You said it. Non-car people seem almost unable to understand the concept of "pleasure of driving" beyond speed.
When I tell them that no current electric car could replace my MX-5 ND and try to explain why, their eyes glaze harder than ceramic.
When I tell them that no current electric car could replace my MX-5 ND and try to explain why, their eyes glaze harder than ceramic.
I understand the joy of an ICE (the noise, the vibrations) but for driving I now purely prefer EVs. I live in the mountains, and always having the maximum power available whatever the speed is soo much fun in the winding roads. Now I find ICEs underperforming and boring.
I would cheekily suggest the next step isn’t a car, it’s a motorcycle.
My one pedal drive Model 3 is also a blast, it handles like nothing I've ever driven. Not having to wait beat to get the engine in the powerband is amazing.
I sometimes miss the extra puzzle of shifting gears to keep the engine on the cam, but most days you're just rowing through gears on the commute home (which is now fairly stress-free thanks to FSD).
(I rode motorcycles exclusively for years before I got my first car, from an R69S to Yamaha 180 scooter and lots in between.)