Tesla Store Canberra

[RareEarth]

It is located on Bunda St, just across from Canberra Centre. Not listed on the website yet.
Seems to be still in the fitout phase although there is a white Model 3 inside.

 

[PC__LoadLetter]

Pity it's in the seedy part of Canberra. The graffiti in the photo isn't a good sign. And it's a hundred metres from both of the panhandler pedestrian crossings on Petrie and Scotts between the different sections of The Canberra Centre.

If they wanted to be truly subversive, they'd have rented the shopfronts between Global Cafe and the Murrays Coaches terminal in the Jolimont/Novotel building. Folks could contemplate buying a Tesla while waiting for the bus to Sydney to board. Or, better yet, after disembarking a 3.5 hour bus trip from Sydney.

 

[cafz]

Pity it's in the seedy part of Canberra. The graffiti in the photo isn't a good sign.

I think the menswear shop that used to be on the site commissioned a mural on that wall.. maybe Tesla should do the same!

 

[PC__LoadLetter]

I think the menswear shop that used to be on the site commissioned a mural on that wall.. maybe Tesla should do the same!

Better to just have the staff paint over it every morning.

 

[RareEarth]

I think it is in absolutely the right location. Walking distance to heaps of offices and the shops / cafes / restaurants that serve the employees of said offices. They will get lots of walk by traffic during weekdays. Just the right demographic as well! Hardly 'seedy'.

 

[Punchbuggy]

And sadly the article in The Canberra Times which covered it had glaring inaccuracies. Firstly it said that Tesla owners would now be able to have their cars serviced in Canberra, whereas the Service Centre in Beard has been open for ~2 years already. It also stated that the waiting period would now be improved with the shopfront opening. Umm, yeah, sure - I wish...

 

[stphw]

Maybe there's a microfactory upstairs to make cars just for Canberra.

 

[moa999]

Suspect it's a bit like Sydney's Martin Place site - a temporary site to gain eyeballs and introduce the brand to people who haven't seen a car in person.

With only one vehicle presently in the range in Aus it doesn't need to be that big.

By this time next year when we (hopefully) have all S3XY models again, they might move to a proper showroom and delivery centre.

 

[Vostok]

Pity it's in the seedy part of Canberra.

Wait, what, Canberra has a seedy part???

 

[RareEarth]

Wait, what, Canberra has a seedy part???

After hours in Fyshwick is pretty interesting (so I am told).

 

[Gayle S]

Nice to see this!

 

[PC__LoadLetter]

Fyshwick is a bit tame these days. There’s still a few interesting businesses. But it’s a different kind of seedy.

If there’s an Off Ya Tree, and multiple panhandlers, all within a hundred metres…

 

[RareEarth]

My optometrist who is a few doors down always asks how my Tesla is going when I visit, I keep telling him to get one. He will now be able to walk there at lunchtime. Oh but first he will have to clad himself in armour and carry an EPIRB to negotiate all the perils that QBN_PC seems petrified about.

 

[moa999]

Fyshwick is a bit tame these days. There’s still a few interesting businesses. But it’s a different kind of seedy.

I remember when there were more coloured lights than most European cars these days

 

[cafz]

Wait, what, Canberra has a seedy part???

Not since the Chisholm Tavern closed down!

 

[PC__LoadLetter]

My optometrist who is a few doors down always asks how my Tesla is going when I visit, I keep telling him to get one. He will now be able to walk there at lunchtime. Oh but first he will have to clad himself in armour and carry an EPIRB to negotiate all the perils that QBN_PC seems petrified about.

You'd carry a PLB. You don't need a full EPIRB unless you need something that floats vertically, like on a yacht.

I'm not petrified of the locals. I'm just tired and disappointed. Bunda Street feels like walking down somewhere in Newtown, just without the traffic or anything else of real interest.

 

[Punchbuggy]

Not since the Chisholm Tavern closed down!

But now wait for the long-resisted McDonalds to be built there, and in record time no doubt. Frankly, I'd rather have the tavern there in preference. But now I'm off subject...

 

[Gayle S]

Bit off subject everyone, but any likelihood of getting from Canberra to the Evie at Seven Hills on a full charge from home, we taking the Tesla on its first road trip!!

 

[cafz]

Bit off subject everyone, but any likelihood of getting from Canberra to the Evie at Seven Hills on a full charge from home, we taking the Tesla on its first road trip!!

ABRP says yes. You would want to have the tires fully inflated to the recommended 42psi cold and hope for good weather.

Put the destination into the car's navigation and that way it'll keep an eye on the expected finishing charge level for you - if it's using more than expected, you can stop in for a quick 5 minute top-up at Goulburn or Mittagong (the Chargefox at Goulburn is better placed for a quick stop heading north, because you can use the northern Hume Hwy interchange heading both into and out of Goulburn, saving you a trip through the town itself).

 

[doggy1]

Canberra to Sydney is downhill which helps considerably. Last time I took the Zoe on that trip, the uphill part used about 10% more SOC than the return. We're off from Sydney to Qbn/Canberra tomorrow in the LR, return Tuesday.