that end with Stop Signs. Onramps. When there's any legitimate traffic; a legacy civic or similar car can be seriously dangerous to merge with.

[seattle_spring]

LOL. Yeah Plaid having 1000 HP is a "safety feature."

[rad_gruchalski]

That’s not what I said.

[King-Aaron]

> Not only cost, but why is accelerating quickly or reaching 200mph important?

For all of human history, we have chased speed. Finding the fastest at running, finding the quickest horse, designing the fastest trains, buying the fastest cars.

We do it because it's a lot of fun.