Hello from Germany

[rothman]

Greetings from beatiful Heidelberg in Germany (some may know).
Driving a Tesla was a long dream for me but never really could afford one.

So I finally bought a used Model S 60(75) 12/2016 with >140k miles (used as airport shuttle in spain) @ decent price tag last year
Its a pretty basic RWD model but got AP1 Hardware and 75kWh battery >which i currently struggle to get unlocked
As I got several google hits on this forum and looked up quite a few threads as guest in the past i thought its now time for signing up


Stay safe!
Cheers,
rothman

 

[rothman]

*beautiful
Yeah just non-native speaker making mistakes in intro-post - not even able to edit posts yet

 

[Johann Koeber]

Greetings from beatiful Heidelberg in Germany (some may know).
Driving a Tesla was a long dream for me but never really could afford one.

So I finally bought a used Model S 60(75) 12/2016 with >140k miles (used as airport shuttle in spain) @ decent price tag last year
Its a pretty basic RWD model but got AP1 Hardware and 75kWh battery >which i currently struggle to get unlocked
As I got several google hits on this forum and looked up quite a few threads as guest in the past i thought its now time for signing up


Stay safe!
Cheers,
rothman

Welcome to TMC.

Are you a TSLA investor?

Hope to see you at a supercharger soon.

 

[roblab]

Guten tag to you, too!

 

[rothman]

Thx Johann
You mean if I bought shares yet? Sadly, no - actually was thinking abt buying some last year when it was ~200EUR but then took the money to buy the used model S

Guten Abend roblab

 

[Woodwinds]

Welcome! I too have been trying to upgrade my 2016 S60 to a 75, but Tesla won't do it. They removed the option from their website last summer.
PS, I play clarinet in a local German band here in Texas.

 

[rothman]

Thx Woodwinds, a german band with clarinet in Texas? sounds interesting indeed
Yeah that seems currently only possible with very "friendly" well-informed SEC employees (Upgrade Battery from S60 to S75 | Tesla)

 

[jkoya]

Congrats on the S and Welcome to the forums !!!

 

[rothman]

Thx, its simply superior, tested other eCars like Zoe, eGolf, Ioniq but Tesla just beats them all, even a used one with this high mileage, its amazing

 

[Leeclanual]

I used to live in Mannheim up the autobahn from Heidelberg... how does your Model S perform on the autobahn?

 

[Bodyhauler]

Welcome. We go to Germany for vacation once or twice a year. Was planning a trip for next month but that obviously is cancelled. I was looking forward to renting a Tesla this time and try it out on the Euro roads. Will have to try it when things get back to 'normal'.
We have friends in Münster and Stuttgart and our former exchange student is in college in München!

 

[rothman]

Nice to see so many German connections here

It performs very well @Autobahn with Vmax arround 240/150 kph/mph
>140kph costs a lot of battery ofc but most of other ecars only got locked Vmax so Tesla wins again

Renting a Tesla is not so easy over here, at least usual renters (at airports) like Sixt or Hertz dont have any...
There are some special eCar renters though, like Nextmove or Foxcar but they dont have many "pickup points".

 

[Bodyhauler]

Renting a Tesla is not so easy over here, at least usual renters (at airports) like Sixt or Hertz dont have any...
There are some special eCar renters though, like Nextmove or Foxcar but they dont have many "pickup points".

I was going to rent a Tesla from UFODrive. They have locations at most major airports in Europe.
The rental cost is higher than ICE cars but they provide free charging in Europe and free insurance. With all the driving I was planning, and the cost of gas in Europe, it came about equal to a regular car rental.
Let's hope I'll be over there cruising down the autobahn soon!