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    If you were not getting a Model S what would you get

    2008 Toyota Highlander Hybrid. Already have a Roadster, and a diesel F-250.
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    WhiteStar dashboard?

    Yeah. The computer knows where your finger is, so it can vibrate the screen when you are over a button or slider. Many different kinds of tactile/haptic textures are possible so you can tell one button/slider from another.
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    Random Roadster Sightings

    The front air dam is slightly lower than many parking lot wheel stops and curbs, so you have to leave a little space in front or it'll scrape.
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    Collective noun for a group of Teslas

    A bolt of Teslas. (double pun: lightning & quick acceleration)
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    Tesla Roadster vanity license plates

    It's a California plate.
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    Tesla Roadster vanity license plates

    Somebody mentioned TESLAAA a while back. I have it on my Roadster #187; official tags and all. I reserved the plate back in 2006... I had them put the plate on the car when I took delivery and the store folks said that the PR department was planning a blog on vanity plates.
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    Production/Delivery Status

    Yes, I saw a white one. Solid white with a white hardtop. In fact, it was the same "color" as the protective papers they use on the headlamps, etc. Made it look kinda like the paint was peeling... All the newly arrived cars (~20) had their hardtops, so it seems they have that one licked.
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    Production/Delivery Status

    Dropped by the Menlo Park store today and my car #187 is in "pre-production", which means it was just uncrated. It still has all the protective paper on it. Meredith (such a great person) and I found it in the drive train shop next door. Delivery in about 2 weeks.
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    Tesla: Our Future Motive Power

    There are sticky maintenance issues with geothermal. Water passing through the hot rock picks up a lot of salts that dissolve at high temperatures. When the water comes to the surface and cools a bit the salts precipitate out and plug up the plumbing. Also many of the salts (especially at high...
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    Production/Delivery Status

    I'm number 180-something and I locked in my choices over a month ago. Delivery is probably somewhere around the first of next year. They haven't asked me for the remainder of the balance yet (and I haven't volunteered it either).
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    chimpanzee's big project

    I skipped SIGGRAPH this year as I was too busy with work. Ed is not a sports car person. John Lasseter is and we may see him in a Roadster someday. Rob drives a M3. Rumor has it one of our directors ordered a Roadster, but I haven't confirmed it. I couldn't not get a Roadster. I also...
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    2009 waiting list

    I was in the Menlo Park store yesterday to ask a few questions, in part to confirm my estimate of when I could expect delivery (#187). We all agreed on late December. Doreen told me that "all" (my interpretation) the cars built this year will be airshipped. They want to get a lot of cars on...
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    Volt Photos

    Also, Cd is meaningless unless you multiply it by frontal area. A big truck with a Cd of 0.11 would require a lot more power than an Aptera at the same speed.
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    Martin Blogs Recharging Costs

    carport I'm planning to install a 3-4 Kw solar carport to offset (and shade) my car. I live in West Marin and our grid tie is California PG&E with its multi-tiered rates. Adding an electric car on top of what we use now would cost us > $0.30/KWh. But fortunately we also have a lot of...
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    Bay Area TMC forum meet

    I need a good excuse to get to the store. Count me in.