Altitude Dream Cars

Holy crap exotic car lovers, Tesla has opened a show room in Boulder Colorado. How cool is that? Well, according to recent articles in the Daily Camera and other publications, it’s pretty cool.

While the show room appears to be a temporary space until they can determine a more permanent location, currently, it’s chock full of Tesla’s to ogle, touch and beg the sales representative to test drive. I’m sure they’ll approve taking photos both in and out of the car, but test driving might actually be a little more difficult. I called the other day and was told that it was nearly impossible. I did explain to them that as a former owner of an exotic car company, that I as “Okay”. They didn’t seem to buy it.

I’m going to try and make a trip over sometime this next month, but I’m sure they still wont let me take one out for a drive. Instead, I’ll just relegate my visit to photo ops and asking lots of questions. Like how fast is it? How many kilowatts to the mile do you get? How long does it take to charge up? What’s the range on a “fill-up”?… all of those really important questions. I know, I know, I can go look all this up on their website or on any good respectable car web site, but I think it’ll be more fun to be standing there next to one asking the sales person.

What’s next for Tesla? Well, as I understand it, a four-door version is in the works and soon to be released. I’m hoping I can talk my financial advisor, AKA, my wife, into at least considering it as a next family car. I’m not sure it’s classified as a family car, but I figure anything that’ll seat three, which is all we need for our family, qualifies.

While I’m not a purist when it comes to the environment, I do my part. As a car lover, I have to think that when you can merge both worlds, environmental aware human AND car enthusiast, you have a winning combination. While most car enthusiasts are not usually considered environmentally friendly, the Tesla points us in that direction.

Now, where did I put that really long extension cord?

Cheers – Shane

A recent addition to the motorworks world is Devon Motorworks. Their design is something extraordinary and the engineering is superb. The attention to modern detail is extremely well thought out.

Enter, the Devon GTX Supercar. The GTX is about as cool as it gets. Some may not like the styling, some may not like the color scheme, but it’s one Viper killer and a whole lot better looking. For me, the jury is out, but this video convinced me I loved the sound. With a V-10 and a killer interior, it’s definately going to give the “Modern” American Muscle Car a run for their money.

Jay Leno and Justin, the head of the Devon Racing team looks the car over pointing out some of the features. My first impression was luke warm, but once they fired it up and Jay sits in it, my interest grew. Interior wise, it’s massive like the Viper and Vette, but a little more refined and the instrument panel concept is unique. Not finished, but you can see where they’re going.

I’m sure it’ll be a new addition to Jays garage, some day.