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You guys are seriously buying a $60-$100k electric car with the most amazing console panel around and going to worry about the cost of the 3G? wow.

Yup. Unfortunately the cars are not delivered in exact linear progression. For example, I am #76 and I don't have mine yet -- which makes seeing a presentation of #81 even more painful. :) Some cars just have minor issues on the line that require a bit of time to resolve... -Jon

It's a private company. There is pretty much no chance of getting this info until (if/when) they file for an IPO. Even then you won't get a comprehensive list since it will only contain the folks over a certain bar. You'll just have to make due with what is listed on their site and what you...

Most (if not all) Signature 100 owners also signed a document in which they agreed not to resell their vehicle for a set amount of time (6 months?). I can dig up the exact details if people care. Whether that document would hold up in court is (obviously) unknown if folks were sufficiently...

??? If you are riding with traffic (like you are supposed to) how are you able to get a visual clue that they are on the phone? They just veer into you from behind as they look down to dial... -Jon

LOL. Come visit Palo Alto. I see an average of 2 a week (some duplicates). It is just pure torture while I wait for mine. :) -Jon

I have no details on the handling of the MI office but the California Tesla folks I talked to in the last two days actually thought that this layoff was handled better than the last one. They appreciated that it was all done in one fell swoop upfront rather than having a long stretch of...

The argument (made by the CHP/etc) for the stickers is that you can tell from the side as the car goes by at 60mph. No way to do this with a license plate which means that an officer can't sit by the side of the lane and monitor for cheaters... LOL. Don't get me wrong. I hate the stickers...

Um. Yeah. That sounds great in theory. In practice, I'll take the 60 minutes a day that I save using the HOV sticker. No problem. I'll wave to you as I go by in the carpool lane and you can feel superior while waiting in the stopped traffic. :) -Jon

Funny experience today: So I am sitting at work today and two guys come by and say: "Did you get your Tesla!?!" to which I reply "No, why?". "Because there is one parked right outside your window!" I turn around and look out the window of my office (on Lytton Ave in Palo Alto) and there...

Tesla R1, I'll be there as well and try to take some pics also. Any idea when you'll be there? I'm still not entirely sure about my schedule for Saturday.

This photo of the inside was in the TM update today:

I'm sure that he gets a Founder's series car as he is one of the major individual investors: Tesla Motors - investors So not a board member but an early investor... -Jon

Heck, it is standard for basically ALL of Europe. Almost all business (except some tourism) shuts down for parts of August. Nothing newsworthy there in the least... -Jon

Well there was no request in the email that the information not be shared so I will post my copy. I certainly have forwarded the email to enough folks already that I am sure it will get out somehow. :)

Update sent in email today from TM: You know of course the saying “Good things are worth waiting for” ... undoubtedly we were trying the truism of this adage longer than warranted, but we have broken the logjam. We are delivering the Roadster to our customers. Already 9 production Roadsters...

Doug, our posts seem to have crossed and I just saw your pictures.... How old are the pics? Like I just said, they are having an unveiling party in less than two weeks. I sure hope your photos are a bit old or they have a LOT of work to do in that timeframe. :) -Jon

Just came across this thread and was suprised that nobody else has posted the fact that the Menlo Park showroom is being "unveiled" on July 19. I (as a sig100 owner) received my invite a couple of weeks ago... [Ooops...I just read backwards enough in the thread to realize that Graham DID post...

Yes, it is an independent forum and therefore anybody can choose to (or choose not to) be active in it. However, if every time somebody asks a question about something like the production schedule you choose to take it as an opportunity to slam TM and bring up the issue(s) with Martin, then...

And you wonder why some TM employees consider this a fairly hostile forum? Have all the conspiracy theories you like but it isn't that they "haven't managed". You can blame it on the issues between TM and Martin or you can take them at their word about the accident. I frankly don't care...but...

Guys you are all making the assumption that the Lotus paint is used on the Roadsters but my understanding is that is not true. Keep in mind that you are painting a different material. The Roadster is carbon fiber and therefore will require a different paint treatment AFAIK. They may have...