Considering there are actually about 40 ride 'slots' in each hour period, it's possible most or many hours are almost-but-not-quite filled!
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Get Amped Tour: Seattle, 7/6 - 7/8
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Model S: VIN 65513, Model 3: VIN 1913
I posted this thread to see if folks want to get together during the Seattle event. It has been dead quiet so either people have not seen it or are not interested so I thought I make a last attempt to gauge interest:
Get Together for Dinner and Drinks in Seattle during "Get Amped" Event Weekend
http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/9111
Get Together for Dinner and Drinks in Seattle during "Get Amped" Event Weekend
http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/9111
I just got back to the office from my test drive as a passenger. A Sig reservation holder was nice enough to take me along since I took my test drive in Fremont. I got lots of photos and video which I will post tonight (in 8 hours or so). There were 5 cars - dolphin gray, pacific blue, white, black and another color I did not see; maybe the other white or starlight silver. But definitely no green or brown.
We rode in a perf dolphin gray with pano roof. The roof had the housing but no screen. The screen housing is definitively not production-quality; likely a prototype as it was poor quality. You will see it in the video later.
The back seat is very spacious and I think it can easily take 3 adults safely. I am 5' 10" and headroom was fine.
We rode in a perf dolphin gray with pano roof. The roof had the housing but no screen. The screen housing is definitively not production-quality; likely a prototype as it was poor quality. You will see it in the video later.
The back seat is very spacious and I think it can easily take 3 adults safely. I am 5' 10" and headroom was fine.
When I was at the Bellevue store yesterday, they thought brown would be in Seattle, but they weren't sure. I'm hoping you're wrong Francis, because brown was a color I really wanted to see in person. I'm also looking forward to seeing the gray since it was initially my top choice, but now I'm not so sure. Anyways, I'll find out tomorrow.
Any thoughts on the course?
Any thoughts on the course?
As Francis's chauffeur, I can comment on the course. It was toned down quite a bit -- with all the construction going on in downtown Seattle, we got a good "rough road" test but there wasn't a good "open 'er up" segment -- the closest thing was 99 (Aurora) where we could do an astonishing 0-40 run (and I might have tested it slightly faster than that).
Loved my Model S drive and I'm trying to figure out how to bribe them to bring my delivery date up.
Loved my Model S drive and I'm trying to figure out how to bribe them to bring my delivery date up.
Loved my Model S drive and I'm trying to figure out how to bribe them to bring my delivery date up.
I think you'll already have one of the shortest reserve-to-keys delta of any Model S delivered in 2012.
I'm still looking forward to the drive, as I am mainly interested in how the car feels in general driving situations, but still, I am dissappointed that they didn't have a place to test out 0-60.
PS: haha o's and 0's look almost the same in this font.
PPS: Okay, they only look similar in the Quick Reply text box.
PS: haha o's and 0's look almost the same in this font.
PPS: Okay, they only look similar in the Quick Reply text box.
Darn, was looking forward to that tomorrow.
On a very loosely related note...
Does anybody here have the 1pm Saturday slot, and an unused passenger slot? I'm hoping to grab a passenger position before my 2pm slot drive.
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test drove the black non-perf, standard interior, no pano-roof. (wanted to check out the standard interior)
I had enough space to almost do the 0-60 test (after the turn onto aurora), -- did the 60 part - briefly.
other aspects maybe different for the seattle test route:
there was enough traffic waiting for the stopsign on 6th to experience rollback on that slightly steep hill... there was another place I felt it -- I think not far coming from the store on harrison.
opportunities to hit a bunch of potholes and rough roads (at low speed) -- definately hit one spot of rough road - fairly smooth feeling with the air suspension.
they seemed to be having some trouble with the grey car - had it stopped for awhile between drives (they said they were trying to fix the nav system?), then during my test drive we saw it pulled over for a bit..
I had enough space to almost do the 0-60 test (after the turn onto aurora), -- did the 60 part - briefly.
other aspects maybe different for the seattle test route:
there was enough traffic waiting for the stopsign on 6th to experience rollback on that slightly steep hill... there was another place I felt it -- I think not far coming from the store on harrison.
opportunities to hit a bunch of potholes and rough roads (at low speed) -- definately hit one spot of rough road - fairly smooth feeling with the air suspension.
they seemed to be having some trouble with the grey car - had it stopped for awhile between drives (they said they were trying to fix the nav system?), then during my test drive we saw it pulled over for a bit..
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