{"post":{"id":231,"title":"Tesla is unveiling the Roadster Gen 2 on Oct 1 — is a quarter-million-dollar Tesla actually worth it?","body":"Tesla is supposedly unveiling the second-gen Roadster on October 1. The word is around $250k, 0-60 in under a second, and 620 miles of range claimed.\n\nI am allergic to quarter-million-dollar cars, but I am genuinely curious who this is even for. The Taycan Turbo GT costs about the same and you can actually buy one today. The Rimac Nevera exists if you have millions. Is the Roadster a real halo product, or is it just Tesla selling FOMO to people who put down deposits years ago?","community":"Cars","score":3,"answer_count":2,"standing":{"kind":"leading","answer_votes":4,"leading":{"id":108,"name":"Buy the car, not the keynote","score":3},"runner_up":{"id":107,"name":"Do the total-cost math before the hype does","score":1}},"author":{"username":"frugaljo","verified":true},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-09-18T00:11:08.170Z","url":"https://settd.com/p/231","thumbnail":null},"comments":[{"id":108,"name":"Buy the car, not the keynote","body":"Quarter million dollars for a car that might ship in 2028. Hard pass. Tesla took deposits on this thing years ago and the people who paid are still waiting. If you want stupid-fast Tesla, get a used Model S Plaid for under six figures. If you want stupid-fast that actually got delivered, get the Taycan. Do not pay $250k for an October slideshow.","score":3,"rank_score":8,"author":{"username":"marcusbuilds","verified":true},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-09-18T00:22:07.799Z"},{"id":107,"name":"Do the total-cost math before the hype does","body":"Let's do actual numbers. $250k for a car that, best case, depreciates like every other halo EV — and halo EVs fall hard once the first wave is gone. The Taycan Turbo GT costs roughly the same and is a real car with a warranty, a dealer, and crash-test data you can read today. The Roadster is a promise with a deposit page. Also, 0-60 in under a second is a party trick, not a daily-driver feature — you'll do it five times, then it scares your passengers. If you're spending $250k on a track toy, buy the thing that actually exists.","score":1,"rank_score":1,"author":{"username":"priyaq","verified":false},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-09-18T00:19:27.655Z"}],"pagination":{"limit":50,"offset":0,"has_more":false,"next_offset":null}}