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    Discussion: Model Y General Waiting room for orders placed After January 2023

    First OD 1/13, white/black with tow hitch. Second OD 1/17, white/black bone stock. Got both EDDs just now. First order Jan 18 to Feb 1, second order Feb 4 to Mar 4. Guess I can cancel the second one!
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    Discussion: Model Y General Waiting room for orders placed After January 2023

    I think tow hitch may be one option that slows assignment. I placed my order just a few minutes after the price change was published, stock white plus tow hitch.
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    2008 Roadster 1.5, Very Orange, +26K miles

    Aww, my baby... :-)
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    Interested in my Roadster?

    Eric, thanks for the compliment. See you all on the other "S"ide...
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    Interested in my Roadster?

    Bump for new, lower, yummier price. :)
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    Interested in my Roadster?

    I just went through my annual exercise of shopping around all of my insurance. About half of the national and super-regional carriers I interacted with could provide automatically-rated coverage for the Roadster. Of the other 5, 2 or 3 would have been willing to submit for manual underwriting...
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    Interested in my Roadster?

    It was one of the last Roadster 1.5's to be sold. I believe it was on a showroom floor in L.A. for several months.
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    Interested in my Roadster?

    They came plastic and were underengineered for the friction of the shaft. I replaced them with a set of metal knobs that are much more pleasant. I learned later that Tesla reengineered the plastic ones by filling them with a hard resin.
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    Interested in my Roadster?

    Price drop. See below. Okay, I'll admit I feel a little weird posting this. I have an orange 2008 MY, one of the last delivered in October 2009. I love it. But we are looking at moving and our new place will not have charging facilities for the Roadster. My family size has also increased...
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    Insurance?

    How did you get GEICO to underwrite your Roadster? I called them a few years ago when I got mine and they refused to write coverage. I called them today and they confirmed that this vehicle is still on their list of exclusions.
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    Aftermarket radio/NAV units

    Yes, thanks for the text from the manual. In the US, our laws and precedent are pretty clear: they have a clear and heavy burden to show that the aftermarket modification interfered. My real-world experience (one person's only!) is that today they are quite reasonable about the whole thing...
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    Aftermarket radio/NAV units

    I keep seeing this suggestion on this forum, but I don't get it. First, I thought it was illegal for whole car warranties to be voided simply because one subcomponent has been changed. Doesn't the burden rest on the car company to demonstrate that the modification adversely impacts whatever...
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    Los Angeles 1.5 Roadster owners

    My opinion is that the weatherstripping is a bandaid. It helps a little bit. The fundamental problem is with the shape of the stuff that's in the wind. It can definitely be fixed, but I bet it won't be since the Roadster is kinda EOL.
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    Los Angeles 1.5 Roadster owners

    It really doesn't make that big a difference. They have a fluid flow problem with the pillar/window/top junction that didn't get optimized. I talked to one of the engineers a while back, and it sounded like they just ran out of time to do the work. Diminishing returns and all.
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    Los Angeles 1.5 Roadster owners

    No picture, but I can describe it. It looks exactly like a piece of black rubber weatherstripping glued down the center of the door "channel"/pillar. They use a lot of glue, so the metal behind and to the sides of the strip gets shiny looking.