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Hang on - my test drive is at 6pm!
OK Done!Alright, I'll bring it back as long as you promise to drop the car down to Timpoo in Melbourne afterwards?!
Great!!The first Signature Model S cars have just arrived in Hong Kong last night. Soon it'll be your turn!
Check the Honkers forums.
"Look at that S car go"
Great!!
Trouble is - we are all still "sourcing".
I just drove a Tesla and I liked it![]()
Come on, you've gotta give us more than that!![]()
The charging verification guys came today to do some testing. They also were doing GPS and radio tests in conjunction with another car as well. I couldn't get to the test drive days this weekend and Sydney so last night I asked if I could do a test drive today when the car was visiting. The answer was yes!
I drove the only Tesla Model S currently in Australia - the blue one that some of the other people have seen and felt. I drove it for about 10 minutes around the Newcastle beaches area. It's a P85+ but sadly I was a long way away from a 100k area. Under acceleration (to exactly 60 kmh ;-) ) the car was awesome. There is a quietness, great acceleration and a slight whine that sounds better than a slight whine - maybe like a turbine increasing revs! The quality of the finish, panel gaps, etc is brilliant. It feels very luxurious inside. The car had the beige leather and matte wood finish - which looks ok.
It's still currently in my garage - locked. My power load is about 7KWh while it's being charged (you can see Tesla load here http://www.merewether.com/power-usage right now - or image below). It's slightly longer that I expected - I will have to shuffle some things in my garage. It soon will be picked up by its friendly handlers and whisked back down the freeway to Sydney.
There was a great moment when I was driving it when a guy in a RS6 was all over the back end trying to figure out what it was - or just gawking at it's gorgeousness. And no, I didn't take the opportunity to flatten the pedal and disappear away from his lard-arsed 2.1 tonne V10 slow-mobile.
I've got a couple of pics that don't do it justice. Here is a sample.
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Tesla Power Load
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So, the only model s in Australia is currently in your garage... My god. If that isn't the worlds biggest tease, I don't know what is.
So, the only model s in Australia is currently in your garage... My god. If that isn't the worlds biggest tease, I don't know what is.
Demo/ test drive cars for Melbourne and Sydney?Yep, you are right there. I couldn't even get in and play. I should have had a better look when I had the drive.
But, there are a couple more on a ship due in the next week or so.
@MangroveMike
So the Tesla only charged for 2 hours, was it full or was there a problem?
anyone have a test drive today? Share your experiences!