I've found so far here in New England that other Tesla owners do not appear to be as excited to meet each other as I am... Here's my confessions of stalking fellow owners (if any of you recognize me from these descriptions, I apologize): I am a Gray/Tan S85 owner #18055
1. Most recent - I recently relocated my office to a large complex of buildings from a different location. While making visits to check out the space and build-out, move-in, and now commuting there, I've noticed a black S85 that parks on the other end of my building. The first time I saw the car, I checked the VIN in the windshield, don't remember the exact numbers, but remember it was really early, maybe a SIG. So I was pretty excited by the coincidence that there are two Teslas (mine and mystery-person) parked at the same building of an office complex. I usually get in pretty early, like 7AM and leave around 5PM. I believe "Black" arrives sometime after I do and leaves sometime after I do. After a week or two, I left a yellow sticky note on his driver's window just saying "Nice car!" and provided my contact information and indicated I was S85 gray/tan #18055 and "notice on TMC". I assume he got the note. But zero response/interaction. Fine. Then one Friday I was leaving the office and I spotted him getting into his car as I was approaching mine - so I went over to his car and tried to get his attention with my "Tesla" coffee thermos - he probably didn't see the "Tesla" logo (maybe I should have shown him my fob or something) - he pulled out, I waved with a slightly rejected and disappointed expression on my face, no doubt, he drove away. No idea if he got that I was the other Tesla owner or not, or if he even noticed there's been a second Tesla parked at the same building every day, or if he cared. But figure okay, I tried, he's obviously not that into me! Moving on... (My wife and I joked how "like dating" this is, I just wanted him to be my friend!).
2. Supercharger - my very first supercharger experience - stopped at Darien southbound I-95 on the way to New Jersey from Boston and arrived while another S85 or P85 was parked with two occupants. I waved, got a little "nod" back, but that was all - it was super cold out, maybe they didn't want to roll down their windows and say hi...
3. Driving through my small town "downtown" area - I was going one way, slowly (lots of pedestrians about on a nice day), and another Tesla was coming the other way. I flashed my lights, waved, didn't get his attention. Started frantically flashing my lights and waving, probably looked like a crazed lunatic. He passed by, eyes forward, not acknowledging my existence at all. I was crushed
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People are different I guess, if a Tesla pulled next to me, I imagine I would have tried to strike up a conversation with the fellow owner, waved, smiled, acknowledged their presence. But, maybe some owners just want to be left alone. "It's just a car"... Of course we New Englanders are known to be a little "cold" to strangers. Maybe Tesla ownership doesn't transcend that... We're still strangers.
