Is that a TESLA?

[smorgasbord]

From LotusTalk: How often do you get the "Is that a TESLA?"

 

[AnOutsider]

It's amazing how many we're asked that question while filling up t gas stations....

Don't think this one likes Tesla's image much:

Was having lunch at Oakbrook Mall outside Chicago. They just opened a Tesla 'showroom' in the mall. Yes, in the mall. In what used to be the old Kenneth Cole store.

I chatted with the reps there. The 'reps' are twenty something hipsters wearing skinny jeans and Chuck Taylors with Tesla polos.

The 'showroom' had a yellow roadster and a chassis of an S. That's it. According to them, the roadster is one the 4 remaining unsold ones in the world. It's a euro spec one and can't be sold legally in the US - all for show.

 

[bonnie]

Thanks for the laugh .

 

[Doug_G]

Funnily enough, about 10% of the people who ask about my car think it's a Lotus Elise.

About 15% actually know it's a Tesla.

About 50% think it's a Ferrari. Probably because it's red.

 

[Zextraterrestrial]

Haha
I read the whole thread and it makes me wish i had a roadster
But an S will do!!

 

[dsm363]

Wow. A lot of anger and aggression over there against Tesla. Very strange.

 

[ckessel]

Wow. A lot of anger and aggression over there against Tesla. Very strange.

Sounded a lot like how many of us here talk about Karma. I think there's just a lot of "not one of us" mentality in human nature.

Cue the Life of Brian "splitters!" clip...

 

[stopcrazypp]

Wow. A lot of anger and aggression over there against Tesla. Very strange.

I see it more like sibling rivalry. I don't think most Lotus owners can be too angry at Tesla given all the Lotus DNA in it.

 

[hcsharp]

Wow. A lot of anger and aggression over there against Tesla. Very strange.

I've learned the hard way that a lot of Lotus owners don't like Tesla. It surprised me at first. I like their cars. I think they feel like we're stealing their show. And I guess we are!:smile:

 

[vfx]

About 60 percent of the questions I get are, is it a Lotus?

25 percent are Is it all electric (I have a cool "electric" sticker on the rear taillight) to promote conversation.

The rest are what is it? or Ferrari?...

 

[jory]

tonight someone asked whether my car was a tesla then noted approvingly that i had the "panorama roof" (presumably they meant the fisker panorama roof.)

 

[Doug_G]

tonight someone asked whether my car was a tesla then noted approvingly that i had the "panorama roof" (presumably they meant the fisker panorama roof.)

Maybe he meant the Model S pano roof?

 

[rabar10]

Sounded a lot like how many of us here talk about Karma. I think there's just a lot of "not one of us" mentality in human nature.

This.

 

[AnOutsider]

This.

Probably a bit more than this. There's also a live and let live sentiment, but with Fisker, Tesla seems to get tarred with their brush, and with Lotus, they're likely losing a cool factor to Tesla. So there's a little negativity there as well.


On re-read, I don't think I explained that properly, but I'll give myself a pass due to lack of sleep

 

[vfx]

Had to comment.

Like Lotus, Love Tesla.

 

[daniel]

Wow. A lot of anger and aggression over there against Tesla. Very strange.

I read the whole thread over there. A (very) few folks seemed upset. Most seemed just amused. Such as:

I got asked if it was a Tesla about a year ago while getting gas. I was literally holding onto the pump handle. I was as polite as I could be and explained it was not, that a Tesla is an electric car and wouldn't need gas...

I've been asked if my Roadster was a Lotus. One young guy asked if it was a Maserati. Later I looked up Maserati on the web and couldn't find anything that looked remotely like my car. But a surprising number of people know what it is. The most common question I get is "What is that?" and the next most common is "Is that a Tesla?"

 

[TEG]

...One young guy asked if it was a Maserati. Later I looked up Maserati on the web and couldn't find anything that looked remotely like my car. ...

A bit of a stretch, but:

 

[daniel]

A bit of a stretch, but:

Thanks. That's closer than anything I found.

 

[TEG]

Ironically the paint job on that Maserati looks like a big orange Tesla 'T' logo on the front hood...

 

[NigelM]

First question:

50% = What kinda car is that?
25% = How fast does it go?
10% = Is that a Lotus?
10% = Is that a Telsa?
5% = Is that a Tesla?