I Drove a Tesla on Autopilot and Now I’m Ready to Drive to Space

Tideland Prius · Jun 14, 2018

In my youth, I read a story about Heath Ledger in which he described his first muscle car, a 1970 Ford Mustang Grande. “This one is full beefcake,” he said. “I saw it and drove it and felt like a man.” I was 10, and a girl, but I fixated on those words. (I fixated on all Heath Ledger’s words.) Until then it had not occurred to me that a car might have an objective beyond safely conveying its riders from home to the community pool. Mine was a Windstar family. We prized reliable airbags and effective child locks.

I was skeptical of Teslas for the same reason I’m skeptical of men who wear camp shirts: They’re full of shit. I say that admiringly, now, where Teslas are concerned. (I have not changed my tune on camp shirts. You look like bootleg Ace Ventura.) Teslas have features that nobody has ever needed. They have features that most consumers aren’t even imaginative enough to want. Ludicrous Mode, a feature that allows you to go from zero to 60 mph in too few seconds for my Windstar heart, is just the tip of the iceberg. You can also customize your dashboard display so that the car appears as Santa’s sleigh, the other cars as reindeer. With the push of a button (with the caress of a touch screen, as it is) the car becomes a dad joke.
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I saw it and drove it and felt like a space god.
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I Drove a Tesla on Autopilot and Now I'm Ready to Drive to Space | GQ

bisco · Jun 14, 2018

pretty good writer, made me laugh a few times.

I Drove a Tesla on Autopilot and Now I’m Ready to Drive to Space

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