Model 3 Road Trip @ Toronto Tesla Lawrence Jan 4th 2018

[alexyida]

For what? So that it can get dirty again?

pretty sure that's the business model for car wash

 

[TrevTremaine]

Ironically, I wasn't able to make it to Vaghnan, but managed to see You You down in Grimsby SC around 3:30-4pm. He apparently was on his way to Niagara Falls where I was returning from.

 

[Winnie168]

I’m stumped how come he can drive around with Great Britain licence plate?

 

[TrevTremaine]

I’m stumped how come he can drive around with Great Britain licence plate?

No idea. I asked him on his forum on Facebook but never got a response nor did find him answering the question to someone's inquiry.

 

[SamT]

He said he lived in England and he will export the car there and will do a meet and greet in Europe.

 

[Shaz]

His visit was covered by CityNews

 

[TrevTremaine]

He said he lived in England and he will export the car there and will do a meet and greet in Europe.

Interesting, but if I'm correct, the charger port is different over in Europe so he might not be able to use the infrastructure (Superchargers). I wonder if he's expecting Tesla to switch up the port connection on the car?

He's having a rough slog through the North - range limitations because of the severe temperatures and now a couple of burst tires.

 

[MarcoRP]

I think they have adapters especially for Teslas

 

[hingisfan]

My theory is the GB plates are fake, and he's just covering his California plate for privacy reasons. How could you plate a car in GB before importing, and it's probably not even a recognized vehicle there yet.

 

[Tony_YYZ]

He doesn't have California plates yet from what I heard since the car is so new. And instead of risking being pulled over for no plates during his travels, he slapped on his GB plates just to have something on the car.

 

[SamT]

Interesting, but if I'm correct, the charger port is different over in Europe so he might not be able to use the infrastructure (Superchargers). I wonder if he's expecting Tesla to switch up the port connection on the car?

I think he said he plans to use the chademo adapter during his tour in Europe, but he tried it out and it's not working, Tesla needs to enable it on the software side.

 

[sitter_k]

He doesn't have California plates yet from what I heard since the car is so new. And instead of risking being pulled over for no plates during his travels, he slapped on his GB plates just to have something on the car.

I think that's almost worse legally. Can you imagine "yes officer I don't have my plates yet so I put fake/unregistered/belongs on a different car plates on, haven't done anything illegal using my car either..."

 

[RiverBrick]

California manages plates for new cars strangely. They issue a microscopic temporary permit (which he had duly displayed in the lower corner of the windshield) and then send you a plate which you have six months to install. I don't get the England part, either. You You doesn't seem to have the slightest hint of an English accent, though he does use British/Canadian spellings.

 

[03DSG]

Here's a photo from the Kingston meetupView attachment 271204

Hey! That’s me bent over checking out the dreaded A pillar, front fender, door, mirror and trim gap. It was fine!

 

[Winnie168]

California manages plates for new cars strangely. They issue a microscopic temporary permit (which he had duly displayed in the lower corner of the windshield) and then send you a plate which you have six months to install. I don't get the England part, either. You You doesn't seem to have the slightest hint of an English accent, though he does use British/Canadian spellings.

I remember Steve Jobs never plated his SL55. So to get around it legally, he bought a new one every six months.

 

[doubeld]

You have a reporter with a 2 minute clip about the rarest car in Canada and he decides to go on an anti-speeding rant. Thanks bud.

 

[Shaz]

You have a reporter with a 2 minute clip about the rarest car in Canada and he decides to go on an anti-speeding rant. Thanks bud.

Okay good, I'm not the only one who noticed that as well! The guy was just straight up snarky during the whole report.

 

[TrevTremaine]

Okay good, I'm not the only one who noticed that as well! The guy was just straight up snarky during the whole report.

The guy looked like he had just crawled out of bed and didn't want to be there in the cold. Nice way to finish the interview by basically saying "it's a car".

 

[Hawesome]

Did anyone attend this? I had a reservation to test drive, but the time he actually arrived was not very convenient, so I didn't make it...thoughts from those who did get up close and personal to it?

 

[hingisfan]

I sat in it for about 20 min and he took me for a quick test ride. Interior is beautiful, best thought out interior by Tesla by a mile. Car seemed very tight and well put together. New HVAC works incredibly well, it was - 20C and it was cranking out the heat, even to the back seat. New airflow system is amazing and very responsive to the touch controls. Screen resolution is a huge step up and maps pan and zoom far better than the S or X. Easier to get in and out of than the S is, and much more rear headroom, and better visibility out the front. If you were cross shopping the 3 and the S, there would be zero reason to get the S, unless the extra storage was critical, or you were looking into the higher end, faster S. (I own an S60)