mt2
Member
Dang, I wish I could have taken a photo. Saw a red and black Roadster Sport with it's ragtop on this afternoon around Gurnee, IL. I was heading into Waukegan when I spotted the Roadster coming off Ruth Wilcox Ave, turning west onto Route 120 toward Grayslake. I turned around and headed back to see if I could catch it at a light. Sure enough, it was one car length ahead at O'Plane Road. Odd thing was the driver seemed to ease on the accelerator and never exceeded 45 MPH in a 55 zone. Then the driver pulled over at Hanlon Road as if they were going to turn left. I passed and circled back at River Road, but they had pulled back onto 120 and were now in the right lane driving cautiously again. Made me think this was a test drive or they were lost.
Strange that I should spot two different Roadsters less than a month apart from each other. A friend of mine had also reported seeing a red Roaster up around Gurnee several months back, and I wonder if this was the same one.
Strange that I should spot two different Roadsters less than a month apart from each other. A friend of mine had also reported seeing a red Roaster up around Gurnee several months back, and I wonder if this was the same one.
wiztecy
Active Member
Double Vision - Stopped by off of Stevens Creek AT&T on Friday to purchase a data plan and sim for my new OVMS module and came across the same exact Roadster as mine, 1.5 Radiant Red with the gunmetal rims. Its number #400 where mine is #268. The interior was different, gray seats, plus it had the CF package inside. The owner came out since she never seen a match like her car and had to take a photo op. She's also awaiting delivery of her Model-S as well 
Raffy.Roma
Active Member
wiztecy
Active Member
One nice thing of the white on the roadsters is that you don't have to really have paint armor, from what I've seen, the primer / undercoat of the CF panels is white. No touch up paint nor armor really necessary. All my road chips show a white undermask of the paint.
PV4EV
Supporting Member
Photos hastily taken on the M25 London orbital motorway, 15th Oct 2012.
This might seem insignificant to folks in the USA, but there are only a dozen or two RHD Tesla's in the entire UK, so passing one whilst driving another is a very rare occurrence over here ! Its also the first time I've ever seen another in the wild in the UK.
I didn’t recognise the car, registration or owner though, and as far as I know he is not active on the forum.
This might seem insignificant to folks in the USA, but there are only a dozen or two RHD Tesla's in the entire UK, so passing one whilst driving another is a very rare occurrence over here ! Its also the first time I've ever seen another in the wild in the UK.
I didn’t recognise the car, registration or owner though, and as far as I know he is not active on the forum.
What am I misunderstanding?
Aren't most/all of the Tesla's in the UK RHD, and aren't there many more than a couple dozen Tesla's in the UK?
PV4EV
Supporting Member
I can't be certain of the exact split between LHD / RHD, but last time I discussed it with anyone at Tesla UK, I think they said there's about 75 UK registered Roadsters from 2008 onwards.
I've got a folder on my PC full of photos / webshots of various UK cars, and loosely speaking about 2/3 rds show LHD cars with 2008/9/10 year plates on them.
I think RHD cars only became available in mid 2010 or thereabouts, for the UK, Hong Kong, Japan and Oz markets.
Raffy.Roma
Active Member
raumgleiter
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last saturday near luzern:
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...25 raodster... verkehrshaus luzern... this was the first swiss teslaclub event... more pictures and infos you will find under www.teslaclub.ch ...
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...25 raodster... verkehrshaus luzern... this was the first swiss teslaclub event... more pictures and infos you will find under www.teslaclub.ch ...
Plus the California clean air carpool stickers blend well with the car - too well that the CHP don't notice them sometimes!
wiztecy
Active Member
Hey, check out those racing seats in the Roadster to the right, the one wiht he BB TS536 plate. They look like the full race harness seats, look pretty nice. Wish there was a close up pic of that. As for that big European plate, I'd definitely swap it for a smaller one like the one on the left Roadster to add more air-flow through the radiator.
djp
Model 3 Performance
jory
Member
in a parking garage adjacent to the federal building in SF (my rental car is parked next to the roadster... of course the only time i see a roadster in this parking structure -- and am able to park next to it -- my own roadster is at tesla being serviced!)
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You can see pics and a bunch of vids of it here: Sebastian Vettel Formula F1 Champ drives Tesla at Race of Champions!!
smorgasbord
Active Member
Yesterday, I parked at Santana Row. When I came back, the test drive Model S car was also there, and there was a small crowd of about a dozen people, but surprisingly enough, they weren't gathered around the Model S, but around my Roadster. I had a little bit of Tesla time there, but when I mentioned that Model S was the car being sold, not Roadsters, one of them said: "Yeah, we've all seen and sat in the car in the showroom, but this is cooler."
I know, no pictures so it didn't happen. But, it did.
I know, no pictures so it didn't happen. But, it did.
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