December 20, 2012 was the first day of deliveries for Model S in Canada. The very first batch of four were delivered at 9 am in a hangar at Toronto's Pearson airport.
Since I had a single-digit Signature reservation number, I was luckily able to grab one of those four slots. I wanted it early in the day because Essie's very first drive would be a five hour road trip, not counting the needed mid-trip charging stop.
I got up, left the hotel, and drove my soon-to-be-traded Infiniti to the local Starbucks for breakfast. I sat down to enjoy my tea and a breakfast sandwich, when seemingly all at once the place filled up with commuters. With a lineup snaking around my little table it wasn't exactly very relaxing. So I gobbled my sandwich, grabbed my tea and left.
Thanks to the noisy Starbucks I arrived at the Pearson hangar somewhat early. The place was full of Tesla employees chomping at the bit to deliver their first car. So... they introduced me to #2006.
They got me to sign some paperwork while they popped snow tires on it and threw the summer tires in the trunk. Add a license plate and I roll it out of the hangar!
Now it was only by about 15 minutes, but this was actually the first Model S delivered in Canada!
(Strictly speaking there was already an American car in PEI, owned by a fellow with dual citizenship. But that's cheating.)
Had an uneventful drive home, making it back just before the snow flew. That's when I introduced her to Tessie, who was safely tucked into a car cover for the winter.
One year and a little over 20,000 km later, it's now her first birthday! This late fall has been a lot colder and snowier than last year's - we've already got lots of snow on the ground, and poor Essie is covered in salt. No point washing her because another snowstorm is arriving as I write. But she's going into her first annual service in top condition!
One year later - this time covered in salt. :frown: (I didn't put the cover on Tessie this year because I didn't get a chance to wash her before the weather packed it in!)
Since I had a single-digit Signature reservation number, I was luckily able to grab one of those four slots. I wanted it early in the day because Essie's very first drive would be a five hour road trip, not counting the needed mid-trip charging stop.
I got up, left the hotel, and drove my soon-to-be-traded Infiniti to the local Starbucks for breakfast. I sat down to enjoy my tea and a breakfast sandwich, when seemingly all at once the place filled up with commuters. With a lineup snaking around my little table it wasn't exactly very relaxing. So I gobbled my sandwich, grabbed my tea and left.
Thanks to the noisy Starbucks I arrived at the Pearson hangar somewhat early. The place was full of Tesla employees chomping at the bit to deliver their first car. So... they introduced me to #2006.
They got me to sign some paperwork while they popped snow tires on it and threw the summer tires in the trunk. Add a license plate and I roll it out of the hangar!
Now it was only by about 15 minutes, but this was actually the first Model S delivered in Canada!
(Strictly speaking there was already an American car in PEI, owned by a fellow with dual citizenship. But that's cheating.)
Had an uneventful drive home, making it back just before the snow flew. That's when I introduced her to Tessie, who was safely tucked into a car cover for the winter.
One year and a little over 20,000 km later, it's now her first birthday! This late fall has been a lot colder and snowier than last year's - we've already got lots of snow on the ground, and poor Essie is covered in salt. No point washing her because another snowstorm is arriving as I write. But she's going into her first annual service in top condition!
One year later - this time covered in salt. :frown: (I didn't put the cover on Tessie this year because I didn't get a chance to wash her before the weather packed it in!)
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