We keep saying it because its real.  Here is the difference, you keep looking at averages and life time totals, versus single trips.  For most people, stopping for less than ten minutes at the nearest gas station you can find everywhere is far less annoying than being forced to stop for 30 minutes for charge and planning around super chargers, thats why i added in infrastructure in to the discussion. Imagine if it takes more than one fill up.

Read this and tell me if you really think for average people that this is acceptable?  They spent 3 hours alone on charging on a road trip that would take a normal car 10 hours.

http://blog.caranddriver.com/alexander-and-the-improved-not-so-terrible-very-good-tesla-model-s-p85d-road-trip/