How many have had the "7 O'clock Stalker"?

[EdA]

Or Tesla.

(Enough people apparently think it's Telsa like Tulsa that it's common both in typo and in language!)

Doh!

 

[ken830]

Never happens anymore in the Bay Area. Seems like every other person owns a Model S.

 

[caddieo]

Nope. I regularly have cars coming up behind and to the left going significantly faster than me only to slow down and match my speed at the 7 o'clock position for a bit before accelerating past me. It is actually kinda annoying because they usually sit in my blind spot doing this.

I find the rear view camera useful for monitoring them if they persist in staying in my blind spot. I really find it almost amusing when I'm doing 5-8 (sometimes 10) over the limit on the interstate and somebody faster comes up behind me but does not immediately pass me after I move over.

 

[RiverBrick]

You're lucky if it's 7 o'clock. Where I live, they love to pass on the right.

 

[Geoff]

Still happening here in Seattle, but not as much as before.

 

[kirstenoulton]

"What kinda car is that?" My wife wants to make me a sign that says, "It's a Tesla!!"

We solved for that with a vanity plate: R TESLA. Oddly, they still feel compelled to ask what kind of car is is!

 

[LoL Rick]

Don't have my car yet (6/30) but I'll confess to having done this. It was a silver one on I-75 near Tampa a few months ago. But at least I was courteous enough to leave an extra lane between us so I wasn't in the blind spot. You all know the car is just too beautiful not to pause and admire it!

 

[Todd Burch]

I get it nearly every day at every hour...3 o'clock, 4 o'clock, 5 o'clock, 6 o'clock, etc...

Very noticible as a result of the car and not something else, since I used to drive a 2000 Saturn SL1 and it NEVER happened then (er...obviously).

 

[cinergi]

All the time. And it's often dangerous for everyone around :-( (accidental lane departure and whatnot).
And really annoying to the people behind them (plenty of people going 10-15 faster than me to my left only to jam on the brakes to check me out - oblivious to the people behind them).
Oh well. I still notice it but I also tune it out a lot. My passengers will comment about someone noticing the car and half the time I wasn't aware. Or maybe I'm just paying attention to the road lol.

 

[tga]

Guilty as charged! I'm sure I confused the two Model S's drivers heading the opposite way with my wave and thumbs up. See, I was driving the pickup on the way to Home Depot. :smile:

I get it nearly every day at every hour...3 o'clock, 4 o'clock, 5 o'clock, 6 o'clock, etc...

Very noticible as a result of the car and not something else, since I used to drive a 2000 Saturn SL1 and it NEVER happened then (er...obviously).

I actually got this kind of reaction in the early days with my SL1. But that was in late 1990, when they were rarer around here than Tesla's.

 

[tezco]

More of the 6:00'ers out here. Five feet off the bumper @ 70mph, probably trying to read the "Signature" scribble on the back.

 

[Doug_G]

More of the 6:00'ers out here. Five feet off the bumper @ 70mph, probably trying to read the "Signature" scribble on the back.

The Tesla logo isn't very obvious, so people get close trying to figure out what it is. I've found a Tesla license plate holder helps with that.

 

[nrcooled]

It happens all the time since Teslas are not very prevalent in my neck of the woods. Driving on the highway, surface streets, neighborhoods...doesn't matter at LEAST twice a week someone asks me what it is while driving or at a light. Now that folks are more familiar with Tesla the most popular question is "how long can you go before charging?" Which sucks because it's a loaded question that is phrased all wrong.

Trying to explain that they are thinking about it incorrectly and you plug it in every night and have a full charge every morning in 60 secs can be difficult.

 

[Ssssly]

Quilty of pointing and looking but not stalking; kind of a game we play like the old "punch bug" game.

Until I get my Model S in ~4 months, this "Tesla Tag" will continue.

 

[KenN]

I hadn't really noticed this behaviour before, but after reading this thread, I noticed on my drive home from work;

I was driving in the middle lane of a 3-lane highway, caught up with a large black SUV thing,
Signaled, changed to left lane (all nice and safe) continued past BSUV,
Returned to middle lane (so far all is normal, right?)
Seconds later, I see in the rear view mirror, same BSUV is approaching ... FAST!
BSUV changes to left lane and disappears into blind spot, stays there for maybe 1/2 minute before accelerating past me.

Be sure you add to the bottom "It's made by Tesla. No, not GM or Ford or Chrysler. Tesla."

This is always a fun conversation in the style of "who's on first?"

Random person: what kind of car is that?
Me: It's a Tesla
RP: I mean, who makes it?
Me: Tesla
RP: Yah, but which company actually builds the car?

and so on.

 

[viperboy]

I do this a good bit (as a future telsa owner)

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I do this a good bit (as a future telsa owner)

 

[caddieo]

Random person: what kind of car is that?
Me: It's a Tesla
RP: I mean, who makes it?
Me: Tesla
RP: Yah, but which company actually builds the car?

and so on.

My usual response to this is: a. BMW is made by BMW, a Mercedes is made by Mercedes, so a Tesla is made by Tesla.

 

[GDH]

Don't have my car yet (6/30) but I'll confess to having done this.

I have one and I do it, we all do.:wink: :redface:

 

[KenN]

My usual response to this is: a. BMW is made by BMW, a Mercedes is made by Mercedes, so a Tesla is made by Tesla.

But ... but ... but ...... that would spoil all the fun!! :biggrin:

 

[caddieo]

But ... but ... but ...... that would spoil all the fun!! :biggrin:

I've already had enough fun with it. :tongue: Now, it is just an irritant I want to get rid of.