[Viffermike]

Knee-jerk questions and statements from an eternal skeptic:

- Tire life may be worse than the worst tire-wear car of all time, the Gen 1 Acura NSX. So owners can bank on spending $2k every 3-4K miles for new rubber.

- The weight question is a good one ... but if the majority of it is low in the chassis, weight may not matter nearly as much as people think. What will matter more is balance and suspension tuning -- neither of which is a strength of Tesla's.

- As with all EVs, straight-line performance is stratospheric. The real question is will the car handle as a 'roadster' should handle. I'm not optimistic about that potential Nuerburgring time.

- Tesla's 'other' introduction is what I've felt EV's true long-term niche market is for many years: commercial tractor motors. Mark my words: EVs will transform the consumer pickup truck market -- which many of you will know has emcompassed THE best-selling vehicles in the U.S. for decades -- in 5-10 years. All that's been needed is to develop a motor and battery array that can consistently create high torque under heavy tow loads. That's now been done.