I see a lot of people criticizing the new Tesla Roadster. “Who cares? Nobody can afford it.” “Only a handful of people will ever get to drive one.” “Tesla probably won’t deliver on half the promises anyway.” And you know what? I don’t care. You’re missing the entire point. Will I ever be able to afford a Roadster? Not unless I hit the lottery. Will I ever get to drive one? Extremely unlikely. But that’s not the point. It gives me something to DREAM about. I feel like a lot of the Tesla community has forgotten where we came from. When I first got into Tesla, the community was full of CAR PEOPLE. Sure, we loved the technology, the efficiency, and the environmental benefits. Those things were awesome. But at the end of the day, we were obsessed with the fact that these were freaking AWESOME CARS. Remember the early Model S days? YouTube was absolutely flooded with videos of people experiencing Tesla acceleration for the first time. Passengers screaming. Supercars getting embarrassed. People genuinely unable to comprehend how a big electric sedan could accelerate like that. Those videos were RIVETING. You couldn’t stop watching. It was exciting. It was something we’d never seen before. It made you wonder what could possibly come next. Somewhere along the way, I feel like we lost a little bit of that excitement. Everything became about software, autonomy, AI, stock prices, and quarterly numbers. And don’t get me wrong, that stuff matters. But I’m still a car guy. And the new Roadster represents everything that made me fall in love with cars in the first place. It’s the kind of machine that makes a kid stop in their tracks and stare. The kind of car you hang a poster of on your bedroom wall knowing full well you’ll probably never own one. It’s about pushing boundaries. Doing things people thought were impossible. Building something so outrageous that it captures people’s imaginations. Will Tesla deliver on every ridiculous claim? Maybe not. Will it be affordable? Absolutely not. Will it be practical? Who cares?! Not every car needs to be practical, affordable, or accessible to everyone to be worth getting excited about. Sometimes a car just needs to make you say, “HOLY SHIT.” That’s what the Roadster is to me. So no, I’ll probably never own one. I’ll probably never even sit behind the wheel of one. But by God, I’m going to enjoy every second of watching this thing develop, watching it perform, and seeing just how far Tesla can push the limits. Because sometimes it’s not about what you can own. It’s about what you can dream of. And I think the car community could use a little more of that. 🏎️⚡