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Playing dirty: We take a Tesla Roadster to 10K above sea level and get it good and dirty

If you ever want the sensation of flying a jet fighter without leaving the earth, the Tesla Roadster may be the car for you… if you have well over 100K. Like any sports car, the Tesla has its limitations, notably a tight cockpit, harsh ride and an amazingly thick pillar that require a driver over 6-feet to remove their lower torso and re-attach after egress/ingress.

Tesla Roadster Rocky Mountain road trip video: driving an EV across the Continental Divide

Take a brand new and very expensive all electric sports car (the Tesla Roadster Sport), add some Rocky Mountains, the Continental Divide, and season with a bit of winter snow, and you have the ingredients for a fun Colorado road trip.

The question of course is a simple one.

Can you take an electric car across country and across the great Continental Divide in the winter and not be worried that it will run out of juice before you get home?

The answer: yes and no.

Video: Unveiled and exposed the all-electric Tesla Model S gets futuristic Jetsons gee whiz dashboard

Wow---that was the reaction of many jaded journalist to the Jestsons like dashboard of the futuristic Tesla's family car the Model S at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show.

Thinking of it as a giant iPhone touchscreen is perhaps the best way to describe the inter-phase between the driver and car.

First Drive Video 2010 Tesla Roadster: Buy now and get a $42,000 tax credit good for a couple of Kias

The amount of $42,083.00 can take your breath away . . . especially if that's how much money you can save by purchasing an all-electric car. That's also the tax credit amount Colorado residents who purchase the new, all-electric Tesla Roadster will earn if they purchase the pioneering EV car by the end of the year.