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Xfrank
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I was all alone with a bottle wine. My wife send my one sms, and ask me: having fun yet?:wink:
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If you want, you can use it untill my model S is there!
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JPP
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...kind a long drive from California across the pond to your side...but if there was a paved road and Superchargers, you can bet you would get lots of visitors....
Hope you take delivery soon...you folks in Europe have been very patient....
Hope you take delivery soon...you folks in Europe have been very patient....
I just went on a test drive at the Brea facility. Love it. My Wife has a 70 mile commute daily and her V6 accord isn't the best on gas (fill up weekly). Costs approx $300 a month for gas. So We are seriously considering getting the Model S 60 towards the end of the year. We were looking at the Chevy Volt, Passat TDi, as well as the Camry Hybrid. She drove the Model S and she was sold.
If you're comparing it to a Volt, Passat, or Camry.. no wonder she was impressed!! (yeah, I know, looking for something that reduces money spent on gas.. other folks here arguing about M5 vs MS, so your post was a nice change)
anticitizen13.7
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I visited a Tesla Store and it almost seemed like a tourist attraction, based on the high amount of foot traffic and the number of people having their picture taken in front of the Model S. Some people asked to have their picture taken with the Model S and a Tesla employee too. :smile:
gg_got_a_tesla
Model S: VIN 65513, Model 3: VIN 1913
It's the power and appeal of the brand, I suppose, although Elon doesn't think much of the concept of branding. Sounds like how folks line up to strike a pose next to the thumbs-up sign at the Facebook HQ in Menlo Park, CA.
brianman
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I think is overstating it a bit. If he didn't have some appreciation for branding, I don't think they would have hired GB.
Doesn't really prove my point, but I found an interesting hit on Youtube.
The most amusing part is towards the end:
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gg_got_a_tesla
Model S: VIN 65513, Model 3: VIN 1913
Went to the Burlingame store at around 9 pm on Tuesday while waiting for my wife to arrive at the nearby Millbrae BART station. There are 4 HPWCs up front, one of which is apparently not working. A fifth pole has been setup with cabling but no HPWC yet. There were 3 customer / loaner MS already charging so, I couldn't get some juice.
But, location's great, right between Broadway Ave and Millbrae Ave., very close to both exits from 101.
But, location's great, right between Broadway Ave and Millbrae Ave., very close to both exits from 101.
Went to Austin store today. Nice people. With screwy laws here in Texas, test drives are very hard to come by. Have one scheduled for next Friday. Insane that you have to wait a week to test drive a $100K car, but hey, Texas Auto Dealers are a powerful lobby (hope that changes soon).
Looking to offset 911 4s, Audi S5 with Tesla S85...lot's of S's
Will order after test drive if power is what I am hoping.
Looking to offset 911 4s, Audi S5 with Tesla S85...lot's of S's
Will order after test drive if power is what I am hoping.
sublimaze1
8Dec2012 / Leeroy Jenkins
Toronto store
On a little bit of a breather from the heat of Texas and visited the Toronto store today. Shawn and Rory(?) were very pleasant and our discussion was very two-way once they found out I had 20,000km on a Model S of my own. I showed them the phone app - they had not seen one in action before, and my wife was actually driving it in Texas on 75 (incidentally, doing 75) at the time, so they got real-time information. They asked me lots of range questions and I asked them about the Waco supercharger (boy, do I have a one track mind). As expected, they could not give me any information regarding it. I wanted to buy a polo, but they were out of my size, so I got the coffee mug (ceramic) instead. It was fun: the typical thing a guy does when away at a conference and not having to lug five family members around to their five favorite places. Had some tim-bits and a double-double too - a box of smarties in my bag and I swear I saw a guy who looked just like me wearing my clothes smoking a Cohiba Siglo-II.
On a little bit of a breather from the heat of Texas and visited the Toronto store today. Shawn and Rory(?) were very pleasant and our discussion was very two-way once they found out I had 20,000km on a Model S of my own. I showed them the phone app - they had not seen one in action before, and my wife was actually driving it in Texas on 75 (incidentally, doing 75) at the time, so they got real-time information. They asked me lots of range questions and I asked them about the Waco supercharger (boy, do I have a one track mind). As expected, they could not give me any information regarding it. I wanted to buy a polo, but they were out of my size, so I got the coffee mug (ceramic) instead. It was fun: the typical thing a guy does when away at a conference and not having to lug five family members around to their five favorite places. Had some tim-bits and a double-double too - a box of smarties in my bag and I swear I saw a guy who looked just like me wearing my clothes smoking a Cohiba Siglo-II.
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DrComputer
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They say imitation is the best form of flattering....
http://www.edmunds.com/car-news/lexus-to-open-luxury-stores-to-boost-brand-image.html
http://www.edmunds.com/car-news/lexus-to-open-luxury-stores-to-boost-brand-image.html
Went to Austin store today. Nice people. With screwy laws here in Texas, test drives are very hard to come by. Have one scheduled for next Friday. Insane that you have to wait a week to test drive a $100K car, but hey, Texas Auto Dealers are a powerful lobby (hope that changes soon).
Looking to offset 911 4s, Audi S5 with Tesla S85...lot's of S's
Will order after test drive if power is what I am hoping.
I'd check out the P85+ if you are replacing performance cars and enjoy that aspect.
gg_got_a_tesla
Model S: VIN 65513, Model 3: VIN 1913
Yup. Akio Toyoda is definitely lifting from Elon Musk's playbook.
I'm a bit disappointed with Edmunds though with no mention of Tesla in the article (although the comments, including yours, drcomputer, mention Tesla). Edmunds has generally been cool about Tesla...
brianman
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Looking forward to see the fire marshall at the malls legitimately (this time) complain about the safety hazard of having explosion vehicles indoors.
gg_got_a_tesla
Model S: VIN 65513, Model 3: VIN 1913
Stopped by the Burlingame store/service center again today to swap out a faulty J1772 adapter; stepped into the store for the first time.
Nice, cozy store with one Green P85+ on display alongside the usual battery skateboard. Was surprised to see a couple of familiar faces - Neil Joseph (of Florida, then Menlo Park and then, Model S Delivery Program Management fame) passed through quickly on his way from/to the SFO airport and John Scalmanini, my Delivery Specialist at the factory back in January; he moved to the Burlingame store recently from Fremont to help get this store up and running. Had a good chat with John S.
John also mentioned that, as Menlo Park winds down, the Palo Alto store/service center is coming up quickly near El Camino Real and Arastradero in place of the Volvo dealership there (which is moving to where Fisker was, alongside the McLaren dealership)! There are also tentative plans for a San Francisco facility in the not too distant a future!
Juiced up briefly from one of the HPWCs out front with my poor single charger (the only regret that I have about my Model S purchase is not getting the twin chargers but, that's another story) despite these HPWCs now operating at the full 80A.
Spotted the Supercharger inside the service area. John mentioned that the initial plans were to place that Supercharger out front in the parking area but, it apparently would have cost serious $$$ to route the cables there. So, for now, it's sitting inside the service area and is accessible during service hours. The SC is not operational yet but, will be soon apparently.
Nice, cozy store with one Green P85+ on display alongside the usual battery skateboard. Was surprised to see a couple of familiar faces - Neil Joseph (of Florida, then Menlo Park and then, Model S Delivery Program Management fame) passed through quickly on his way from/to the SFO airport and John Scalmanini, my Delivery Specialist at the factory back in January; he moved to the Burlingame store recently from Fremont to help get this store up and running. Had a good chat with John S.
John also mentioned that, as Menlo Park winds down, the Palo Alto store/service center is coming up quickly near El Camino Real and Arastradero in place of the Volvo dealership there (which is moving to where Fisker was, alongside the McLaren dealership)! There are also tentative plans for a San Francisco facility in the not too distant a future!
Juiced up briefly from one of the HPWCs out front with my poor single charger (the only regret that I have about my Model S purchase is not getting the twin chargers but, that's another story) despite these HPWCs now operating at the full 80A.
Spotted the Supercharger inside the service area. John mentioned that the initial plans were to place that Supercharger out front in the parking area but, it apparently would have cost serious $$$ to route the cables there. So, for now, it's sitting inside the service area and is accessible during service hours. The SC is not operational yet but, will be soon apparently.
