Right, I am just back from Tesla Frankfurt, where I had my first hands-on meeting with the Model S. It was the plain white car (P85) that was featured a while back on several German websites and car magazines (with Munich registration licence plates), actually not a real Euro-Model S, but still.
Great experience, even if it was just looking at the car and its features, sitting in the driver seat, trying out the center screen, playing around a bit with the controls etc.
What I noticed:
- the lower chrome window frame bit on the driver door was severely misaligned in comparison to the rear door (but with it being one of the first test vehicles the fact doesn't really bother me)
- the "seat post wear" was there but very slightly, even though the car still had the soft leather material in that area
- the trunk had the "pre update" lighting, which meant you really couldn't see the end of the trunk (we were in an underground parking garage)
- the frunk was way larger than what I would have expected from the pictures I had seen before
- the open space where the center console would be seemed much smaller than what I would have expected
- headroom and placement of the center screen (i.e. how my knee leaned against it) was better than what I thought it would be
Overall, only two things (apart from the price) that I really don't like: the non power-folding side mirrors (because the width of the car IS enormous), and the bad lighting in the trunk (but I hope that has been remedied by now).
I can't wait for my test drive, which will be on 4 Sept. :smile:
Great experience, even if it was just looking at the car and its features, sitting in the driver seat, trying out the center screen, playing around a bit with the controls etc.
What I noticed:
- the lower chrome window frame bit on the driver door was severely misaligned in comparison to the rear door (but with it being one of the first test vehicles the fact doesn't really bother me)
- the "seat post wear" was there but very slightly, even though the car still had the soft leather material in that area
- the trunk had the "pre update" lighting, which meant you really couldn't see the end of the trunk (we were in an underground parking garage)
- the frunk was way larger than what I would have expected from the pictures I had seen before
- the open space where the center console would be seemed much smaller than what I would have expected
- headroom and placement of the center screen (i.e. how my knee leaned against it) was better than what I thought it would be
Overall, only two things (apart from the price) that I really don't like: the non power-folding side mirrors (because the width of the car IS enormous), and the bad lighting in the trunk (but I hope that has been remedied by now).
I can't wait for my test drive, which will be on 4 Sept. :smile: