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Brit4864
Member
Thanks Lanny. It'll be a fun trip. I've just shot an email to Tesla Press to let them know and copied this TMC announcement in it.
So glad that you are arriving Saturday night, that way we will hopefully get to meet you at the cocktail hour.
Brit4864
Member
That is my plan. Hopefully it'll work out. Unfortunately I have to work Friday am so I can't leave till the afternoon. Have Tesla (and the Superchargers), will travel!
Passing along recent info posted in the Mid-Atlantic forum re: supercharger locations.
http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/17384-Superchargers-in-VA/page18?p=551443#post551443
Sounds like there may be a temporary location in "the Bethesda area," and that the final location is going to be Potomac Mills, at least according to reports over there. The drive from Mt. Vernon to Potomac Mills is no one's idea of scenic and can be a PITA as far as traffic goes, but it's not terribly far.
At the same time, if the site is just moving through permitting now it's unclear whether it can be completed by 2/15.
http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/17384-Superchargers-in-VA/page18?p=551443#post551443
Sounds like there may be a temporary location in "the Bethesda area," and that the final location is going to be Potomac Mills, at least according to reports over there. The drive from Mt. Vernon to Potomac Mills is no one's idea of scenic and can be a PITA as far as traffic goes, but it's not terribly far.
At the same time, if the site is just moving through permitting now it's unclear whether it can be completed by 2/15.
ModelS1079
Member
Folks, I have to work those days but please know I will be working with a little more dance in my step knowing you are all on the road to DC.
DC, like Direct Current - it all makes sense, yes.
Just Great - Have a Blast. May you have Blue Skies - Metallic Blue Skies, in fact - All The Way...
DC, like Direct Current - it all makes sense, yes.
Just Great - Have a Blast. May you have Blue Skies - Metallic Blue Skies, in fact - All The Way...
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Everyone--
I was the member that originally suggested Triple D Detailing for the event and received a private message from "jcadman22" asking me to coordinate the detailing. When I called Triple D this morning they told me that another member (William) had already talked to them and mentioned that there were potentially going to be 3 detailers at the event.
Two things:
Triple D doesn't want to compete with 2 other detailers for the job. If we were to get 2 detailers max I think that would be acceptable but they aren't going to haul their stuff out to Northern VA to detail 5 cars.
If we can commit to 20 cars I think they are interested--otherwise they probably aren't going to want to participate. We also need to have a definitive spot picked out for the detailing where we aren't going to be chased off the property. Unfortunately, I'm in Maryland and don't have the time to scout out a place. Maybe the hotel will allow us to do the detailing in the parking lot. If someone has been in touch with the hotel, that might be the first place to check.
Secondly, I didn't mind making the calls and trying to organize with Triple D but it looks like there needs to be one person in charge of doing this. I was a bit concerned when they told me that someone else had been in touch with them more than once. Can we figure out a point person for this?
John Young
I was the member that originally suggested Triple D Detailing for the event and received a private message from "jcadman22" asking me to coordinate the detailing. When I called Triple D this morning they told me that another member (William) had already talked to them and mentioned that there were potentially going to be 3 detailers at the event.
Two things:
Triple D doesn't want to compete with 2 other detailers for the job. If we were to get 2 detailers max I think that would be acceptable but they aren't going to haul their stuff out to Northern VA to detail 5 cars.
If we can commit to 20 cars I think they are interested--otherwise they probably aren't going to want to participate. We also need to have a definitive spot picked out for the detailing where we aren't going to be chased off the property. Unfortunately, I'm in Maryland and don't have the time to scout out a place. Maybe the hotel will allow us to do the detailing in the parking lot. If someone has been in touch with the hotel, that might be the first place to check.
Secondly, I didn't mind making the calls and trying to organize with Triple D but it looks like there needs to be one person in charge of doing this. I was a bit concerned when they told me that someone else had been in touch with them more than once. Can we figure out a point person for this?
John Young
johnyoung1234
Thanks for following up with Triple D Detailing. You bring up a good point about having just the right number of detailers to handle the quantity of cars that need cleaning.
FireLT will be our person in charge of coordinating the detailing. He lives in Virginia and is closer to the hotel to scout things out there. He will get with you about Triple D and I'll ask the hotel where the detailing area can be set up and give that info to FireLT. Really appreciate you moving this forward. Making sure the people coming from out of town can have their cars cleaned when they arrive is a priority!
Lanny
Thanks for following up with Triple D Detailing. You bring up a good point about having just the right number of detailers to handle the quantity of cars that need cleaning.
FireLT will be our person in charge of coordinating the detailing. He lives in Virginia and is closer to the hotel to scout things out there. He will get with you about Triple D and I'll ask the hotel where the detailing area can be set up and give that info to FireLT. Really appreciate you moving this forward. Making sure the people coming from out of town can have their cars cleaned when they arrive is a priority!
Lanny
chickensevil
Active Member
Wow, these Triple D pricing isn't too bad for what I need. I will be looking to sell my current car, so I think spending at least 150 on their ultimate package to make my car presentable enough to sell.
as a side note, where exactly do we need to submit for the second day dinner/speaker event. Since you posted that it would need to be paid for and such. I probably just missed it.
Edit: Looking at the form again, it seems like it was changed from when I filled it out... hrmmm. So Is there a way to edit/update the one I filled out, or should I submit it again?
as a side note, where exactly do we need to submit for the second day dinner/speaker event. Since you posted that it would need to be paid for and such. I probably just missed it.
Edit: Looking at the form again, it seems like it was changed from when I filled it out... hrmmm. So Is there a way to edit/update the one I filled out, or should I submit it again?
justaddsun
Member
If you guys need a second detailer, a group of us have used C&C Auto Detail locally and have been quite happy. Just let me know and I can set it up. I'm sure he won't mind doing a handful (more or less). We could even arrange a slightly different area for this 2nd detailer; I do think it's awkward to have 2 different companies in one spot. I know I've mentioned this before so this will be the last time unless you're interested.
Hi Rodolfo,
There is a possibility of another event that might interest you.
Larry
justaddsun
Member
Thanks dockt, I met with Curtis from C&C today and he is coming over to clean my MS over this or next weekend. Thanks for sharing your good experience with him on this thread. C&C is definitely under consideration. As for having 2 different companies at site, your concern is valid, but IMO I think we need to consider the capacity (number of cars) of just one vs. two detailers. Then again, it depends on how many owners need to have their cars washed.
chickensevil
Active Member
the latest from this page is that the Bethesda charger is coming very soon. However bad news is that there is only one charger (it appears) that is going into that location. So while I highly suspect it will be operational during our timeframe, I wouldn't try to have all of us end up there to charge haha.
I have one suggestion so far: name tags. I asked the Tesla store at Montgomery Mall if they have any Tesla lanyards for name tags.
I'm thinking we need name tags with both our real names and our TMC handles.
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I believe they are going to try to get it running before the event. Still, it would be hard for a lot of us to charge there.
I'm thinking we need name tags with both our real names and our TMC handles.
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I believe they are going to try to get it running before the event. Still, it would be hard for a lot of us to charge there.
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