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Greetings, I know that there was a lengthy thread about amber turn signals some time ago. I believe the conclusion was that they were not available nor would they be. And yet. The other day, I saw a Model S on the road with normal plates (not dealer or manufacturer plates), and it had...

Greetings. This evening, I when I got in my car, it played three slow chimes, and at least one of the signal flashers also blinked. I've heard the three-chime thing before, but this is the first time I've been parked where I could also see the reflection from the flash. I moved the car...

Greetings, Even at the "Comfort" setting on the panoramic roof, I get some amount of that low-frequency buffeting/resonant noise that's pretty hard to put up with. I found that if I lower either of my rear windows about an inch or two, it goes away pretty much completely. You do get more...

This past weekend, some friends dropped by, and they were driving a new BMW (X3 I think). It had a fantastic feature that I really would love to have on my Model S. I would be surprised if Tesla could retrofit it, but for future owners it would really be nice. I'm not sure what BMW calls it...

Greetings all! It's been ten wonderful years with my RAV4-EV, but I have taken delivery of my Model S, and my RAV is now up for sale. I would prefer to sell the car privately, so I'm posting it here before it goes to a wider market like eBay. I am asking $15,995. Key Details It's a 2002...

Greetings, I've had the car for about five days now, and I wanted to share something I've noticed. I've been driving this car just like I drove my RAV4-EV, and the EV-1 before that. Which is to say, fairly gently. I accelerate gently and don't hot rod it from light to light, or scoot quickly...

I dropped by Menlo Park today in the hopes of trying out the 1.13.x software that reportedly adds more granularity to the volume controls. It was not yet loaded onto the cars, but there was something new on offer. There's now a (Dolphin) Grey Model S with black leather interior and panoramic...

Greetings, I dropped by Menlo Park today to drool on the cars a bit, and they had a new Model S configuration I hadn't seen before. It was VIN 1210 (from the demo series, not production), and it was silver with the black painted roof and the black textile interior. It had 19" wheels, the...

Apologies if this is covered someplace. I wasn't able to find this information via search of the forums or the Model S specs page. I was wondering if anybody knows what the measurement is from the farthest-back portion of the frunk (in the "microwave") to the farthest-forward part (behind the...

Greetings, We've noticed that a couple of the Founders Series cars have similar-looking license plate numbers, as if they came from a block of plates acquired at the same time. I'm wondering whether Tesla is streamlining the registration process somehow in general, or if this is just...

Hello! During my prolonged suffering over what color to choose for my Model S, I spent a lot of time looking at pictures and videos of the car in various colors. For a couple of the colors, I knew something was bothering me a bit, and I finally put my finger on it. I thought I'd share...

Hello! I had a chance to play around a bit with the nav system on one of the cars at Menlo Park the other day, and I shot a brief little video. This doesn't show entering the destination, which is really a great experience. I entered the address of my office by simply typing the street...

Greetings, In thinking about my color choice, one factor is the paint protection film. I wouldn't get it on the white, but it seems to be very discreet on the dark colors like the blue or the green. I was wondering, for those who have experience with these films: does it do anything to...

Hello all! For better or for worse, many of the Model S colors this year are rather dark. (Black, Blue, Green, Brown are all extremely dark, and the Grey is sort of in between...) I'm trying to decide between the regular White and the Blue. They have their pluses and minuses (ruminations on...

Hello, At today's Get Amped event in Palo Alto, I started to shoot some video of the (Pacific) Blue car to compare it with the Black car. As I was shooting, the Green car pulled in, followed by a Signature Red Performance with silver wheels, so I kept shooting. Then another Black car pulled...

Greetings! Well, my feet are sore, I'm a bit sunburned, and probably a bit dehydrated, but I spent a delightful 7.5 hours at the Palo Alto Get Amped event today, and I came back with some photos I thought would be broadly interesting. I'm going to link to this thread from a number of others...

Greetings, I think Tesla has selected an attractive set of colors for the Model S debut, but I am struck by the lack of any light/bright colors among the cars being delivered in 2012. (White and silver are certainly "light", but they are on the white/black spectrum -- I'm referring here to...

Howdy, I'm going to be going to the upcoming Get Amped event in Palo Alto. Of course I have my own list of things I want to see and ask, but I know some folks aren't able to make it to these events, or have been to an event but weren't able to see something that they wanted to see. I'm...

Howdy, On a whim, I dropped by the Menlo Park showroom today while I was out doing errands. It was a bit overcast, so I thought it would be a good chance to see my short list of colors outside on a less than sunny day. Anyway, while I was there, I had a little chance to chat with Tesla folks...