It's the 10 year old kids here that seem to love my MS. They seem to know all about them and usually give me a thumbs up!
And north of the Finger Lakes nobody even notices the M3, probably not even knowing what a Tesla is. Our local “Tesla club” (that’s a joke of our lunch group) has to M3 and our president is an honorary member, but he hasn’t paid for lunch yet!
That’s so cute. We are new to the Tesla family by a couple of weeks. I have two teens and the boy always points out Teslas. We have a stingray vette that looks like the damn bat mobile in the garage and the kids are more wowed by the Tesla. In fact we are driving the big kid to his prom in the X this weekend. He used to ask if he could take the vette and now it’s the Tesla
I own an S and an X, and sold the 3 already. Our 6 year old still yells and points when we drive past other Teslas, which is pretty damn often here in Rocklin. He's damn good at recognizing them too, except the OG roadster I had to point out to him.
That's funny, I had a similar experience, minus the swearing. Our neighbors in a small town in Oregon have an after-school program and they always take the kids to the park next to us. One evening when coming back from errands, the kids were crossing the crosswalk in front of me, and I waited for them to pass. One kid, probably 10 or 11, looked back and saw my M3 and exclaimed, "A Tesla!!" He stopped in the crosswalk and kept saying it. Finally our after school director neighbor who was waiting for the kids to cross before getting out of the crosswalk himself pushed the young dude along. I heard the school director say, "Yeah, our neighbor has a Tesla," to which the young dude exclaimed, "Your neighbor has a Tesla?!" Pretty cute. He still gets excited and waves when he sees me pass by. Even though we're a town of fewer than 10k, there are at least 4 other M3s that I see pretty regularly. Young folks usually recognize it and some point. At the local Dutch Bros. Coffee, they recognize me for the car and the big screen on the dash. Adults usually shrug or make a comment about how quiet it is. Never had a car that got these kinds of reactions before. Pretty amusing.
We are new to the Tesla Fam. We just got our MX 3 weeks ago. Pick her up in Fremont. We currently live in Fresno(originally from OC, moving back down in a couple weeks). Here in the Central Valley Tesla are rare. Since we’ve had ours, we’ve gotten people asking us what kind of car it is. A lot of people never heard of Tesla. The Falcon Wing Doors are always a people stopper here haha. It’s funny cuz we are a young family (late 20s with a 4yr old disabled daughter). So we always get looked at/judged by people cuz we have this super expensive car, with a handicap sign for our daughter. I just always smile and wave at people when they do that though. Haha.
A similar experience I had at the mall here in Fresno, I was leaving Cheesecake Factory after having brunch with my daughter, and the older fella waved me down frantically, I thought something was wrong. I rolled down my window, I asked if he’s ok, he said, can I take a look inside here, he stuck his head in without me saying yes, and exclaimed “gosh darn it that’s nice!” I have a White on White MX, he said “that interior is amazing!” Then went on to ask, “how much that cost? I said “a lot” he asked “what are your payments like?” I told him “what payments?” He laughed and “you’re kidding right?” With the straightest face I could give him I replied “no”. He was like “$100k” I told him “a lot more”, and left cuz I got honked at lol.
I'd follow that kid home. If it's Orange County and that is a reaction to a Tesla, we might have another Turpin household. Turpin case - Wikipedia I snapped this at a red light. Guess how many Model 3s are in this photo? Almost everyone missed a car.
Let's see, you are driving an 3 and there is one in the side view mirror. Sad, the OC looks like every stop light in NorCal. Who every thought Teslas would be the "normal" car?
Bingo! 4 just in one photo frame. More in front not captured. Tesla has a lot of work to do - its far from the normal car outside of the coasts.
I pulled up to a 4-way stop in a residential area, not far from my house. All four cars negotiating were Teslas, plus there was one more waiting to pick up kids in the elementary school I just passed.
Ferrari is soooo 20th century. A friend had one years ago- what a nightmare on maintenance! I live in Brisbane Australia, where 3’s have yet to arrive (hopefully very soon), and S’s & X’s are still fairly rare. (Our exchange rate, plus absolutely zero government incentives, makes them damned expensive!) I ALWAYS say “There’s a Tesla” when I see one. And yes, would LOOOVVEE an X! .
Got my Model 3 Performance 2 weeks ago. Driving through my development there were 2 guys talking with a neighbor near the street. As I drove by I waved. Then I looked in the rear view mirror to see the guys near the street staring at me. I thought “that’s right, guys...it’s a Tesla!”
Absolutely! And Superchargers here are never full, likely because electricity is only around .08/kwh, 24/7. So it is really cheap to charge at home.