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I ahve not had my car a week, and have had at least 5 different people say: 'nice car, what is it?' To which I reply: 'It's a Tesla" Then they ask: 'Who Makes It?' I have to answer Tesla, but I feel like im calling them stupid for not knowing!!!
Anyone have any better way to respond??
I have a bunch of Model S brochures in the frunk for that very purpose.
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I have been around that loop hundreds of times, and have yet to find my way out of it...
Norbert
TSLA will win
Not sure what the result would be, but I'd try: 'Who Makes It?' -> "The new Tesla factory in Fremont, California."
Well, you could say "It's a Tesla Model S" instead, I suppose.
When I get the "Who makes it?" question when I tell folks the car I'm going to get (GOING TO GET BECAUSE I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN MY VIN YET DESPITE ALL THE OTHER FOLKS WITH HIGHER P# GETTING THEIRS ARGH), I use that as an excuse to explain what Tesla is, that it's in the US, blah, blah, etc.
William13
Active Member
I say, "It's a new company named Tesla and made in California." My Baristas also admire my car along with several new people every day.
"An American start-up called TeslaMotors. Same guy that did SpaceX."
Lots of info, including an excuse for not having heard of it.
There is one design element, IMO, with Aston Martin near-perfection that I wish had influenced the Model S -- it's their beautiful design for front grilles. Just a stylistic preference. And, this grille has a somewhat similar shape to the Model S nosecone too...
artsci
Sponsor
It's a wonderful grille, but the aerodynamics of it must be dreadful. Always tradeoffs.
Agreed, speed, efficiency and aerodynamics come first . But, the look of that AM grille (and the shape that somewhat loosely resembles the nosecone) has been inspiring me to think up with something similar for the Model S. Just saw a CF wrapped grille on another thread and I think there is an opportunity to do some cool mods to the nosecone, a la Aston Martin (who does it so beautifully).
artsci
Sponsor
If you can come up with something that doesn't compromise the aerodynamics, more power to you. And a new product.
AM's are gorgeous cars, but that grill doesn't do it for me. Reminds me of baleen whale:
DrTaras
R254->R725->S->X->M3->M3P-->R2020?
Also, I'm guessing that a grille that allows airflow is necessary for other cars but not for the electric Model S
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