Greetings, Roadster owners.
My name is Rob, and I am attempting a first post. I don't own a Roadster, but only because I am 6'5" with size 15 feet, and it takes me 5 minutes to get in or out of the car, which seems to highly amuse those standing watching. I was told by Tesla people that I needed to wait for the Model S.
I have driven a RAV4EV for 6 years, have PV on my house above the Napa Valley, and have been following Tesla for years. I had a question for Graham and he generously offered to help me contact Tesla.
What we found out may affect a lot of you. As you see in his post, there are three levels of ordering:
First, Roadster owners.
Second, "Friends and Family of Roadster owners.
Third, All the rest of the unwashed masses.
As you know, if you are down the list a bit, it could take years to get your EV. Some of you are not worried about that, and I would assume you have either never driven an EV for any length of time, or you have your Roadster and drive around happily whenever you feel like it.
I have been trying to find out how some of us in the third group could end up being in the second. I have offered to detail various persons cars. I suspect some people wonder about me. But being able to order in the second group *could* move your EV delivery up by a year or so.
Is this important? That's why I'm here. I have heard that Tesla is making a list (checking it twice?) of those who are interested. They have yet to send paperwork to Roadster owners, but say each one will be able to sponsor 5 other interested parties for ordering the sedan.
It would be interesting to see how many on this list fall into Category Three who would like to make new friends and move up as an added benefit. I already read that some will have to "see it first", meaning, I assume, touch, drive, smell, check the tail lights and kick the tires. That might make a difference, but I betcha Tesla builds a world class car. I want one.
Whatcha think?