Seven Things You Didn't Know About the 2010 Tesla Roadster

[TEG]

Seven Things You Didn't Know About the 2010 Tesla Roadster - The Car Connection

 

[DrTaras]

I got 6 of the 7. Care to venture a guess which one I did not know?

 

[AntronX]

I got 6 of the 7. Care to venture a guess which one I did not know?

On the fly performance mode?

 

[TEG]

orb seals ?

 

[TEG]

If those weren't enough for you try these:

• Who makes the trunk latches?
• Who makes the steering column?
• Who makes the steering wheel?
• In 2008s, there is an insulating block between the motor shaft and the gearbox. What is it made of, and why is it there?
• What is different about backup lights on the German models compared to US models?
• Aside from custom special ordered colors, what standard exterior color was available only on the first 100 Roadsters? How many were ordered in that color?
  
  No 50/50 or shout-out, but you can phone a friend!

 

[mpt]

Trunk latches: Ford... My right one sticks, tch!

 

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If those weren't enough for you try these:

• Who makes the trunk latches?
• Who makes the steering column?
• Who makes the steering wheel?
• In 2008s, there is an insulating block between the motor shaft and the gearbox. What is it made of, and why is it there?
• What is different about backup lights on the German models compared to US models?
• Aside from custom special ordered colors, what standard exterior color was available only on the first 100 Roadsters? How many were ordered in that color?
  
  No 50/50 or shout-out, but you can phone a friend!

Some wild guesses included:

Ford
Renault
Momo
delrin heat dampening
one side only
green 47 aurther dent

 

[TEG]

Some wild guesses included:

Ford
Renault
Momo
delrin heat dampening
one side only
green 47 aurther dent

• Yep, Ford.
• Nope, GM I think.
• Yes, Momo.
• Yes, Delrin... But I think for electrical isolation because of reductive charging in 2008s (2010s apparently have a separate charging circuit that doesn't use the motor windings as an inductor).
• Yes, one side due to fog light on the other side. It seems that the one bulb is also a different (brighter) type.
• Yes, Signature green. (Arthur Dent thinks 42 not 47)

 

[ChrisC]

Yeah but 47 is the most common random number.