Random Model S sightings

[huntjo]

Saw a multi coat red with temp tags in my neighborhood last week as I was on my way out to the office. I didn't stop, as I didn't want to be late, but now I can't remember which house it was parked in front of! If you live in Ft. Collins my model S wants to meet yours!

 

[Panacea]

Saw my first one in the wild today, a white one on Hanover Ave in Randolph, NJ.....I was driving my ICE at the time (forgive me). Usually drive my red P85.

 

[AdamS]

I saw a white one in Lahaina, Maui a few days ago, then again 2 days later. I figure it had to be the same one.

 

[ryanjm]

Here's a weird one: a Founder's car in my neighborhood...with no tags/plates yet. My first thought was, "Did a Founder skip out on his car last year and now finally decided he/she wanted one, so they went ahead and built it for him in Sig Red?"

But then I looked at the VIN, and this car clearly wasn't built recently:

So I'm not sure what the deal is here. Has this car just been sitting in Fremont all this time? Key component of the story: I'm 99% sure a Tesla engineer was driving this car, because several months ago a Beta car was parked in front of the same house.

Interesting!

 

[brianman]

5YJSB1A25C1B00044

5YJ Tesla
S Model S
B (Only seen on Beta vehicles thus far; A for Founder/Sig/GP)
1 Manual Type 2 USA Seat Belts, Dual Front Airbags, Front/Rear Side Airbags, Knee Airbags
A 10kW Charger, no SuperCharger support
2 (Only seen on Beta vehicles thus far; usually this is C,G,N,P for 40,60,80,80P)
5 (Check digit)
C 2012
1 (Only seen on Beta vehicles thus far; F for Founder/Sig/GP)
B Beta Prototype
00044 Production sequence number

Decoding Tesla Model S VINs

Also note, as indicated in that thread, we've seen this beta before.

 

[Mr X]

a blonde girl was driving it

 

[art]

spotted my first model s on main st in Anoka mn this morning no plates on it yet beautiful.

 

[TheAustin]

There is a Tesla Model S test drive event in the Hamptons this weekend, about a mile away from where I live! I stopped by to say hi...

My Blue P85 is on the left, and they have one white and two black Model S vehicles available to test drive.

 

[EdA]

There is a Tesla Model S test drive event in the Hamptons this weekend, about a mile away from where I live! I stopped by to say hi...

My Blue P85 is on the left, and they have one white and two black Model S vehicles available to test drive.

They held it at a *gas* station???

 

[steve841]

They held it at a *gas* station???

Oh the satire!

 

[Jonathan Hewitt]

They held it at a *gas* station???

It's the best place to find people to convert!

 

[AlMc]

Lousy parking lot with grass in the asphalt cracks....Couldn't they find a slightly nicer venue? Not looking for a 'showroom' (god forbid......then would look like a dealership)...but maybe a little nicer!?!

 

[Mr X]

at in-n-out in oxnard, saw 2 of them, one with 21 greys, another with 19 silver, both black, complete head turner, everybody eating outside turned their attention to it when it pulled up, those DRL's are too nice, if you can see the guy in the bmw is checking it out in his side view mirror

 

[kevincwelch]

Saw a grey S85 parked in Forest Park, IL this evening next to Molly Malones. EL pate in the 700s...19 inch wheels. Man, that grey is nice!

 

[jweinstein]

My wife spotted me in the wild:

 

[TheAustin]

They held it at a *gas* station???

No, it's next door to the gas station, at an exotic car deal (which is almost as ironic

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Lousy parking lot with grass in the asphalt cracks....Couldn't they find a slightly nicer venue? Not looking for a 'showroom' (god forbid......then would look like a dealership)...but maybe a little nicer!?!

It is definitely a disheveled-looking location, not at all representative of the Hamptons. However, it is very visibly located right on Montauk Highway, so what it may lack in aesthetics, in gains in visibility. I stopped by to say Hi on Firday, and then bumped into the guys running it at a restaurant in Bridgehampton last night, and they said they have been very busy, even in the rain. And it's cold but sunny today, so I'm guessing that they will VERY busy today

 

[Eric from NE]

My Roadster, the Lexus Hybrid dinosaur that goes away when the X arrives, my S (back left), and an S from Des Moines (back right) in town for the zoo, charging up via PlugShare...

It's like a bag of Skittles.

 

[SCW-Greg]

My wife spotted me in the wild:

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Wild indeed... shorts on, and snow in the tundra. Quick, while it lasts.

 

[StefanT]

On my way to Dulles airport yesterday I was behind a white P85, my first MS sighting in Virginia.

 

[spleen]

A friend in Vancouver sent me this pic. Wow ... just, wow ...