Fitz on Sunday: I bought a Tesla and it brought out my inner hoon | Peter_Fitz
I’ve had my Tesla for nearly 18 months, and though paying for it was enormously expensive, my costs have been not much north of zero since. I didn't think I was a car person, but it is a thing of, art, science, beauty and power all in one like I could never have imagined. A month ago I was on the Spit Bridge, behind a Maserati roaring its engines. Two years ago, I might have been envious. I now look with wry amusement. My car could blow his doors off,do it silently.
When I bought it, the Tesla mob caught me by offering full servicing for an extra $1,000 a year for three years. It seemed like a good deal at the time. But there is no servicing necessary. As there are only a handful more moving parts than the steering wheel and four wheels, it means there is very little that can go wrong, with the notable exception of, and this one really gets my goat . . .
“The grave question the Constitution tasks senators to answer is whether the president committed an act so extreme and egregious that it rises to the level of a high crime and misdemeanor. Yes, he did.” - New Zealand's Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little at Waitangi's Treaty Grounds in the lead-up to the country's national day. Mr Little gave his speech entirely in Maori.
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