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Back in the olden days when Tesla stock traded for less than $30 a share and you had to wait over a year to take delivery of a Model S (what was that, 6 months ago or so?), new owners often posted luscious photos to share their Tesla moments with those still waiting. After more than a year and a half, my ship finally came in (quite literally). Behold tropical Tesla eye candy:
A local detail shop applied Glare 5-year protection on the car yesterday
Interior is grey with lacewood trim
There's no confusing the blue with the black when under a tropical sun
Cheers!
Papafox
A local detail shop applied Glare 5-year protection on the car yesterday
Interior is grey with lacewood trim
There's no confusing the blue with the black when under a tropical sun
Cheers!
Papafox
medved
Member
Ok with me, medved. I'm in a very agreeable mood these days
Brianman: The one problem in paradise was that I had to drive 70 miles round trip for work each day. With the arrival of my Model S, problem solved. I look forward to the drive now.
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gnelson
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Why would you clay a new Tesla? I thought Tesla shipped by truck. Cars shipped by rail get embedded rail dust and do require clay. Clay is excellent for fallout, but I would not suspect a new Tesla would have experienced fallout.I've been seriously considering the Opti-Coat 2.0. Of course, time is one of the considerations. The time it takes to wash, clay, strip, polish, IPA and apply Opti-Coat is a little more than I have available at the moment. Since my MS is my daily driver, I can't really be down for the ideal amount of time required for Opti-Coat. However, the time I would save from having to regularly seal might be worth it.
kevincwelch
Active Member
Well, I clayed mine a while back, and they clay was dirty. Not filthy, but dirty. And that was after a thorough wash. Didn't think that would be the case, but it was.
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SCW-Greg
Active Member
I need to find a way to have a home/Tesla S near Papafox AND a way to live 6 months on mainland USA with a second Tesla. Come on Tesla Stock price....or the lotto. Only ways I'm going to make that happen!:biggrin:
medved
Member
Rowlock
Member
I put my delivery and first impressions story over in the Delivery sub forum before I spotted this thread. Hope that's OK.
http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/17974-An-interesting-factory-delivery-day
http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/17974-An-interesting-factory-delivery-day
I just saw this today.
Thank you for the eye candy.
Simply amazing picture.
with your permission, it will go into the rotation with photos of Maui and Kauai as part of my desktop back ground
Congratulations.
hikerockies
Member
Got my solid white Model S with gray interior and piano black trim on May 29. So far I am loving every minute of driving this car. Absolutely beautiful car. It turns heads everywhere I go. I have had people walk up or roll windows down to ask about the car. It handles very well on curvy mountain roads. I love how linear the accelerator is throughout its range and makes for controlling speeds at low end so much easier than other cars I have owned. Regen brakes have been amazing. I can come down the mountains without having to touch brakes and regain most of the energy lost going up. I averaged 295 Wh/mi on a roundtrip of 112 miles into mountains going from 4900 feet of elevation to 9800 feet, and back.
Model S in Rocky Mountain National Park:
And the gray leather interior with piano black trim:
Model S in Rocky Mountain National Park:
And the gray leather interior with piano black trim:
irishstoutaz
Member
Had our delivery on 6/8/2013 and have loved every minute!!! Have put 1,000 miles on it (with two days being in the shop being tinted/wrapped). We went with a stacked tint to get the darker smoky color to go with the black as Crystalline by itself would not have been as dark or smoky. 3M Color Stable CS-50 & Crystalline 50 on back and sides with Crystalline 70 on Pano and Windshield. Definitely cuts the heat down inside when sitting in the hot AZ sun. Front end wrapped in SunTek (had to replace the factory PPF as it had already started to peel after 3 days). *Also installed the Center Cap sticker that Roger (rogbmw) created... nice finishing touch!
Some pics after tinting/wrapping:
Some pics after tinting/wrapping:
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That color combination is beautiful. Almost makes me regret getting boring black-on-black-on-black :smile: I suspect that after a few years of managing the dust on my black machine, I'll be counting the days waiting to trade it in for exactly that white/gray/black combo. Gorgeous.
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