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I attend whenever I can but have been out of town for the last few weeks. First in the BC2BC EV rally and at Teslive this week. I hope we have had some Teslas there, they usually draw a crowd

I am in a factory tour at 12. So will likely be back at hotel near 2pm end time. If you get a chance post where you are so I can find the demo. Thanks

I would also like two, red on black, will follow this thread to see when the website becomes available.

Think we have 3 model S and 1 roadster in EV rally fighting for the 70 Amp chargers of the world. I don't think a staggered start will solve it. But I am intending to go to the optional events and we travel shorter distances going down. So I will be going to Portland on day one. Then Grant's...

For P85+ owners 265/35R21 tires are very limited. According to tire rack.com only continental, Michelin, and Pirelli make them. I checked Nitto and Hankook sites and got same info

The last couple of weeks it has just been the two of us (me and brianman) so more company is welcome. The shows have been less busy overall then in the spring but still a lot of people interested in the Teslas.

I agree that an identical comparison would be best, but the Tesla Store did not give me the option to reconfigure their test drive car :biggrin: But in this thread there are links to two owners who reviewed the P85+ vs. P85 with 21" Continental tires. Their reviews and conclusions were very...

I considered posting in an existing thread, I know we do not want to clutter the forum with duplicate topics. However, given the number of requests here and in the teslamotors.com forums for a direct comparison and review of the performance plus vs. the performance model S, I thought it would be...

Comparison of a Tesla Model S Performance and Performance Plus One month ago today I took delivery of the first Tesla Model S Performance Plus in the Seattle area. I have made a couple of posts about it and posted a few pictures but thought I would take the time today to do a brief comparison...

Hand wash, yes

I was fortunate enough to pay no sales tax on mine, I am glad you got your refund

Very nice

Your PM folder is full me thinks people are responding

The back does get dirty. They channel air under the car wonder if that makes a difference (saw pictures of the air guides in suspension article from Edmonds, I think?) and when my car was on a lift being wrapped. The other thing that gets very dirty fast and is time consuming to clean are the...

I plan to be at the show tomorrow. And I will not comment on the cleaning time required to clean an already mostly clean Tesla Model S.

As noted in Chad's e-mail I will be driving south starting on June 29th as part of the BC2BC EV rally so there should be no issues on that leg. Seeing the early information from others about potential conflict driving back, my tentative plans are to leave earlier then most on Sunday and try to...

I was concerned about the delay that was already referred to in the original quote: The Centralia supercharger project was originally scheduled to start this Tuesday (5/28), however this has been delayed due to issues of coordination between Tesla and the local electric utility.

I wish press releases were a real project plan because in today's Supercharger press release it says that the first two WA superchargers will be done by June 30. I am not that optimistic myself but it would sure be nice. Quote from Tesla PR below: Triple the number of Tesla Supercharger...

I think it is fair for them to question if a Tesla Model S is an exotic car. However, before they decide that they do not want Teslas at the show I would suggest they spend a Saturday watching people look at the Tesla Model Ss that are on display. Last Saturday the main focus of the show was in...

There are a number of sources that site a Tesla Model S 0-60 in 3.9 seconds. Not sure of the accuracy just what I found with a quick google search. Tesla Model S Performance 0-60 MPH in 3.9 Seconds VBOX Launch Control - YouTube Motor Trend tests Tesla Model S, finds 0-60 in 3.9 sec and 100.7...

Just saw a post at the Exotics web site, Saturday 5/25 is on (despite the chance of rain)

I was visiting CA and stopped by the Menlo Park store. It is a very impressive store compared to the ones in Seattle and Bellevue. When I was there they had 4 roadsters and 2 Model S in the showroom and were giving test rides in a multi-color Red Performance Plus. With Silicon Valley Tech Geeks...

Only way I know of to avoid a tax on options is to exercise the option and turn it into stock. If you sell the option you will need to pay tax as far as I know. See below: If you exercise a call option by buying stock from the writer at the designated price, add the option cost to the price...

Yes I got my car back from Metropolitan Detail yesterday. They did a great job, as usual. A wrap is not for everyone, but since I am intending to drive my car a lot it works for me. And besides since Metropolitan will give full car wrap owners a wax for free when needed (about once a quarter)...

Yes it is cancelled for tomorrow. You need to look at the events page, at least thats where I found it. Too bad, first week I could have brought my 85P+ and I was hoping to see brinanman's dashpoard camera and installation.

I was out of town in CA so was very late in getting pictures. I have 2 albums set up on teslasix.imgur.com. The first album are iphone pictures of a Red P85+ at the Menlo Park Tesla store. And in that album are also pictures of a Blue P85 at the Tesla store to offer as some comparison. The...

So Tesla Seattle Service Center has said the lawyers at corporate want to charge on sales tax for parts not delivered with the car. Do you by any chance have research you may have done to see if the law applies to parts not delivered with the car? I want to make sure they get it right. If you...

Thanks for the reminder on the sales tax. I vaguely recalled reading about it in a previous thread and there is no way I would have remembered.

Well believe it or not I don't have the car at the moment. I drove it over the weekend then took it to a detailing shop to get Xpel wrap placed on the car. The only pictures I have are just Smart phone ones that did not focus on the rear tires. Just looking at them they did not appear...

I can confirm delivery of the Performance Plus Model. I picked up my P85+ at the Seattle Service center on Saturday. Apparently the first performance plus in the Seattle area. Unfortunately I will not be much help in giving you the great feedback you want on how much improvement the plus...

Thanks for the info. Good to see the order time appears to have dropped way down.

I am considering participating in the All EV Rally, BC 2 BC (Canada 2 Mexico) June 2013. If I manage to get plans in place to do so it would certainly be helpful to have a Tesla Model S to Roadster HPC adaptor. My first choice would be to rent one from someone in the Seattle area. But I would...

I had a great Tesla day today. Had a chance to go by the show and talk to the many Tesla owners who showed off their cars. Saw multi-red P85 that was very close to the model I have on order. Then went home just in time to be called by the Seattle Tesla Service Center to let me know that my car...

Thanks for organizing this. I am looking into driving my Model S as part of this but still need to sort out details on vacation time, if I can borrow/rent/buy a Roadster power adaptor for the Model S, look at plans to blog the trip, etc. Seems like this could be a lot of fun. I am attending...

Six (display name) David Kiker from Seattle area registered at teslive model s owner, no tour. Also Helen Kiker who is also registered for teslive. ideally would be late Friday tour but since that seems full first Sunday tour. Thanks entered from iphone

Thanks for arranging this with Tesla, my wife and I would definitely be interested in a factory tour. Also thanks to Tesla and thanks to the locals for understanding and letting out of town people have first choice

They would still not likely let us in areas they consider confidential but yea, I am sure new Tessa's have been opened up and studied by the competition.

I agree there is little point in talking to "reporters". Oddly enough one of the things that offended me the most is that they described this as an "investigative report". What investigation? EV subsidies are hardly a secret and then getting a few comments from people on the street (even if one...

I showed up to see the Teslas late in the session, 10:30 or so. I actually did not find them at first because I was looking in the row 5 oddities row :-) But they were in row 2 (I think - in any case toward the front, could have been row 1 even). But two Teslas were there a Signature Red and a...

More specifically 10000 + Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything I wonder if someone on the forums will get 10000 or if it will go to some Tesla store as a show car or more likely I suppose some lucky Tesla owner who does not obsessively read about their upcoming...

I am out - over 10,000 by the meaning of life.

I will be attending TesLive. I registered today. I am not sure how long the registration has actually been open at tesliveconevents.com

I suspect you may be correct about the perf+. I was told that my car would likely be built next week. It is a perf+ so they may be batching them for next week. Time will tell. And waiting is not easy

The product description when you pick the Performance Plus package in the teslamotors.com web page's Design Studio, says "wider rear rims" so I assume the difference is more then just tires.

The Wired magazine review used Elon's car and has pictures, but it is hard to see much difference. Review: Tesla Model S Tesla Developing More Performance-Oriented Model S | Autopia | Wired.com

On their web site they list expected delivery time as: 85 kWh Performance as 1 month 85 kWh as 2 months 60 kWh as 3 months I think they are clearly delivering early the cars that they make the most margin on. They are pushing hard to not only be profitable but to push their margins to 25%. In...

I had a similar change when I upgraded my order to include the Performance Plus package. I think this occurred at the same time as they were making other changes, for example, you apparently don't sign electronic documents for changes now. In addition the status of your car is supposed to be...

Well the product description says wider rear rims so I certainly hope that is what the deliver. The wired.com review had Elon's upgraded car for their review but since they had no reference to a model without improved suspension that does not help much. Product description states: Performance...

Well I am confused as well. I thought there were to extended plans: - a 4 year extended warranty (cover things that go wrong with the car for 4 additional years) - a 4 year extended service agreement (covers normal maintenance for 4 additional years) As a WA resident I see and extended...

Thanks for organizing this. I am not likely to have my Tesla at the Spring get together, I am in the multi-coat red queue, but am looking forward to meeting people and learning more about the Tesla Model S.