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Model X Mule Sightings
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gizmoboy
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MassModel3
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The F-16XL lost out to the F-15E for three main reasons -- delta wing aircraft are less maneuverable (especially without forward canards), single engine, and smaller avionics package. As for the F-22 and F-35, yeah, I agree completely. I'm not convinced the Pentagon bought the best aircraft. In fact,the F-35 has turned into a fiscal black hole, but they wanted their JSF (joint strike fighter shared by all branches) at any cost. Sorry, off topic...
Slightly back on topic: But even ugly aircraft had their loyal followers who loved them regardless (F-4 Phantom, for instance). The Model X will be the same -- some people will love it at first sight, some it will grow on, and others will vehemently hate it no matter what.
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bonnie
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These new pics are pretty good, Bonnie. You can show us exactly which panels are swapped out when the "real" X is uncovered
I think it will be obvious.
engle
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My kingdom for posts just about Model X sightings (we have a dedicated Model X subforum for discussions about look/speculation, etc.). There's just too many notifications because of the signal-to-noise ratio.
To stay on topic, here's the website of a camera store which rents cameras. About 40 minutes away from the Tesla factory.
That or pay for someone's flight/hotel, I'm sure someone with a DSLR is willing to take time off, and stalk to the Model X
Obviously, this is only of interest if there's no reveal and/or additional information at today's conference call.
I have a Canon DSLR with a 55-250MM Zoom lens, which I just put in my ICE car on the passenger seat. I know exactly where you can observe a certain test track from because I live about 10 minutes from it. In fact, I can see a certain factory from my master bedroom window in the mountainside above. No guarantees that I'll pass by at the right time whenever I drive by, since I'm too busy to just "camp out" there to try to capture some high res photos of a certain vehicle. I also have a zoom 3D video camera that works pretty well in low light conditions.
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Nosken
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goneskiian
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We saw these wheels in the left lane news photos of the white mule. They are new in that they are not currently offered for sale by Tesla Motors. I doubt they are any more aerodynamic than any other wheels. Except, of course, the aero wheels Tesla offered for a while for the S. ;-)
Spied: 2016 Tesla Model X | LeftLaneNews
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brucet999
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Aren't those just 19" Cyclone wheels sprayed gray? Or maybe 21" Gray Turbines with higher profile tires?
goneskiian
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They aren't cyclones. Cyclones have five pairs of spokes with different spacing between them.
They look more like turbines to me.
goneskiian
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Yeah but the trim isn't.
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Good point. I forgot about how the Cyclones and Turbines are different. Definitely Turbines.They aren't cyclones. Cyclones have five pairs of spokes with different spacing between them.
They look more like turbines to me.
CarlK
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The latest pics look much better. With the bumper molding showing the car does not have any of that Prius/Aztec look anymore. Trims does make a world of differences.
brucet999
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Yeah but the trim isn't.
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Good point. I forgot about how the Cyclones and Turbines are different. Definitely Turbines.
Dpoes that mean that X has bigger feet than S? 21" Turbines with similar profile tires to the S 19s so larger circumference ?
Possibly...or maybe they will replace the 19" cyclones with 19" or 20" turbines.
goneskiian
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That's what I get for typing when I can't sleep.
I still think those look like 19" wheels. Just that they are definitely the turbine style rather than the semi paired spoke cyclone style.
Perhaps someone with some photoshop pixel counting skills can verify for us. If they are 19's then they must be new wheels. Or are they the Rial Luganos?
Funny that you say that -- when I showed the latest photos to my wife, she saw the one with the white car in the background and asked "is that another white Model X in the background?"
goneskiian
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OK, after looking closer, they are definitely not the Lugano's. Maybe someone can pick the tire size out of this picture. That will tell us the wheel size too.
They don't look like the 21s, even with higher profile tires. The proportions are wrong. Look at the trailing edge of the spoke, which on the 21" turbine is recessed more than these wheels. The 21 has a more pronounced twist to each spoke--these are flatter faced.
Maybe with the original photos, but not these thrice-compressed ones.
I think I can possibly see that they are 22", but the only size Conti makes in the Cross Contact LX Sport is 275/40 R22. which would stand about 1.5" *shorter* than the stock MS tire. That makes no sense, so I must be wrong.
Oops, now that I look again, that would be 1.5" taller, so that makes sense... but they still don't look like 22" tires/wheels, so I'm dubious.
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Buckeye2320
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I hope that on the Production that the bumper in the rear is the same color as the rest of the body. Looks weird with the bumper a flat black plastic and not a polished black like the car.
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